Written By Unknown on Senin, 02 Februari 2015 | 19.12
2 February 2015Last updated at 10:38
A second UK military healthcare worker has been flown to England following "likely exposure" to the Ebola virus via a needle-stick injury in Sierra Leone.
The patient is being monitored at London's Royal Free Hospital and does not currently have a diagnosis or symptoms of the virus.
Public Health England says there is no risk to the general public.
The patient will be watched for 21 days to see if they develop Ebola.
Another military health worker was sent to the UK on Saturday following a similar incident and is also being observed at the hospital.
'Precautionary measure'
Prof Paul Cosford of Public Health England said: "We can confirm that all the appropriate support is being offered to this individual and that strict protocols have been followed to transfer them back to the UK.
"We would like to emphasise that there is no risk to the general public's health.
"Our thoughts are with both of the healthcare workers, and their families, affected at this time."
Minister for the Armed Forces Mark Francois said: "This is entirely a precautionary measure and our priority is the wellbeing of the individual involved.
"Their family has been informed and will receive all possible support from the government."
He said although the two similar incidents had occurred within a short space of time, they appeared to be unrelated.
"Our personnel receive the highest standard of training and briefing prior to deployment," he said.
Needle-stick injuries involve a piercing of the skin by a sharp instrument or object, typically a needle.
Experts have said such injuries are one of the most dangerous risks for infection as the virus could be delivered directly into the bloodstream.
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Tim Muffett reports from the British Library where the manuscripts are on display
The four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta have been brought together for the first time in London.
Magna Carta is one of the most important, well-known documents in history and this year marks its 800th anniversary.
More than 40,000 people entered a public ballot to see them, with 1,125 getting the chance to see all four at the British Library over three days.
The Magna Carta was authorised on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede.
The document was agreed by King John to appease rebel barons in the heart of battle.
It is considered one of the first steps towards parliamentary democracy and includes the principle that no one was above the law, including the king,
After three days, the documents will be taken to the House of Lords for one day before two are returned to the British Library and the others are taken back to Lincoln and Salisbury Cathedrals, where they are kept.
In a joint statement, the library and cathedrals said: "King John could surely never have anticipated the enduring global legacy of Magna Carta when he agreed to its terms in 1215.
"Eight hundred years later, the international interest and excitement about this unification event is testament to the extraordinary significance and symbolic power of these four manuscripts."
It is believed about 250 copies of the original manuscript were created and sent to legal and religious officials across the country to make sure it was carried out.
Seventeen of these copies are known to have survived.
What was Magna Carta?
Magna Carta outlined basic rights with the principle that no-one was above the law, including the king
It charted the right to a fair trial, and limits on taxation without representation
It inspired a number of other documents, including the US Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Only three clauses are still valid - the one guaranteeing the liberties of the English Church; the clause confirming the privileges of the City of London and other towns; and the clause that states that no free man shall be imprisoned without the lawful judgement of his equals
Two obscure bronze sculptures may actually be by Michelangelo, a team of international researchers believes.
If the attribution is correct, the works will be the only surviving Michelangelo bronzes in the world.
The sculptures, of naked, muscular men riding on panthers, had been attributed to Michelangelo in the 19th Century but that theory had long been dismissed.
Cambridge University experts led the team and the sculptures will go on show at the city's Fitzwilliam Museum.
Dr Victoria Avery, keeper of the applied arts department at the Fitzwilliam, said: "It has been fantastically exciting to have been able to participate in this ground-breaking project, which has involved input from many art historians in the UK, Europe and the States, and to draw on evidence from conservation scientists and anatomists."
The bronzes have most recently been attributed to the Dutch sculptor Willem Danielsz Van Tetrode and the 19th Century belief the sculptures were by Michelangelo had been dismissed by experts for at least a century.
This changed last autumn, when Paul Joannides, emeritus professor of art history at the University of Cambridge, connected them to a tiny detail in a 16th Century drawing held in the Musee Fabre in Montpellier, France.
One of Michelangelo's apprentices had copied various slightly earlier lost sketches by his master and in the corner of one was a drawing of a muscular youth riding a panther.
Its pose is very similar to that of one of the bronzes and is drawn with the same style used by Michelangelo in his designs for sculpture.
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Dr Victoria Avery is convinced the statues are the work of Michelangelo
The bronzes were compared with other works by Michelangelo and found to be very similar in style and anatomy to his works of 1500-1510. The date was confirmed by the preliminary conclusions of initial scientific analysis.
