Tuesday 18 October 2016

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Target killer among 35 arrested in Karachi

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Crackdown against criminal elements continues in Karachi as 35 persons, including a target killer, were taken into custody during police operation in different parts of the city on Tuesday, Dunya News reported.According to details, police apprehended target killer Farhan alias Chikna during an operation in Gulbahar area. Police sources said that Farhan was an activist of a political party and was involved in several cases including May 12 incident.Police also launched a search operation in Manghu Pir area against criminal elements and detained 30 suspects during house-to-house search. All the entry and exit points were sealed before the start of the search operation.Police also arrested two accused after an encounter in Brigade area and recovered a hand grenade and other arms from then. Police also arrested two members of a political party who were involved in street crimes.On the other hand, three persons were injured in firing incidents in different areas of the city. Dacoits opened fire and injured a police constable named Mazhar Ali in Korangi Zaman Town area while another man was wounded in firing incident in Shah Faisal Colony.In yet another incident, some unidentified persons opened fire on a car in Gulshan Iqbal area and injured and injured a man named Abbas.

Drafting of PSL season 2 to be done today in Dubai

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DUBAI (Dunya News) - Players drafting for the second season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) would be done today in Dubai, reported Dunya News.414 players are named in the draft list, and top category would be Platinum category, having prominent names like Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik from Pakistan whereas foreign players Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, Shakib Al Hasan, Kevin Pietersen would also be named in that list.Diamond category would have Muhammad Amir, Yasir Shah, Brad Haddin, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Jason Holder whereas Azhar Ali, Babar Azam and Salman Butt would be part of golden category. Silver category would have 255 players whereas 24 players would be in emerging category.

MQM Pakistan and PSP would join hands soon: Saleem Shahzad

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LONDON (Dunya News) - Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita committee member Saleem Shahzad said on Tuesday that MQM Pakistan and Pak SarZameen Party (PSP) would soon join hands, reported Dunya News.Saleem Shahzad told that former President Pervez Musharraf was playing his part to bring both parties close and very soon he would also be in Pakistan. He also showed trust on the leadership of Farooq Sattar.

Want to eradicate corruption from country, protest last option: Ch Sarwar

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PARIS (Dunya News) - Former Punjab governor Chaudhry Sarwar said on Tuesday that Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wants to eradicate corruption from the country and rule of law, reported Dunya News.Sarwar was at a ceremony in Frances capital Paris and he told media that they would have to eradicated corruption to get rid of poverty and unemployment. He said that PTI wants free and fair investigation of Panama Leaks issue and that is the reason they are protesting.

Huge cache of arms seized from Quetta, Gujranwala

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QUETTA/GUJRANWALA (Dunya News) - Police and security forces foiled major terror bids and seized huge cache of arms during two separate operations in Quetta and Gujranwala on Tuesday, Dunya News reported.According to details, police and security forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Saryab area of Quetta and apprehended 12 suspects and recovered large quantity of arms from their possession.Sources said that two suicide jackets, 70 kilogram of explosive material, three SMGs, bombs planted in two motorcycles and other material from the arrested suspects.On the other hand, police also recovered huge cache of arms, including Kalashnikovs, pistols and thousands of bullets from a car in Gujranwala and arrested three accused. Police sources informed that the arrested persons belonged to Dara Adam Khel area.

Dera Bugti: 43 ferraris lay down arms

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DERA BUGTI (Dunya News) - According to Frontier Corps (FC) spokesperson, 43 ferraris of out-lawed Baloch Republican Army laid down arms before security forces in Dera Bugti on Tuesday, Dunya News reported.The spokesperson further said that the ferraris also dissociated themselves from Brahumdagh Bugti over his connivance with India and anti-Pakistan activities.

