Airlines are changing procedures to ensure two crew are in the cockpit at all times following the Germanwings tragedy that killed 150 people. It dramatically emerged today that the co-pilot of the Airbus A320 that crashed into the French Alps locked the pilot out of the cockpit and deliberately crashed the plane. The final moments of the doomed jet were revealed by French prosecutors who said it was 28-year-old Andreas Lubitz's plan to 'destroy the plane'. Now budget carrier EasyJet has announced the move will come into force tomorrow - and aviation insiders say there are moves to make it 'mandatory' across airlines. Scroll down for video . Disaster prevention: Budget airlines EasyJet and Norwegian Air Shuttle will introduce new rules to ensure two crew members are in the cockpit at all times in the wake of the Germanwings air disaster . Tragedy: It emerged today that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (pictured) locked the plane's pilot out of the cockpit and 'deliberately' crashed the plane into the French Alps, killing 150 people on board . Safety: Now budget carrier EasyJet has announced the new move will come into force tomorrow and aviation insiders say there are moves to make it 'mandatory' across all airlines . Horror: After voice recordings emerged from the doomed A320 revealing how the pilot tried to kick down the cockpit door, EasyJet said a cabin crew member will enter the cockpit if the pilot or co-pilot needs the toilet . The move comes after the Civil Aviation Authority urged airlines to review their policies to avoid the pilot or co-pilot being alone at the controls. An easyJet spokeswoman said: 'easyJet can confirm that, with effect from Friday 27 March, it will change its procedure which will mean that two crew members will be in the cockpit at all times. 'This decision has been taken in consultation with the Civil Aviation Authority. The safety and security and of its passengers and crew is the airline's highest priority.' EasyJet said a cabin crew member will temporarily enter the cockpit if the pilot or co-pilot needs the toilet. The airline will not have a third trained pilot on board. And a spokesman for Virgin Atlantic said: 'We always ensure we have the highest safety standards and, while it is our common practise to have two members of our crew in the flight deck at all times, in light of recent events we are now in the process of formalising this to be policy.' The change is also being implemented by package tour operator Thomas Cook, whose spokesman said: 'We are adapting our procedures to ensure there will always two people in the cockpit.' An aviation industry insider said: 'There is some industry chatter about the policy becoming mandatory.' Budget airlines Ryanair, Monarch and Jet2, which flies from airports in the Midlands, North and Scotland, said they already had policies to ensure two crew are in the cockpit at all times. Ryanair said it already operates a policy requiring two people in the cockpit 'at all times'. Its spokeswoman said: 'If a pilot needs to visit the bathroom the cabin crew supervisor is required to stand in the cockpit for these brief periods.' Risk management: Pilot Europe's third largest budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has also announced the same move for 'safety reasons' Doomed: The captain of the ill-fated flight - named by local media as German father-of-two Patrick Sonderheimer - left the cockpit but found himself locked out when he tried to re-enter (file photo) Monarch's spokeswoman added: 'We also have an 'eyes-on' rule requiring cabin crew to enter the cockpit during the cruising stage to check on the pilot and co-pilot.' A Jet2 spokeswoman said: 'This rule has been in place for a number of years to ensure the safety and security of our customers.' While a FlyBe spokespman said their Operations Manual 'states that two members of crew are to be present in the cockpit at all times during flight'. British Airways and BMI Regional declined to comment, while Ryanair were unavailable. Elsewhere around Europe, the continent's third-largest budget carrier, Norwegian Air Shuttle, said it would require two people in the cockpit at all times for safety reasons. A Civil Aviation Authority spokesman said: 'Following the details that have emerged regarding the tragic Germanwings incident, we are co-ordinating closely with colleagues at the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and have contacted all UK operators to require them to review all relevant procedures. 'All UK airline pilots undergo extensive and regular medical assessments to determine their fitness to hold a licence. As part of this, aeromedical examiners are required to assess a commercial pilot's mental health at each medical examination which, for an airline pilot flying with at least one other pilot, is undertaken annually. 'These detailed medical assessments are in line with international aviation standards. 'We will continue to monitor the situation as the investigation develops and our thoughts remain with the friends and relatives of all those affected by this tragic incident.' His parents only discovered that their son was a mass murderer minutes before the dramatic press conference by prosecutors in Marseille. 'Deliberate': Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said Lubitz used the flight managing system to put the plane into a descent, something that can only be done manually . Heart-broken: Family of the victims of the crash gathered near the scene in Le Vernet near the French Alps today, as rescuers tried to recover the dead bodies of their deceased relatives . Rescue: Helicopters lowered investigators down to the scene of the obliterated plane where debris and human remains were scattered . Safety procedure: Budget airlines Ryanair, Monarch and Jet said they already had policies to ensure two crew are in the cockpit at all times . 'When one person leaves the cockpit, two people will now have to be there,' Norwegian's flight operations director Thomas Hesthammer said. Long haul flights usually have more than two crew capable of flying the plane because shift changes are often required in flight. A spokeswoman for German carrier Lufthansa, parent company of Germanwings, said: 'A crew member may temporarily leave the cockpit during a specific phase of the flight. 'So far, no decision has been taken to change the procedure as it is already approved by the German office of federal aviation but we will look into it. So far, we trust our procedure. It also transpired today that the Germanwings co-pilot who flew the plane into the Alps at 400mph had to stop his training because he was suffering from depression and 'burnout'. Mr Lubitz - whose family were at the scene of the crash in Seyne today -  postponed his pilot training in 2008 due to mental health issues and a friend said he was 'in depression'. Airline bosses confirmed Lubitz had taken several months off work and had to retrain to join the firm but insisted he was '100% fit to fly'. Raid: German police have investigated Andreas Lubitz's €500,000 family home in Montabaur in Germany as well as his apartment in Dusseldorf . Killer's home: A French prosecutor in Marseille said Mr Lubitz's breathing was normal as the plane descended rapidly before crashing into the French Alps . German police have since raided Lubitz's €500,000 family home in Montabaur in Germany as well as his apartment in Dusseldorf. At an extraordinary press conference earlier, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin gave a disturbing account of the cockpit voice recordings extracted from black box. He said Lubitz locked his captain out after the senior officer left the flight deck. At that point, Lubitz used the flight managing system to put the plane into a descent, something that can only be done manually - and deliberately. He said: 'The intention was to destroy the plane. Death was instant. The plane hit the mountain at 700kmh (430mph). 'I don't think that the passengers realised what was happening until the last moments because on the recording you only hear the screams in the final seconds'. Earlier in the flight, Mr Robin said Lubitz's responses were initially courteous, but became 'curt' when the captain began the mid-flight briefing on the planned landing of the plane. The captain - named by local media as German father-of-two Patrick Sonderheimer - then left the cockpit but found himself locked out when he tried to re-enter. Mr Robin said: 'We hear the pilot asking the co-pilot to take over and we hear the sound of a chair being pushed back and a door closing so we assume that the captain went to the toilet or something. 'So the co-pilot is on his own, and it is while he's on his own that the co-pilot is in charge of the plane and uses the flight management system to start the descent of the plane. 'At this altitude, this can only be done voluntarily. We hear several shouts from the captain asking to get in, speaking through the intercom system, but there's no answer from the cockpit.'

Andreas Lubitz locked pilot out of cockpit and 'deliberately' crashed A320 . Flew the plane into French Alps at 400mph and killed 150 people on board . EasyJet, Virgin Atlantic and Norwegian introducing rule to avoid disaster . Jet2, Monarch, FlyBe and RyanAir say the  procedure is already in place . Industry insider said practice could become 'mandatory' across all airlines .

 himself in the cockpit and locked the captain outside to take his own life.
Tributes have been paid today to the co-pilot who flew the Airbus A320 into the French Alps as investigators try to unravel what he hoped to achieve by locking himself in the cockpit and locking the captain outside to take his own life.
The 27-year-old who has not been named, had checked his Facebook account after take-off in Barcelona on Friday and he was wearing a suicide bomb belt. His family have denied he was depressed and has not offered any explanation why he locked the captain out of the cockpit in what has been described as a “cowardly act”.
Investigators have recovered the captain’s body but they are continuing to search the debris field for other parts of the plane that were sucked up by the force of the crash.
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Air France pilot deliberately crashed into the French Alps with a full tank of fuel, killing all 150 people on board, investigators say.
A new search resumed today to find the last two bodies of victims from the Airbus A320 that crashed into the French Alps last week, but one more family member has been found dead after the aircraft went down.
The search, which resumed at 06.00 local time (03.00 GMT), resumed after strong winds, low clouds and mist cleared.
But in the search of the wreckage and surrounding area, "the search has been suspended due to bad weather", officials said.
"All the experts who are searching the site must be able to work in good visibility," said Francois Molins, a judge investigating the crash.
French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for the captain in an extraordinary move after it emerged he went on to Facebook after locking himself in the cockpit, where the co-pilot lay dead in his seat before being found dead by rescuers.
It follows further revelations of his bizarre act of terrorism in the cabin, when he told staff he would crash the plane into the French Alps to stop it falling into the hands of al Qaeda.
And it emerged today that he had told his family and friends he was upset that he had been unable to buy a car with his