Using X-ray, the team established the cast were thick walled and heavy - an indication that they date to the late 15th or early 16th Century.
Research is continuing and the final conclusion will be presented in July.
The bronzes, which are currently on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum from a private collection, will be on display until 9 August.
2 February 2015Last updated at 08:32By Sean CoughlanBBC News education correspondent
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LIVE: David Cameron sets out the Conservatives' agenda for school improvements
Almost 3,500 schools in England rated as "requiring improvement" face being forced into new leadership, under plans to be announced by David Cameron.
He will promise that if the Tories win the May general election they will tackle "coasting" schools that are failing to make sufficient progress.
The prime minister will say: "We're waging an all-out war on mediocrity."
Labour's Tristram Hunt has said raising standards depends on making sure that schools have qualified teaching staff.
Teachers' union leader Mary Bousted rejected the criticism of schools as "self-serving, publicity-seeking nonsense".
"When will politicians stop declaring war on schools?" said the leader of the ATL teachers' union.
The prime minister's proposals are designed to improve standards - focusing on schools with the Ofsted rating of "requires improvement".
They would face having new leadership imposed - from "superheads", high-achieving local schools or being taken over by academy trusts. Struggling academies could be switched to other academy sponsors.
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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan: "Just enough is not good enough"
Schools labelled as "requires improvement" are above the lowest "inadequate" rating, but below the levels of "good" and "outstanding".
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan told the BBC: "This is not about saying heads would automatically be replaced.
"Where a school doesn't have the capacity to improve itself, and many do, or where they don't have a plan that is going to lead to that school being rated good or outstanding, then one of the answers might be to get new leadership in."
'Not good enough'
Almost a quarter of secondary schools, about 720 schools, are rated as requiring improvement. About 16% of primary, more than 2,600 schools, would be affected by the proposals.
The intention is to "raise the bar" so that an even higher proportion of pupils are in good or outstanding schools.
29% secondaries inadequate or requiring improvement
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"No-one wants their child to go to a failing school and no-one wants to them to go to a coasting school either," Mr Cameron will say, in a speech setting out Conservative education policy.
"'Just enough' is not good enough. That means no more sink schools and no more 'bog standard' schools either.
"Our aim is this: the best start in life for every child, wherever they're from - no excuses."
The proposals to be announced on Monday would mean that schools rated as requiring improvement would automatically be considered for academy status.
Only schools able to prove they have a "clear plan for rapid improvement" will remain under their existing leadership.
Alasdair Smith, from the Anti Academies Alliance, challenged the assumption that turning a school into an academy would improve results.
"There is not a single scrap of evidence that academy status improves our education system and increasingly there is plenty of evidence that it is producing a chaotic education system," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Last week the cross-party House of Commons education select committee reported that there is no clear evidence that academies had "raised standards overall".
In particular the MPs said there was no evidence of improvement from primary academies and called on the government to commission research as a matter of urgency.
Changing control
Schools which are already academies and which fall into the "requires improvement" category face being taken away from their existing academy chain and run by another.
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Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt says the key to improving standards is "really high quality teaching in the classroom"
Ofsted's annual report shows that more than a third of sponsored academies, both primary and secondary, are currently rated as requiring improvement, a higher proportion than local authority schools.
Free schools which are in this rating could also be handed over to another academy group.
The areas more likely to be affected are those with the highest proportion of pupils not attending "good" or "outstanding" schools.
For primary schools this would be Medway, Doncaster, Bracknell Forest and East Sussex.
At secondary level, Ofsted's figures show it would be the Isle of Wight, Hartlepool, St Helens and Oldham.
The label "requires improvement" was introduced by Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw, replacing what had previously been the "satisfactory" category.
Times table tests
On Sunday, head teachers' leaders had reacted angrily to suggestions that primary schools could be failed or heads replaced if any pupils failed to pass a times table test.
Mrs Morgan announced plans for tougher primary maths tests, including that all pupils should know their 12 times table.
Ministers announced two years ago that primary pupils would have to learn the 12 times table by the age of nine and it became a requirement of the updated curriculum.
Mrs Morgan's target is for England's schools to catch up with international competitors and to enter the top five of the PISA tests in English and maths by 2020.
But Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, attacked "this latest gimmick".