Football: Kiessling miss gives Spurs a point at Leverkusen

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LEVERKUSEN (AFP) - Tottenham Hotspur preserved their unbeaten record away this season with a goalless draw at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday in the Champions League after Stefan Kiesslings late miss for the hosts.A decade after Leverkusen lost 1-0 at home to Spurs in the old UEFA Cup, Kiessling was the only survivor in either team from the November 2006 fixture.But the 32-year-old former Germany striker fired wide seven minutes to deny him the fairytale goal.Having now drawn their three group games, Leverkusen are third with three points while Spurs stay second behind leaders AS Monaco who drew 1-1 at bottom side CSKA Moscow.Tottenham are yet to lose in any of their six away trips this season in all competitions, but this was a game of the proverbial two halves.Spurs dominated the first 45 minutes after Dele Alli and Victor Wanyama got the upper hand in the midfield battle against Leverkusens Kevin Kampl and Charles Aranguiz.But the introduction of burly Austrian Julian Baumgartlinger after the break meant Leverkusen shaded the midfield battle and looked a different side.Before kick-off, Leverkusen captain Lars Bender shook off the flu to take his place at right-back.There were three changes from the team which suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at strugglers Werder Bremen on Saturday with Kiessling, right winger Admir Mehmedi and Bender back in.Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino made four changes to the side which drew 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion on Saturday to preserve their record as the only unbeaten team in Englands top flight.England defender Eric Dier returned at centre-back while Kieran Trippier made only his second Champions League start at right back.Son Heung-Min, Septembers Premier Leagues Player of the Month, started on the left wing against his former club, while Englands Danny Rose returned at left back.Spurs had the ball in the net with ten minutes gone.Son got free of the Leverkusen defence and slide his pass away from Bayer goalkeeper Bernd Leno to Vincent Janseen, who slotted into the empty goal, but the offside flag ruled the goal out.Then Alli headed wide just approaching the half hour mark.Just before the break, Janssens shot smashed off the bar and when the ball bounced back into play, Leno denied Erik Lamela with a reflex save. It had been all Spurs in the first-half, but Leverkusen gave Tottenhams goalkeeper Hugo Lloris a busy second 45 minutes.Bayer were literally inches away from the opening goal on 48 minutes.Mehmedis cross found Hernandez with the goal at his mercy, but the ex-Manchester United ace hit his shot back at Lloris, who scrambled the goal off his line.Javier Hernandez lambasted the assistant referee, but goal-line technology showed the ball had not crossed the line.With 67 minutes gone, Leverkusen centre-back Omer Toprak slammed his hand on the turf in frustration after aiming his header straight at Lloris.Then with time running out Kiesslings miss meant Spurs left Germany with a point.

Football: Villa enjoy first win under Bruce as Newcastle go top

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LONDON (AFP) - Aston Villa enjoyed their first victory under manager Steve Bruce -- and their first since August -- as a late Jordan Ayew penalty saw them to a 2-1 win away to Reading in the English Championship on Tuesday.Former Manchester United defender Bruces first game in charge, after he replaced the sacked Roberto Di Matteo as manager of the 1982 European champions, saw his side scrape a 1-1 home draw with Wolves on Saturday.Tuesdays match saw Birmingham club Villa, relegated from the Premier League last season, take the lead near the end of the first half through Jonathan Kodjia.But Reading equalised early in the second half when Yann Kermogant headed in the rebound after Danny Williamss penalty had been saved by Pierluigi Gollini.It looked as the match would end in a draw but substitute Ayew was fouled by Liam Moore inside the penalty area in the 90th minute. He then got up to score the ensuing penalty, his goal ending Villas run of 10 Championship matches without a win.Meanwhile Newcastle, also relegated last season, went to the top of the table as Dwight Gayle scored twice in a 2-0 win at Barnsley.Gayles double took his tally for the season to 11 goals and Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez said: When you have players as clinical as Dwight, you will score goals.The team played well and created chances. His job is to be there, fighting with the centre-back and try to score if he gets a chance. He is on fire now, he is happy and were all happy.Reflecting on the match as a whole, the Spanish boss added: It was a very professional performance. We needed to work hard, be strong physically against a good team who were pressing and pushing us.We did that in the first half, while scoring in the second half where we had more time, more space and possession and we could play in a different way.I am really pleased as we did what we had to do.