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)It is a strangely formal, yet troubling scene. A room in a far flung corner of Afghanistan where a serious lecture is happening, to an audience that seems part ideological, part curious; some are just impoverished, hoping for a quick job. At the front of this room stands an Afghan freshly back from fighting in Syria, and intent on recruiting other Afghans to fight alongside him for ISIS. "Brothers, I am here to tell you", the recruiter begins, "about the mujahideen in Syria." All faces are hidden in the footage, yet the motivations are clear. This seems to be part of ISIS's first moves into Afghanistan, a bid to bolster their ranks for the fight in Iraq and Syria by vacuuming up disgruntled former Taliban fighters -- or even just students looking for a cause. But it's a troubling move nonetheless. There's no shortage of battle-hardened militants here. And as NATO leaves, the Taliban looks strong if a little fractured -- and the possibility of peace talks ahead with the Afghan government could alienate some of the group's more radical elements. The man is one of five recruiters, he says -- some foreign, others Afghan like him, spread out across the country. His message is broadly ideological. "Jihad is now obligatory not only in Afghanistan, but also in many other places in the world," the recruiter tells the room. "The Christians and Jews have not only attacked Afghanistan, but they have also attacked Muslims in Syria, Iraq and Palestine. So Jihad is obligatory on us in these places." His reception is mixed, but to one audience member the ideological appeal is clear. "My aim is to fight infidels," the man says. "In Syria, or if they ask me to in Afghanistan, I will." Another man says he would prefer to stay home and go to university, but he is attracted by the recruiter's offer of money. "I definitely need the money," he says, "but will stay here and hope peace comes." Concerns are growing about how ISIS may expand into Afghanistan. When asked why ISIS might be on the rise here, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told CNN's Fareed Zakaria: "The reason it's happening is because (the) collapse of Yemen, Syria, Iraq has created an environment where instead of one weak link in the interrelated system of states, now there are wider spaces." Ghani added: "They have -- it's one of the most well-endowed finance -- well-financed organizations. And the techniques are spreading." The United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, told the Security Council that  ISIS's presence in Afghanistan was "of concern," but was most troubling in its "potential to offer an alternative flagpole to which otherwise isolated insurgent splinter groups can rally." A senior U.S. official told CNN that "the terrain is there" for ISIS to grow in Afghanistan. This is "something everyone is keeping a very close eye on. Afghanistan government is concerned. Pakistan government is concerned," he said, before adding that disaffected Taliban might also be attracted to the group. The path to CNN's filming with the recruiter was complex. An Afghan cameraman working for CNN was introduced at first to militants seeking to recruit fighters to assist an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria. Weeks later it emerged they were in fact working for ISIS. The group the militants say they come from -- Khorasan -- is better known as a radical part of the al Qaeda faction of al-Nusra, in Syria, where many Afghans fight. Yet ISIS experts say some of Khorasan's militants have defected to join ISIS, and those defectors in turn sent recruiters to Afghanistan to try to bolster their ranks. At the meeting that our cameraman was permitted to film, the militants produced application forms that bear the logo of the Islamic State -- the name the group prefers to be called -- although they appeared to be using the group's older nomenclature of ISIS on the documents. While these recruiters seek to attract fighters to Syria, their presence in Afghanistan at this pivotal time will fuel fears that the country remains vulnerable to being used as a sanctuary for a new wave of extremists.

There's no shortage of battle-hardened militants in Afghanistan, writes Nick Paton-Walsh . Concerns are growing about how ISIS may expand into the country . A senior U.S. official fears disaffected Taliban might be attracted to the group .

 while others are just curious.
It's not clear if they're aware of who the speaker is, or what she's saying, but they are at least engaged.
As the crowd begins to clap, the speaker speaks into the microphone, in English, the language of diplomacy and aid: "I have a dream today about Afghanistan becoming a model for the world."
But there's a problem. In the world that she describes, women aren't treated as they are in Afghanistan today. She tells them to imagine a world, she says, "in which women and men, girls and boys, equally enjoy the rights of self-determination and equality."
The man next to her interrupts, "That's not possible in Afghanistan!" he shouts, as the woman continues speaking.
The speaker is Hillary Clinton, the former Democratic US secretary of state who recently lost to Donald Trump in the presidential race. She was giving a speech Thursday on women's rights -- a speech meant to show support for an Afghan government that has taken back the majority of the country from the Taliban.
At times, it became a little surreal.
During this speech, a government minister sits in the crowd of mostly women who don't have any power in Afghanistan. During the speech, he interrupts and is shouted down by his fellow men -- some in military uniform, others just dressed in traditional garb.
At times, the room is filled with a cacophony of male voices. One man shouts that the speech is a fraud. At other times, it seems like they're engaged and interested, even if the majority of them, like the man who interrupted, don't want to actually listen to what Clinton has to say.
At the end of her speech, when the audience is asked to clap, a man in the crowd of mostly men stands up and declares that he doesn't believe in her words. As Clinton walks down from the stage to join her entourage, she's met with heckling.
"You said nothing!" the hecklers shout at her, as she keeps walking.
The crowd of men has erupted.
For the Afghan government, the event is meant to highlight women's rights, and their role in society, and the United States' support for it.
But for Clinton, the Afghan government, and many others, the event is an example of why women's rights are not always at the forefront of the issues


Need some help and inspiration deciding who to back at Cheltenham? Sportsmail's Peter Scudamore and Marcus Townend reveal their favourites while Sky Sports News HQ presenter Alex Hammond and other celebrities have also shared their tips for the Festival. PETER SCUDAMORE . Eight-time champion jockey and rider of 13 Festival winners . DOUVAN . (Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, 1.30) Rated one of the best horses Irish trainer Willie Mullins  has brought to the meeting, which is saying something. Having beaten some very decent opposition without coming off the bridle, it is impossible to truly measure his merit but the vibes are strong and he should be able to successfully start what could be an amazing afternoon for Mullins and his stable jockey Ruby Walsh. L’Ami Serge looks best of the British but that might not be good enough. BEST ODDS: 13-8 . Douvan, pictured at the gallops, is rated one of the best horses Willie Mullins has brought to the meeting . UN DE SCEAUX . (Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase, 2.05) Another Mullins-trained hot-pot. Fell when clear on his steeplechasing debut but has since pulverised some good performers including Tuesday’s rival Clarcam by 15 lengths in January. Some fear his temperament might get the better of him given the atmosphere but he was far more tractable for Walsh on that last run. BEST ODDS: 8-13 . THE NEW ONE . (Champion Hurdle, 3.20) My pick to derail the Mullins bandwagon by beating hot favourite Faugheen and his two-time champion stablemate Hurricane Fly. Some say the gelding trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies and ridden by his son Sam wasn’t as unlucky as he looked last year when almost brought down at the third hurdle and his failure to keep up on the run to the home turn was crucial. But that ignores how significant a loss of momentum and rhythm can be in a top-quality race. BEST ODDS: 7-2 . ANNIE POWER . (OLBG mares’ hurdle, 4.00) Mullins has won this race with Quevega for the last six years and this mare, whose only career defeat came in last year’s World Hurdle, could be even better. Kept off the track all season by injury but only needs to be near her best to beat a field of inferior rivals. BEST ODDS: 8-13 . The New One is Peter Scudamore's tip to beat favourite Faugheen and Hurricane Fly . MARCUS TOWNEND . SEEDLING . (Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, 1.30) Fair form last season but really flourished this term winning all three races. That includes giving weight and a length-and-a-half beating to Tuesday’s rival Some Plan at Cheltenham in December. The run looks even better when you factor in his bad jumping error at the fourth flight. Trainer Warren Greatrex has his string back in good form after quiet spell. BEST ODDS: 20-1 . SGT RECKLESS . (Arkle Challenge Trophy, 2.05) Lacks experience, racing over fences only once when winning at Uttoxeter in October having been kept away from the worst of the winter ground. Winning a Flat race on the all-weather is unconventional preparation but Mick Channon’s gelding was a fast finishing fourth in last year’s Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and has frame claims if he can pounce off a strong pace set by favourite Un De Sceaux. BEST ODDS: 16-1 . L’UNIQUE . (OLBG Mares’ Hurdle, 4.00) Annie Power is the red-hot favourite for the race but Alan King’s L’Unique looks a great each-way option. She is a Grade One winner who peaks in the spring and was third in this race last year. She also has a decent weight pull for her course defeat by Polly Peachum. BEST ODDS: 16-1 . Sgt Reckless was a fast finishing fourth in last year's Supreme Novices' Hurdle . Sky Sports' Alex Hammond is backing The New One . AND THE CELEBS... Here's who the celebs are backing in the Champion Hurdle. ............................................................................ SIR PETER O’SULLEVAN - Legendary racing commentator . JEZKI . Faugheen might be anything but at the prices, last year’s winner looks the each-way bet. ............................................................................ JAMES SIMPSON-DANIEL - Former rugby union star turned bookmaker . FAUGHEEN . I have been a fan all season and those who say he has beaten nothing are wrong. ........................................................................... HAYLEY TURNER - Professional jockey . FAUGHEEN . Willie Mullins’ star gelding is one of my strongest fancies for the whole of the Festival week. ALEX HAMMOND - Sky Sports News HQ presenter . THE NEW ONE . Unlucky in this race last year and I prefer to back a proven hurdler rather than one with potential. He should have a better race this time round. IWAN THOMAS - Former 400m athlete and TV presenter . FAUGHEEN . The popular choice but I hope he can live up to the nickname ‘Faugheen the Machine’.

Peter Scudamore is backing Douvan for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle . Marcus Townend has tipped Sgt Reckless for Arkle Challenge Trophy . Sky Sports News HQ presenter Alex Hammond fancies The New One .

