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Iran to feel heat as US seeks more nuke inspectionsUnited Nations

The United States yesterday pressed for the

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to carry out more nuclear inspections in Iran, warning that failure to do so would make the nuclear deal with Tehran “an empty promise.”

US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said that some countries were trying to shield Iran from more inspections by the IAEA, which is charged with verifying Tehran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord.

“Without inspections, the Iran deal is an empty promise,” she said in a statement. Haley’s push for more inspections comes just

15 days before Trump must certify to the US Congress whether Iran is in compliance with the agreement.

“If the Iran nuclear deal is to have any meaning, the parties must have a common understanding of its terms,” Haley said in a statement.

“Iranian officials have already said they will refuse to allow inspections at military sites, even though the IAEA says there must be no distinction between military and non-military sites.

“Now it appears that some countries are attempting to shield Iran from even more inspections.” Although she named no countries, diplomatic sources said she was referring to Russia.

Ten days ago, the head of the Iranian nuclear program, Ali Akbar Salehi, accused Washington of sabotaging the agreement and called on IAEA to resist Washington’s “unacceptable demands.”

He took particular aim at Haley, who he said had made unjustifiable demands regarding the verification of the nuclear accord. Those demands included IAEA inspections of Iranian military sites. The United States has recently multiplied its attacks on the accord, which Trump had vowed to scrap last year during the US presidential campaign. At a debate Wednesday organised by the Asia Society, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, warning

that a US withdrawal from the accord would be a “strategic mistake.”

“The US needs to show it is a reliable partner,” he said.

He also defended Iran’s role in Syria and Iraq as justified by the need to defend populations threatened by terrorist organisations.

Iran’s missile development programmes also were needed, he said, to protect the Iranian people at a time when other countries in the region, like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are making arms purchases. The Iranian nuclear accord, signed in July 2015 by Iran and six world powers puts Iran’s nuclear installations under strict surveillance. -AFP

US to destroy chemical weapons by 2023Washington

The United States said yesterday that it is on track

to meet a 2023 deadline for destroying its stocks of chemical weapons and congratulated Russia on scrapping its own arms.

“The United States remains committed to the complete destruction of its declared

chemical weapons. We are on track to meet our self-imposed deadline for complete destruction by the end of 2023,” a Pentagon spokesman said.

“Over 90 per cent of the United States stockpile has been destroyed,” the spokesman said, acknowledging that the target date had changed over

the years due to “technological” challenges.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the destruction of his country’s last chemical weapons on Wednesday and accused Washington of dragging its feet.

The US “unfortunately is not carrying out its obligations

when it comes to the timeframe of destroying chemical weapons -- they pushed back the liquidation timeframe already three times,” Putin said. The Pentagon spokesman noted that “Russia has solicited and received very significant funding from international donors,” including the US, which provided “over $1 billion

in financial and technical assistance for the Russian chemical weapon destruction programme.”

“We congratulate the Russians on their completed chemical weapon destruction. This is an important milestone in the arms control and nonproliferation community,” the spokesman said. -AFP

Pakistan Presidentreceives Shura Chairman

Shaikh Nasser appointedDefence Council member

DT News NetworkIslamabad

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain

yesterday lauded Bahrain’s development in several fields while receiving Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh and his accompanying delegation to Pakistan.

Appreciating his country’s outstanding friendly relations with the Kingdom, the President hailed the Bahraini investments in Pakistan, mainly in energy and infrastructure sectors.

He thanked His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for building the medical college for nursing in Islamabad and urged to boost bilateral cooperation.

He also thanked the Shura Council delegation for their appreciation of the role of the Pakistani community in Bahrain’s progress.

DT News NetworkManama

Royal Guard Commander a n d P e r s o n a l

Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Work and Youth Affairs Brigadier His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa has been appointed member of the Supreme Defence Council by a Royal Decree.

Council of Representatives Speaker Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Mulla and President of Bahrain Basketball Association Shaikh Isa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa congratulated HH Shaikh Nasser on his appointment as a member to the council.

The Speaker expressed appreciation of the royal trust, lauding the potentials of Brigadier Shaikh Nasser which enabled him to take up leading posts.

2 Saturday, September 30, 2017

Cox’s Bazar

Shona Miah wept as he gently closed the lifeless

eyes of his three tiny daughters, young Rohingya refugees he could not save from the huge surf that upended their rickety fishing boat a stone’s throw from safety in Bangladesh.

Their bodies washed up on the beach along with 17 others, all women and children risking a dangerous voyage to escape ethnic violence in Myanmar that has driven half a million refugees into Bangladesh by land and sea. Dozens more are missing, feared drowned after their boat capsized Thursday.

Four weeks after the outbreak of fighting that sparked the exodus, Rohingya are still dying trying to flee Myanmar, where a military crackdown on the stateless Muslim minority has been likened by the UN to ethnic cleansing.

More than 130 refugees have drowned on ill-fated voyages to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state on August 25, police say.

The survivors of Thursday’s capsize came from Mwai Daung, a village two days’ walk from the coast in Rakhine’s inland Buthidaung township, Miah said.

Among the latest victims to perish at sea was Saiful Rahman, a one-year-old Rohingya boy lying on the concrete floor of a southern

Bangladesh primary school Friday near the beach where he washed up.

His mother Nur Fatemah unwrapped the yellow plastic covering her son and stared blankly at his tiny corpse covered in sand, too exhausted for tears.

She barely survived herself after two days at sea with little food or water and a devastating monsoon storm that smashed their vessel against rocks.

Police rush into the school courtyard carrying yet another corpse, a woman in an orange sarong who washed up early Friday and had been left on the roadside for three hours.

It is Fatemah’s sister-in-law. She weaves past the corpses on the floor and squats next to the body, gently removing sand clotted in her black hair.

Her husband Abdus Salam said a monsoon gale was kicking up enormous waves late Thursday as the boat veered dangerously along the Bangladesh coastline.

“The captain couldn’t steer the boat. He didn’t see the rock underneath the water and hit it,” he said.

The boat was smashed in two, tossing upwards of 100 people -- mainly children --  into the raging grey ocean, Salam said.

“I lost two children,” wailed Lal Miah, gesturing to a row of lifeless infants uncovered on the muddy concrete floor.

“My two others are still missing.”

By morning, the high tide had churned out more victims but the vast majority remain missing, said coastguard commander Nasir Uddin, whose men found two dead boys early Friday and brought them to the school.

The UN migration agency said the death toll could pass 60, with 40 missing and presumed drowned.

As humidity rose, Bangladeshi women began preparing the bodies for Islamic burial, weeping as they carefully cut away clothing and washed the children before wrapping them in white shrouds.

As the wrapped bodies were laid out on an orange tarpaulin, one stood out as larger than the others -- a heavily pregnant woman.

Police assistant inspector Chotan Chandra Das counted the bodies -- 12 children and eight women, he said -- attaching post-it notes with identification details where possible.

As the wrapped remains were taken to a nearby clearing for burial rites, the body of a small boy, long drained of colour, was rushed into the schoolyard.

Washed and prepared, he was laid alongside the others and blessed by an imam, who offered prayers as hundreds of local Muslims stood in silent rows, heads bowed. (AFP)

Rohingya women, children perish in sea voyage from Myanmar

The bodies of Rohingya Muslim refugees on the shore of Inani beach, near Cox’s Bazar after their boat capsized.

3Saturday, September 30, 2017

DT News NetworkManama

The Bahraini man who was recently arrested for going

on a stabbing spree in Riffa, causing multiple injuries to pedestrians has been referred to the Psychiatric Hospital.

According to Southern

Governorate Police General Director Colonel Mubarak Al Merri, the suspect was arrested for stabbing several passers-by using a sharp instrument.

The man, who’s in his early fifties, was referred to the Public Prosecution, which

interrogated him and ordered the accused to consult the Psychiatric Hospital considering his mental condition.

According to sources, the suspect recently assaulted five people including four children in East Riffa.

The man’s criminal record also showed that he had committed several felonies such as assault, insult and drug abuse.

However, the prosecution’s investigations will continue until the case is referred to the criminal court.

Riffa stabbing spree: Prosecution refersaccused man to Psychiatric Hospital

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Drug peddler arrested

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Security authorities yesterday announced the arrest

of a man for peddling and possessing narcotics worth over BD50, 000.

“Heroin and currency notes worth of BD51,000 were confiscated from the Asian man,” said Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science General Director Colonel Abddulaziz Al

Rumaihi in a statement.Al Rumaihi said that

the department acted on a tip-off, following which an investigation was made, leading to the identification and arrest of the culprit and the confiscation of the narcotics. He added that legal proceedings are being taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution. The directorate also released picture of the man along with the confiscated narcotics.

The accused in custody

3Saturday, September 30, 2017

DT News NetworkManama

The Bahraini man who was recently arrested for going

on a stabbing spree in Riffa, causing multiple injuries to pedestrians has been referred to the Psychiatric Hospital.

According to Southern

Governorate Police General Director Colonel Mubarak Al Merri, the suspect was arrested for stabbing several passers-by using a sharp instrument.

The man, who’s in his early fifties, was referred to the Public Prosecution, which

interrogated him and ordered the accused to consult the Psychiatric Hospital considering his mental condition.

According to sources, the suspect recently assaulted five people including four children in East Riffa.

The man’s criminal record also showed that he had committed several felonies such as assault, insult and drug abuse.

However, the prosecution’s investigations will continue until the case is referred to the criminal court.

Riffa stabbing spree: Prosecution refersaccused man to Psychiatric Hospital

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Drug peddler arrested

DT News Networknews@dt.bh

Security authorities yesterday announced the arrest

of a man for peddling and possessing narcotics worth over BD50, 000.

“Heroin and currency notes worth of BD51,000 were confiscated from the Asian man,” said Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science General Director Colonel Abddulaziz Al

Rumaihi in a statement.Al Rumaihi said that

the department acted on a tip-off, following which an investigation was made, leading to the identification and arrest of the culprit and the confiscation of the narcotics. He added that legal proceedings are being taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution. The directorate also released picture of the man along with the confiscated narcotics.

The accused in custody

4 Saturday, September 30, 2017

(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

World Habitat Day (WHD) is observed every year on the first Monday of October throughout the world. It was established in 1985 by the

United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 40/202 and was first celebrated in 1986 with the theme “Shelter is My Right”. The purpose of the day is to reflect on the state of our urban areas and the basic human right regarding provision of adequate shelter to all human beings. WHD also aims to remind the planners and government officials of the collective responsibility for the habitat of future generations and a day to encourage grassroots action from civil society organizations to advocate for universal decent housing.

Each year, World Habitat Day takes on a new theme chosen by the United Nations based on current issues relevant to the Habitat Agenda. The themes of WHD are selected to bring attention to UN-Habitat’s mandate to promote sustainable development policies that ensure adequate shelter for all. These themes often promote important subjects such as housing and social services, a safe and healthy living environment, affordable and sustainable transport and energy, promotion, protection and restoration of green urban spaces, safe and clean drinking water and sanitation, healthy air quality, employment generation, improved urban planning, slum upgrading and better waste management.

The theme for WHD 2nd October 2017 is Housing Policies: Affordable Homes. The purpose of WHD is to reflect on the conditions of our cities and towns and on the basic right of all to acquire an adequate shelter. It is also intended to remind the world that we all have the power and the responsibility to shape the future of our cities and towns.

This year WHD will focus on promoting at all levels of decision making on how to implement concrete initiatives to ensure adequate and affordable housing for all socio economic groups of people in the context of implementation of the New Urban Agenda based on Sustainable Development Goals.

An analysis of housing affordability over the last two decades reveals that despite increasing demand, owned and rental housing has been largely unaffordable for the majority of the world population mostly in developing countries. Around 1.6 billion people globally live in inadequate housing, of which 1 billion live in slums and informal settlements. While millions of people lack suitable homes.

Ensuring housing availability and affordability is a complex issue of strategic importance for development, social peace and equality. Addressing the housing needs of the poorest and most vulnerable, especially women, youth and those who live in slums must be a priority in the development agendas. The WHD is aimed at drawing the people’s attention towards the basic desire and need of poor people for an adequate housing.

We need to understand that promoting sound housing policies is also crucial for climate change, resilience, mobility and energy consumption. For housing to contribute to national socio-economic development and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the New Urban Agenda calls for placing housing policies at the center of national urban policies along with strategies to fight poverty, improve health and employment.

The purpose of celebrating the WHD is to pay serious attention towards the need for better shelter all over the world, to share the priority of affordable and adequate housing, to bring the positive changes in the systems including policies and attitudes, to reflect on the states and towns and pay attention on the basic human rights for adequate shelter and to increase the awareness worldwide of joint responsibility for the future generation’s shelter.

Providing and improving housing is a gigantic task and cannot be dealt only by the governmental authorities. It require involvement of all stake holders including communities, NGOs and experienced developers to optimize urban densities and provide land zoning with efficient services and utilities that are environmental friendly and have minimum carbon footprint. With the shortage of urban space, we need to develop in a sustainable manner to keep room for future growth and accommodate population in the coming decades.

In the GCC countries including Bahrain, the concerned authorities are giving due attention to the subject of planning and providing decent housing to citizens and to avoid any social, health and environmental problems.

Let us whole heartedly support and celebrate the WHD and organize any activity or event in our own community including an awareness campaign, a fun activity, area cleanliness and get together in parks and public spaces.

* Head of Waste Disposal Unit, Supreme Council for Environment, Bahrain, Email: rahmed@sce.gov.bh

World Habitat Day 2016

2018 Formula 1 calendar revised

Chinese and Bahrain GPs swapThe 2018 Formula 1 calendar

has been revised, with the Chinese and Bahrain Grands Prix swapping dates.

The long-anticipated change was finally officially confirmed by the F1 organisation yesterday.

China has now moved to April 15, with Bahrain taking the April 8 slot.

It had been expected that the swap would be rubber-stamped at the World Motor Sport Council meeting last week, but no changes were announced at that time.

Instead it was confirmed

when F1 announced that the Shanghai event, which had been listed on the provisional calendar as ‘subject to confirmation’, had extended its contract.

Chinese GP organisers had been keen for the date change to avoid a national holiday.

Formal approval of the change still has to come from the World Motor Sport Council, which next meets in Paris on December 6.