"The new tests have not even been implemented before they want to change them," he said.
Mrs Morgan also indicated that she was hoping to protect the schools budget, under a future Conservative government.
But a report from the Liberal Democrats claims that in the negotiations at the outset of the coalition government in 2010, the Conservatives "tried to cut the schools budget".
The Lib Dems warn of "scorched earth plans" for future public spending cuts.
And shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt argued that the quality of teaching was the key to raising school standards to match international competitors.
"Many parents will be shocked to learn that David Cameron's government has changed the rules to allow unqualified teachers into the classroom on a permanent basis, leading to a 16% rise in the last year alone," said Mr Hunt.
"The surest way to raise standards in every lesson, in every school, is to improve the quality of teaching in the classroom. Labour will ensure that all teachers are qualified and continue to train to improve their teaching as a condition to remaining in the classroom."
The chief inspector of the probation service in England and Wales has resigned because of a "potential perceived conflict of interest".
Paul McDowell's decision relates to his wife's role as a senior manager at Sodexo, which has taken over the management of a number of probation contracts.
Mr McDowell said it was "imperative that any inspectorate is independent and seen to be so".
He took up his role in February 2014.
Payment by results
Mr McDowell said in a statement: "Although we have measures in place to manage any conflicts of interest, and I would always carry out my duties without fear or favour, it is clear that a perception of conflict around my post remains."
A new scheme, which started on Sunday, will use private contractors to rehabilitate prisoners who have served short sentences.
The companies will be paid by results and earn more money if offenders do not commit further crimes.
Written By Unknown on Minggu, 01 Februari 2015 | 19.12
1 February 2015Last updated at 10:29
Jordan has vowed to do all it can to secure the release of a pilot captured by Islamic State, after a video was released appearing to show the beheading of a Japanese hostage.
Jordan echoed Japan in strongly condemning the murder of Kenji Goto.
The pilot, Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh, was captured when his plane came down in December on a mission to support the US-led, anti-IS military coalition.
Jordan says it is willing to exchange an Iraqi prisoner for his safe return.
Government spokesman Mohammed al-Momeni told the official Petra news agency the administration was doing "everything it can to save the life and secure the release of its pilot".
He said: "All state organisations have been mobilised to secure the proof of life that we require so that he can be freed and returned to his home."
Analysis: Kevin Connolly, BBC News, Amman, Jordan
Very little has been heard of Lt Kasasbeh since he fell into the hands of the militants - his family continue to hope and pray for his safety and want their government to do more and to share more of whatever information it may have with them.
They cling to the hope that the killing of Kenji Goto doesn't necessarily have direct immediate implications for the safety of the young pilot.
The danger for the Jordanian government is that Islamic State may see Lt Kasasbeh as a hostage of particularly high value because of his role in the air campaign and may demand a very high political price for his freedom - if they can prove that he is still alive.
Mr Momeni also said that Jordan had "spared no effort, in coordination with the Japanese government" to save the life of Mr Goto.
Relatives of Lt Kasasbeh urged the government to do more for him and provide more information.
Yassin Rawashda, an uncle of the pilot, said: "We want the government to tell us the truth."
The latest video made no mention of Lt Kasasbeh.
His father, Safi, told Associated Press: "This is my son. I'm always concerned about him and any development makes me more concerned."
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Kenji Goto's friend Mark Tchelistcheff: "Our hearts are very heavy with this news"
Lt Kasasbeh's F-16 crashed in IS-held territory in Syria in December. The US-led coalition has been targeting IS with air strikes since September.
The first IS demand, last week, had been for $200m (£130m) in return for two Japanese hostages - Mr Goto and Haruna Yukawa.
After a 72-hour deadline passed, IS said it had beheaded Mr Yukawa.
IS then demanded the release of Sajida al-Rishawi, on death row in Jordan for her role in hotel bombings in Amman in 2005 that killed 60.
It gave a deadline of sunset on Thursday for a deal under which Mr Goto would be freed in return for Rishawi.
However, Jordan demanded that Lt Kasasbeh also be released and called for proof he was still alive.
The video showing the apparent beheading of Mr Goto brought the renewed offer from Jordan on Sunday of an exchange for Rishawi.
Mr Goto, 47, a respected journalist known for his work covering the suffering of civilians in war zones, went to Syria in October, reportedly to try to secure Mr Yukawa's release.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday he "would not give in to terrorism" and that he would expand his support to countries fighting IS.