ER SCUDAMORE: HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON FIRST IN I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU BRISTOL DEAL I think this looks an interesting one, and the reason I say that is I haven't really seen many Cheltenham Festival runners race in this race before. I think this fella could be a bit of a pretender for a long way. He's an interesting six-year-old and is a great ride for Brian Hughes, who is an absolute top-class jockey. He was in my tipster column in December so I thought he was worth chancing here with the hope that he can defy the trend of those horses that run in the Grand National. That's the reason for picking him.    Alex Hammond and Michael Owen discuss Cheltenham  I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO THINK OF THIS ONE FANCLUB I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU  I have to agree with Michael, I'm not sure what to make of this. It's hard to ignore his brilliant form last year, when he won the Welsh National and was unlucky not to win the Grand National. He was third in the Gold Cup before Christmas. If you go back four or five years, then he had a serious injury, and after his comeback he seemed to be a bit of a stayer. So, I'm not sure what he's coming back for this year. It seems he's in the Gold Cup instead of the Cross-Country Chase. That is a very interesting move from the handicapper as this is a horse who has been a very big player at Cheltenham in the last three or four years. The race is going to be much more competitive than it has ever been, so he's a gamble for me. I wouldn't be surprised if he comes second, but he's one of those runners in the race who could possibly run into the frame. Alex Hammond and Michael Owen discuss Cheltenham FASHION MASTERS FATIMA'S PRINCESS WESTERN BENDIX  I love her - I just think she's an unbelievably classy mare. She's unbeaten in two races at the Festival and was ridden a lovely patient race on a horse that got a bit tired in last year's Triumph Hurdle. Last year she was still a five-year-old, so I'm not saying she


For groom Neil McElwee and his bride Yanan Sun, their white wedding was to be their best day ever. Chinese-born Yanan Sun – six months pregnant with their first baby – had splashed out £1,000 on a stunning dress. And the happy couple had invited over 70 guests to celebrate at a £6,000 hotel reception. But their perfect day turned into a nightmare when moments before they were due to say 'I do', they were both arrested – after suspicions they were having a sham marriage. Neil McElwee and his Chinese fiancée Yanan Sun saw their painstakingly planned wedding day  transformed into a nightmare when they were arrested in front of 50 guests and accused of embarking on a sham marriage . The besotted couple, who had spent months honing the details of their special day, were forced into separate prison vans and held for five hours . This week the couple from Derry, Northern Ireland, were awarded £21,000 compensation over the blunder – which also led to four police officers being disciplined. But although they have since wed, Yanan Sun, 22, said last night: 'A wedding day is supposed to be the best day of any woman's life. But this turned out to be the worst day of mine. 'All the money in the world can never make up for spoiling my wedding day.' And her husband Neil, 28, a chef, said: 'While we feel justice has been done we can't ever erase the memories of that terrible day. There was no excuse for the way we were both treated. I don't think we will ever get over it.' The McElwees, who now have two daughters, Isabel, three, and Sybil, one, first met through friends in 2010 when Yanan Sun came to the UK from Shenyang, China to study English. Says Yanan Sun: 'A friend set us up on a blind date. There was an immediate attraction between us and when Neil asked if I wanted to go to the beach for a day out I said yes. 'Within weeks we were a couple and talking about spending the rest of our lives together. We set a date to marry in the summer 2012.' But in February 2011 Yanan Sun discovered she was pregnant and the couple decided to bring their wedding forward. She says: 'When about four weeks after I found out, Neil woke up one morning and said he thought we should get married earlier, I was thrilled. We are both quite traditional and wanted our baby to be born within wedlock.' They were released without charge, and eventually the couple were able to join the rest of their party - whom they had instructed to carry on without them - and bravely smile for photos . A registry office ceremony was booked at the Guildhall in Derry for July 19th 2011. Meanwhile, invitations were sent to over 70 friends and relatives to attend a buffet. Yanan Sun said: 'I spent around £1,000 on a beautiful long white wedding dress and had my hair and make up professionally done for my special day. We arranged for a wedding cake to be made, caterers to prepare a buffet – which included Champagne and strawberries - hired a BMW and taxis to drive the ourselves and the wedding party to the reception, paid for flowers with a florist, hired a photographer and a DJ. 'Neil and I spent hours choosing place mats and table decorations, agonising over tiny details such as which tables guest would sit on. We even had our wedding rings personally engraved with matching love hearts. Like any young couple, we didn't have a lot of money to spend but we'd saved up enough. And we were determined it would be a perfect day.' As she was about to walk up the aisle, Yanan Sun gave a little wave to Neil who'd been waiting. She recalls: 'I was so excited when I got there. I couldn't wait to marry Neil and get on with enjoying the day we'd spent months planning.' However, as they stepped into the hall, they were asked by the Registrar to go into a small side room. Neil says: 'I was expecting a chat about the ceremony or something simple such as not throwing confetti everywhere. So I was shocked to find four plain clothes Police officers waiting behind the door. 'And when one of them said we were both being arrested on suspicion of carrying out a sham wedding I was stunned. 'I protested our papers were in order – our solicitor was even a guest at the wedding – but no-one was interested in listening.' Yanan Sun recalls: 'When the officer said I had to accompany them to the station and change out of my dress I burst into tears. Even my big pregnancy bump didn't seem to convince them we weren't genuinely in love. I couldn't believe anyone could be so cruel.' The couple were taken to the local Police station where they were kept in separate cells. Recalls Yanan Sun: 'I was forced to wear forensic police clothing.' As they sat in their separate cells, and the hours ticked by, both realised their wedding day was not going to happen. Neil says: 'The feeling of helplessness – knowing my pregnant bride to be was sat on her own in a cell – was awful. It was sheer torment.' They later discovered Police found out after only 40 minutes they'd realised the arrests were a terrible mistake – but it was to be four hours before their solicitor managed to get them released. It was too late for their wedding ceremony but the McElwees bravely decided to go to their hotel reception and posed for photos. Neil says: 'I'd told my best man to carry on without us – after all, it was all paid for, the buffet was all prepared. We didn't want to let guests down, some of whom had travelled miles. Recalls Yanan Sun: 'Neil asked me if I wanted to the reception and at first I said no. I was so upset I couldn't face it. I just wanted to go home. But then I didn't want it to go to waste. 'I even changed back into my wedding dress for photos. But I couldn't bear to wear my wedding ring. And although I was smiling, inside I was devastated. In hindsight I don't know how I managed to get through it.' The couple eventually married the next day, in an understated ceremony in casual clothes . When the following morning the Registrar rang them to apologise and asked if there was anything she could do, they asked if they could still marry. Yanan Sun says: 'The Registrar said we could go in later that day. By then guests had gone back to work so we just wore our casual clothes, exchanged a few vows and signed our names on the documents. We were married but it was terrible - it was not the magical day I'd always dreamt it would be.' The McElwees tried to put the incident behind them. In November their daughter Isabel was born. And they have since had second baby, Sybil in February last year. However Yanan Sun could not get over what had happened. 'When I saw our wedding photos I just felt upset. Although we were smiling on them, they were just fake smiles. They became a reminder of the trauma we'd gone through.' Worse she began to panic whenever someone came to the door. 'I knew it was ridiculous but I kept thinking I was going to be arrested. I felt I couldn't trust anyone. In the end I needed counselling.' Three of the four officers who arrested the couple were disciplined and magistrates awarded Yanan Sun £12,500 and her husband £9,000 after the McElwees sued the Police Service of Northern Ireland for unlawful arrest. They now have two daughters . Neil was so angry he made a complaint to the Police. He says: 'I couldn't understand why when the Police knew they'd made an error after just 40 minutes, they didn't immediately release us. Had they done so, we might still have been able to go ahead with our wedding as arranged.' In June 2012 the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland upheld the McElwees' complaint. A police officer later claimed he had carried out the arrest after receiving a letter from the UK Border agency that morning. But he had failed to check the McElwee's documents before making unlawful arrests and detaining them unlawfully. Three Police officers were disciplined over the arrests and the pair went on to take civil action against the Chief Constable of the PSNI for their unlawful arrest. This week Derry magistrates court ordered that Yanan Sun should be awarded £12,500 and Neil should get £9,000. But while the couple say they are 'satisfied justice has been done,' they have struggled to move on. Neil admits: 'Most couples will reminisce about their wedding day but we never talk about it.' And Yanan Sun says: 'No amount of money will truly compensate for my ruined big day. Sadly, we can never turn the clock back and undo those memories.'

Neil McElwee and Chinese fiancée Yanan Sun arrested on wedding day . The besotted pair had spent months honing the details of their special day . But they were arrested by police and accused of arranging sham marriage . The couple have been awarded £21,000 compensation over the mistake .

 an exquisite gown, while her handsome 35-year-old husband Neil McElwee had booked a limo and was planning a post-ceremony honeymoon to Italy.
On their wedding day last November in St Mary’s Catholic Church in Chingford, East London, the newlyweds posed happily for pictures on the steps, Neil looking dapper in his dark suit, Yanan in a cream dress, beaming at him with a huge floral corsage.
Yet 48 hours earlier, Neil had told his bride he was leaving her for someone else. In the middle of the ceremony, he slipped away. Yanan was left shocked and alone, her husband having flown back to Shanghai by the morning flight and then – without telling her – taking the family car and heading for Scotland. “I thought he’d gone to fetch his father,” Yanan recalls. “I was completely fooled.” Neil’s family had known all along that he was marrying a “fraud”, he admits.
For the first time, Yanan realised that what her husband had told her about his family was a lie. Not only had he lied about his parents’ deaths in order to bring her here to marry him, but they had lied too, telling Yanan that they were “extremely rich” and that Neil had a job as a company director. What’s more, Neil’s parents were living in an exclusive block of flats in an upmarket street and working for a famous French hotel chain in Shanghai.
Yanan says it was her “biggest mistake ever” to trust someone she didn’t know. She felt foolish, frightened and angry at being tricked by the man she believed would be “Mr Right”.
“I wish I hadn’t been so naive,” says Yanan. “After all I had to go through when my son was born, with the medical treatment here and what they told us in China, why should I have believed him? I think I was a bit desperate. That’s why we stayed together in the end.”
Two days after their wedding, Yanan gave birth to a baby boy. Neil was back in Shanghai, but she had a huge decision to make about which child to leave behind. “I wasn’t allowed to do anything with my baby unless Neil agreed, and I had to hand him back every night before 10pm,” says Yanan. “I didn’t think I could live