Cycling: Froome and Bardet eye 2017 Tour mountain duel

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PARIS (AFP) - Chris Froome said the 2017 Tour de France champion will be decided in the mountains as he looked forward to a new duel with his biggest challenger this year Romain Bardet.While the Tour will go to all five of Frances mountain ranges, there are 20 percent fewer climbs than for 2016 though oranisers insisted they will be steeper next year.This Tour will be won in the mountains, the time trials are too small to have any real effect, said Froome, winner in 2013, 2015 and 2016.The Briton would be expected to beat Bardet by up to 90 seconds in a 45km time trial. In the 104th Tour, it is just 23km.I was pleasantly surprised to see the Planche des Belles Filles on the route again, said Froome, who won there in 2012.But Bardet, the 25-year-old great French hope, sensed a chance in 2017.Last years race was won due the long stretches we spent in the mountains, he said remembering the four minutes that eventually separated him and Froome.When I saw this route I was exultant. Theres never more than two consecutive days in the mountains.Of the most challenging climbs, there will be one one in the Vosges, six in the Jura, eight in the Pyrenees, two in the Massif Central and six in the Alps.Tour director Christian Prudhomme was not sure the high mountains would be decisive.I like the look of the Puy en Valey stage, its so tight and winding and allows for very little organisation. It could be chaos, predicted Prudhomme.But he insisted the route has been designed to be won by a true champion, without naming Froome or identifying any other favourites.The framework at the summit finish (at Izoard on the last Alpine stage) is so wonderful to behold it will amplify the exploits of the athletes who exell there, he said.Irish rider Dan Martin, who has won stages on the tours in France and Spain, said he felt the route brought him into the picture.Theres plenty of scope for damage every single day. You have to survive, the Irishman told AFP.This route is better suited to my style than previous years.The race over 3,516 kilometers (2,183 miles) starts in Dusseldorf, Germany on July 1 with a short 13km time trial. And if the crucial penultimate days time trial starting inside Marseilles Velodrome football stadium is only 23km long, it should be run in the peak summer heat and will notably feature a 1km stretch at an almost 18 per cent gradient.The Tours toughest stage on paper is the 214km Pyrenean run from Pau to Peyragudes which feature the mountain where the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies was partly filmed, and has a summit finish as the fifth climb of the day.In total contrast, the following days stage 13 is a short but spectacular 100km mountain run from Saint Girons culminating in a 27km hair-raising descent to Foix, featuring extreme climbs and descents along the way.This is followed with a day for punchers and will evoke powerful memories for both the Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaert and world road champion Peter Sagan. The 181km 14th stage culminates in Rodez where the Belgian out-paced Sagan for a stage win in 2015.The most watched of all the stages by television audiences is the final day jaunt to Paris and the 10 laps of the Champs Elysees generally won by a top sprinters such as Mark Cavendish or Andre Grepel or Marcel Kittel.Before the Tour gets to the celebrated avenue it whips past proposed 2024 Olympic sites Roland Garros tennis courts and Parc des Princes football stadium.