With Singapore having  also secured its future into 2018 and beyond, next year’s schedule now appears to be firm. (autosport)

March 25 Melbourne, Australia April 8 Sakhir, Bahrain April 15 Shanghai, China April 29 Baku, Azerbaijan May 13 Barcelona, Spain May 27 Monaco June 10 Montreal, Canada June 24 Paul Ricard, France July 1 Red Bull Ring, Austria July 8 Silverstone, Great Britain July 22 Hockenheim, Germany July 29 Hungaroring, Hungary August 26 Spa, Belgium September 2 Monza, Italy September 16 Singapore September 30 Sochi, Russia October 7 Suzuka, Japan October 21 Austin, USA October 28 Mexico City, Mexico November 11 Interlagos, Brazil November 25 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi

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The Bahraini man facing domestic violence charges for brutally

assaulting his Syrian ex-wife earlier this month will remain in custody after the Third Lower Criminal Court on Thursday adjourned the case to October 3.

The 52-year-old accused denied assaulting Zahra Subhi, the 35-year-old mother of five, before the judges, claiming innocence and pleaded not guilty.As reported earlier, the victim’s daughter told the Public Prosecution that she saw her father assaulting her mother.

The woman, who is recuperating at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), said in a video message that the man frequently assaulted her during the ten years of their previous marriage and claimed that the recent attack was an attempt to murder her so he could marry another woman.

The incident had sparked a public outrage after the incident went viral on social media raising the issue of domestic violence in Bahrain and pushing civil authorities to take immediate action.

‘Toughen penalties’Head of the Child and Mother

Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives Roua Al Hayki said in a statement that she had submitted a parliamentary proposal to toughen penalties against those who assault women, especially pregnant women, causing miscarriage.

The MP considered the existing legislations and punishments against assailants “light” and “not equal to deal with the gravity of the crime”.

However, the lawmaker’s proposal is expected to be discussed only during the upcoming last quarter of the legislative council session, expected to begin as per a Royal Decree by next month.

Zahra Subhi in hospital Roua Al Hayki addressing the House of Representatives

Assault on ex-wife: Man denies charges in court

4 Saturday, September 30, 2017

(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

World Habitat Day (WHD) is observed every year on the first Monday of October throughout the world. It was established in 1985 by the

United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 40/202 and was first celebrated in 1986 with the theme “Shelter is My Right”. The purpose of the day is to reflect on the state of our urban areas and the basic human right regarding provision of adequate shelter to all human beings. WHD also aims to remind the planners and government officials of the collective responsibility for the habitat of future generations and a day to encourage grassroots action from civil society organizations to advocate for universal decent housing.

Each year, World Habitat Day takes on a new theme chosen by the United Nations based on current issues relevant to the Habitat Agenda. The themes of WHD are selected to bring attention to UN-Habitat’s mandate to promote sustainable development policies that ensure adequate shelter for all. These themes often promote important subjects such as housing and social services, a safe and healthy living environment, affordable and sustainable transport and energy, promotion, protection and restoration of green urban spaces, safe and clean drinking water and sanitation, healthy air quality, employment generation, improved urban planning, slum upgrading and better waste management.

The theme for WHD 2nd October 2017 is Housing Policies: Affordable Homes. The purpose of WHD is to reflect on the conditions of our cities and towns and on the basic right of all to acquire an adequate shelter. It is also intended to remind the world that we all have the power and the responsibility to shape the future of our cities and towns.

This year WHD will focus on promoting at all levels of decision making on how to implement concrete initiatives to ensure adequate and affordable housing for all socio economic groups of people in the context of implementation of the New Urban Agenda based on Sustainable Development Goals.

An analysis of housing affordability over the last two decades reveals that despite increasing demand, owned and rental housing has been largely unaffordable for the majority of the world population mostly in developing countries. Around 1.6 billion people globally live in inadequate housing, of which 1 billion live in slums and informal settlements. While millions of people lack suitable homes.

Ensuring housing availability and affordability is a complex issue of strategic importance for development, social peace and equality. Addressing the housing needs of the poorest and most vulnerable, especially women, youth and those who live in slums must be a priority in the development agendas. The WHD is aimed at drawing the people’s attention towards the basic desire and need of poor people for an adequate housing.

We need to understand that promoting sound housing policies is also crucial for climate change, resilience, mobility and energy consumption. For housing to contribute to national socio-economic development and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the New Urban Agenda calls for placing housing policies at the center of national urban policies along with strategies to fight poverty, improve health and employment.

The purpose of celebrating the WHD is to pay serious attention towards the need for better shelter all over the world, to share the priority of affordable and adequate housing, to bring the positive changes in the systems including policies and attitudes, to reflect on the states and towns and pay attention on the basic human rights for adequate shelter and to increase the awareness worldwide of joint responsibility for the future generation’s shelter.

Providing and improving housing is a gigantic task and cannot be dealt only by the governmental authorities. It require involvement of all stake holders including communities, NGOs and experienced developers to optimize urban densities and provide land zoning with efficient services and utilities that are environmental friendly and have minimum carbon footprint. With the shortage of urban space, we need to develop in a sustainable manner to keep room for future growth and accommodate population in the coming decades.

In the GCC countries including Bahrain, the concerned authorities are giving due attention to the subject of planning and providing decent housing to citizens and to avoid any social, health and environmental problems.

Let us whole heartedly support and celebrate the WHD and organize any activity or event in our own community including an awareness campaign, a fun activity, area cleanliness and get together in parks and public spaces.

* Head of Waste Disposal Unit, Supreme Council for Environment, Bahrain, Email: rahmed@sce.gov.bh

World Habitat Day 2016

2018 Formula 1 calendar revised

Chinese and Bahrain GPs swapThe 2018 Formula 1 calendar

has been revised, with the Chinese and Bahrain Grands Prix swapping dates.

The long-anticipated change was finally officially confirmed by the F1 organisation yesterday.

China has now moved to April 15, with Bahrain taking the April 8 slot.

It had been expected that the swap would be rubber-stamped at the World Motor Sport Council meeting last week, but no changes were announced at that time.

Instead it was confirmed

when F1 announced that the Shanghai event, which had been listed on the provisional calendar as ‘subject to confirmation’, had extended its contract.

Chinese GP organisers had been keen for the date change to avoid a national holiday.

Formal approval of the change still has to come from the World Motor Sport Council, which next meets in Paris on December 6.

With Singapore having  also secured its future into 2018 and beyond, next year’s schedule now appears to be firm. (autosport)

March 25 Melbourne, Australia April 8 Sakhir, Bahrain April 15 Shanghai, China April 29 Baku, Azerbaijan May 13 Barcelona, Spain May 27 Monaco June 10 Montreal, Canada June 24 Paul Ricard, France July 1 Red Bull Ring, Austria July 8 Silverstone, Great Britain July 22 Hockenheim, Germany July 29 Hungaroring, Hungary August 26 Spa, Belgium September 2 Monza, Italy September 16 Singapore September 30 Sochi, Russia October 7 Suzuka, Japan October 21 Austin, USA October 28 Mexico City, Mexico November 11 Interlagos, Brazil November 25 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi

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The Bahraini man facing domestic violence charges for brutally

assaulting his Syrian ex-wife earlier this month will remain in custody after the Third Lower Criminal Court on Thursday adjourned the case to October 3.

The 52-year-old accused denied assaulting Zahra Subhi, the 35-year-old mother of five, before the judges, claiming innocence and pleaded not guilty.As reported earlier, the victim’s daughter told the Public Prosecution that she saw her father assaulting her mother.

The woman, who is recuperating at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), said in a video message that the man frequently assaulted her during the ten years of their previous marriage and claimed that the recent attack was an attempt to murder her so he could marry another woman.

The incident had sparked a public outrage after the incident went viral on social media raising the issue of domestic violence in Bahrain and pushing civil authorities to take immediate action.

‘Toughen penalties’Head of the Child and Mother

Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives Roua Al Hayki said in a statement that she had submitted a parliamentary proposal to toughen penalties against those who assault women, especially pregnant women, causing miscarriage.

The MP considered the existing legislations and punishments against assailants “light” and “not equal to deal with the gravity of the crime”.

However, the lawmaker’s proposal is expected to be discussed only during the upcoming last quarter of the legislative council session, expected to begin as per a Royal Decree by next month.

Zahra Subhi in hospital Roua Al Hayki addressing the House of Representatives

Assault on ex-wife: Man denies charges in court

5Saturday, September 30, 2017

Arbil

Iraq’s government cut the autonomous northern

Kurdish region’s direct air links with the outside world indefinitely yesterday after it voted a massive “yes” in a referendum on independence.

The move effectively isolates and increases the pressure on the Kurds amid soaring regional tensions following Monday’s contentious vote.

The central government in Baghdad had ordered the halt to all foreign flights to and from the region from 6:00 pm (1500 GMT).

Foreigners scrambled to fly out of Iraqi Kurdistan from the region’s capital

Arbil and its second largest city Sulaimaniyah before the ban took effect.

Arbil airport is a key gateway for humanitarian aid workers helping Iraqis affected by the battle against the Islamic State group (IS).

The Kurds have condemned the flight suspension as “collective punishment”. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said it was not “punishment” but a legal measure that would be reversed if the transport authority was transferred to Baghdad in line with the Iraqi constitution.

The ban has seen people, many of them foreigners, flock to the airport in the regional capital Arbil to

avoid being stranded.Iraqi Kurdistan is home

to a large international community, most of whom enter on a visa issued by the regional authorities that is not recognised by the central government, so they cannot travel elsewhere in Iraq.

On Friday, around 100 passengers waited eagerly for their planes in Arbil, where the last flight out was to Vienna at 4 pm. Earlier, the UN humanitarian office OCHA said it was working to ensure aid could continue to reach tens of thousands of needy Iraqis.

The civil aviation authority in Baghdad has said a decision on internal flights will be made later. (AFP)

Humanitarian, military and diplomatic flights were excluded

from the ban,” Director of Arbil airport,

Talar Faiq Salih

Kurds face isolation

Turkey wants summit with Iran and Iraq: PM

US willing to facilitate talks

Ankara

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said he

wants to hold a summit with Iranian and Iraqi leaders to coordinate how to respond to the controversial Iraqi

Kurdish independence referendum.

“We are planning to come together in the near future to coordinate the steps to be taken for the next period with regard to

these issues,” Yildirim told reporters in the central Turkish province of Corum.

“We want a three-way summit... we think that this format would be more productive,” he added.

Washington

Washington is willing to “facilitate” talks

between Baghdad and Iraq’s Kurdish region to calm soaring tensions surrounding a controversial independence referendum, the US State Department said Thursday.

“If asked, we would be willing to help facilitate a conversation between the two” sides, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told journalists in Washington.

“We would like to see some calm on all sides,” Nauert said, noting that the US had opposed the referendum “because we thought it would be destabilizing.”

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said: “The United States does not recognize the Kurdistan Regional Government’s unilateral referendum held on Monday.”

Iraq stops direct air links

Passengers flying to Arbil wait to check-in for their flight at Ataturk International air-port in Istanbul

6 Saturday, September 30, 2017

H.E. QI Zhenhong,

By Invitation

Creat More Beautiful Future Of The Bilateral

Relations Between China And Bahrain

This year marks the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. 68 years is just a short

episode compared with the time-honored China’s history of over five thousand years and rich Chinese civilization. But the past 68 years, especially the past 39 years after the adoption of the policy of reform and opening-up, has witnessed remarkable and universally acknowledged achievement in building socialism with Chinese characteristics made by China. China’s great achievement should be attributed to the firm leadership of the Communist Party of China and the hard work and unremitting efforts of the Chinese people as well as international friends support. China has made and will continue to make great contributions to the development of the mankind.

Meanwhile, we soberly aware that China has population of 1.3 billion people as well as weak economic foundation. Imbalance in development between urban and rural areas, vulnerable ecological environment and extensive economic development ways are still serious. A small difficulty multiplied by 1.3 billion would be turned into a great challenge, similarly any great achievement divided by 1.3 billion could become insignificant. In this context, China is still in the primary stage of socialism and will long remain so. This basic national condition of China has not changed, nor has China’s international position as the biggest developing country in the world. Therefore development is always on the top agenda of the Communist Party of China in governing and rejuvenating the country, Chinese people’s yearning for a better life will always be the first priority for the Communist Party of China.

On the 18th of next month, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will convene in Beijing. The congress is a very important meeting to be held when China is striving for its final victory for achieving a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and at a critical time for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It will be of great significance and far-reaching impact in Chinese history. There is no doubt that China’s domestic and foreign policies will remain consistent and stable. Meanwhile, China will also take into account the new requirements for development and draw out guidelines and policies that respond to call of the times.

It is estimated that in the next 5 years China will import commodities which worth $8 trillion, and the total amount of outbound investment will reach $ 750 billion. China is ready to share its experiences and opportunities with all the other countries and welcome them to join the voyage and sail together towards common development.

Friendship between China and Arab states dates back to ancient times and will continue and grow. Over the past 28 years since the establishment of the diplomatic relationships between China and Bahrain, the high-level exchanges have become more frequent, the political mutual trust has been constantly strengthened, the economic cooperation has been rapidly promoted and the cultural exchanges and cooperation have achieved great success. The development of our bilateral cooperation has brought benefits to our two peoples, and will also promote strategic cooperation between China and GCC countries and make contributions to the peace, stability and prosperity of the region. We do believe that the future of our bilateral relations will be more beautiful!(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do

not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

Washington

Bahrain has called for adopting stringent measures to fight the battle against the

scourge of human trafficking. “There is an urgent need to enhance public

awareness on the importance of combating all forms of human trafficking,” said Bahrain’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jamal Fares Al-Ruwaie.

He was speaking at the High Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Evaluation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons, held from 27 to 28 September 2017.

In his address to the General Assembly, Al Ruwaie insisted that there is an urgent need to enhance cooperation between member states and various UN agencies to tackle the issue of human trafficking.

“The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organisation and member nations should join hands in this regard,” he said

In this regard, he also pointed out that Bahrain was one of the first countries to support the call for action to put an end to forced labour, modern slavery and trafficking in people.

In his speech, Ambassador Al-Ruwaie reflected upon the negative impact of armed conflicts around the world on exacerbating the problem of human trafficking, and on the importance of resolving conflicts as an essential tool for the preservation of human rights and effective reduction of trafficking crimes.

Mysteriousattacks: US

halves staffin Cuba

Washington

The US is withdrawing more than half of its personnel

from the embassy in Havana in response to “specific attacks” targeting at least 21 of its staff, a senior State Department official said yesterday.

“Until the government of Cuba can assure the safety of US government personnel in Cuba, our embassy will be reduced to emergency personnel,” the official said.

Routine visa operations will also be suspended indefinitely

in response to the mysterious “health attacks,” which have soured ties between Havana and Washington two years after they fully restored diplomatic relations.

“These employees have suffered significant injuries as a consequences of these attacks,” including “hearing loss, balance problems, visual complaints, headache, fatigue, cognition issues and difficulty in sleeping,” the official said.

US officials had previously told reporters they believed

some kind of inaudible sound weapon was used on American staff either inside or outside their residences in Havana.