A funeral has been held for the newborn found dead at a Michigan recycling center after his mother allegedly left him freeze to death. Dozens attended the service for the boy, known simply as Baby Henry, whose body was discovered almost two months ago at a recycling center in the city of Roseville, near Detroit. Morgue employees named the child 'Henry Alexander Macomb,' after the county's namesake, Gen. Alexander Macomb. The newborn's lifeless body was discovered in January at the recycling facility - his mother Angela Alexie, is charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse. The 24-year-old relinquished her rights to bury the baby. A funeral has been held for the newborn found dead at a Michigan recycling center after his mother allegedly left him freeze to death . Dozens attended the service for the boy, known simply as Baby Henry, whose body was discovered almost two months ago at a recycling center in the city of Roseville . Morgue employees named the child 'Henry Alexander Macomb,' after the county's namesake, Gen. Alexander Macomb. 'I don't know what to say. I'm standing here representing the church, and I'm just as confused as most of you,' said Richard Shubik, a deacon at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Farms who presided over the service. 'But I think it's fitting, and I'm proud of all of you that are here today so that we can send Baby Henry off to the kingdom in the proper way.' Shubik, along with a number of those in attendance at Resurrection Cemetery in Macomb County's Clinton Township, became emotional during the brief service, pausing in the middle of a prayer to compose himself. The service also featured a bagpiper in addition to the procession led by the honor guard. Clinton Township fire Lt. Paul Brouwer, who walked behind the baby's casket, said he and his fellow firefighters were moved by the baby's story. Donald Ross plays bagpipes at the funeral service on Wednesday . Mourners pay their respects at the casket of a newborn. 'I don't know what to say. I'm standing here representing the church, and I'm just as confused as most of you,' said Richard Shubik, a deacon at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Farms who presided over the service . The burial plot in an area of the cemetery devoted to children, as well as the casket and a viewing held Tuesday evening all were donated. 'He was here for just such a short time that it was a tragedy to say the least. Hopefully with this his spirit can rest easy,' Brouwer said. The burial plot in an area of the cemetery devoted to children, as well as the casket and a viewing held Tuesday evening all were donated. Clinton Township Supervisor Robert Cannon, who helped organize the effort, said 'we adopted the baby as a community.' 'He started out without anybody loving him. Now, we all love him. And I want the world forever to know that,' Cannon said. Alexie,  gave birth to the baby  alone in a garage in Eastpointe, Michigan, on December 22, 2014, and cut the umbilical cord with her teeth. The mother-of-three, whose children are all in foster care, claims she didn't have the strength to take the baby to authorities as she was embarrassed and didn't know if her boyfriend was the father. Wrapping the child in a blanket, Alexie left the him on the floor of the open-windowed residential garage for two days as she slept inside, checking on him every two hours. She attempted to breastfeed him, she says, but he never latched on. She did not bring him formula. Angela Alexie, 24, (pictured in February  allegedly delivered the baby boy on her own in the unattached garage of a friend's house that she was residing in and then put the baby in a recycling bin after he had died . On Christmas Eve, John died, and Alexie posted on Facebook 'RIP Baby', which she claims referred to somebody else's child. Alexie placed the body in a plastic bag and left him on the floor of the garage for another week before somebody placed the bag in a recycling dumpster, the court heard in February. The court also heard from Cyndee Johnson, a worker at ReCommunity Recycling who saw John's body come down the conveyor belt on January 14. He was blue, covered in snow, and curled up as if he were trying to stay warm, Johnson said. 'When I first saw, it scared me,' Johnson said tearfully. 'I jumped back. I moved back. I realized this was an actual baby.' It is believed that the child was born on or around December 22 in the garage of a friend's house in Eastpointe (pictured) and died Christmas Eve night, but the Macomb County Medical Examiner's Office is still working to confirm the timeline . 'It just grabbed my heart. I knew something wasn't right.' 'I said, 'That's a real baby. Stop the line! Stop the line!'' she testified. There is no official cause of death but authorities believe hypothermia played a major role. 'She did nothing. She let that child freeze to death,' Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Bill Cataldo said, according to Detroit Free Press. 'He died when there were a number of ways to save him.' Alexie said she concealed the pregnancy from her boyfriend and pretended to have miscarried. Authorities released an appeal to find the mother, which prompted a response from Amy Lesniak, who is caring for two of Alexie's children. She said she suspected Alexie was pregnant when she started missing visits, claiming to have the flu or stomach problems. When she heard a baby was found in the dumpster, she called police saying she believed the child was Alexie's. Steven Kaplan, Alexie's attorney, said she has a 'severe lack of parenting skills, limited intelligence and lack of family support' in court yesterday. Kaplan will not seek a competency exam because it appeared to him that 'she has sufficient cognizance to assist her attorney in the hearing'. He plans to request a forensic evaluation regarding the issue of criminal responsibility or culpability, which he believes could lead to an insanity defense. Alexie relinquished her rights to bury the baby. Eastpointe Judge Carl Gerds set bond at $1 million. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Dozens attended the service for the boy, known simply as Baby Henry . Discovered almost two months ago at recycling center in city of Roseville . Police determined he was the son of Angela Alexie, whom they say gave birth to the boy shortly before Christmas in an Eastpointe garage . Alexie allegedly left him unattended for three days .

 recycling plant. The service took place Friday in Redford Township, where the boy died. A woman who found the body alerted authorities and they sent police to investigate. The case sparked widespread public outrage when the boy's body was found outside a closed building at the Redford Disposal Center, where his mother was known to go.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services removed dozens of children from the woman's care and charged her with felony first-degree child abuse. The baby's siblings were found living in squalid conditions at the woman's home, and his father has since obtained custody of them. The investigation into how the baby got to the recycling plant continues.
Baby Henry's funeral was attended by dozens in Michigan
Authorities say the woman found dead in Redford Township was pregnant.
The father of the child found dead in a recycling facility in Michigan speaks out.
A newborn baby has died of exposure in an act of "horrendous child abuse."
Michigan woman arrested after allegedly leaving her infant in cold car, police say
A Michigan woman has been charged with child abuse after police say she was caught leaving her 10-month-old boy in a cold car.
The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Danielle Lynn Dunsmore, told police that she was in the car drinking when her son was inadvertently left inside, WXYZ reports.
Police were called to the home after Dunsmore's family claimed they hadn't seen the baby since Christmas, and a passerby said the boy was crying out in a car that was running while parked outside their home.
When officers arrived, they could hear the baby inside, and an officer climbed inside through the sunroof of the car and lifted the sleeping child from the seat, police said.
The boy was taken to a hospital where he was diagnosed with hypothermia and treated for the cold, but doctors were unable to save him.
Dunsmore was charged with second-degree child abuse and was being held on $20,000 bail as of Monday.
Dunsmore, whose son's father died in 2017, had been left alone with the baby while she recovered from hernia surgery, the Detroit Free Press reports. The infant's father, who had the same name as the child, died after a motorcycle accident.
A funeral for the deceased infant took place Monday at a nearby funeral home.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


A principal has claimed radicalisation is not a problem at his Islamic school because he tells pupils that the Islamic State death cult is manufactured by Western countries. Al-Taqwa College Principal Omar Hallak reportedly shows his almost 2,000 students ‘evidence’ that Islamic State terrorists are ‘not linked to Islam’. ‘We don’t believe Muslims are creating IS,’ Mr Hallak told The Age. He believes that the murder and brutality carried out by Islamic State terrorists is actually a plot by Western countries to control oil in the Middle East. The school, which is based in Melbourne’s outer-west, Victoria, is focussed on educating Australian Muslims that ‘follow Australian Law’, he said. ‘In the mosque, we talk to them many times. We show them evidence it's not linked to Islam,’ Mr Hallak explained. Al-Taqwa College Principal Omar Hallak reportedly tells his pupils that Islamic State is a plot manufactured by Western countries . He said his Islamic school in Melbourne doesn't have problem with radicalisation . The principle’s belief that IS is simply a plot caused by Israel and America stems from his theory that the terrorists use ‘shiny new equipment’. Al-Taqwa College is an independent primary and secondary school. Daily Mail Australia has contacted Mr Hallak for comment. A spokesman for the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia Keysar Trad told Fairfax Radio on Monday the principle was just trying to discourage young people from joining the terror group. 'I can understand anyone taking offence to being in any way implicated in the type of crimes that IS has been reported to have done,' Mr Trad said. 'But in the bigger picture scheme of things, the real issues are that we have to find as many ways as possible to convince young people to keep away from this group and have negative feelings towards this group.' Instead of criticising the principal for blaming the West, Mr Trad said the principal should be told 'we appreciate what you're doing, but we don't need the "us and them" approach'. Abdullah Elmir, a 17-year-old Australian who went missing from his home in Sydney’s west at the end of June 2014, is fighting with Islamic State terrorists . Mr Trad said IS had done an 'unprecedented level of damage' to the image of Islam. He said there was a minority view that it was 'a plot from forces outside of Islam', either the West or Syria's Asad regime. Mr Hallak's remarks come after more than 100 Australians are thought to have flown to Syria and Iraq to fight with the Islamic State terrorists so far. Radicalised teens include Abdullah Elmir, a 17-year-old Australian who went missing from his home in Sydney’s west at the end of June 2014, and Melbourne school boy Jake Bilardi. The 18-year-old died in a suicide mission in central Iraq last week after travelling to Iraq with a ‘death wish’ last year after dropping out of school. Schoolboy Jake Bilardi was killed in a suicide bomb in Iraq last week after becoming radicalised online in Melbourne . On Sunday night his devastated father John Bilardi told 60 Minutes that it was clear his son suffered from psychological problems from an early age, but that they were never properly addressed, despite the fact all the warning signs were there. 'I would just like everyone to know that the buck stops here with me. He was my son. I knew there was something not right with his behaviour,' he said. The teenager is believed to have converted to Islam in 2012 when he was in Year 10, shortly after his mother died of cancer. 'Just out of the blue he said, "I've gone Muslim",' his father said. 'To see him sitting there with that gun... I just couldn't believe that was my son,' Mr Bilardi said about the photograph of his son holding a rifle, flanked by other IS members, in front of the terrorist group’s black and white flag. Suhan Rahman, from Melbourne, is said to have died last week while fighting for Islamic State . His wife posted a bloodied photo of her dead husband on Twitter. A rifle was placed on his body . The woman who claimed to be Rahman's wife said: 'I'm the most content I have ever been in my life.' A researcher at the London based terrorist research centre ICSR posted this photo of Rahman on Twitter . 'They put him in a car loaded with explosives. They probably just shouted 'praise Allah' or whatever, and sent him off. I can't imagine what he was feeling.' Other young men who have travelled from Melbourne to join Islamic State include Suhan Rahman and jihadi Mahmoud Abdullatif – both of whom are also now dead. A woman claiming to be Rahman’s wife posted a photo of his bloodied dead body on Twitter, announcing that he has been killed while fighting in Syria. Rahman, who had been fighting under the name Abu Jihad al Australi, previously threatened a terrorist attack on Australia claiming he would 'bring the war home' to the west in January. ‘Spill blood young Aussies,’ he wrote on Twitter. His last known location was Raqqa, an Islamic State stronghold in Syria. The woman, named Zumarul Jannah, who claimed to be his wife said: ‘Alhamdulillahi rabbil alimeen, I'm the most content I have ever been in my life ♡.’ 23-year-old Rahman (left) was pictured with Sydney terrorist Mohamed Elomar (right) earlier this year . Australian-born jihadist Mahmoud Abdullatif, who was reported dead in January, was friends with Rahman . A Twitter account understood to belong to Zehra Duman posted a series of photographs of jihadist women 'from Australia and the US' posing with a BMW M5, which they said originated in France . Zehra Duman, pictured, left behind a distraught family when she fled for the Middle East late in 2014. She later posted that she had married jihadist fighter Mahmoud Abdullatif . His death came after his friend Abdullatif, nicknamed the playboy jihadi, was killed in January. Abdullatif’s wife Zehra Duma, also from Melbourne, similarly announced her husband’s death on social media. She recently shared a series of propaganda pictures that she says shows her 'five star jihad' lifestyle - and says she and other female jihadists are 'thirsty' for the blood of her former countrymen. In one tweet, Duman said: 'US + Australia, how does it feel that all 5 of us were born n raised in your lands, & now here thirsty for ur blood?' Another image of five women standing under an Islamic State flag is captioned: 'Can't mess with my clique. From the land down under, to the land of Khilafah. Thats the Aussie spirit.' Her father, Duvat Duman, told the Herald Sun: 'She’s been brainwashed, she wasn’t like this three or four months ago.' Other Australian jihadis, who are wanted by the Australian Federal Police, are Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar. Both men famously published photographs of themselves on Twitter showing them holding up decapitated heads. Notorious Australian jihadist Mohamed Elomar pictured in front of a white BMW which was reportedly from France . Former Sydney man Khaled Sharrouf is wanted by the Australian Federal Police .