Iraq makes gains in 'difficult' assault on IS-held Mosul

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QAYYARAH (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces were making gains from the Islamic State group in Mosul Tuesday in an offensive US President Barack Obama warned would be a difficult fight.With the crucial battle in its second day, Iraqi commanders said progress was being made as fighters pushed on two main fronts against the jihadists last stronghold in Iraq.The US military, which is leading a coalition providing air and ground support, said Iraqi forces even looked ahead of schedule but senior Western officials warned the battle would take time.Mosul will be a difficult fight. There will be advances and there will be setbacks, Obama said, as the Pentagon warned IS was barring civilians from fleeing the city and using them as human shields.This will be, I think, a key milestone in what I committed to doing when ISIL first emerged, Obama said, using an acronym for the jihadist group, adding the Mosul operation was another step toward their ultimate destruction.Advancing in armoured convoys across the dusty plains surrounding Mosul, forces moved into villages defended by pockets of IS fighters after intensive aerial bombardment.Some families cautiously approached security forces waving white flags while others remained in their homes, in line with the instructions contained in leaflets Iraqi aviation rained on the area in recent days.In one village south of Mosul, part of the Al-Shura district, the men were promptly isolated and herded into a handful of buildings for screening.Our forces are checking profiles against information we have from local sources because we are trying to find IS members, a federal police major said.Most of the men wore long beards because the IS members who ruled them for more than two years banned trimming them.Abu Abdullah, a villager, asked one of the police fighters for a cigarette, also prohibited by the extremist jihadist organisation.On the eastern front, Iraqi forces entered Qaraqosh, which jihadists captured in August 2014 and was once the biggest Christian town in Iraq.The town was still to be fully retaken but displaced Christians in the Kurdish capital of Arbil held prayers and then celebrated outside a church late Tuesday.We have been through a lot of suffering and today we are looking forward to returning to our region as soon as possible, said Hazem Djedjou Cardomi, as a crowd of hundreds around him danced and sang.The long-awaited Mosul offensive was launched on Monday, with some 30,000 federal forces leading Iraqs largest military operation since the 2011 pullout of US troops.Retaking Mosul would deprive IS of its last major Iraqi city, dealing a fatal blow to the caliphate the jihadists declared two years ago after seizing large parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.Iraqi commanders said the jihadists were hitting back with suicide car bomb attacks but that the offensive was going as planned.Iraqi forces have significant ground to cover before reaching the boundaries of the city, which IS is defending with berms, bombs and burning oil trenches.IS forces are vastly outnumbered, with the US military estimating 3,000 to 4,500 jihadists in and around Mosul.A video released Tuesday by the IS-linked Amaq news agency showed masked fighters in battledress patrolling a deserted, dimly lit thoroughfare in what it said was Mosul. America will be defeated in Iraq and will leave, God willing, again -- humiliated, wretched, dragging its tail in defeat, one of the fighters said to camera.The US-led coalition said strikes destroyed 52 targets on the first day of the operation.Most of the coalitions support has come in the shape of air strikes and training, but US, British and French special forces are also on the ground to advise Iraqi troops.France will host an international meeting Thursday on the political future of Mosul, while the coalitions defence ministers will meet in Paris next Tuesday to assess progress on the military front.Aid groups are bracing for a humanitarian crisis, with some warning they were preparing for the possible use of chemical weapons by IS.Mosul is Iraqs second-largest city and the UN fears that up to a million people could be forced from their homes by the fighting.There are real fears that the offensive to retake Mosul could produce a humanitarian catastrophe, resulting in one of the largest man-made displacement crises in recent years, a UN refugee agency spokesman said.Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis said IS was preventing civilians from leaving Mosul.We know they are being used as human shields, absolutely, he told reporters. The Red Cross said it was training healthcare workers and providing equipment to facilities around Mosul to deal with potential individuals contaminated with chemical agents.Iraqi troops and police have been joined on the battlefront by an array of sometimes rival forces, including the Kurdish peshmerga, Sunni tribal fighters and Iran-backed Shiite militia.IS once controlled more than a third of Iraqs territory but its self-proclaimed state has been shrinking steadily.Experts say the jihadists are likely to increasingly turn to insurgent tactics as they lose ground.IS has claimed a string of deadly suicide bombings in Baghdad in recent days.The extremist group has also organised or inspired a wave of attacks in Western cities and on Tuesday the European Unions security commissioner raised concerns over the potential impact of Mosuls fall.