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Prime Minister Abe said Japan would work with the international community to bring those responsible for Mr Goto's apparent murder to justice
The latest video, which has all the hallmarks of previous IS propaganda videos, has not been authenticated, but Japanese officials believe it is genuine.
In the video, Mr Goto is seen kneeling in an orange jumpsuit.
A militant speaking with an English accent who is believed to have appeared in previous videos and is known as "Jihadi John", addresses Mr Abe, accusing him of a "reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war".
Mr Abe called the killing a "heinous act", adding that Japan would work with the international community to bring those responsible for Mr Goto's apparent murder to justice.
Mr Goto's mother Junko Ishido said she was speechless at his death, saying he had gone to Syria out of "kindness and courage".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out debt cancellation, saying creditors had already made concessions.
Mr Tsipras' Syriza party won last weekend's election with a pledge to have half the debt written off.
Its new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has refused to work with the "troika" of global institutions overseeing Greek debt, which had agreed a €240bn (£179bn; $270bn) bailout with the previous Greek government.
The troika is made up of the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Greece still has a debt of €315bn - about 175% of gross domestic product - despite some creditors writing down debts in a renegotiation in 2012.
'Confident of deal'
Mr Tsipras said Greece would repay its debts to the ECB and IMF, and reach a deal with the eurozone nations that funded most of the bailout package.
"The deliberation with our European partners has just begun," he said.
"Despite the fact that there are differences in perspective, I am absolutely confident that we will soon manage to reach a mutually beneficial agreement, both for Greece and for Europe as a whole."
Greek economy in numbers
Average wage is €600 (£450: $690) a month
Unemployment is at 25%, with youth unemployment almost 50%
Economy has shrunk by 25% since the start of the eurozone crisis
Country's debt is 175% of GDP
Borrowed €240bn (£188bn) from the EU, the ECB and the IMF
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, chairman of the eurozone finance ministers' group, said he welcomed Mr Tsipras' comments.
"It is now up to the Greek government to determine its position on how to move forward," he said.
"Further decisions will be taken jointly in the Eurogroup in the coming weeks."
In interviews in the German media published on Saturday, Mrs Merkel said she still wanted Greece to stay in the eurozone but did not "envisage fresh debt cancellation".
"There has already been voluntary debt forgiveness by private creditors, banks have already slashed billions from Greece's debt," she told Hamburger Abendblatt.
Meanwhile, EU economic and financial affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici told the BBC's Hardtalk programme that the Greek government had to respect previous commitments.
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Pierre Moscovici: Greece's place is in the eurozone
But he added: "We believe that the place of Greece is in the eurozone, the euro needs Greece and that Greece needs and wants to be in the eurozone.
Greece's current programme of loans ends on 28 February. A final bailout tranche of €7.2bn still has to be negotiated but the new government has already begun to roll back austerity measures.
Mr Tsipras will visit Cyprus, Italy and France next week but has no plans to visit Germany as yet.
The full interview with Mr Moscovici can be seen on BBC World News on Monday 2 February at 0430, 0930, 1630 and 2130 GMT.
The security forces have not so far commented on the latest fighting. Their handling of the six-year insurgency has often been criticised and the loss of Maiduguri would be another major setback.
"The whole city is in fear," resident Adam Krenuwa was quoted as saying. "People are afraid of what will happen if Boko Haram defeats the security forces."
The Nigerian Premium Times newspaper reported that heavy artillery could be heard in Maiduguri as the militants attacked the city from four directions.
Boko Haram at a glance
Founded in 2002, initially focused on opposing Western-style education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language
Launched military operations in 2009 to create Islamic state
Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - has also attacked police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja
Has abducted hundreds, including at least 200 schoolgirls
Boko Haram's last attempt to take over Maiduguri a week ago was stopped by the military.
But the militants did succeed in capturing the town of Monguno - 125km (80 miles) outside the city and took over a military base.
With the insurgents gaining more and more territory Maiduguri - home to tens of thousands of people who have fled their homes because of the conflict - has been increasingly vulnerable.
Aid agencies have warned that the fall of the city would trigger a humanitarian disaster.
Analysts say that the rebels are stepping up their attacks ahead of elections in Nigeria on 14 February.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno and two neighbouring states in 2013, vowing to defeat the militants.