Principal says his school doesn't have a radicalisation problem . Omar Hallak tells pupils Islamic State isn't created by Muslims . Mr Hallak runs the Al-Taqwa College in Melbourne . He believes Islamic State is an oil grabbing plot by Western countries .

“how evil” the Islamic State is and said that they could not become ISIS “because we are Muslims”.
Last year the school, in Luton, had received criticism after footage was released showing its pupils saying “Death to non-Muslims”. Mr Hallak reportedly said that these statements did not mean that the pupils were “radical” as they were meant as a way to “emotionally respond” to the attacks in Brussels and Paris. He told the BBC that the school was in the process of having a number of extremist speakers and groups banned in the UK.
“We are Muslims. If we are radicalised we will attack each other. We are not radicalised and we will not attack anybody,” he said. “My point of view is what we have seen is not radicalism. What we have is radicalisation from other countries and that’s why I say it’s not our problem.” He claims to tell his pupils “how evil ISIS is”, and pointed out that “the people who commit the acts are not Muslims”.
The Islamic teacher, who grew up in Paris, said that the school was receiving calls from Muslims who were concerned about the “misinterpretation” of Islam and radicalising messages being spread on social media by extremist organisations. “People have to accept there is a difference between the Koran and the action of ISIS.
The Koran teaches you to live in peace, but for some reason these guys have twisted that and are saying they are representing the religion and everyone else has gone along with this because they are not well educated on what the religion is,” said Mr Hallak. “People have to stop being radicalised and have to see the difference between what’s going on.”
In October, the school came under fire for hosting a speech by a radical imam in which he said that Christians were “infidels” and that the only true faith was Islam. The preacher had to cut his speech short due to a backlash and the principal reportedly removed the speaker from the school.
However, Mr Hallak refused to backtrack on his previous comments about the death cult and said that he “wouldn’t even say that ISIS is evil”. He also claimed that his pupils were being radicalised but said that the parents of the children attending the school supported them.
Last year the school came under fire for its curriculum, which included lessons on “gender bias” which are believed to show that women


David Cameron has been told that he can stay in Downing Street even if he loses the election while other parties try to piece together a coalition. He will remain Prime Minister until an alternative is found, and ministers who lose their seats could continue to serve in a caretaker government for weeks. Sir Jeremy Heywood, the country's top civil servant, insisted that Mr Cameron must remain in Number 10 until there can be a 'smooth transition' to a new government. David Cameron will remain Prime Minister until an alternative is found, and ministers who lose their seats could continue to serve in a caretaker government for weeks . In 2010, Gordon Brown was accused of 'squatting' in Downing Street while the Tories and Lib Dems negotiated the details of their coalition pact. But Sir Jeremy, the Cabinet Secretary, insisted that it was the right thing to do to ensure the wheels of government kept turning. Five years ago the coalition deal was agreed in just five days, but with a hung parliament likely again, it is expected that any power-sharing agreement could take much longer, possibly even several weeks. Sir Jeremy told the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee: 'The reality is what Gordon Brown did last time I think was generally applauded, not in every single quarter. 'But the idea that you would stay in Downing Street until it was pretty clear who would be better placed than you to form another government, that's what he did, that's what happened and we ended up with a very smooth transition. 'I would certainly urge a future prime minister in the same position to adopt a similar approach.' Sir Jeremy Heywood, the country's top civil servant, insisted that Mr Cameron must remain in Number 10 until there can be a 'smooth transition' to a new government . Polls suggest both Labour and the Tories will fall short of securing an overall majority at the general election on May 7. With the SNP on the rise in Scotland, the Lib Dems defending 57 seats and Ukip predicting they will win more than 10 seats, it is possible that no two parties would be able to form a majority. A coalition deal between three or more parties would take much longer to agree, and could prove unstable. Sir Jeremy added: 'I think it would be very unfair, particularly if it took slightly longer next time than just the five days it took last time, it would be very unfair if the incumbent prime minister was criticised for staying around in Downing Street when he was simply doing what most people would regard as the expectation placed upon him.' In 2010, Gordon Brown was accused of 'squatting' in Downing Street while the Tories and Lib Dems negotiated the details of their coalition pact . Sir Jeremy said it would be a 'bad mistake to drag' the Queen into any decisions or negotiations that would need to be taken if no party has a clear majority after the election, even if there if two coalitions were formed of equal numbers, telling the committee it was a decision for politicians. Asked if the ministers who have been kicked out by voters would be able to remain part of a caretaker government, he replied: 'Yes, they can'. Sir Jeremy told the committee he has talked to David Cameron about the role of the civil service during any coalition negotiations after May 7. 'I have discussed it with the Prime Minister and he is agreed in principle that the civil service should play the same role in 2015, if it is needed, as was played in 2010 but we haven't yet got into any detail,' he said. Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have all introduced new processes since the last election to take factor in the possibility of a hung parliament.

Top civil servant Sir Jeremy Heywood reveals post-election planning . Cabinet Secretary has spoken to Cameron about staying on after result . He will remain PM until an alternative government can be formed . Coalition talks between multiple parties could last for several weeks . Ministers who lose their seats could stay on in caretaker government .

 in a new administration. But there will need to be a "progressive government" or the electorate will have failed in what is an "historic" chance to change the UK.
"The question for us all is this: which political leaders have the courage to take the nation forward? The choices are simple. There will be an austerity government; a Tory government, or a progressive government. In my judgment, this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for real change – for real opportunity. This is the chance we must take to leave a legacy of hope, not fear; of opportunity, not dependence; of unity, not division. Our task is to use this opportunity to build a better country; an open, confident country, not a fearful, closed or suspicious one. It is an opportunity to ensure that no-one is left out in this life, but all can take part and contribute. It is an opportunity to build an economy that works for everyone – not just the privileged few. It is an opportunity to renew the foundations of our society; to renew our economy, our welfare state, our schools and universities and our homes – making Britain a home for all. It is an opportunity to renew our national soul; the values that have been so central to our history of freedom and opportunity. This is our chance, our time – our once-in-a-generation opportunity – to make the United Kingdom, once again, a country fit for the 21st century. That is what we all have to work towards; and that is how we will build an open, confident country fit for the 21st century."
Ed Miliband, Labour leader
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Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat leader
. And, for those in need, they should offer a strong safety net and work to help people back into work. That's why I want a new consensus on a fairer and simpler tax system. Because, let's face it – after five years of this Conservative-led government, we've been here before and things haven't changed. I'm sure I speak for others when I say the days of a narrow, left-leaning and right-wing consensus on the economy is over. We need an economy that creates opportunity for everyone – not just a few – and that is what Labour is offering."
Harriet Harman, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
"The choice facing the voters on May 6 is