IS traps Mosul civilians as human shields, Pentagon says

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Islamic State jihadists are trapping Mosuls civilians to use as human shields, the Pentagon said Tuesday as President Barack Obama warned of significant potential displacement as the offensive for the Iraqi city progresses.Authorities and aid agencies are bracing for a massive flow of civilians fleeing the northern Iraqi city as the fight to seize the last remaining IS stronghold in the country progresses.The battle, which began Monday, has so far focused on the villages surrounding Iraqs second-largest city, most of which are traditionally Kurdish.Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said IS had for weeks kept Mosuls estimated population of 1.5 million from escaping, with the start of the offensive offering them no respite.We know they are being used as human shields, absolutely, Davis said.They are being held there against their will. We have not seen any change in the last day of people leaving or fleeing.Although there has been no mass exodus of civilians so far, Obama warned of significant displacement in the coming weeks, saying the United Nations and other aid groups were ready to respond.We have put together plans and infrastructure for dealing with a potential humanitarian crisis that are as extensive as the military plans, Obama told reporters.United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said an estimated 200,000 people are expected to be displaced in the first weeks of the offensive, growing to as many as one million under a worst-case scenario.For now at least, Iraqi authorities and the US-led coalition want civilians to stay put, fearing they will be executed if they are caught leaving.A US B-52 superbomber dropped thousands of leaflets giving advice to the people of Mosul, explaining how to minimize risks to life and property during the battle. The fighting so far has been fairly light, mainly focused on villages east of Mosul that Kurdish peshmerga fighters are reclaiming from IS.Davis said jihadists were deploying suicide-car attackers and had been attempting to thwart air raids and intelligence drones by igniting giant pits of oil and tires to create thick smoke to hide their movements and positions.Weve seen very good progress, he said. Its going to be a while. Theres a lot of movement they have to do to get in (to Mosul) but its very much under way.A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the smoke clouds hadnt had any tactical effect.Estimates vary for the number of IS fighters inside Mosul, where they have had two years to dig in, build tunnels and booby trap countless roads and buildings.Davis said a high-end maximum number of jihadists in the city and surrounding areas was a little more than 5,000.Officials fear the jihadists may attempt to use rudimentary chemical agents, as they have previously, particularly in the battles later stages. Military planners also acknowledge it may take weeks for Iraqi security forces to arrive in Mosul proper, as the roads into the city are expected to be very heavily mined.Approximately 10,000 Kurds are moving in on the city, with another 20,000 Iraqi security forces and police following behind. The plan is for the Kurds not to enter Mosul itself, as it is a Sunni-majority city.The US-led coalition has trained tens of thousands of Iraqi fighters and is providing continual air and artillery cover.About 100 US advisory troops are on the ground near Mosul but are staying away from the front lines, Davis said.

Afghanistan, Taliban hold secret talks in Qatar

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KABUL (AFP) - The Taliban and senior Afghan government officials have held two secret meetings since September in Qatar in a bid to restart long-stalled peace negotiations, sources said Tuesday.An official in the National Unity Government in Kabul told AFP that the two rounds of discussions took place in Doha, where the Taliban maintain a political office.Britains The Guardian newspaper said the talks were attended by Mullah Abdull Manan Akhund, brother of Taliban founder and long-time leader Mullah Omar who died in 2013.A senior American diplomat was also present in the Qatar meetings, the newspaper said citing a Taliban official.The Taliban and the US government have so far not commented officially on the development.The outcome of the September meeting was not clear but a Taliban source told the newspaper that it went positively and was held in a trouble-free atmosphere. A second dialogue was held this month despite intensified nationwide fighting between insurgents and US-backed Afghan troops.The meetings come after Pakistan -- the Talibans historic backers -- hosted several rounds of international talks over the last year to jumpstart peace negotiations, which yielded little progress. The dialogue process ground to a complete halt when the US killed former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a drone strike in May.The insurgency has shown stubborn resilience under new Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, attacking northern Kunduz city for a second time and threatening the capital of the southern opium-rich province of Helmand.Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, Afghanistans intelligence chief, and National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar attended one of the Qatar meetings, local Tolo television said citing a presidential palace source.In Afghanistan war and peace go hand in hand, another Afghan official told AFP, confirming the Qatar meetings.While the government is fighting the Taliban we are simultaneously trying to talk to them. The purpose of these meetings is to find ways to end the 15-year insurgency, he added.The official did not say if a new round of discussions would happen, but hinted that the dialogue process could accelerate in the winter months, when fighting usually ebbs.No Pakistani officials were present in the latest talks, sources said.