Washington has not accused Cuba of being behind the incidents, but has repeatedly warned that Havana is responsible for the safety of foreign envoys on its soil.

Relations between the United States and Cuba were restored by then president Barack Obama and his counterpart Raul Castro in 2015, half a century after the

Cold War rivals cut ties.Canadians in Cuba have

also been impacted, with a source close to that country’s embassy telling that more than five families were affected, including several children.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Washington was considering whether to close its embassy over the issue.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said last week that it has found no evidence to support US claims.

A vintage US car passing in front of the US Embassy in Havana

Bahrain calls for collective

efforts to end human trafficking

Bahrain’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jamal Fares Al-Ruwaie

6 Saturday, September 30, 2017

H.E. QI Zhenhong,

By Invitation

Creat More Beautiful Future Of The Bilateral

Relations Between China And Bahrain

This year marks the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. 68 years is just a short

episode compared with the time-honored China’s history of over five thousand years and rich Chinese civilization. But the past 68 years, especially the past 39 years after the adoption of the policy of reform and opening-up, has witnessed remarkable and universally acknowledged achievement in building socialism with Chinese characteristics made by China. China’s great achievement should be attributed to the firm leadership of the Communist Party of China and the hard work and unremitting efforts of the Chinese people as well as international friends support. China has made and will continue to make great contributions to the development of the mankind.

Meanwhile, we soberly aware that China has population of 1.3 billion people as well as weak economic foundation. Imbalance in development between urban and rural areas, vulnerable ecological environment and extensive economic development ways are still serious. A small difficulty multiplied by 1.3 billion would be turned into a great challenge, similarly any great achievement divided by 1.3 billion could become insignificant. In this context, China is still in the primary stage of socialism and will long remain so. This basic national condition of China has not changed, nor has China’s international position as the biggest developing country in the world. Therefore development is always on the top agenda of the Communist Party of China in governing and rejuvenating the country, Chinese people’s yearning for a better life will always be the first priority for the Communist Party of China.

On the 18th of next month, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will convene in Beijing. The congress is a very important meeting to be held when China is striving for its final victory for achieving a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and at a critical time for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It will be of great significance and far-reaching impact in Chinese history. There is no doubt that China’s domestic and foreign policies will remain consistent and stable. Meanwhile, China will also take into account the new requirements for development and draw out guidelines and policies that respond to call of the times.

It is estimated that in the next 5 years China will import commodities which worth $8 trillion, and the total amount of outbound investment will reach $ 750 billion. China is ready to share its experiences and opportunities with all the other countries and welcome them to join the voyage and sail together towards common development.

Friendship between China and Arab states dates back to ancient times and will continue and grow. Over the past 28 years since the establishment of the diplomatic relationships between China and Bahrain, the high-level exchanges have become more frequent, the political mutual trust has been constantly strengthened, the economic cooperation has been rapidly promoted and the cultural exchanges and cooperation have achieved great success. The development of our bilateral cooperation has brought benefits to our two peoples, and will also promote strategic cooperation between China and GCC countries and make contributions to the peace, stability and prosperity of the region. We do believe that the future of our bilateral relations will be more beautiful!(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do

not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

Washington

Bahrain has called for adopting stringent measures to fight the battle against the

scourge of human trafficking. “There is an urgent need to enhance public

awareness on the importance of combating all forms of human trafficking,” said Bahrain’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jamal Fares Al-Ruwaie.

He was speaking at the High Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Evaluation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons, held from 27 to 28 September 2017.

In his address to the General Assembly, Al Ruwaie insisted that there is an urgent need to enhance cooperation between member states and various UN agencies to tackle the issue of human trafficking.

“The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organisation and member nations should join hands in this regard,” he said

In this regard, he also pointed out that Bahrain was one of the first countries to support the call for action to put an end to forced labour, modern slavery and trafficking in people.

In his speech, Ambassador Al-Ruwaie reflected upon the negative impact of armed conflicts around the world on exacerbating the problem of human trafficking, and on the importance of resolving conflicts as an essential tool for the preservation of human rights and effective reduction of trafficking crimes.

Mysteriousattacks: US

halves staffin Cuba

Washington

The US is withdrawing more than half of its personnel

from the embassy in Havana in response to “specific attacks” targeting at least 21 of its staff, a senior State Department official said yesterday.

“Until the government of Cuba can assure the safety of US government personnel in Cuba, our embassy will be reduced to emergency personnel,” the official said.

Routine visa operations will also be suspended indefinitely

in response to the mysterious “health attacks,” which have soured ties between Havana and Washington two years after they fully restored diplomatic relations.

“These employees have suffered significant injuries as a consequences of these attacks,” including “hearing loss, balance problems, visual complaints, headache, fatigue, cognition issues and difficulty in sleeping,” the official said.

US officials had previously told reporters they believed

some kind of inaudible sound weapon was used on American staff either inside or outside their residences in Havana.

Washington has not accused Cuba of being behind the incidents, but has repeatedly warned that Havana is responsible for the safety of foreign envoys on its soil.

Relations between the United States and Cuba were restored by then president Barack Obama and his counterpart Raul Castro in 2015, half a century after the

Cold War rivals cut ties.Canadians in Cuba have

also been impacted, with a source close to that country’s embassy telling that more than five families were affected, including several children.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Washington was considering whether to close its embassy over the issue.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said last week that it has found no evidence to support US claims.

A vintage US car passing in front of the US Embassy in Havana

Bahrain calls for collective

efforts to end human trafficking

Bahrain’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jamal Fares Al-Ruwaie

7Saturday, September 30, 2017

Istanbul

An Australian detained by Turkey last year on charges of joining

Islamic State (IS) in Syria said at his trial Thursday he regretted his involvement with the organisation after seeing its “true face”.

Neil Prakash, who was detained one year ago inside Turkey close to the Syrian border, is jailed in the Gaziantep region of southern Turkey.

However, his trial, which got under way earlier this year, is being held in the neighbouring Kilis region with Prakash being cross-examined via video link.

In his testimony, Prakash said he said received training from IS in their de-facto capital of Raqa in Syria before moving north to the town of Kobane to fight Kurdish militia.

He was wounded in the fighting and then requested to be moved to another area where he did not have to fight.

“But I went to Raqa and was told I had to fight,” he said, quoted by the Turkish-language Dogan news agency. “I was also made to speak in propaganda videos.

“I decided to escape after seeing the true face” of IS, he added. “I very much regret joining the organisation,” he said.

Prakash denied being the Australian “representative” of IS in Syria and asked to be released and deported to a Muslim country and not Australia. However the court decided to keep him in custody, Dogan news agency said.

The trial was adjourned to an unspecified later date.

Australia last year had asked Turkey to extradite Prakash, who Canberra previously had reported as having been killed in a US airstrike in northern Iraq.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called Prakash the senior Australian operative in IS. He was reportedly on a list of high-value IS recruiters targeted by the US in drone attacks in Iraq.

Prakash told the court he had spent his early life in Cambodia in a Buddhist family but had decided to become a Muslim after watching IS videos. (AFP)

Australian, on trialin Turkey, ‘regrets joining IS’

73 Syria government fighterskilled in IS attacks: monitor

Beirut

The Islamic State group has killed at least 73 Syrian

government troops and allied fighters in surprise attacks on their positions in a desert region, a monitor said yesterday.

The deaths came in Thursday attacks launched as the jihadist group faces a Russian-backed regime offensive against some of its last bastions.

The extremist group claimed the attacks against several positions south of the town of Sukhna in central Homs province, saying its fighters had killed dozens of regime troops.

The attacks come a day after IS released what it said was an audio recording of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the first in a year, in which he urged resistance.

Thursday’s attacks targeted government forces around Deir Ezzor and on their supply lines through the Sukhna area from the west, the Observatory said.

“The first attacks were carried out against checkpoints manned by loyalist troops in Al-Shula,” a village near Deir Ezzor, the Britain-based monitoring group said.

“IS then carried out a series of attacks against checkpoints along the length of the motorway from Al-Shula to south of Sukhna.”

Syrian state media made no mention of the army’s losses, but said its troops “confronted an attack by the terrorist Daesh group on the highway between Deir Ezzor and Palmyra, deep in the Badia desert.”

© GRAPHIC NEWSSources: BBC, Reuters Pictures: AP, U.S. Department of Justice

1971: Born Ibrahim AwadIbrahim al-Badri in Samarra, Iraq.Grows up in religious family, studiesIslamic Theology in Baghdad

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

2003: Joins emerging Al Qaedain Iraq (AQI) insurgent groupfollowing U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

2010: Emerges as leader ofIslamic State of Iraq (ISI) – formedin 2006 as successor to AQI – aftergroup’s top two commanders arekilled in U.S.-led airstrike

2011-13: U.S. places $10 millionbounty on Baghdadi’s head overseries of bomb attacks in Iraq.Fighters loyal to Baghdadi cross intoSyria to exploit power vacuumcreated by civil war. ISI becomesIslamic State in Iraq and al-Sham/the Levant (ISIS/ISIL)

2014: ISIS proclaims “caliphate”after capture of Iraqi city of Mosul.Group becomes Islamic State (IS)

2016: Mounting military pressurebegins to roll back IS territorial gains

Sep 2017: After several reports ofhis death, IS releases alleged audiotape of Baghdadi urging jihadists tokeep fighting – first such recordingsince Nov 2016. IS chief has notbeen seen in public since July 2014

2005: Captured byU.S. forces in Iraqi cityof Fallujah and heldat Abu Ghraib andCamp Bucca detentionfacilities. Releasedafter ten months

TURKEY

BaghdadEuphrates River valley: Where U.S.believes Baghdadi may be hiding

IS territory as of Sep 18, 2017

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Raqqa: FormerIS capital

Mosul

Fallujah

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Neil Prakash. Picture courtesy of Herald Sun

Khobar

A Saudi man was arrested for allegedly threatening to attack

women drivers, the Interior Ministry said yesterday, following a royal decree that ends a ban on women driving in the kingdom.

The ministry said on Twitter that police in the kingdom’s Eastern Province had arrested the suspect, who was not identified, and referred

him to the public prosecutor.“I swear to God, any woman whose

car breaks down - I will burn her and her car,” said a man wearing a traditional white robe who appeared in a short video distributed online earlier in the week.

Saudi media, including the Arabic-language Okaz newspaper, quoted the Eastern Province’s police spokesman as saying the man in custody was in

his 20s and that the arrest had been ordered by its governor.

Separately, Okaz reported late on Thursday that authorities directed the interior minister to prepare an anti-harassment law within 60 days.

The directions cited “the danger posed by harassment ...and its contradiction with the values of Islam”. (Reuters)

Saudi man arrested after threatening women drivers Representative picture

A general view of the courthouse in

Gaziantep, southern Turkey.

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as White Helmets, evacu-ate a wounded baby on a motorcycle

towards a makeshift clinic in the rebel-held town of Douma

BUSINESS8 Saturday, September 30, 2017

In 27 minutes

In 5 years

“Once you are out of the atmosphere, it would be as smooth as silk, no turbulence, nothing. There’s no weather... and you can get to most long-dis-tance places in less than half-an-hour. If we are building this thing to go to the Moon and Mars, then why not go to other places on Earth as well.”

Tata to make electric cars for IndiaNew Delhi

India’s Tata Motors has won a bid to manufacture thousands of

electric cars for the government as part of a push to promote battery-powered vehicles as the nation grapples with soaring pollution levels.

State-owned energy efficiency services limited (ESSL) will procure 10,000 cars from Tata Motors, with the first batch hitting roads later this year, the company said in a statement.

The cars, priced at nearly $15,500, are the first attempt by the Indian government to replace

its half-a-million fleet of diesel and petrol cars -- used by high ranking government employees -- with electric vehicles. 

“First 500 e-cars will be supplied to EESL in November 2017 and the rest 9,500 EVs will be delivered in the second phase,” ESSL said.

Tata’s rival in the market, Mahindra -- currently the only company manufacturing electric vehicles in India -- lost the bid. 

Japanese Nissan Motor also failed to win the contract. 

Most foreign car majors are not ready to bring their electric offerings to India. 

Mercedes said it needs a reasonable timeline and improved incentives for motorists, while Tesla boss Elon Musk has postponed entry to the Indian market.

New Delhi has said it wants all new vehicles to be electric by 2030. In addition to the 10,000 electric cars, it will also roll out nearly 100,000 electric auto rickshaws and buses in the next few weeks.  

A government report in May said the mobility of passengers through shared and electric vehicles can cut India’s energy demand by 64 percent and carbon emissions by 37 percent in 2030.

Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans yesterday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth’s major cities in under half-an-hour. The rockets will also be used for inter-city travel.

SpaceX rockets, Musk claims, are capable of reach-ing Bangkok from Dubai in 27 minutes and Tokoyo to Delhi in 30 minutes.

In five years, cargo ships

will be send to Mars for which

construction will being in

six to nine months time.

Codename BFR

Mission 2022

Codenamed BFR (Big Fucking Rocket), the planned interplanetary transport system, would be down-sized so it could carry out a range of tasks that would then pay for future Mars missions.

At least two cargo ships would land on the Red Planet in 2022, with the key mission of finding the best source of water --

currently mooted as a way to power rockets. The rockets would place power, mining and life-support infrastructure on Mars to support future missions, with four ships set to take people, equipment and supplies to the planet in 2024.

European stocks shunt higher before weekendLondon

Europe’s major stock markets pushed higher

yesterday ahead of the weekend, shrugging off a softer showing on Wall Street as investors remained in “wait-and-see mode,” analysts said.

“It’s a risk-on end to the week, in Europe anyway,” said Accendo Markets analyst, Mike van Dulken. 

Wall Street stocks were slightly lower as weak US inflation data for August raised questions about the odds of another Federal Reserve interest rate hike in 2017.

William Hamlyn, investment analyst at Manulife Asset Management, said European

investors were waiting to see whether the eurozone’s economic strength would

translate into higher corporate profits as the quarterly earnings season gets underway. 

“Economic activity and corporate earnings generally looks robust, and investors will be waiting for confirmation of that (in) third-quarter results,” he said. “We will also be waiting for clarification of the European Central Bank’s intentions.”

The Frankfurt-based ECB has strongly hinted that it will begin winding down bond-buying in October, although

inflation in the eurozone remains well short of its target.

The London market was boosted Friday by rising oil prices -- which benefits the energy and resources sector  -- and the softer pound.