For those who witnessed Ireland’s approach to playing Scotland at Celtic Park in November at close quarters, suggestions that they are a robust and direct unit scarcely seem tantamount to slander. Martin O’Neill’s side may not quite have mirrored the ultra-industrial style favoured by Jack Charlton’s men all those years ago, yet there were precious few morsels of real quality for the game’s purists to feast on. Were Poland then, doing any more than stating the blindingly obvious this week when they spoke extensively of Ireland’s one-dimensional, strong-arm strategy in their qualifying games thus far? Aiden McGeady celebrates scoring for Republic of Ireland against Georgia . You wouldn’t have thought so but, then again, Martin O’Neill, whose Ireland side entertain the Poles in Dublin, has never been one to resist an ever-so diplomatic counter-swipe at such accusations. Clearly keen to gain the slightest psychological edge ahead of what is being viewed as a must win game for the Republic, the former Celtic manager bristled when word of the Poles’ comments was relayed to him at their Malahide base on Friday. ‘I’m not really bothered about what they say — genuinely not bothered,’ O’Neill insisted. ‘I’m not so sure they could glean that from the games we have played. It’s not for me to retort but Poland are as physical a side as I have seen in some time.’ Ouch. Adam Nawalka’s side are a pretty accomplished one, too, however. Currently sitting on top of Group D, Ireland will surely need snookers to catch them if they leave the Aviva Stadium with another maximum return of points. Having won in Georgia and pinched a point in Germany, Ireland’s campaign hit the buffers with defeat in Glasgow in their last competitive outing. In a section with next to no margin for error, O’Neill’s side badly need to begin a sequence of four home games from five with a win. In that regard, a degree of calculated risk taking is in order. Aiden McGeady’s downturn in form has seen him excluded from Roberto Martinez’s Everton side since January 31 but – while far from ideal - his international manager sees that as no barrier to inclusion. McGeady’s downturn in form at Everton should not affect his Ireland position . ‘You can get away on a bit of adrenaline if you are reasonably fit and I think he’s been fit for a number of weeks. He just hasn’t played for Everton in that time,’ said O’Neill, who handed the player his Celtic debut 11 years ago. ‘Adrenaline can carry you a certain distance. You wouldn’t want to be going into a game with say three or four players not having played that much football. ‘That may happen but you know that as some stage these players are going to tire a bit. But it is what it is. ‘It’s a disappointment from this side but I’m not in charge of their club commitments. ‘Listen, it would be absolutely fantastic if players were coming in here on the back of having played games the last couple of weekends. ‘You always sense it’s never going to be that way. I was involved as a player at Northern Ireland and we had players coming in who hadn’t played much at club level but suddenly they got a lift from playing international football. ‘That’s what I’d be hoping for.’ If O’Neill is bemused by McGeady’s exclusion at club level, he made a fine job of hiding it. ‘That’s entirely up to Everton,’ he straight-batted. ‘If I was to make that judgment on every single player at club level, I might be listening to the wrong comments. ‘Roberto Martinez is absolutely entitled to pick whoever he wants to at club level. ‘If he doesn’t think that Aiden is playing well enough to be picked for his team, that’s entirely up to him. Republic of Ireland coach Roy Keane shares a joke with McGeady during training session . ‘We’ve a different aspect here. He is obviously very important for us. He’d a great start against Georgia, continued that on although he may have been a little disappointed (in how he played) against Scotland. ‘Overall, he is important to us. I think just the change of environment might just give him that lift. I’m hopeful. ‘He’ll be a bit disappointed that he’s not in the Everton starting side. But he’ s here, he knows what he’s done for us in the recent past and that should give him a lift.’ McGeady might well be facing a familiar figure in the Polish goal. Artur Boruc, also formerly employed in Glasgow’s East End, is being tipped to win his 60th cap here after Wojciech Szczesny’s recent relegation to the Arsenal bench. ‘It’s some years ago but in his spell at Celtic he was one of the top five goalkeepers in European football,’ said O’Neill, who left Parkhead in 2005 just as Boruc was coming in. ‘Of course, there’s some water under the bridge since then and he’s now down at Bournemouth. But he was a fine goalkeeper before and if the manager is thinking of picking him, he must have great faith in him at the moment.’ Self-confidence among the Poles is scarcely at a premium. Still unbeaten in the qualifiers, their only blemish so far came in the 2-2 draw with Scotland in Warsaw. O’Neill knows – from bitter experience in Glasgow – how the entire dynamic of the section can turn in an instant. His warning then, not to gift the likes of Robert Lewandowski a prized victory hardly needs to be overstated. ‘We’re 75 minutes into the game and our concentration faded,’ O’Neill recalled of Shaun Maloney’s winning goal from a set-piece. ‘I know as you get tired in a match your concentration goes a little bit, but that really shouldn’t happen. ‘I think Poland’s approach will be a pretty positive, as suggested by the results they have got. ‘In the game against Germany there were moments in the match where I would say fortune broke for them at the time. ‘But they have earned that and they have put up points on the board. ‘Their second-half performance against Georgia in Georgia was particularly strong. ‘I’m expecting a big, big game. But this is the first match of a run where we have four out of five at home and it is up to us to do something about it.’

Republic of Ireland take on Poland in Euro 2016 qualifier on Sunday . Aiden McGeady likely to feature despite lack of playing time at Everton . Martin O’Neill’s side begin sequence of four home games from five .

 characteristics that the new era of Scottish rugby is hoping to present to the general public, but they were hardly as tender and pliable as the team of yesteryear.
There were no moments of hesitation or awkward shuffling into position, no hesitation before surging forward – in other words no fear.
Scotland have not been in this position for a long time. They have not had a coach so intent on restoring his team to the world’s third most potent outfit since Frank Hadden was in charge.
They have not had a player capable of playing a high-end position so resolutely in the manner of Scott McLeod or Stephen Ferris.
The “unfortunate” incident that has sent McLeod off the rails and Ferris into retirement, the shoulder injury that has brought Gordon D’Arcy back into the fold and the potential for the likes of David Bortolussi and Fergus Mchugh to have an impact on their national team’s future do have their influence on a team’s performance but, really, it is a different era altogether for Scottish rugby.
With the exception of the 2007 Grand Slam-winning team, the national side have been largely devoid of character and conviction on a weekly basis since the advent of professionalism.
And that is probably not even being unfair.
The last time Scotland took to the pitch with some kind of coherent character was the same year as the Grand Slam triumph, the 2009 Six Nations campaign.
Even then, however, the team was built not so much on confidence but on “what might have been” when the reality was the very opposite of what was expected.
Ireland’s record of 18 consecutive defeats between April 2007 and November 2011 was nothing to be proud of and certainly nothing to be encouraged by, while Scotland’s run of nine in a row is a national record.
The two teams have crossed paths more than 100 times since then and the results, as might have been anticipated, have continued to tell the same old story.
Ireland’s record of 20-2 looks more impressive – but there have been plenty of matches over the years where the Irish side could have won by even more and they could also have been beaten more convincingly (last season in Edinburgh is a prime example).
While both Scotland and Ireland have been at the forefront of the northern hemisphere scrum for different reasons – the former have been more resolute, the latter have been


The U.S. government on Thursday asked an appeals court to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama's executive action to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, arguing it can't wait for the judge who blocked the action to make a ruling on a similar request. Justice Department attorneys filed an emergency motion with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana, to lift a preliminary injunction issued last month by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas. The injunction had been issued on the request of a coalition of 26 states that filed a lawsuit to overturn Obama's immigration plan. OFF TO COURT: President Barack Obama has responded to a Texas judge's injunction halting his immigration executive actions by demanding an appeals court overrule him . HERE COMES THE JUDGE: Federal jurist Andrew Hanen called the Obama administration on the carpet and put the brakes on the president's immigration plan . The states, led by Texas, argue that Obama's action was unconstitutional and would force them to invest more in law enforcement, health care and education. DECISION TIME: Federal Judge Priscilla Owen will likely make the call on whether to overturn Hanen, her former law school classmate . The injunction was intended to stall Obama's actions – which would spare from deportation as many as 5 million people who are in the U.S. illegally – while the lawsuit progresses through the courts. Many Republicans in Congress and states led by Republicans oppose the action, saying Obama overstepped his authority as president. Obama said he had to act because Congress has failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform. The Justice Department had asked Hanen to lift the injunction while the case was appealed to the 5th Circuit. But Hanen put that request on hold pending a hearing on March 19 to review allegations the government misled him about the implementation of part of the immigration plan. In their 21-page motion, Justice Department attorneys called the injunction 'unprecedented and wrong' and argued lifting it was crucial as the order 'irreparably interferes with (the Homeland Security Department's) ability to protect the Homeland and secure our borders.' Justice Department attorneys said that if the injunction is not lifted, it should at least apply either only to Texas or to the 26 states that sued. 'President Obama's unconstitutional use of executive power to accomplish what he couldn't do in Congress sets a dangerous precedent that threatens the fabric of our Republic,' Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement responding to the Justice Department's emergency motion. 'The state of Texas and a bipartisan coalition of 25 other states will continue to oppose the President's unilateral and lawless actions,' Paxton added. A coalition of 14 states, including California and Iowa, and the District of Columbia filed a motion on Thursday with the 5th Circuit in support of lifting the injunction. They argued the immigration actions will benefit states through increased tax revenues and improved public safety. But Texas has on its side a longer list: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Legal experts say the 5th Circuit is known to be fairly conservative, and is likely to deny the Justice Department's request. Ultimately, it could end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. PLAINTIFF: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is spearheading the lawsuit along with 25 other governors . ANGER: Conservatives have bristled at the idea of the White House tossing border security overboard in favor of letting 5 million or more illegal immigrants stay . At next week's hearing, Hanen was set to have Justice Department attorneys explain why the federal government granted three-year deportation reprieves as well as work permits to 100,000 individuals before Hanen's Feb. 16 injunction. Attorneys had previously said federal officials wouldn't accept such requests until Feb. 18. The Justice Department has said the reprieves and work permits were granted under the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, which was not halted by Hanen's injunction. DACA protects young immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. In a separate court document filed with Hanen's court on Thursday, the Justice Department said the acknowledgement that some individuals were granted reprieves under 2012 DACA guidelines does 'not bear on the resolution' of the pending request before the judge to lift the injunction. Hanen's injunction put on the hold an expansion of DACA as well as a program that would extend deportation protections to parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have been in the country for some years.