Merkel to host Putin for summit on Ukraine, Syria

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BERLIN (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Berlin on Wednesday for a summit focussing on escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over the Kremlins strategy in Ukraine and Syria.The meeting -- the first in a year between the Russian, German, French and Ukrainian leaders -- will evaluate the implementation of the Minsk peace accords for Ukraine, Berlin and Paris said Tuesday.It will also be Putins first visit to the German capital since the Ukraine conflict broke out in 2014.The talks take place on the eve of a European Union summit in Brussels on relations with Russia, including sanctions over Ukraine, which come up for renewal at the end of the year.The two-day Brussels meeting is also expected to discuss Russias role in Syria, which sparked a furious row between Russia and France last week, prompting Putin to cancel a visit to Paris.Wednesdays summit will discuss the next steps in the process towards ending the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the French presidents office said Tuesday.All sides agreed to a peace deal brokered by Germany and France in February 2015, but while the Minsk accords reduced the intensity of fighting, they failed to stop it.Even before the Berlin meeting convened, all sides tamped down hopes for a breakthrough.Merkel said that despite continued diplomatic efforts since the last four-way summit in the so-called Normandy Format in Paris in October 2015, we have not achieved what we wanted to achieve.Things are stalled in many areas such as the ceasefire, political issues and humanitarian issues, she told reporters in Berlin.I have to say that we cannot expect a miracle but it is worth every effort at this point. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko echoed Merkels sober assessment on a visit to Oslo.Lets not have very high expectations on this meeting, he said. Am I optimistic enough? Yes Im very optimistic about the future of Ukraine but unfortunately not so optimistic about tomorrows meeting.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin believed there was no alternative to implementing the Ukraine accords.We know that on this point, the situation leaves much to be desired, he said. For the moment, Kiev is doing nothing.French President Francois Hollande last week called on all parties in the Ukraine conflict to draw up a roadmap to end the crisis.The aim would be to help Ukraine regain control of its borders with Russia, he said after speaking by telephone with Poroshenko.Russia, which annexed Ukraines Crimean Peninsula in 2014, backs a separatist, pro-Moscow insurgency in eastern Ukraine that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives.Moscow has denied accusations that it has sent troops and weaponry across its border with Ukraine to fuel the conflict, which erupted in April 2014, destroying much of Ukraines eastern industrial heartland.Germany currently holds the rotating presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which has monitors in eastern Ukraine.Although focused on Ukraine, the Berlin meeting comes against the backdrop of the Syrian regimes Moscow-backed assault on Aleppo, which the EU and the United States has warned could amount to a war crime.EU foreign ministers said Monday they would press ahead with extending sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assads regime, but stopped short of threatening measures against Russia.However Merkel said that in light of the disastrous situation in Syria, no option, including sanctions, can be taken off the table.Moscow on Monday announced an eight-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Aleppo later this week, as friction with the West has intensified.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned earlier this month that mounting tensions between the United States and Russia have created a situation that is more dangerous than the Cold War.Relations between the two have nosedived since a Syria ceasefire they agreed to in September fell apart in less than a week. At least 250,000 people are living under siege in rebel-held east Aleppo, and facing almost-daily heavy bombing since the Russian-backed Syrian army launched an offensive to retake the city last month.