However, Boko Haram has stepped up attacks since then and there are fears that many people in the north-east will not be able to vote in the election because of the conflict.
A woman who set up a fund-raising page for a man who was mugged outside his home is to meet the victim later as donations top the £200k mark.
Alan Barnes, who is visually impaired, was left too afraid to return to his home in Low Fell, Gateshead, after the attack on 25 January.
Mr Barnes, 67, broke his collarbone when he was pushed to the ground.
Following reports of the attack, Katie Cutler set up the Help Alan Barnes online donation page on Go Fund Me.
'Lovely people'
Ms Cutler's aim was to raise £500 but that was quickly passed and by noon on Saturday it had reached £100,000 and by 09:00 GMT on Sunday reached £203,360 with 15,740 donations.
The donations have come in from the UK, Canada, Holland and many other places around the world, with many praising Ms Cutler for setting up the page.
Ms Cutler, a beautician, said it showed "there are so many lovely people out there".
"This person that hurt Alan is just a minority."
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Gateshead Alan Barnes mugging: Fundraiser 'in shock' over donations
Mr Barnes, who has lived with disabilities from birth after his mother contracted German measles when she was pregnant, said it was "just unbelievable".
"I've heard of fundraising for charities but I've only got a fractured collarbone, I didn't expect that sort of response," he said.
"Thank you doesn't really seem to answer it, does it?"
Stephen, who donated £5, said: "So sorry this has happened to you dear friend, I know it's not a lot, but hope it goes a long way."
Rupert wrote: "There are bad people in this world, people that wouldn't think twice of abusing a vulnerable man.
"But as this shows, those people are engulfed by good, caring and loving people that stand against these morals."
There have also been offers of practical help from plumbers, electricians, bathroom and kitchen fitters, carpet layers and people donating furniture, Ms Cutler said.
She also wrote on the fund-raising site that businesses and schools had told her they were holding fundraising events for Mr Barnes.
All children in England will need to know up to their 12 times table when they leave primary school, under plans announced by the education secretary.
Nicky Morgan also told the Sunday Times pupils aged 11 should know correct punctuation, spelling and grammar.
"Getting English and maths right has to be at the core of our education system," she told the BBC.
Labour said the "surest way" to raise standards was to improve the quality of teaching in the classroom.
Mrs Morgan has set a new target for England to be the best in Europe, and among the top five countries in the world, for English and maths by 2020.
"We have to be ambitious for our young people. If you don't get it right at primary, then it becomes much harder for children to catch up at secondary school," she told BBC 1's Andrew Marr show.
In a wide-ranging interview, Mrs Morgan was asked about money and appeared to suggest the schools budget for pupils aged five to 16 would be ring-fenced.
"We're going to have more to say on schools funding very shortly but what I can say is that I am absolutely fighting for the schools budget to be protected," she said.
'Fundamental duty'
In an article for the Sunday Times, Mrs Morgan wrote: "The speed with which we slid down international league tables under the previous government is one of the starkest examples of their failure.
"Returning us to our rightful place will be a symbol of our success. To achieve this, we will launch a war on illiteracy and innumeracy."
Key Stage Two tests already include questions on times tables and long division but pupils are not required to answer them correctly.
Mrs Morgan said: "We will expect every pupil by the age of 11 to know their times tables off by heart, to perform long division and complex multiplication and to be able to read a novel.
"They should be able to write a short story with accurate punctuation, spelling and grammar.
"Some will say this is an old-fashioned view, but I say that giving every child the chance to master the basics and succeed in life is a fundamental duty of any government."
The paper says that under the party's plans schools that fail to get every pupil to pass the times tables and writing test for two years running will face being taken over by new leadership teams and be forced to become academies.
It also says there are also plans to encourage heads of departments in good schools to temporarily swap jobs with counterparts in bad schools.
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt MP said Labour would reverse the rule change under David Cameron's government which allowed unqualified teachers into the classroom on a permanent basis.
"Labour will ensure that all teachers are qualified and continue to train to improve their teaching as a condition to remaining in the classroom," he said.
"This is how we improve the learning and life chances for all children and raise our international position in reading, writing and maths."
On the Andrew Marr show, Mrs Morgan was asked about the Independent on Sunday's lead story that former education secretary Michael Gove was still receiving paperwork from her department.
She dismissed the report as "complete nonsense" and said Mr Gove, who is now Commons chief whip, had been "nothing but supportive" since she took the job.