26 states sued in federal court and won a temporary injunction preventing the White House from mainstreaming more than 5 million illegal immigrants . Judge Andrew Hanen put on the brakes, saying the policy could cause harms that it would be impossible to undo . Now the Obama administration is going over Hanen's head to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, demanding it overturn Hanen . Obama wants to give Social Security numbers, green cards and work permits to some who are in the country illegally, and guarantee them they won't be deported for at least two years .

 final decision.
The Justice Department also told the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the 26 states that challenged Obama's action can't force the judge, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, to lift the temporary injunction that he ordered on Nov. 17.
Hanen's order "will likely be in place until at least June 2015, and will probably last even longer than that," the Justice Department wrote in a 48-page filing. That would require Congress to pass new legislation to overturn Obama's directive, a move that is unlikely, the department wrote.
The 9th Circuit has scheduled oral arguments to begin on Feb. 24.
The 26 states in November filed a lawsuit contending that Obama violated the separation of powers, with a lawsuit that Obama didn't have the authority to defer deportation. Hanen agreed.
States that brought the lawsuit argued that they would be put at risk of financial ruin and losing control of their own borders. Obama has since granted some relief from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), allowing the children of parents that are in the country illegally to obtain work permits.
But the DACA doesn't protect those adults, Obama's executive order would.
The U.S. government, including the Department of Homeland Security, argued that if the 26 states get their way, they will put immigrants who are subject to removal into an even darker legal shadow with limited ability to seek the protection of the U.S. government.
The Obama administration says if the injunction isn't lifted, it will be a "travesty" for about 4 million immigrants, mainly Hispanics, because "a nation of laws must not permit them to be subject to harsh punishments, such as removal, simply for having been brought to the country as children," the brief said.
The administration said that if the injunction stands "a nation of laws" would be "shattered."
"The injunction is based on a novel reading of the Constitution that would effectively eliminate the President's authority to regulate immigration, or to choose when and how to exercise authority that Congress has granted," the brief said.
Obama's executive action would allow the Department of Homeland Security to target its resources at border security and criminals.
The brief filed Thursday did not argue that Hanen was wrong when he blocked the order. The Justice Department said the executive


Looks-based dating website BeautifulPeople.com hit the headlines recently when it ejected 3,000 members for letting themselves go. And now the site obsessed with beauty is facing an ugly backlash after thousands of people have started trolling the site in a bid to take revenge on their elitist policies. In an attack coordinated via social media, uglies wanting to take revenge on the site have been using fake profile pictures to become members of the exclusive dating community before then attempting to subvert the system by voting in 'ugly' people and voting out any good-looking potential members. Scroll down for video . Elitist dating site BeautifulPeople.com is facing a backlash from 'ugly' trolls after removing 3,000 members for letting themselves go. Uglies wanting to take revenge on the site have been using fake profile pictures to become members of the exclusive dating community before attempting to subvert the system . Last week it was revealed that BeautifulPeople.com had expelled over 3,000 people for not maintaining the appearance necessary to meet the high standards expected on the site. The move was welcomed by most of the member - but angered outsiders who disagreed with the site's selective policy. The 'Ugly' troll attack originated in Russia where over 2,700 applications were made to the site in a few hours. Over half of these were fake profiles and part of the ugly troll army. Similar coordinated attacks have come from the United States and the United Kingdom with 1,435 U.S. 'trolls' removed from the site and 400 from the UK in the past few days. BeautifulPeople.com is a site that is designed only with Beautifu lPeople in mind where users vote for those they think are the most attractive to stay on the site . 2,700 of the recent surge in fake profiles were from Russia, where the revenge campaign began . Greg Hodge, the managing director of BeautifulPeople.com, said: 'We had large spikes in numbers applying to join the site using profiles which immediately raised the suspicions of our administrators. 'Initially the scale of applications from specific geographical areas – Russia, the United States and the UK in particular – caused concern, when we examined the applications in more detail, we noticed a large number of what appeared to be fake profile pictures. 'We then traced this back to various social media sites calling for an attack on our site.' 'People had come together on forums such as Reddit to discuss the site and how they could hijack it by creating the fake profiles.' This is not the first time the site has been under attack. BeautifulPeople.com has been hit with 'denial of service' attacks, and had their rating system sabotaged in 2011. In response the site has introduced new measures to verify profiles and wannabe members must now take a webcam picture of themselves holding up a piece of card with their name and date written on it . Recently 3,000 members were removed because organisers felt they had let themselves go. This chap is an example of somebody who would make the BeautifulPeople.com grade . The site introduced a system of validated membership in 2012, whereby entrants are encouraged to take a webcam picture of themselves holding up a piece of paper with their name and date handwritten on it to prove that their pictures are genuine. Validated members get a 'verification stamp' on their profiles. Prior to the attack this feature was optional, but the makers have been forced to make profile verification mandatory. BeautifulPeople.com is the first dating site to force all users to prove they are genuine. Hodge said: 'Fake profiles are the number one problem in the online dating market today. 'We have always led the field in combating this. In taking this next step, we believe we will all but eliminate disingenuous profiles on our site and set the example for the online dating market as a whole. Online daters do not want their time wasted with fraudulent profiles.' The creators of BeautifulPeople.com are husband and wife duo Genevieve and Greg Hodge . He added: 'Having an exclusive dating site is not without controversy. There will always be a degree of jealousy from those who don't make the cut. 'Thankfully, through swift action by our administrators, vigilant members and the introduction of an extra level of verification has meant that we have been able to root out the attackers and ensure that our site remains beautiful and exclusive.' Entry to BeautifulPeople.com is only possible after passing a democratic rating process, where members of the opposite sex vote 'Yes definitely', 'Hmm yes, O.K', 'Hmm no, not really' and 'NO Definitely NOT' based on photographs and a brief profile submitted by new applicants. After the recent cull, over 800,000 members remain on the site, representing 190 countries and almost every ethnic and cultural background. A global average of one in ten applicants that apply to the site are accepted.

BeautifulPeople.com is an elitist internet dating site . To join you have to be deemed attractive by the other users . Recently the site ditched 3,000 members for 'letting themselves go' Internet trolls reacted by hijacking the site with fake profiles . They then voted for profiles they deemed 'ugly' to stay on the site .

 “fat-shaming” protest against the exclusive website’s controversial decision to remove unwanted members from its ranks.
The ‘Fat Fighters’ took to the website to post pictures of themselves in all their flabby glory and encourage their friends to follow suit. The campaign group set up a Flickr page displaying over 40 photographs of fat people posing in an attempt to shame BeautifulPeople.com into taking them back.
‘We are calling on BeautifulPeople.com to re-instate us all, and we are holding them to that by showing our fat bodies – so far, we have submitted 42 photos, and the campaign is growing,’ a spokesman for Fat Fighters said in a statement. ‘We hope that people everywhere will now see that the idea of ‘good looks’ is just a social construct, and everyone deserves to feel good about themselves.’
The Fat Fighters campaign echoes the ‘Skinny Shaming’ website launched by the internet campaign collective We Make The Internet Awake which takes photographs of overweight people and compares them with skinny models on catwalks. The new campaign has been designed to force BeautifulPeople.com to reconsider its exclusionary policy, a statement released by the group said: ‘We are tired of being told that we are ‘fat and unhealthy,’ that being fat is ‘wrong’ or ‘unattractive.’’
When the group uploaded the first photos to the @bebeautifulpeople Instagram page, the company responded by stating: ‘Your images have been removed, as this is not a competition.’
The campaign comes just days after BeautifulPeople.com was caught using models with fake profiles to attract more members.
When the new profiles were discovered, members were urged not to be duped into paying a fee for membership, and if they had signed up they were urged to contact the site about their concerns.
The issue came to light after a member posted a photo of one of the ‘fake’ models which they had signed up. Members were outraged at the fact that the site would use such a deceptive practice to try and boost its membership. In a statement, the site said: ‘The use of model or fake photos on websites is commonplace as these profiles tend to convert more members due to their apparent ‘idealism’.‘ We do not, under any circumstance, offer, encourage or promote the use of model photos on our site.‘ ‘The use of model or fake photos on websites is commonplace as these profiles