Investors also digested news that the British economy grew 0.3 percent in the second quarter, matching its expansion in the previous three months. (AFP)

New York - DOW: DOWN 0.1 percent at 22,365.51 points

London - FTSE 100: UP 0.7 percent at 7,372.76 (close)

Frankfurt - DAX 30: UP 1.0 percent at 12,828.86 (close)

Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.7 percent at 5,329.81 (close)

EURO STOXX 50: UP 0.4 percent at 3,576.05 (close)

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.03 percent at 20,356.28 (close)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng: UP 0.5 percent at 27,554.30 (close)

Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.3 percent at 3,348.94 (close)

Key figures Wall Street stocks were slightly lower as weak US inflation data for August raised questions about the odds of another Federal Reserve interest rate hike in 2017.

Poland to roll out mobile phone ID cards in 2018Warsaw

Polish citizens will be able to carry around

electronic versions of their ID cards on their mobile phones starting next year, Digital Minister Anna Strezynska said yesterday. 

“I hope that Poles, who are known in Europe for their open-mindedness regarding new technology, will be leading users” of the system, Strezynska said, as quoted by Polish news agency PAP.

She spoke during a visit to the southern town of Nowy Wisnicz, one of the locations where the technology is currently being tested. 

Ministry spokesman Karol Manys said that similar systems already exist in a few other EU member states including Austria and cyber-savvy Estonia.

Head of Design at Tata Motors Pratap Bose (R) and zonal manager for Tata Motors in South India Suraj Subbarao pose for a photograph with the newly launched Tata Nexon SUV during a press conference in Bangalore

BUSINESSSaturday, September 30, 2017 9

Tokyo

Nissan Motor said it would temporarily halt new vehicle registrations in Japan after learning that thousands of

models had been shipped out from factories after receiving final inspections by unauthorised employees. The firm estimates that at least 60,000 vehicles may have been affected, but the number could rise following a full investigation, a Nissan spokesman said.

Brussels

Eurozone inflation was stable at 1.5 per cent in September, still well below the 2.0pc target.  The figure published

by the EU statistics agency Eurostat was lower than analysts’ predictions, with data company Factset having estimated a 1.6pc rise. Core inflation in the eurozone -- not counting energy, food, alcohol and tobacco -- slowed from 1.2pc to 1.1pc, a three-month low.

-Theresa May,

Nissan to suspend vehicle registration in Japan Eurozone inflation in September stable While we are leaving the EU, as I have said many times, we are not leaving Europe. The UK is unconditionally committed to maintaining European security and we will continue to offer aid and assistance to EU member states which are the victims of armed aggression, terrorism and natural or man-made disasters.”

British Prime Minister

From left, Gulf Air Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Captain Waleed Abdul Hameed Al Alawi, is seen alongside Turkish Airlines’ Deputy Chairman and CEO, Bilal Ekşi, signing the codeshare agreement at Turkish Airlines’ Istanbul headquarters in the presence of senior officials from both airlines.

Gulf Air and Turkish Airlines yesterday signed a codeshare agreement to jointly operate double daily flights between

Bahrain and Istanbul, effective 1 November 2017.

Greater ties

From Manama to Istanbul

Gulf Air’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Captain Waleed Abdul Hameed Al Alawi, and Turkish Airlines’ Deputy Chairman and CEO, Bilal Ekşi signed the deal in the presence of senior officials from both airlines at the headquarters of the Turkish Airlines in Istanbul.

Gulf Air and Turkish Airlines each operate one daily flight between Bahrain and Istanbul and, under the terms of this agreement, both carriers will place their codes on both airlines’ flights, operating between Bahrain and Istanbul.

“Gulf Air passengers can now con-nect to a range of destinations through this codeshare by both air-lines, providing them with greater choice, convenience and a seam-less travel experience.”

“We are glad to sign this code-share agreement with Gulf Air and aim to improve our partnership to maximize the travel opportunities offered to our passengers through our flight networks.”

- Captain Waleed Abdul Hameed Al Alawi, Gulf Air’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer

- Bilal Ekşi, Turkish Airlines’ Deputy Chairman and CEO

Manila

The Philippines will receive a loan of $415.2 million from

the World Bank and the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to help it solve chronic flooding in its capital city.

The lenders will put up $207.6 million each for a $500m project in Manila, with the government footing the balance, the banks said in a joint statement Friday.

Over the next seven years, the government plans to rebuild or construct 56 stations to pump

floodwaters from the coastal metropolis of 13m people.

The current system was built for the typhoon-prone city four decades ago.

“Recurrent flooding has made life more difficult for the poorest populations who live in low-lying areas, on riverbanks, and in other danger zones,” said Mara Warwick, World Bank country director for the Philippines.

“The floods disrupt business and commercial activities, causing unnecessary economic costs,” added

Supee Teravaninthorn, AIIB director-general for investment operations.

Flooding from Tropical Storm Ketsana wreaked havoc in Manila in 2009, with damage and losses equivalent to around 2.7 percent of the economy, according to the banks.

“The master plan will take 25 years to implement, but this phase of modernising Metro Manila’s pumping stations will ensure that several million residents will be less vulnerable to floods,” Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said.

Philippines gets $415.2mloan to help

flood control

Schroeder elected chairman at Russia’s RosneftSaint Petersburg

Former German Chancellor Gerhard

Schroeder announced yesterday that he would chair the board of Russia’s state-controlled oil major Rosneft after shareholders approved his nomination.

“First and foremost, I am really very glad that I was elected not only as

a member of the board of directors but as the chairman,” Schroeder told journalists in comments translated into Russian.

“I am an independent director. You can take that as a starting point. One of my tasks is to find a compromise when there are different opinions.” 

This file photo taken on September 12, 2017, shows young residents playing on a flooded street in Manila.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder (file)

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COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.5738 0.3869 0.3361

KUWAIT 0.2855 32.0274 0.2930 0.2545

OMAN 0.3849 0.3750 0.3951 0.3431

QATAR 3.6420 3.5484 3.7381 3.2466

UAE 3.6730 3.5786 3.7699 3.2742

SAUDI 3.7500 3.6536 3.8489 3.3428

AUSTRALIA 0.3080 0.3055BANGLADESH 0.00476 0.00465CANADA 0.3124 0.3092DENMARK 0.0639 EGYPT 0.0234 0.0217EURO 0.4587 0.4562HONGKONG 0.04969 0.04929INDIA 0.00606 0.00586INDONESIA 0.00003055 0.00002899IRAN TUMAN 0.000323 IRAQI DINAR 0.000304 JAPAN 0.00353 0.003460JORDAN 0.5350 0.5354KOREA 0.00038297 KUWAIT 1.249 1.249MALAYSIA 0.0924 0.0921NEW ZEALAND 0.2819 0.2820NORWAY 0.0506 NEPAL 0.00395 0.00364OMAN 0.98014 0.98301PAKISTAN 0.00380 0.00358PHILIPPINES 0.00766 0.00745QATAR 0.2831 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10058 0.10066SINGAPORE 0.2849 0.2829SOUTH AFRICA 0.02990 0.02980SRI LANKA 0.00274 0.00248SWEDISH 0.0505 SWITZERLAND 0.3980 0.3950SYRIA 0.001740 0.0017TAIWAN 0.013100 THAILAND 0.011620 0.011600TURKEY 0.1140 UNITED KINGDOM 0.5180 0.5151UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102500 0.102840UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37790 0.37800YUAN 0.056800 0.056800

Asia up after US

tax plan, China trade

data eyedTokyo

US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited

tax cut plans buoyed some Asia-Pacific exchanges yesterday with Chinese trade data in focus, but a rise in the yen dragged Japan’s benchmark index into the red.

European and US equities scored gains -- with the S&P 500 edging to a fresh record -- as details of Trump’s plans were unveiled, including a proposal to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 20pc.

Trump’s promise to reduce taxes, ramp up infrastructure spending and slash red tape helped drive a global market rally in the months after his November election win.

But those gains fizzled as his legislative agenda suffered a series of blows and the White House has become embroiled in a host of crises.

Analysts took comfort from the fact that Trump has worked more closely with Republican congressional

leaders on the tax issue than on the failed health care reform they attempted. 

Still, the tax bill is expected to face a tough passage through Congress, with both sides of the aisle likely to question its affordability.

Investors were also keeping

a close eye on Chinese manufacturing data due Friday. Mainland Chinese markets rose with Shanghai up 0.4pc, while South Korea’s benchmark index gained 0.6pc and Hong Kong added 0.2pc.

Taiwan fell 0.1pc and Singapore dropped 0.8pc. 

‘Abenomics’ under threat?In Japan, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 ended the morning session 0.3pc lower, investors were largely unmoved by broadly upbeat data, including better-than-expected factory output, as a stronger yen dented sentiment.

While the dollar was higher at 112.63 yen from 112.29 yen in New York, it was still down from 112.99 yen where Tokyo investors left off on Thursday.

A pick-up in Japan’s currency hits the profit outlook for major exporters, including automakers like Toyota and Nissan, which hurts demand for their shares.

Meanwhile, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe is facing an unexpected and formidable challenge in snap elections called for later this month from popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, who stole Abe’s limelight with her newly launched “Party of Hope.” (AFP)

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.3pc at 20,305.04 (break)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng: UP 0.2pc at 27,465.16

Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.4pc at 3,350.38

Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1781 from $1.1784 

Dollar/yen: UP at 112.63 yen from 112.29 yen

Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3415 from $1.3439 

Oil - West Texas Intermediate: UP one cent at $51.57 per barrel 

Oil - Brent North Sea: UP 12 cents at $57.63 per barrel

New York - DOW: UP 0.2pc at 22,381.20 (close)

London - FTSE 100: UP 0.1 percent at 7,322.82 points (close)

Key figures

Uber’s new boss to meet London transport chief over riding banLondon

New Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi will

visit London on Tuesday to meet with the city’s transport chiefs “to make things right” following their decision not to renew the firm’s licence, the company said.

Khosrowshahi will meet Mike Brown of Transport for London (TfL) as the ride-sharing service attempts to overturn the ban. “Our new CEO is looking forward to meeting with the commissioner next week,” said a spokesman.

“As he said on Monday, we want to work with London to make things right.”

A TfL spokesman responded: “Following an approach from

Uber, and at the mayor’s request, London’s transport commissioner will meet with Uber’s global CEO in London next Tuesday.”

TfL highlighted the company’s approach to reporting serious criminal offences and to obtaining criminal record checks for drivers as factors in its decision.

Uber, which has about 40,000 drivers and some 3.5 million customers in the British capital, has 21 days to lodge its appeal and can continue to operate until that process has concluded.

A pedestrian walks past a stock market display. (file picture)

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COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.5738 0.3869 0.3361

KUWAIT 0.2855 32.0274 0.2930 0.2545

OMAN 0.3849 0.3750 0.3951 0.3431

QATAR 3.6420 3.5484 3.7381 3.2466

UAE 3.6730 3.5786 3.7699 3.2742

SAUDI 3.7500 3.6536 3.8489 3.3428

AUSTRALIA 0.3080 0.3055BANGLADESH 0.00476 0.00465CANADA 0.3124 0.3092DENMARK 0.0639 EGYPT 0.0234 0.0217EURO 0.4587 0.4562HONGKONG 0.04969 0.04929INDIA 0.00606 0.00586INDONESIA 0.00003055 0.00002899IRAN TUMAN 0.000323 IRAQI DINAR 0.000304 JAPAN 0.00353 0.003460JORDAN 0.5350 0.5354KOREA 0.00038297 KUWAIT 1.249 1.249MALAYSIA 0.0924 0.0921NEW ZEALAND 0.2819 0.2820NORWAY 0.0506 NEPAL 0.00395 0.00364OMAN 0.98014 0.98301PAKISTAN 0.00380 0.00358PHILIPPINES 0.00766 0.00745QATAR 0.2831 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10058 0.10066SINGAPORE 0.2849 0.2829SOUTH AFRICA 0.02990 0.02980SRI LANKA 0.00274 0.00248SWEDISH 0.0505 SWITZERLAND 0.3980 0.3950SYRIA 0.001740 0.0017TAIWAN 0.013100 THAILAND 0.011620 0.011600TURKEY 0.1140 UNITED KINGDOM 0.5180 0.5151UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102500 0.102840UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37790 0.37800YUAN 0.056800 0.056800

Asia up after US

tax plan, China trade

data eyedTokyo

US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited

tax cut plans buoyed some Asia-Pacific exchanges yesterday with Chinese trade data in focus, but a rise in the yen dragged Japan’s benchmark index into the red.

European and US equities scored gains -- with the S&P 500 edging to a fresh record -- as details of Trump’s plans were unveiled, including a proposal to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 20pc.

Trump’s promise to reduce taxes, ramp up infrastructure spending and slash red tape helped drive a global market rally in the months after his November election win.

But those gains fizzled as his legislative agenda suffered a series of blows and the White House has become embroiled in a host of crises.

Analysts took comfort from the fact that Trump has worked more closely with Republican congressional

leaders on the tax issue than on the failed health care reform they attempted. 

Still, the tax bill is expected to face a tough passage through Congress, with both sides of the aisle likely to question its affordability.

Investors were also keeping

a close eye on Chinese manufacturing data due Friday. Mainland Chinese markets rose with Shanghai up 0.4pc, while South Korea’s benchmark index gained 0.6pc and Hong Kong added 0.2pc.

Taiwan fell 0.1pc and Singapore dropped 0.8pc. 

‘Abenomics’ under threat?In Japan, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 ended the morning session 0.3pc lower, investors were largely unmoved by broadly upbeat data, including better-than-expected factory output, as a stronger yen dented sentiment.

While the dollar was higher at 112.63 yen from 112.29 yen in New York, it was still down from 112.99 yen where Tokyo investors left off on Thursday.

A pick-up in Japan’s currency hits the profit outlook for major exporters, including automakers like Toyota and Nissan, which hurts demand for their shares.

Meanwhile, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe is facing an unexpected and formidable challenge in snap elections called for later this month from popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, who stole Abe’s limelight with her newly launched “Party of Hope.” (AFP)

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.3pc at 20,305.04 (break)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng: UP 0.2pc at 27,465.16

Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.4pc at 3,350.38

Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1781 from $1.1784 

Dollar/yen: UP at 112.63 yen from 112.29 yen

Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3415 from $1.3439 

Oil - West Texas Intermediate: UP one cent at $51.57 per barrel 

Oil - Brent North Sea: UP 12 cents at $57.63 per barrel

New York - DOW: UP 0.2pc at 22,381.20 (close)

London - FTSE 100: UP 0.1 percent at 7,322.82 points (close)

Key figures

Uber’s new boss to meet London transport chief over riding banLondon

New Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi will

visit London on Tuesday to meet with the city’s transport chiefs “to make things right” following their decision not to renew the firm’s licence, the company said.

Khosrowshahi will meet Mike Brown of Transport for London (TfL) as the ride-sharing service attempts to overturn the ban. “Our new CEO is looking forward to meeting with the commissioner next week,” said a spokesman.