Leicester keep their fairytale run going in Champions League

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LEICESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) - Riyad Mahrez struck to give Leicester City a third consecutive Champions League victory as the fairytale Premier League champions edged FC Copenhagen 1-0 on Tuesday.Mahrezs athletic 40th-minute volley at the King Power Stadium left Claudio Ranieris men five points clear in Group G and they are still to concede a goal in the competition.With Club Brugge losing 2-1 at home to Porto in the other group game, Leicester will be assured of a place in the last 16 if they win away to Copenhagen in their next match on November 2.Leicester are struggling domestically, their title defence effectively over after four defeats in eight games, but in Europe they are rekindling memories of their 5,000-1 march to glory last season.Indeed, their tally of points in the Champions League -- nine -- is one more than they have amassed in the league.Ranieri was particularly indebted to his Copenhagen-born goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who brilliantly swatted away a shot from Andreas Cornelius with seconds of normal time remaining.It was a first defeat in 24 matches for Stale Solbakkens Copenhagen, but they remain in second place ahead of next months return fixture.With Leicesters fans a little subdued following another heavy domestic defeat -- 3-0 at Chelsea last Saturday -- it was left to Copenhagens supporters to create the pre-match atmosphere.The travelling fans were in fine voice and the Champions League anthem was accompanied by a burst of red flares in the away end that will almost certainly attract the attention of UEFA.On the pitch, though, it was Leicester who carried the greater threat, despite the visitors dominating possession.The hosts found joy with passes in behind Copenhagens full-backs (less so when the ball was hoofed in the air towards Islam Slimani) and it was an approach that yielded the opening goal.Five minutes before half-time, Jamie Vardy lofted a cross towards the far post from the left, Slimani headed it back across goal and Mahrez darted in to beat Robin Olsen with a close-range volley.It was the Algerian wingers fourth goal of the season and third in three Champions League games.Shy of a Federico Santander shot that dribbled straight into the gloves of Schmeichel, the Danish champions had not really threatened.But they came within a whisker of equalising on the stroke of half-time when Corneliuss header from Ludwig Augustinssons corner missed the left-hand upright by millimetres.Cornelius threatened again early in the second half, his flick working Schmeichel, but Leicester were playing with rediscovered belief, Mahrez seeing a shot blocked by Erik Johansson.Slimani had the ball in the net in the 67th minute when he followed in to head home after Olsen brilliantly touched his shot onto the bar, but he was denied, incorrectly, by an offside flag.The introduction of winger Rasmus Falk lifted Copenhagen and there was one last scare before Leicester could celebrate victory.In the last minute, Santanders cross from the left picked out Cornelius, but Schmeichel produced a superb one-handed reflex save to keep his countrymen at bay.

Real Madrid register 5-1 win over Polish side in Champions League

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MADRID (AFP) - Holders Real Madrid edged towards the last 16 of the Champions League, but disturbances between visiting Polish ultras and the police marred their 5-1 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.Five fans and two police officers were treated for minor injuries after clashes outside the stadium before kick-off.UEFA had already ordered the return match between the sides in two weeks time be played behind closed doors due to violence and racist abuse in Legias opening 6-0 defeat in Group F to Borussia Dortmund last month.Once the action got underway, Madrid had way too much firepower as Gareth Bale, a Tomasz Jodlowiec own goal and Marco Asensio handed the hosts a comfortable half-time lead despite Miroslav Radovics penalty.Lucas Vazquez and Alvaro Morata came off the bench to round off the scoring after the break.Dortmund beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1 in the other game in the group, meaning Madrid and the Germans remain tied at the top of the pool on seven points.Real and Dortmund will mathematically seal their place in the last 16 should they repeat their success over Legia and Sporting respectively on November 2.Legia had shipped eight goals without reply on their return to the Champions League for the first time in 21 years before arriving in Madrid.Yet, the Polish champions had a slew of chances to take a shock lead before Madrid got going.Jodlowiec fired meekly at Keylor Navas before Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe hit the post.Bale eased Reals nerves when he cut inside onto his favoured left foot and curled into the far post for his first Champions League goal since December 2014.Marcelos effort from the edge of the area deflected off Jodlowiec to leave Arkadiusz Malarz in the Legia goal flummoxed four minutes later.However, the hordes of bare-shirted visiting fans got the moment of glory they came for when Danilo dived in to give away a penalty seconds later and Radovic converted from the spot.The hosts restored their two-goal advantage before the break as Cristiano Ronaldo unselfishly teed up Asensio to drive home on his Champions League debut.In the midst of a seven-game run in 29 days, Madrid eased off after the break.And it needed the energy of two substitutes to keep the scoreboard ticking over as Morata and Vazquez replaced Bale and James Rodriguez.Moratas cross was smashed home on the volley by Vazquez for Madrids fourth.Ronaldo endured a rare night without a goal in the Champions League, but still played his part with another fine pass for Morata to slide home the fifth six minutes from time.
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