(CNN)In the past eight months, ISIS has seeded itself in some dozen countries around the globe. Indicative of this was the announcement on Saturday that the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram had pledged its "allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims," ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. The global spread of ISIS raises key questions about whether these new affiliates signal an intensification of the threat of terror. It also has important implications for the debate in Congress over Obama's request for a new authorization to fight ISIS. Lt. Col. Michael Waltz, a U.S. Special Forces reserve officer who has just returned to the States after advising the Nigerian Ministry of Defence in its fight against Boko Haram, told me, "So far the pledge (to ISIS) seems to be legit." Waltz says there is some debate about the timing of the pledge, because Boko Haram has recently come under effective attacks by Nigerian forces allied with the armies of neighboring African countries that are also threatened by the group: "Some folks in the region are saying it's a sign of desperation, as the regional offensive by Nigeria and its neighbors has knocked Boko Haram on its heels and out of a number of its sanctuaries. The Chadians have been particularly effective." But Waltz also says there is some evidence that the Boko Haram pledge to ISIS "has been in the works for some time." The group's increasing alignment with ISIS is demonstrated by Boko Haram's recent beheadings of its victims and its more professionally edited video releases of recent weeks that have mimicked ISIS' slick videos. Virginia Comolli, whose book "Boko Haram: Nigeria's Islamist Insurgency," will be published next month, agrees that the more sophisticated Boko Haram media releases of the past couple of months point to "some sort of inspiration" that Boko Haram is drawing from ISIS and that recent beheadings "might also be a form of copycat but, I shall note, they are not completely new" for Boko Haram. Comolli also emphasized to me, "lately the government had been able to take back a number of towns under Boko Haram control. Boko Haram has always been very resilient and adaptable, changing and upping its game when needed. The pledge might be exactly that: Boko Haram has recently suffered some serious blows and feels it needs to try something different to strengthen its position." Some 5,000 have died in Boko-related violence during the past half-decade, while more than 1.5 million have been forced out of their homes, but Boko has generally not attacked Western targets. Its affiliation with ISIS could change that although, for the moment, it's not clear how the Boko-ISIS alliance would work from an operational standpoint. Hilary Matfess, a researcher at the Nigeria Social Violence Project at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, told me, "Boko Haram would be the largest group to pledge allegiance to ISIS, but it's not certain what kinds of logistical or operational support that ISIS could provide an African affiliate." Since August, Boko Haram is one of some 30 terrorist groups that have issued statements of support for ISIS or have gone further and pledged their allegiance to ISIS, according to IntelCenter, a Virginia-based company that tracks terrorist organizations. Of most concern are the groups that have pledged allegiance to ISIS, since this allows ISIS some measure of command and control over these organizations and also means that these groups will likely more closely align with ISIS' goal of creating a caliphate across the Muslim world as soon as feasible and use the most reprehensible of tactics to do so. In addition to Boko Haram, terrorist groups in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Yemen have pledged allegiance to ISIS, according to IntelCenter. What could this mean for the wider jihadist terrorist movement? It's worth taking a closer look at how the Libyan branch of ISIS, which affiliated with it in November, has played out on the ground in Libya. A senior U.S. government official told me that there is some debate in the U.S. intelligence community about whether ISIS' Libyan affiliate is more of a "wannabe" ISIS, and a "rebranding" of a local group that wanted to take advantage of ISIS' fearsome brand, than a group that takes orders from ISIS central command in Syria and Iraq. On January 27, ISIS gunmen attacked the Corinthian Hotel in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, killing 10. Five of the victims were foreigners and one was an American. And last month ISIS released a video showing members of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority being beheaded on a Libyan beach, apparently by members of ISIS' Libyan affiliate. The video showed the victims in the orange jumpsuits that ISIS forces its victims to wear. Both the attack on the Corinthian Hotel and the beheading of the Christians do suggest some measure of command and control by ISIS' core of its Libyan affiliate, according to the U.S. government official, who says Libyan fighters frequently go back and forth between Libya and Syria and Iraq. The increasing globalization of ISIS raises some interesting questions for the Obama administration and for Congress. Last month Obama put forward a proposal for a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force specifically targeting ISIS. Obama's AUMF proposal mentions combating ISIS in its heartland of Syria and Iraq, but it doesn't mention the dozen other countries where ISIS now has a presence or foothold. Interventionist Republicans will likely want to see an AUMF that specifically targets other groups allied to ISIS that are outside of Syria and Iraq. Many Democrats will be uncomfortable about such an expansion. The ball is now in Congress' court to decide how geographically wide the scope of the fight against ISIS should be. It will be an interesting debate: on one side, those who want to prolong indefinitely what is already America's longest war, against jihadist terrorist groups like ISIS that have affiliates from Algeria to Afghanistan; and, on the other, those who want to circumscribe that war both in time and in space. Given the fact that a broadly written AUMF that was passed in the days after 9/11 has allowed the United States to conduct military operations in half a dozen Muslim countries over the course of the past 14 years, a new authorization that specifies both a sunset provision and also a specific geographic scope would be a useful check on executive power. And such an authorization could be amended if a substantial new threat from an ISIS affiliate emerges.

Bergen: Boko Haram is the latest of terrorist groups in 12 countries to pledge allegiance to ISIS . He says the spread of ISIS poses questions for Obama, Congress in deciding future of fight against terrorism .

 Islamic State, known as ISIS and ISIL," as it seeks to expand from its North African stronghold.
The announcement of the pledge coincided with a new video released by the group.
In the video, Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, appeared to show the lifeless body of a little boy covered with a bright red cloth. Shekau said the boy died while fighting the Nigerian Army, and then he showed a similar body of another little boy. He added that they were both dead after having been hit with bullets from a helicopter.
As Shekau was speaking, the footage showed both dead boys being moved into the background of the video with the help of his bodyguards. The video also featured a woman and an apparently dead man, who were also apparently killed by government troops.
Shekau ended his 20-minute speech with these words: "To you, President [Barack] Obama, we are coming."
While Boko Haram has been committing these atrocities in Nigeria, it has sent its militants to other countries, to expand its "caliphate," or state. In Syria, for example, an alliance between ISIS and other terrorist groups fighting the Syrian army has claimed the lives of hundreds of soldiers.
Meanwhile, in Somalia, al-Shabaab, another terrorist group affiliated with ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the bombings on September 14 in Mogadishu that left some 300 people dead.
And ISIS claims to have sent several hundred terrorists to Afghanistan "to destroy and conquer."
In June, ISIS pledged its support to al Qaeda, which has been waging a 13-year-long battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen.
"They're talking about 'Afghanistan,'" Bergen told CNN's Nic Robertson on Friday. "They're talking about 'Afghanistan' in the same way that al Qaeda talked about Afghanistan, which is 'the 'Afghan.' We don't even know exactly what countries they mean when they talk about 'Afghanistan' or 'the Afghan.'"
Afghan officials have expressed alarm at the threat the terrorist organization might pose to the country. A senior US counter-terrorism official told CNN that ISIS is trying to extend its reach into areas where the Afghan government is weak.
"One of the things you worry about is that if they can reach into Afghanistan


It’s one of the most famous scenes from any movie, let alone Jurassic Park: Two raptors enter the kitchen, stalking two children - their human prey. But as the raptors make their screeches and calls, you might be surprised to know these sounds actually come from tortoises having sex. It turns out that many of the dinosaur sounds in the hit 1993 film were made by recording modern animals - including, bizarrely, tortoises mating. Scroll down for video . The sound designer for the 1993 firm has revealed some secrets of Jurassic Park - and it turns out the velociraptor's 'barking' noise (kitchen scene shown) was made by tortoises having sex. Other dinosaur sounds were 'voiced' by a variety of animals. These include horses, donkeys, cattle and a dog for the T-Rex . In an interview for SF Gate, sound designer for the movie Gary Rydstrom confirmed the odd choice of sound effect. In August last year, researchers trained four red-footed tortoises to use a touchscreen in return for strawberries and other treats. The animals were able to identify between red triangles and blue dots on the display, and even learnt which side of the screen to press. The animals also were able to transfer this knowledge to a real-life, offline experiment. Professor Anna Wilkinson from the University of Lincoln led the study, alongside researchers from the University of Vienna. ‘Yes, it’s a mating tortoise,’ when asked about the sounds they make. Specifically, he says the ‘bark’ when one velociraptor first comes in the kitchen was created by recording a tortoise successfully mate with another at Marine World. ‘It’s riding on the back of the female tortoise. So it’s climbing up her shell basically, and then it falls off. It’s a little sexual,’ he said. This confirms what was reported by Vulture back in 2013, that tortoise sounds were behind the noise of the raptors. But this wasn’t the only bizarre animal noise used in the movie; it turns out horses, donkeys and even cattle were used for some of the other dinosaur calls. ‘The brachiosaur’s singing is one of my favourite sounds in the movie because it’s beautiful, but like all good sound design it's made from a non-beautiful source, which is donkeys,’ Mr Rydstrom told Vulture. In an interview for SF Gate, sound designer for the movie Gary Rydstrom confirmed the odd choice of sound effect. ‘Yes, it’s a mating tortoise,’ when asked about the sounds they make. Shown is a stock image of Seychelles giant tortoises (Dipsochelys hololissa) mating . And even the T-Rex got the animal treatment, with Mr Rydstrom’s own pet Jack Russell terrier being used to voice the huge dinosaur. The fourth Jurrassic Park film - called Jurassic World and starring Chris Pratt - is scheduled to be released on 12 June 2015. And a trailer confirmed velociraptors would be making a return in the film - but whether they will similarly be voiced by mating tortoises you’ll have to wait and see whether similar sound effects have been used. The 4th Jurrassic Park film - called Jurassic world and starring Chris Pratt - is scheduled to be released on 12 June 2015. And a trailer confirmed that velociraptors (shown) would be making a return in the film - but you’ll have to wait and see whether similar sound effects have been used .

Sound designer in California has revealed some secrets of Jurassic Park . One of the well-known scenes from the 1993 film is the kitchen scene . He said the velociraptor's 'barking' noise was made by tortoises having sex . Other dinosaur sounds were 'voiced' by a variety of animals . These include horses, donkeys, cattle, and a dog for Tyrannosaurus Rex .

 to know these are the noises of an actual species of dinosaur called the troodontid.
Troodonts roamed the Earth over 100 million years ago, living alongside dinosaurs and flying reptiles called pterosaurs. The troodontids were the most advanced of the troodontids, with very long legs and short arms. It had large ears and nostrils, and a long neck with large eyes.
But did you know that these 50-centimeter carnivorous dinosaurs could roar? A team of Chinese researchers has now made the discovery that they probably did, and they're the first to report the raptor-like calls ever heard from troodontids.
Raptors are the top of the food chain in the world of dinosaurs. The predators are now well known due to the Jurassic Park movies, which show a pack of raptors pursuing the main characters through a kitchen full of screaming children. These animals have a distinctive noise that they make, which sounds like a scream of distress. This sound is also known as a distress call. In order to attract attention to itself, the distressed animal usually makes a loud noise. The sound is also often associated with other behaviors, such as running for cover.
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“The fact that troodonts could roar was first hypothesised in 1934, but the evidence was scanty, and the hypothesis did not get much support in subsequent decades,” the researchers wrote in a paper published by the journal Cretaceous Research last week.
“The discovery of raptor vocalizations from the Cretaceous of Asia and their use as calls by troodontids now show that this hypothesis is fully justified and that raptor cries may have been much more common and varied in the Mesozoic than previously imagined.”
Troodontids
Troodontids are relatives of modern birds, having evolved over 150 million years ago into flying creatures that had feathers, egg laying, and were covered in fur or scales like modern birds. There are around 50 different types of troodontids known today, but it seems that most of them had wings and could fly. This was a big advantage during periods of glacial freezing and drought when large animals like dinosaurs would have struggled to feed, leaving space for small animals to take their place.
Troodonts also had huge eyes like modern hawks, which could help them see in dim light and catch prey.
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The team of scientists led by Professor Qiang Li at