“As he said on Monday, we want to work with London to make things right.”

A TfL spokesman responded: “Following an approach from

Uber, and at the mayor’s request, London’s transport commissioner will meet with Uber’s global CEO in London next Tuesday.”

TfL highlighted the company’s approach to reporting serious criminal offences and to obtaining criminal record checks for drivers as factors in its decision.

Uber, which has about 40,000 drivers and some 3.5 million customers in the British capital, has 21 days to lodge its appeal and can continue to operate until that process has concluded.

A pedestrian walks past a stock market display. (file picture)

Dara Khosrowshahi

Nantes

Putting an end to the unnecessary burning of

biodegradable waste, one restaurant at a time, has become the forceful mission of a team of French cyclists.

Their creative initiative, which relies largely on volunteers, has even impressed the United Nations.     

La Tricyclerie, a neat play on the French words for sorting out rubbish, recycling and biking, turns vegetable, coffee, and other organic waste into compost. 

C o o r d i n a t o r V a l e n t i n e Vilboux, 29, travels on her electric bicycle to restaurants in the western city of Nantes, collecting peelings otherwise destined for the bin. 

“It’s simple; we take everything, even the eggshells and citrus fruits. Everything

apart from bread, meat and fish,” she

says. “It’s a lot! It proves the food is

fresh and homemade,” she says, of one cafe after weighing out 20 kilos (44 pounds) of vegetable peelings.

Launched at the end of 2015 with just eight restaurants on board, the anti-waste tour has grown to include 23 restaurants and nine businesses, catching the attention of the United Nations.

La Tricyclerie and its founder Coline Billon, 26, are one of 12 world finalists, whittled down from 2,400 candidates, for the UN’s “Young Champions of the Earth” competition. The prize, to be awarded in November, is $15,000 (12,500 euros).

“It’s very rewarding, even if you don’t feel like you’ve invented something incredible,” said Vilboux.

Black goldWhile paper and glass recycling is becoming automatic to many, biodegradable waste generally ends up in landfill or incinerators in France.

This “black gold” could serve as fertiliser for farmers once it’s been composted, and currently represents a third of French household rubbish. 

Salad bar manager Colette Marghieri wanted to join the scheme, even though there is no legal obligation to separate biodegradable rubbish.

“At the start, I had some doubts about the sorting but it’s easy and it doesn’t disrupt the service at all,” she said.

Fellow restaurant manager Guenole Clequin said: “It’s simple and very effective. We can see how much used to be thrown away.”

La Tricyclerie, which has two paid staff and about 10 volunteer collectors on bikes, receives a financial contribution of 40 euros per month and an annual membership fee of 50 euros from each business.

“A real community with the restaurants has built up around the reduction of rubbish and the creation of compost -- we are real environmental actors,”

said one of the volunteers, Pierre Briand, stirring smoking compost.

Cyclists call at each restaurant twice a week to pick up the waste.

The compost is redistributed free of charge to community gardens or to students of the Nantes horticultural school.

La Tricyclerie, which collects around 1.5 tonnes of waste a month, has set itself an objective of reducing the volume of restaurant food waste in the city by 40 percent. 

And the impact could spread out of town. 

The initiative has already been contacted by interested individuals in the southern French city of Perpignan, the Belgian capital Brussels, and the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. “It’s a little drop, but the potential is enormous,” Vilboux said gently. (AFP) 

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US fines HSBC $175mn for lax forex oversight

EU to propose Google, Facebook tax in 2018

Washington

The US central bank yesterday fined global banking giant HSBC $175 million for failing

to oversee foreign exchange traders who misused confidential client information and colluded with traders at competing banks.

Between 2008 and 2013, the bank failed to detect misconduct by senior traders, including its global head of foreign exchange cash trading, according the Federal Reserve.

Traders used “confidential inside information” to execute trades that benefited the bank but hurt a corporate client, conduct that resulted in traders’ federal indictment in New York on fraud charges.

An internal review by HSBC, which cooperated with authorities, also found traders attempted to manipulate foreign currency benchmark fixes and market prices generally by colluding with traders at other banks.

In an order, the Fed also directed HSBC to improve internal oversight measures and compliance with risk management requirements in its foreign exchange trading.

The enforcement action comes two months after the Fed also fined BNP Paribas $246 million over similar violations. 

HSBC was one of six major US and European banks fined a total of $4.2 billion by global regulators in a November 2014 crackdown for attempted manipulation of the foreign exchange market. 

The bank in 2012 paid $1.9 billion in fines and other charges after settling with US prosecutors over allegations it had deliberately moved money for drug cartels, clients tied to terrorist organizations and sanctions-barred countries, or failed to prevent this.

The agreement, due to expire this year, requires the bank to cooperate with US law enforcement and avoid further violations or risk seeing reinstated charges linked to money laundering. (AFP)

Tallinn

The EU will propose a new tax on tech giants such as Google and Facebook next year despite

opposition by several states that fear a blow to their economies, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Friday.

Championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, the new tax on digital multinationals will target revenue generated in an EU country, instead of on profits that are booked in a low-tax EU headquarters, often Ireland or Luxembourg.

The hope is to have a formal proposal by EU ministers in December, that would become a draft law by the commission, the EU’s executive arm, in 2018.

“Tax has to be paid where it is due, be it offline or online,” Juncker said after an EU summit in Tallinn, Estonia. 

“The commission will propose next year new rules on fair and effective taxation that provides legal certainty and a level playing field for all.”

Juncker made the commitment after Macron pressed the issue at the second day of the summit, where the leaders discussed the opportunities and dangers of the digital economy.

The push by France, already backed by powerful Germany, is part of a wider onslaught by the EU on Google and other US tech behemoths as Europe seeks ways to regulate Silicon Valley more tightly.

In a closely watched speech on Europe Tuesday, Macron thundered against high tech companies that had become the “freeloaders of the modern world.”

So far about a dozen of the EU’s 28 member states have signed on to the idea, though many urge action to take place on a global level, such as the G20, instead of just in Europe.

Turningtrash intotreasure

Their creative initiative, which relies largely on vol-unteers, has even impressed the United Nations.

Members of La Tricyclerie collect organic wastes from restaurants and companies

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Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain stressed his country’s appreciation of the outstanding relations between Bahrain and Pakistan during a meeting with Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh and his accompanying delegation in Pakistan on an official visit. Stressing on the need to boost bilat-eral cooperation in the field of security and information exchange, the Pakistan President thanked His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for building the medical college for nursing in Islamabad. The President also thanked the Shura Council delegation for their appreciation of the role of the Pakistani community in Bahrain’s progress.

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa delegated Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa to attend a reception held by China’s Ambassador to Bahrain, Qi Zhenhong, to celebrate his country’s National Day. Ministers, senior Bahraini officials, diplomats and invitees were present. Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa conveyed HRH Premier’s greetings to the Chinese leadership and people. 

Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Essam Khalaf made an inspection visit to the Southern Governorate’s ninth constituency, including Safra, Dar Kulaib, Shahrakan, Zallaq and Al-Areen area. The Minister given directives to begin revamping the Safra Stadium, establish car park for the Safra Intermediate Girls’ School and set up a rainwater drainage network in the region. MP Mohsen Al-Bakri, municipal councilor, Badr Al-Dossari, Municipalities Affairs Undersecretary, Dr. Nabil Abu Al-Fateh, Southern Municipality’s Director-General, Assim bin Abdullatif Abdulla and a number of officials accompanied the Minister

Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza received Russian Ambassador Vagif Ga-raev, and praised the strong relations between the two countries in the fields of electricity and water. The minister highlighted the projects implemented by the Electricity and Water Authority based on the interest of the wise leadership in consolidating relations between the two countries

Director-General of Northern Governorate Police, Brigadier Abdullah Khalifa Al Jiran received the President of Bahrain Society for Toler-ance and Religions Coexistence, Yousif Buzaboon, who accompanied with the Secretary Dr Amal Al Jowder, Media Official, Radhiya Mohammed and head of the president’s office, Gusoon Al Abasi. Al Jiran asserted the importance to reinforce the culture of dialogue, coexistence and the respect of others. Al Jiran said that the promotion of such culture contributes to the reinforcement of public security for the best interests of Bahrain

Rotary Club of Sulmaniya  held a regular meeting  on Wednesday at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Guest speaker was Dr. Noor Janahi Consultant Podiatrist  who spoke on the “Foot Medicine, Your guide to healthy feet.” New member Yazan Kamal Haddad was inducted to the club. Fine master was PP Sebahat Koksal Isik.

IMMAF President Kerrith Brown arrived yesterday in Bahrain to preview preparations for the IMMAF World Cham-pionships Amateur MMA. He was received by presidents and members of the High Organising Committee of the event. 

Ibrahim Bahar, Head of the Juries Committee of the Khalid bin Hamad Theatres Festival for National Clubs, Youth Centres and People with Disability con-firmed that the committee held several meetings to discuss the procedure of the festival. The festival from October 4 to 21 at Muharraq Model Youth Centre by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs and the Media Office of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Saturday, September 30, 201712

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain stressed his country’s appreciation of the outstanding relations between Bahrain and Pakistan during a meeting with Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh and his accompanying delegation in Pakistan on an official visit. Stressing on the need to boost bilat-eral cooperation in the field of security and information exchange, the Pakistan President thanked His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for building the medical college for nursing in Islamabad. The President also thanked the Shura Council delegation for their appreciation of the role of the Pakistani community in Bahrain’s progress.

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa delegated Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa to attend a reception held by China’s Ambassador to Bahrain, Qi Zhenhong, to celebrate his country’s National Day. Ministers, senior Bahraini officials, diplomats and invitees were present. Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa conveyed HRH Premier’s greetings to the Chinese leadership and people. 

Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Essam Khalaf made an inspection visit to the Southern Governorate’s ninth constituency, including Safra, Dar Kulaib, Shahrakan, Zallaq and Al-Areen area. The Minister given directives to begin revamping the Safra Stadium, establish car park for the Safra Intermediate Girls’ School and set up a rainwater drainage network in the region. MP Mohsen Al-Bakri, municipal councilor, Badr Al-Dossari, Municipalities Affairs Undersecretary, Dr. Nabil Abu Al-Fateh, Southern Municipality’s Director-General, Assim bin Abdullatif Abdulla and a number of officials accompanied the Minister

Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza received Russian Ambassador Vagif Ga-raev, and praised the strong relations between the two countries in the fields of electricity and water. The minister highlighted the projects implemented by the Electricity and Water Authority based on the interest of the wise leadership in consolidating relations between the two countries

Director-General of Northern Governorate Police, Brigadier Abdullah Khalifa Al Jiran received the President of Bahrain Society for Toler-ance and Religions Coexistence, Yousif Buzaboon, who accompanied with the Secretary Dr Amal Al Jowder, Media Official, Radhiya Mohammed and head of the president’s office, Gusoon Al Abasi. Al Jiran asserted the importance to reinforce the culture of dialogue, coexistence and the respect of others. Al Jiran said that the promotion of such culture contributes to the reinforcement of public security for the best interests of Bahrain

Rotary Club of Sulmaniya  held a regular meeting  on Wednesday at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Guest speaker was Dr. Noor Janahi Consultant Podiatrist  who spoke on the “Foot Medicine, Your guide to healthy feet.” New member Yazan Kamal Haddad was inducted to the club. Fine master was PP Sebahat Koksal Isik.

IMMAF President Kerrith Brown arrived yesterday in Bahrain to preview preparations for the IMMAF World Cham-pionships Amateur MMA. He was received by presidents and members of the High Organising Committee of the event. 

Ibrahim Bahar, Head of the Juries Committee of the Khalid bin Hamad Theatres Festival for National Clubs, Youth Centres and People with Disability con-firmed that the committee held several meetings to discuss the procedure of the festival. The festival from October 4 to 21 at Muharraq Model Youth Centre by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs and the Media Office of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

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President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa received the member of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), Dr. Dawood Nassif, and the founder and Director-General of the “Urban Vision” Company Faeq Al-Mandeel. Shaikha Mai discussed the initiative of Nassif to allocate their heritage house in Manama as a home for religious co-existence and tolerance

Bahrain Tour-ism and Ex-hibition Au-thority CEO Shaikh Khalid bin Hamoud Al Khalifa has received Tunisian Am-bassador to Bahrain, Mo-hammed bin Yusuf, and called for boosting co-operation in various fields, mainly tour-ism, to meet both leader-ships’ aspira-tions. 

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa delegated Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa to attend a reception held by China’s Ambassador to Bahrain, Qi Zhenhong, to celebrate his country’s National Day. Ministers, senior Bahraini officials, diplomats and invitees were present. Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa conveyed HRH Premier’s greetings to the Chinese leadership and people. 

Minister of Labour & Social Development Jameel Humaidan received Moroc-can Ambassador Ahmed Rashid Khatabi. The Minister briefed the ambassador on the projects and programmes of the ministry and LMRA in the fields of hu-man development and protecting the workers’ rights

President of Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) Shaikha Mai bint Mo-hammed Al Khalifa received yesterday Minister of Works, Municipality Affairs and Urban Planning Essam Khalaf. They reviewed joint projects, mainly those which will be imple-mented by BACA in 2018.

Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza received Russian Ambassador Vagif Ga-raev, and praised the strong relations between the two countries in the fields of electricity and water. The minister highlighted the projects implemented by the Electricity and Water Authority based on the interest of the wise leadership in consolidating relations between the two countries

Rotary Club of Sulmaniya  held a regular meeting  on Wednesday at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Guest speaker was Dr. Noor Janahi Consultant Podiatrist  who spoke on the “Foot Medicine, Your guide to healthy feet.” New member Yazan Kamal Haddad was inducted to the club. Fine master was PP Sebahat Koksal Isik.

The Executive Committee of the World Amateur MMA Championship, which will be hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain on November 12 to 19, held its periodic meeting. Khalid Al Khayat, Head of the Executive Committee, President of Bahrain Mixed Martial Arts Federa-tion (BMMAF) and Member of the Supreme Organising Committee said that the championship reflects the aspirations of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and Honorary President of BMMAF. The meeting also confirmed that several events and activities including the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Con-gress on November 17 and Brave Championship on the same day.

Ibrahim Bahar, Head of the Juries Committee of the Khalid bin Hamad Theatres Festival for National Clubs, Youth Centres and People with Disability con-firmed that the committee held several meetings to discuss the procedure of the festival. The festival from October 4 to 21 at Muharraq Model Youth Centre by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs and the Media Office of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. He is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films Billy Madison, the sports comedies Happy Gilmore and The Waterboy, the romantic comedy The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, and Mr. Deeds.

Hugh Jackman‏ @RealHughJackman

We believe all Australians deserve to be treated

equally under the law That’s why Deb & I are voting

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Adam Sandler

Ageing does not scare me

Los Angeles

Singer Beyonce Knowles has joined hands with “Mi gente” famed J Balvin and Willy Williams for a new version of the Spanish song in support

of natural-disaster relief efforts.She is donating her proceeds from the song to charities

including CEMA, UNICEF and Somos Una Voz for Puerto Rico, Mexico and other affected Caribbean islands, reports

variety.com.“I am donating my proceeds from this song to hurricane relief

charities for Puerto Rico, Mexico and the other affected Caribbean islands,” Beyonce announced with a series of Instagram posts Thursday night.

The original version, which pairs Colombian singer Balvin with French artist/producer Williams, was originally released in June and

ended the 14-week reign of singer Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” atop Spotify’s Global chart. (IANS)

Actress Mandy Moore enjoyed playing the role of Rebecca Pearson in ‘This Is Us’ during different

stages of her life.The actress hopes that she would age as

gracefully as her character in the hit TV drama.

“I loved it. I thought it was unbelievable, the job that they did because it feels like me, if maybe, just a glimpse into the future if I took care of myself well.

“Clearly, Rebecca is very hydrated and takes impeccable care of her skin, because I think she looks very good for her age! I loved it,” she said.

Moore said playing the character of R e b e c c a gave her a chance to look into the future. (TOI)

September 30, 1975

Marion Cotillard

French actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as singer Edith Piaf in the 2007 film La Vie en Rose. She has also played prominent roles in the films Big Fish and Public Enemies.

Actor Lisa Gay Hamilton has been roped in to played the role of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Adam McKay-

helmed Dick CheneybiopicThe movie also features Christian Bale and

Amy Adams.The film details the career of Dick Cheney,

from Halliburton CEO to Vice President of US.Rice served as the 20th National Security

Advisor in President George W Bush’s first term and the 66th US Secretary of State during Bush’s second term.

McKay and his Gary Sanchez Productions partners Will Ferrell and Kevin Messick are producing along with Brad Pitt and Dede Garner via their Plan B label. (TOI)

Recently at Toronto International Film Festival, Liam Neeson said that he would stop appearing in action

movies, citing his age as one of the factors.But it seems the veteran actor has changed his

mind for good.Accordingly, the ‘Silence’ star has now said that he

would continue doing high-octane action movies till his last breath.While talking to a leading publication at the premiere of his

upcoming movie ‘Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House’, the actor said, “It’s not true, look at me! You’re

talking in the past tense. I’m going to be doing action movies until they bury me in the ground. I’m unretired.”

Last year, he made it clear that he is done with ‘Taken’ movies. (TOI)

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The hypnotic “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” is the story of a woman wronged by

men and God, if finally, in a sense, redeemed by cinema. Under Israeli law, a woman can be divorced only if her husband presents her with a religious bill of divorce called a gett. No gett, no divorce. The long-suffering title character desperately wants to be free of her husband, who refuses to let her go. So year after year, Viviane pleads her case before a rabbinic court, waiting for her divorce as days slip into weeks and then months, her pacific face glazed with tears and her body occasionally rocked by a laugh tinged with knowing and madness.

Viviane — brought to powerful life by Ronit Elkabetz — is at once a fleshed-out character, a political metaphor, a shout to heaven and earth. The movie’s title brings to mind all those novels named after their protagonists, especially women with tribulations, but the word trial also almost predictably suggests Franz Kafka. It soon becomes clear why. In Israel, all divorces and marriages, even secular ones, are under the power of rabbinic courts and therefore Orthodox Jewish law. A wife who doesn’t receive a gett from her husband becomes an “agunah” — chained or anchored woman. A husband can be chained, too, although this is apparently rarer.

Set in the present, “Gett” focuses on Viviane’s determined efforts to divorce her longtime husband, Elisha (Simon Abkarian), a pious man with whom she has had several children and an apparently unhappy life. (nytimes)

Los Angeles

Hollywood actor Idris Elba says falling in love with his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre was special.

“Falling in love while making a movie about falling in love is pretty special,” people.com quoted Elba as saying.

He was referring to the film “The Mountain Between Us”.The movie tells the story of a man and a woman, played by

Kate Winslet, who get stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash and fall for each other as they struggle to survive.

Dhowre of Somali descent won the Miss Vancouver pageant in 2014. The duo made their first public appearance in the festival at the premiere of Molly’s Game” earlier this month. (IANS)

Actress Sofia Vergara said her husband Joe Manganiello loves the fact that she is an

independent woman.The acting duo have been married since

2015, and the ‘Modern Family’ star says her man supports her in everything.

“I think he realises how important it is for (women to have) opportunities, for women to have (their) own thing going (on).

“He always, actually, tells me, he’s like, ‘You know, one of the things that draws me so much to you is that you were, like, the first woman (who) I went out with that is really, really, like, independent.’” Vergara said.

The 45-year-old star acknowledges her independence, and says it is the fact she does not “need to ask anyone for anything” makes Manganiello fall in love with her every day. (TOI)

Liam Neeson will do action movies

Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. He is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films Billy Madison, the sports comedies Happy Gilmore and The Waterboy, the romantic comedy The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, and Mr. Deeds.

Hugh Jackman‏ @RealHughJackman

We believe all Australians deserve to be treated

equally under the law That’s why Deb & I are voting

YES #equality and #love! @Deborra_lee

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Adam Sandler

Ageing does not scare me

Los Angeles

Singer Beyonce Knowles has joined hands with “Mi gente” famed J Balvin and Willy Williams for a new version of the Spanish song in support

of natural-disaster relief efforts.She is donating her proceeds from the song to charities

including CEMA, UNICEF and Somos Una Voz for Puerto Rico, Mexico and other affected Caribbean islands, reports

variety.com.“I am donating my proceeds from this song to hurricane relief

charities for Puerto Rico, Mexico and the other affected Caribbean islands,” Beyonce announced with a series of Instagram posts Thursday night.

The original version, which pairs Colombian singer Balvin with French artist/producer Williams, was originally released in June and

ended the 14-week reign of singer Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” atop Spotify’s Global chart. (IANS)

Actress Mandy Moore enjoyed playing the role of Rebecca Pearson in ‘This Is Us’ during different

stages of her life.The actress hopes that she would age as

gracefully as her character in the hit TV drama.

“I loved it. I thought it was unbelievable, the job that they did because it feels like me, if maybe, just a glimpse into the future if I took care of myself well.

“Clearly, Rebecca is very hydrated and takes impeccable care of her skin, because I think she looks very good for her age! I loved it,” she said.

Moore said playing the character of R e b e c c a gave her a chance to look into the future. (TOI)

September 30, 1975

Marion Cotillard

French actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as singer Edith Piaf in the 2007 film La Vie en Rose. She has also played prominent roles in the films Big Fish and Public Enemies.

Actor Lisa Gay Hamilton has been roped in to played the role of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Adam McKay-

helmed Dick CheneybiopicThe movie also features Christian Bale and

Amy Adams.The film details the career of Dick Cheney,

from Halliburton CEO to Vice President of US.Rice served as the 20th National Security

Advisor in President George W Bush’s first term and the 66th US Secretary of State during Bush’s second term.

McKay and his Gary Sanchez Productions partners Will Ferrell and Kevin Messick are producing along with Brad Pitt and Dede Garner via their Plan B label. (TOI)

Recently at Toronto International Film Festival, Liam Neeson said that he would stop appearing in action

movies, citing his age as one of the factors.But it seems the veteran actor has changed his

mind for good.Accordingly, the ‘Silence’ star has now said that he

would continue doing high-octane action movies till his last breath.While talking to a leading publication at the premiere of his

upcoming movie ‘Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House’, the actor said, “It’s not true, look at me! You’re

talking in the past tense. I’m going to be doing action movies until they bury me in the ground. I’m unretired.”

Last year, he made it clear that he is done with ‘Taken’ movies. (TOI)

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The hypnotic “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” is the story of a woman wronged by

men and God, if finally, in a sense, redeemed by cinema. Under Israeli law, a woman can be divorced only if her husband presents her with a religious bill of divorce called a gett. No gett, no divorce. The long-suffering title character desperately wants to be free of her husband, who refuses to let her go. So year after year, Viviane pleads her case before a rabbinic court, waiting for her divorce as days slip into weeks and then months, her pacific face glazed with tears and her body occasionally rocked by a laugh tinged with knowing and madness.

Viviane — brought to powerful life by Ronit Elkabetz — is at once a fleshed-out character, a political metaphor, a shout to heaven and earth. The movie’s title brings to mind all those novels named after their protagonists, especially women with tribulations, but the word trial also almost predictably suggests Franz Kafka. It soon becomes clear why. In Israel, all divorces and marriages, even secular ones, are under the power of rabbinic courts and therefore Orthodox Jewish law. A wife who doesn’t receive a gett from her husband becomes an “agunah” — chained or anchored woman. A husband can be chained, too, although this is apparently rarer.

Set in the present, “Gett” focuses on Viviane’s determined efforts to divorce her longtime husband, Elisha (Simon Abkarian), a pious man with whom she has had several children and an apparently unhappy life. (nytimes)

Los Angeles

Hollywood actor Idris Elba says falling in love with his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre was special.

“Falling in love while making a movie about falling in love is pretty special,” people.com quoted Elba as saying.

He was referring to the film “The Mountain Between Us”.The movie tells the story of a man and a woman, played by

Kate Winslet, who get stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash and fall for each other as they struggle to survive.

Dhowre of Somali descent won the Miss Vancouver pageant in 2014. The duo made their first public appearance in the festival at the premiere of Molly’s Game” earlier this month. (IANS)

Actress Sofia Vergara said her husband Joe Manganiello loves the fact that she is an

independent woman.The acting duo have been married since

2015, and the ‘Modern Family’ star says her man supports her in everything.

“I think he realises how important it is for (women to have) opportunities, for women to have (their) own thing going (on).

“He always, actually, tells me, he’s like, ‘You know, one of the things that draws me so much to you is that you were, like, the first woman (who) I went out with that is really, really, like, independent.’” Vergara said.

The 45-year-old star acknowledges her independence, and says it is the fact she does not “need to ask anyone for anything” makes Manganiello fall in love with her every day. (TOI)

Liam Neeson will do action movies

BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE EXHI-BITION AND CONFERENCE

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Under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Clarion Events is proud to present BIDEC – the Bahrain International Defence Exhibition & Conference, taking place 16-18 October 2017 at Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre. The inaugu-ral BIDEC is fully supported by the Bahrain Defence Force, and presents a brand new opportunity for exhibi-tors to showcase the latest technology, equipment and hardware across land, sea and air. Bahrain Defence Force are currently upgrading their capabilities and systems; make sure you are a part of this unique new event in the Middle East.

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Date: October 12 &13Venue: Isa Town campus The Indian School Bahrain is gearing up for ISB Mega Fair and Food Festival 2017, which will be held on October 12 and 13 in the Isa Town campus of the school. The main attractions of the event are the musical programmes led by Indian playback singer and music composer Nakash Aziz on the first day (October 12) and popular singers Sreenivas, Jyotsna and Vishnu Raj on the second day of the Mega Fair.

“The funds generated from the Fair will be utilized for providing fee conces-sions for the economically underprivi-leged students, welfare activities for the staff and to enhance the resources of the school, said ISB Chairman Prince S Natarajan. “The Indian School has one of the lowest fee structures in the Gulf and it runs on fees collected from the students and the charity of community members who sponsor the education of the needy and financially weaker children.” The first prizewinner of the Mega Raffle Draw to be held on October 13, will take home a Zayani Motors sponsored Mitsubishi car. Entry fee for the Mega Fair will be BD2. The overall conduct of the fair will be coordinated by General Convener Mohammed Malim. Food stalls indus-trial exhibitions and many more events are planned in the school carnival.

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Date: Fridays 12:30 pm to 3:30 pmVenue: Bahrain Bay Kitchen International The known lavish culinary offerings, including five unique food stations serving Arabic, Western, Indian, Japanese and Chinese delica-cies. Shisha is also available on the res-taurant terrace during brunch hours.

SATURDAY BRUNCH Date: Saturdays 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm

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Offering wide selection of Arabic favorites such as lamb Ouzi, cold mezzes and much more. It’s just the perfect offer for you and your fam-ily. End your Saturday fun with a tasty shisha on the terrace.

WIND DOWN WEDNESDAYDate: Wednesday, October 25th from 7pmVenue: Four Seasons

Fall into Winter Blue Moon Lounge Tasting Series. Join us on a once a month whistle-stop tour visiting some

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LANSON CHAMPAGNE DINNERDate: Wednesday, October 11th from 7:00 pmVenue: re/ Asian Cuisine

An artfully prepared five course menu paired to five different selections from Champagne Lanson. Celebrate the ver-satility of Champagne by exploring its natural affinity for South-East Asian cuisine. BHD 2 from each ticket sold for this special dinner will go to Think Pink Bahrain.

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OKTOBERFEST RETURNS TO THE GULF HOTEL Date : 12th October 2017 to 13th October 2017Venue : The Gulf Hotel Bahrain Convention & Spa German festival Oktoberfest returns to the Gulf Hotel Bahrain for another year of fun and festivities! Guests will be treated to a delicious authentic buf-fet and live music from Lasterbacher Musikanten Band, who have been flown in specially from Germany for the celebrations! For Reservation 17713000.

WU COOKING DEMONSTRATIONSDate : 4th October 201711am to 1:30pmVenue : ART Rotana Join us for a series of intimate cook-ing demonstrations with Chef Mac and learn the secrets of cooking the 5 East Asian cuisines featured at WU.

Demonstrations are limited to 10 guests only and shall take place on the first Wednesday of every month, inclusive of lunch and complimentary beverages served at WU.

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FIRST INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVALDate: October 6 Venue: Royal Golf Club golf course

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A powerful creative urge may come upon you today. Your intuition should play a strong role in whatever you produce. You may feel driven to finish your project. The only downside might be that your partner may not understand why you want to work instead of go out. Follow your heart and keep working.

A couple, perhaps friends, could visit today. Perhaps you’ve moved into a new home or redecorated and want to show them around. They’ll be impressed and you’ll enjoy the company. Do they share an interest in dreams with you? The subject of dreams may come up in the conversation. You could be surprised at the insights your friends have.Romance blossoms for you today. If you’re single, a walk around the neighbourhood could put you in touch with someone new and exciting. If you’re involved, you and your significant other could plan a trip out of town, perhaps a weekend getaway. The trip may be partly related to business.

Are you attracted to someone connected with your work? If so, romance with this person could be in your immediate future. Don’t be surprised if your colleague suddenly seems to express an interest in you. What you do about it depends on your situation, but at least you’ll be flattered. You could make a new friend.

You could be feeling energetic and driven. There’s something you feel you absolutely must work on today. Chances are you won’t be able to shake this conviction, so it’s best if you just roll up your sleeves and get going on it. You’ll undoubtedly get more accomplished than usual and be proud of the results.

Do you have the uncomfortable feeling that there’s something you ought to be doing but can’t think what it is? This feeling could bother you all day. It’s best to try to remember. Try sitting in a hot tub. Lean back, close your eyes and let the water flow around you. You may not recall it right now, but it will probably come to you later.

Are you involved in an important group activity, possibly with close friends? If so, you might be working on a vital task, probably involving communication. A love partner might also be involved. You can be rather intense at times like this, so don’t come on too strong with those around you. Use all your people skills, be a good listener, and you should accomplish what you want.Career matters may force you into the public eye just when you’d prefer to sequester yourself and work alone. This could be frustrating, but significant financial benefits could depend on it. So come out of your shell and meet your public! In the end, you’ll be glad you did. You could make some great contacts and even some new friends.

Have you been putting off some work? It may be weighing on your mind. You could work extra hard today to get it out of the way. Afterward you’ll feel relieved, but don’t push yourself too hard or you won’t have any energy left for tomorrow. If some of the tasks don’t get done, that’s OK. They’ve waited this long, so another day won’t hurt.

Romance with someone from far away who shares your spiritual inclinations could arise today. This could be a very intense, loving, and supportive relationship. Don’t be shy, and don’t let your insecurities get the better of you. There’s never any guarantee that a love relationship will last, but don’t hold off because of that. Get to know this person.

You may have a very busy day ahead, but you might not be able to concentrate. Too many issues could churn up from the past. Old emotional traumas, money problems from years ago that still haunt you, even past dreams could be on your mind. Don’t fight it. This is a healing process. Clear the psychic space to make way for more positive input.

A business or romantic partner could be gloomy today. Don’t ask. Your friend might lash out at you. Your concern isn’t unappreciated, but sometimes people prefer to work things out on their own. Be a good listener, but back away if necessary. Do something by yourself. Your partner will speak when he or she is ready.

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Lyon

A month after an eight-year-old girl went

missing from a wedding party in the French Alps, her fate remains unknown in a case that has gripped the nation.

Despite an exhaustive search and hundreds of interviews, police have failed to find any trace of Maelys de Araujo who disappeared in the early hours of August

27, leaving her distraught parents uncertain of her fate. 

Police have charged a local man. who attended the wedding, with kidnapping. He has denied involvement.

“Our only hope is to find our daughter,” Maelys’s mother Jennifer de Araujo told an emotional press conference on Thursday as she made her first public appearance to appeal for information.

Barcelona

With two days left until an independence

referendum in Catalonia opposed by Madrid, Catalan leaders said Friday they have over 2,000 polling stations ready despite a crackdown on their preparations for the vote.

Authorities in Madrid have instructed police to ensure no votes are cast as they tackle one of the biggest political crises to hit Spain since democracy was restored in the 1970s following the death of

longtime dictator Francisco Franco.

Police have for days been seizing electoral items such as ballot papers as they follow orders to stop Sunday’s referendum -- which has deeply divided Catalonia -- from taking place, after courts ruled it unconstitutional.

Over the past few days, judges and prosecutors have also ordered the closure of websites linked to the vote and the detention of key members of the team organising the referendum.

“It is not the first time that Mr David Friedman has exploited his position as US ambassador to advocate and validate the Israeli government’s policies of occupation and annexa-tion. Israel is internationally recog-nised as the occupying power over 100 percent of Palestine, includ-ing in and around occupied east Jerusalem.”

UN agrees to send investigators to Yemen

Moscow’s Russian foreign ministry said it invited a North Korean diplomat for “consul-tations” yesterday.

The UN Human Rights Council agreed to send investigators to Yemen.

Malaysian opposition MP jailed for ‘petty’ offence

The US ambassador in Tel Aviv David Friedman said the Jewish state is “only occupying two percent of the West Bank”, which was rejected and termed as “false and misleading” and “contradicts International law” by Palestine Liberation Organisation secretary general Saeb Erekat. Do you support Erekat’s claims?

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One month on, mystery persists over French girl

Catalonia says polling stations ready for vote

Saeb Erekat, Palestine Liberation Organisation

secretary general on remarks made by US Israel envoy

Moscow holds ‘consul-tations’ with NKorea

Kuala Lumpur

A top Malaysian opposition MP was

jailed for one month yesterday after he withdrew an appeal for a “petty” offence that his lawyer said highlighted the “absurdity” of the government.

Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua, had appealed the sentence handed to him in January 2014 after he was found guilty of trespassing for refusing to leave a restricted police training centre in 2012. Chua, 53, is vice-

president of the opposition People’s Justice Party and his jailing comes just months ahead of elections due to be called by August 2018 in which a fractious opposition coalition faces a strong challenge in its attempt to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The 2012 incident saw Chua and hundreds of others detained at the Police Training Centre during massive protests in which thousands marched in the capital to demand sweeping electoral reforms.

Botswana court grants transgender identity changeA court in Botswana on Friday ruled that a transgen-der man who has been identified as a woman since birth should be allowed to change gender on his iden-tity document.

A quarter of a million people are expected to descend on the Thai capital for an elabo-rate cremation ceremony planned for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej next month.

250,000 to attend late king’s cremation

Karangasem

A rumbling volcano on the holiday island of

Bali is spewing steam and sulphurous fumes with more intensity, heightening fears of an eruption as officials said the number of evacuees had topped 144,000.

Mount Agung, 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the resort hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August and threatening to erupt for the first time since 1963 -- a potential blow to the island’s lucrative tourism industry.

The Indonesian Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said

Friday that remote satellite sensing had picked up new steam emissions and thermal areas within the crater.

White steam clouds -- which contain sulphurous fumes -- have been observed rising 50 to 200 metres above the summit, the centre said.

“At this moment, the probability of an eruption is higher than the probability of no eruption; however, the probability may change,” said Kasbani, the centre’s head volcanologist who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

Another of the volcanologists at the centre,

Gede Suandika, said the more frequent emission of sulphurous fumes in the past three days indicated the volcano was changing.

“This morning the steam billowed from the crater like the smoke that comes out of a factory chimney,” he said.

“Since the sulphurous fumes are out, the possibility of an eruption is getting more real.”

Bali’s disaster mitigation agency said 144,389 people had now been evacuated, compared to a tally of some 122,490 by Thursday. (AFP)

Washington

President Donald Trump’s health secretary, seeking

to tamp down a broadening scandal over his use of costly private jets for government travel, said Thursday he would reimburse federal coffers for the expenses.

“I regret the concerns this has raised regarding the use of taxpayer dollars,” Tom Price said in a statement, a day after Trump issued a forceful public rebuke about his flights on private aircraft.

“Today, I will write a personal check to the US Treasury for the expenses of my travel on private charter planes.”

In all, Price has flown on 26 separate trips this year on private aircraft, totalling some $400,000, according to Politico.

Price’s job as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appeared to hang in the balance in recent days, amid an internal probe into his use of the costly jets instead of commercial travel.

The trips were for

government business, HHS said, but some of the flights were to destinations where Price owns property, or where he met relatives.

Asked if Price could be sacked, Trump on Wednesday said “we’ll see,” adding that he was “not happy about it.”

Price to reimburse US for using costly private jets

Bali volcano belches steam as evacuees flee

Tom Price

Mount Agung volcano spews smoke to the air as seen from Karangasem, on paradise island of Bali

Maelys de Araujo

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22 crushedto deathin Mumbai stampede

Mumbai

A stampede on an overcrowded Mumbai railway bridge lashed by a monsoon storm killed at least 22 people

yesterday. Some were crushed to death, some suffocated and others

just fell from the bridge, witnesses said. Shoes, slippers and bags were left strewn over the steps of the bridge after bodies were cleared.

Hundreds of people took shelter on the bridge from a sudden downpour and the deadly crush started as they emerged, an Indian Railways spokesman said.

Seventy-eight-year-old newspaper seller Dadanand Parab told how victims tumbled over the side of the bridge onto his stall.

“They were breathless and shocked and I tried to help by giving them water but there were just so many people,” Parab, who has sold newspapers at the station since 1975, said.

“It was a nightmare situation. I saw many women and men just collapsing due to overcrowding and suffocation.” 

Indian Railways spokesman Ravindra Bhakar said more than 400 passengers took shelter from heavy rains on the footbridge.

“People at the front slipped and the huge crowd toppled over leading to the stampede,” Bhakar said.

He said 14 men and eight women were killed and another 36 people injured.

A hospital official said at least six people were in critical condition due to internal injuries and asphyxiation.

“Some had head injuries but most had signs of internal organs being damaged by pressure,” said Avinash Supe, dean of the Mumbai’s KEM hospital.

Trains were briefly halted and a formal inquiry was started into the tragedy as authorities announced compensation of about $7,500 for the family of each victim.

The stampede broke out at 10:30 am near a ticket window on the bridge that connects the Elphinstone -- recently renamed Prabhadevi -- and Parel stations in central Mumbai.

TV footage showed commuters trying to revive the injured by pumping their chests and  carrying some down stairs to street level.

Clothes rippedLocal resident Dhanashree Dhananjay Dagare, who lives opposite the bridge, said he saw commuters pushing forward towards a narrow exit on the bridge.

“Many people fell over with their clothes ripped off,” Dagare said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet expressed sympathies with the families of those killed and assured all possible assistance.

Last month, 23 people were killed after a train derailed in a northern city. Nearly 150 died in November in a crash. 

A series of accidents on the rail network forced Modi last month to replace the railway minister. He has pledged to invest billions of dollars to make railways safer.

Nearly $8 billion has been promised to upgrade the suburban trains in Mumbai that are a lifeline for city’s 20 million people.

Some 7.5 million passengers commute in nearly 2,500 trains daily.

An Indian relative of a victimIndian security personnel and media gather at the scene of a stampede on a railway bridge in Mumbai Indian security personnel walk through the scene

Relatives of the victims of a stampede on a railway bridge reacts outside a mortuary where bodies were being brought in Mumbai

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Chandimal ton puts Lanka in commandAbu Dhabi

Captain Dinesh Chandimal made an unbeaten 155 as

Sri Lanka put the pressure on Pakistan on the second day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Openers Sami Aslam (31 not out) and Shan Masood (30 not out) negotiated 23 overs to take Pakistan to 64-0, still trailing Sri Lanka’s first-innings total of 419 by 355 runs.

They need another 156 to avoid the follow-on, a task which should be simple on a flat Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch.

Both Masood and Aslam, opening for the first time together, looked assured as Sri Lanka attacked through all their three spinners and two seamers in short spells.

But it was a memorable day for Sri Lankan skipper Chandimal, whose marathon knock of over nine hours in hot conditions propelled his team to a strong total.

He came in to bat with his team in trouble at 61-3 on Thursday, but led the fightback in a fourth-wicket stand of 100 with Dimuth Karunaratne (93).

On Friday, after Sri Lanka resumed at 227-4, Chandimal added 134 for the fifth wicket with Niroshan Dickwella (83)

and another 92 for the sixth with Dilruwan Perera, who made 33.

Chandimal faced 372 balls and struck 14 boundaries to leave Pakistan toiling for wickets, before the tail succumbed to some good pace bowling by Mohammad Abbas, who took 3-75.

Leg-spinner Yasir Shah finished with 3-120 in a marathon 57 overs of hard

work.The Chandimal-

Dickwella stand was only broken in the 22nd over of the day when Dickwella played on to fast bowler Hasan Ali, spurning a good chance to post his maiden Test hundred.

Dickwella hit nine boundaries and a six during his rapid 117-ball knock and bettered his

previous best Test effort of 81, made against Zimbabwe in Colombo earlier this year.

Chandimal reached his ninth Test century -- his first in four matches as captain, and first against Pakistan -- by driving left-arm paceman Mohammad Amir through the covers for his 11th boundary.

Pakistan’s misery was compounded as they did get Perera twice on nought, but the all-rounder made successful reviews on both decisions -- once each off Shah and Haris Sohail. (AFP)

International teamin fightback mode

Jersey City, United States

The Presidents Cup had a familiar feel yesterday,

with Nick Price’s International team on the back foot in their bid to end two decades of US dominance in the biennial match-play contest.

The powerful US squad, captained by Steve Stricker, emerged from Thursday’s opening foursomes matches with a two-point lead -- winning three of five matches and halving another.

“We’ve been off to poor starts for a while on Thursdays,” acknowledged Zimbabwe’s Price, who is leading the Internationals for a third straight time.

Beating the Americans was always going to be a tough proposition.

Led by top-ranked Dustin

Johnson and world number two Jordan Spieth, the United States have an average world ranking of 15 and have combined for 17 US PGA Tour titles this year -- including the three most recent major championships.

The Internationals, drawn from eight nations on five continents, have an average rank of 32, with eight tournament titles among them this year.

But after a narrow one-point defeat in the 2015 edition in South Korea, there was optimism that the Internationals could pull off the upset, and add a second title to the one they captured in 1998. The US have won nine of the 11 prior editions, with one ending in a draw.

It’s still possible, Price insisted. (AFP)

ScoreboardSri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 227-4)D. Karunaratne run out 93K. Silva b Hasan 12L. Thirimanne lbw b Shah 0 K. Mendis c Ahmed b Shah 10D. Chandimal not out 155 N. Dickwella b Hasan 83D. Perera lbw b Haris 33R. Herath c Azam b Herath 4S. Lakmal lbw b Abbas 7 L. Sandakan b Abbas 8N. Pradeep b Abbas 0 Extras: (lb11, nb3) 14Total: (all out, 154.5 overs) 419 Pakistan Ist inningsShan Masood not out 30Sami Aslam not out 31Extras: (lb2, nb1) 3Total: (for no loss; 23 overs) 64

S. Africa on top despite Elgar heartbreakPotchefstroom, South Africa

South Africa claimed three top-order Bangladesh

wickets to take a firm grip on the second day of the first Test at Senwes Park yesterday.

Bangladesh were 127 for three at the close, still trailing by 369 runs after South Africa declared their first innings on 496 for three.

Dean Elgar made 199 and Hashim Amla scored 137 as South Africa batted remorselessly until tea before captain Faf du Plessis declared.

The declaration caused a problem for Bangladesh because regular opener Tamim Iqbal had been off the field towards the end of South Africa’s innings, which meant he had to wait for 48 minutes before he could bat.

Two wickets fell before Tamim’s enforced absence came to an end and he eventually batted at number five.

It was the first time in his 52-Test career that he had not

faced the first ball of an innings.Kagiso Rabada made an early

breakthrough for South Africa when Imrul Kayes gloved a catch to gully in the sixth over.

Morne Morkel followed up with the wicket of emergency opener Liton Das, who made a spirited 25, including two successive pulls for four off Morkel, before edging the tall

fast bowler to first slip.Bangladesh captain

Mushfiqur Rahim made an aggressive 44 off 57 balls but was fortunate to survive two sharp chances to Elgar at slip off left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj when he was on six and 15. He eventually fell to Maharaj, caught off bat and pad at short leg.

Tamim joined Mominul Haque and the two left-handers batted through to the close, unbeaten on 22 and 28 respectively, with Tamim epitomizing Bangladesh’s attacking approach by dancing down the wicket to hit Maharaj for six off the last ball of the day.

Opening batsman Elgar and Amla put on 215 for the second wicket as South Africa again gave Bangladesh cause to regret their decision to send the hosts in to bat.

Amla became the first batsman to fall to a bowler when he slashed a wide ball from Mustafizur Rahman to backward point in the first over after lunch. (AFP)

BRIEF SCOREBangladesh 127 for 3 (Mominul 28*, Tamim 22*) trail South Africa 496 for 3 dec (Elgar 199, Amla 137) by 369 runs

Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal (R) raises his bat after scoring a century

South African batsman Dean Elgar plays a shot

Captain’s assistant Tiger Woods and Captain Steve Stricker of the U.S. Team talk

I was too impulsive for Team Sky: LandaLondon

Basque Rider Mikel Landa feels his impulsive style of

racing isn’t always compatible with Team Sky, who like “to have everything controlled.”

Landa will race with Spain’s WorldTour Movistar team in 2018, first closing out 2017 with races like the Il Lombardia.

“It’s not easy,” Landa said in a Eurosport interview when asked about racing in Team Sky.

“It’s a team that likes to have everything very controlled, very tied up, and maybe I’m a little different rider than that. I like to follow my impulses a little, to move more by feelings and sometimes we are not compatible.”

Landa, however, delivered Sky a summit stage win and the mountains overall classification in the Giro d’Italia and turned around to help Chris Froome take a fourth Tour de France title.

Early on in the Tour de

France this July, it seemed as though Sky needed to reel in the 27-year-old while Froome was still coming up to speed.

Some fol lowers questioned if Landa should have led Team Sky in the early days of the Tour. He showed his loyalty despite already having agreed to join Movistar and placed fourth overall. (cyclingweekly)

Mikel Landa (file pic)

London

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has suffered a broken

rib in a car crash in the Netherlands, dealing a major blow to the Premier League leaders’ title aspirations.

Aguero had established himself as the driving force behind City’s surge to the top of the table with six Premier League goals this season, but now the Argentine ace could face a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

The 29-year-old sustained the injury after a taxi taking him to an Amsterdam airport following a music concert was involved in an accident on Thursday night.

City manager Pep Guardiola said Aguero will miss City’s clash at champions Chelsea today, and is also set to be sidelined for Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers early in October.

British media reports claim Aguero will be out of action for at least two months, but Guardiola did not have an exact time frame for how long his star would spend recovering from the injury.

“The first impression is he has broken a rib but the number of days he will be out, I don’t know,” Guardiola told reporters in Manchester yesterday.

Aguero was due to return to Manchester yesterday morning,

with Guardiola insisting he had no problem with Aguero being in Amsterdam on his day off.

“A day off is to be happy,” he said. “I am a trainer who doesn’t want to train every day because they (the players) need to rest, mentally and physically.”

Amsterdam police spokesman Frans Zuiderhoek said that officers attended an accident in the city at around 11:00pm (2100 GMT) on Thursday after “a taxi-cab hit a lamp-post”.

He could not confirm the identities of the two passengers and the driver, who all asked to remain anonymous.

“No other vehicles were

involved,” he said early yesterday, adding that three people in the taxi “have been transferred to hospital for observation... but there were no bad injuries”.

The accident occurred on De Boelelaan street, said Zuiderhoek, not far from the Arena A where Colombian singer Maluma performed on Thursday.

Television images showed a black cab, mounted on the grassy middle of a busy four-lane highway, the front staved in after it apparently ploughed front first into a tall blue-and white striped lamppost.

It was surrounded by at least two ambulances and two police cars. (AFP)

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Pogba injury is ‘long-term’ admits Jose MourinhoManchester

Jose Mourinho has finally admitted Paul Pogba’s injury absence will be

“long-term” amid fears the Manchester United star could be out until after the November international break.

Pogba injured his hamstring in a Champions League tie against Basel earlier this month and initial reports suggested the France midfielder could be out for 12 weeks.

United manager Mourinho had previously refused to comment on those reports and claimed he had not even asked for an update about Pogba’s status.

But, while Mourinho will still not address those claims, he has finally conceded there is no return for his midfield ace in the near future.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Mourinho said: “He’s injured, he cannot play tomorrow and it’s not an injury that I can have the hope I have with (Antonio) Valencia or (Phil) Jones.

“I have the hope to see them in training. Long-term injuries I don’t speak about them.

“(Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, Pogba, (Marcos) Rojo, I don’t think about these players.”

Mourinho listing Pogba along with Ibrahimovic and Rojo, who have been

out since suffering knee ligament injuries in April, does appear worrying for United.

Rojo, at least, is in training with the United squad and is making good progress while Mourinho has refused, as in the case of Pogba, to reveal any details about the knee ligament injury Ibrahimovic suffered before signing a new contract with the Manchester club.

Meanwhile, Mourinho, whose side face bottom of the table Crystal Palace on Saturday, has revealed he is more concerned about United’s gruelling schedule than the standard of opposition they face. (AFP)

Tony Bellew, Haye announce London rematchLondon

British rivals Tony Bellew and David Haye have

agreed to a second instalment of their heavyweight grudge match in December.

Former light-heavyweight and cruiserweight Bellew stepped up to the heavyweight class to hand former world champion Haye just the third defeat of his career in London in March.

But Haye fought for five of their 11 rounds with a ruptured Achilles leading to more questions than answers and leaving many hoping for a rematch.

There was plenty of bad blood between the pair in the build-up to the first fight and now,

with Haye fit again, the pair will have a rematch at London’s 02 Arena on December 17.

“I will have the exact same attitude I had going into the first fight -- win at all costs,” Bellew said yesterday. “I will be victorious on December 17 and I will end David Haye’s career. Another loss to me closes the curtain on the Hayemaker. “This isn’t personal anymore, it’s strictly business. This is just another fight.”

Haye, a heavyweight title-holder between 2009 and 2011, has rebuilt both his body and his team since the loss to Bellew, with Ismael Salas taking over from Shane McGuigan as his trainer.

“I’m excited to give the

public the rematch they truly crave, ever since the explosive first showdown earlier this year. On March 4, the script was

thrown out the window and the unpredictability of sport revealed itself in its most raw form,” he said.

“He somehow won the lottery in our first fight, but believe me, he won’t win the lottery twice.” (AFP)

England beat West Indies by nine wicketsSouthampton

England cruised to a nine-wicket victory against the

West Indies in the fifth and final one-day international in Southampton yesterday to seal a 4-0 series win.

The tourists, seeking to end a long sequence of defeats against England, posted 288 for six despite becoming bogged down after a thrilling Chris Gayle cameo, with Shai Hope (72) the top-scorer.

England’s Jason Roy (96) and Jonny Bairstow put on 156 for the first-wicket in reply, with Bairstow ending up unbeaten on 141. (AFP)

Tony Bellew defeated David Haye in their first fight in March (Picture courtesy: theguardian)

Rescuers gather on the scene of a car accident involving Manchester City’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero

Paul Pogba (file pic)

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Wuhan, China

Australia’s Ashleigh Barty crushed French Open

winner Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-0 yesterday,

cruising into the final at the Wuhan Open.

Barty, who began the year ranked outside the top 300, will face Caroline Garcia in her first ever Premier 5 tournament final after the French player toppled Greece’s Maria

Sakkari 6-3, 6-2 in a one-way semi-

final.O s t a p e n k o ,

ranked 10 in the world, struggled

with a niggle to her right wrist and appeared tired after triumphing over world number one Garbine Muguruza in the quarters.

“I had no energy,” Ostapenko, 20, told journalists.

“I’ve been playing so many matches... and yesterday we finished quite late so I didn’t really have enough time to recover.”

Barty, ranked 37th in the world, snatched an early break in the first set to lead her normally fiery opponent 2-0. Ostapenko broke back but the Australian moved ahead again in the sixth game and held on to close the first set in just under an hour.

After breaking early in the second, Barty stormed ahead to the finishing line in less than 30

minutes.Barty had already seen off

former world number one Karolina Pliskova, Agnieszka Radwanska, seeded nine, and Johanna Konta, the fifth seed in a dream run in the Chinese city.

“It’s been an unbelievable week. I’ve played some really good tennis at a really consistent level throughout the match and haven’t had any real drops,” 21-year-old Barty said.

“I feel like I’m moving well on the court. I feel like I have full control of the ball, which in some conditions it’s really tough to do.”

In the other semi-final, Garcia dominated qualifier Sakkari to reach her first final of the year and the first Premier 5 level final of her career.

“It feels good, it was a long

time without a final,” Garcia said in an interview on court after the match.

“It was such a fight today, and she had a great week coming from qualifiers, and I’m very happy with the way I played.”

Garcia had earlier triumphed over Dominika Cibulkova, seeded seven, and number 12 seed Angelique Kerber. The shock-prone Wuhan Open has delivered surprise results from the get-go. An exodus of tournament favourites included Radwanska, Romanian Simona Halep, seeded two, and Caroline Wozniacki, the fourth seed. (AFP)

Toto Wolff slams ‘worst Friday I can remember’

Sepang, Malaysia

Disappointed Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff described

his team’s woeful performance in practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix as “the worst Friday I can remember”.

Wolff did not pull his punches after championship leader Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas could manage only sixth and seventh fastest respectively in both of yesterday’s practice runs.

“Whether it was in the wet, the dry, long runs or single lap, we lacked pace today,” team principal Wolff told a press conference. “We only have 12 hours to get it right.”

“The lap time is reality. The

lap time showed we are not quick enough. It is one of the worst Fridays I can remember,” said Wolff.

Hamilton sat in the garage for most of the morning as the rain teemed down.

And the three-time world champion was on just his 10th lap of the afternoon when he took too much speed into turn eight, resulting in a sideways excursion into the gravel.

“It’s been a very difficult day,” said Hamilton.

“I’ve been struggling with the car, so we have to review and try to understand where we have gone wrong with the balance.

“We’re hoping that we’re able

to find our bearings overnight and regroup for tomorrow.”

Bottas was optimistic the team could have a better Saturday.

“We’re definitely lacking some performance, it seems like Ferrari and Red Bull are very strong,” said the Finn.

“So we have some work to do if we want to be on the front row tomorrow. The key area we are going to need to focus on tonight will be getting the maximum out of the tyres over one lap.”

The Frenchman’s rear right tyre was ripped off at turn nine, throwing his Haas into the barriers at high speed and bringing out the red flag. (AFP)

Drain cover blow-out prompts track safety check at circuitSepang

Formula One officials launched an inspection of every drain

cover at the Sepang circuit yesterday after Romain Grosjean suffered a frightening tyre explosion during Malaysian Grand Prix practice.

A drain grille, which should have been welded down securely, popped up at a kerb on turn nine after Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari drove over it.

A few seconds later Grosjean hit the same spot at more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) an hour, with disastrous effect. The impact instantly ripped his right rear tyre from its rim and threw his Haas into the barriers.

Happily Grosjean was able to walk away, and declared “I’m all right” as the second practice session was red-flagged with 20 minutes remaining with a gaping hole left in the track.

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner later slammed the incident as

“unacceptable”.“Thank God he didn’t get hurt

or anything,” Steiner told a press conference.

“In my opinion, things like this in 2017 shouldn’t happen on a permanent circuit, they shouldn’t happen on any circuit.

“This is in my opinion not acceptable, it is not up to the standards... in the race this would have been a bigger disaster.”

Grosjean had no idea what had caused his crash until he saw TV replays.

“I’ve just seen the footage. I didn’t see anything,” Grosjean told reporters.

“The next thing I knew was that the car was not there any more. It was just spinning and heading for the wall.”

Race director Charlie Whiting said that the cover had been welded down but had broken loose and would be replaced. (AFP)

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Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton drives during the second practice session

Workers repair a drain cover after Haas F1’s French driver Romain Grosjean suffered a frightening tyre explosion

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Vettel puts pressure on Hamilton

Sepang, Malaysia

Sebastian Vettel smashed the all-time Sepang

lap record as Ferrari put the pressure on Lewis Hamilton before a track fault brought an early halt to Malaysian Grand Prix practice yesterday.

Vettel clocked 1min 31.261sec around the 5.543-kilometre circuit on his qualifying simulation run in the second session to smash the old record

of 1:32.50 set by Fernando Alonso in 2005.

His Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was second, six-tenths of a second adrift.

“It’s been a decent day,” Vettel told Sky TV.

The Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen were third and fourth on a frustrating day for Mercedes’ championship leader, Hamilton who was only sixth fastest with Valtteri

Bottas seventh.“Red Bull looked very fast

in the mixed conditions this morning, in the damp and wet on the intermediate tyres,” added Vettel.

Hamilton had been on just his 10th lap of the afternoon when he took too much speed into turn eight, resulting in a

sideways excursion into the

gravel and a wrecked set of soft tyres. Hamilton did manage to avoid beaching the car and was able to limp back to the pits, where his mechanics removed the nose and started making frantic changes to the set-up.

When he did re-emerge with 40 minutes of the session remaining his car appeared still to be handling erratically,

and his first timed lap was fully 1.4 seconds down on Vettel.

“Fridays are when you play around and try some things,” Vettel said. “It looked like both Mercedes were struggling in morning and afternoon so I’m pretty sure they will be fine tomorrow.”

Ricciardo added: “I think Mercedes were quite heavy today. I don’t know if it’s legit or they’re playing some games.” (AFP)

Free practice times at Malaysian GP1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari 1:31.2612. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1:31.8653. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull 1:32.0994. Max Verstappen (NED) Red Bull 1:32.1095. Fernando Alonso (ESP) McLaren 1:32.5646. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:32.6777. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes 1:32.7208. Sergio Perez (MEX) Force India 1:32.8629. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Renault 1:33.06010. Esteban Ocon (FRA) Force India 1:33.096 11. Jolyon Palmer (GBR) Renault 1:33.38112. Felipe Massa (BRA) Williams 1:33.39413. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL) McLaren 1:33.67314. Lance Stroll (CAN) Williams 1:33.81815. Pierre Gasly (FRA) Toro Rosso 1:34.043

Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel drives

Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel prepares to drive out of the pit