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Coaches Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola will renew their rivalry on Friday as Europa League champions Chelsea face Champions League winners Bayern Munich in the Uefa Super Cup in Prague.

Guardiola's Barcelona and Mourinho's Real Madrid competed in some heated encounters for two seasons, but the new Bayern coach played down the rivalry.

"We're here for the players, not the coaches," said Guardiola.

"Millions of people around the world will watch the game, not the coaches."

The Spaniard, who took a year-long sabbatical after leaving Barca at the end of the 2011-12 season, added: "I have a great respect for him, but on Friday I will try to win and so will he too.

"He is always very, very good with quick counter attacks. He is a master at that and everybody knows he is an excellent, excellent trainer."

Guardiola got the better of his counterpart during the 2010-11 La Liga campaign, but Mourinho's side defeated the Catalan giants in the Copa del Rey that season before winning the league title and domestic Super Cup the following year.

However, in Thursday's Uefa Super Cup pre-match news conference, the Portuguese manager was reminded that his record against Guardiola in Spain was only three wins in 15 meetings.

"Your statistics are very wrong," replied Mourinho. "Go and see what happened when I was with Inter in the Champions League semi-final, the King's Cup final with Real in Spain, the Super Cup in Spain [2012].

"Maybe you are right and I am wrong but I don't care. This is not about us, it's about Chelsea and Bayern."

Mourinho, 50, has never won the European Super Cup. He led Porto and Inter Milan to Champions League success, but left the clubs following the victories. In 2003, his Uefa Cup-winning Porto team lost the 2003 edition to Valencia.

Chelsea's new signings Willian and Samuel Eto'o have not travelled to Prague with the 26-man squad that includes David Luiz (hamstring) and Tomas Kalas (leg), who have not played this season.

Bayern midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and defensive players Javi Martinez and Jan Kirchhoff face late fitness tests.

Chelsea squad: Cech, Schwarzer, Hilario, Blackman, Ivanovic, Cole, Luiz, Essien, Ramires, Lampard, Torres, Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Moses, Schurrle, De Bruyne, Van Ginkel, Hazard, Lukaku, Ba, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Kalas, Bertrand.

How a US strike on Syria might look - BBC News

29 August 2013 Last updated at 21:59 ET By Tara McKelvey BBC News Magazine

US officials hope that any military assault on Syria will be surgical and limited. But what does the US do after the missiles or bombs have fallen?

It could go either way. The US may attack - or may not. "I've not made a decision," US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.

Mr Obama has maintained that if the Syrian government uses chemical weapons, the US will act militarily.

And last week, according to US officials, President Bashar al-Assad's forces deployed poison gas against rebels in a Damascus suburb. More than 1,000 people, including women and children, were reported killed.

Syrian government officials say they did not use chemical weapons, but the US is ready to act.

'We are prepared'

UN inspectors are looking for evidence of a gas attack in the Damascus suburb, and plan to finish their work on Friday.

Meanwhile officials in Washington DC are laying the groundwork for military operations.

"We are prepared," Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel told the BBC.

If US officials proceed with military operations, they will likely be supported by Turkey and France, at least in some fashion. They will not have the backing of the UK, where Parliament on Thursday night rejected a government motion supporting intervention in Syria.

Nor is the UN Security Council expected to support an attack, because the Russians are opposed.

The US military would most likely use Tomahawk cruise missiles for an attack on the Syrian government forces. These missiles are now stored on destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean.

The missiles would not be fired at places where chemical weapons might be stored, since poisonous gas could spread or chemical agents could fall into the wrong hands.

Instead, military facilities would be targeted - radio centres, command posts and missile launchers, says Douglas Ollivant, who served as an operations officer with the Army's Fifth Cavalry Regiment in Iraq.

The initial military operation would be fast.

Public opinion

"It would be a fairly short, sharp action - much like Operation Desert Fox," a 1998 military operation in Iraq, says Peter Mansoor, an Ohio State University professor of military history who served as executive officer for David Petraeus, a retired US Army general, in Iraq.

Mr Obama has been looking for a way to retaliate against the Assad regime for the chemical weapons. If he proceeds with a missile strike, he will follow a long line of US presidents who have tried to avoid bloody ground battles.

The missiles would likely be deployed from the sea, without putting Americans in danger.

This option is more palatable to the US public than the deployment of ground troops. Most Americans do not want the US to get involved in the Syria conflict, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

Yet roughly half of the Americans polled said they were open to military action - if the operations were done from a distance.

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They don't want to do something that could look like an empty gesture"

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Indeed, remotely controlled attacks such as air strikes have been called "the American way of war" by the authors of an article in Foreign Affairs magazine.

Unfortunately, the notion of effective and pain-free distance warfare is illusory.

In March 2003, the US "shock and awe" bombing campaign in Iraq did not on its own bring down Saddam Hussein.

"It still required a ground force invasion," said Kalev Sepp, a former special forces officer who is now a senior lecturer at the US Naval Postgraduate School.

Besides that, bombs and missiles are only as effective as the intelligence targeting them.

In 1998, US cruise missiles destroyed a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan, because intelligence analysts had believed it to be a chemical weapons factory.

An earlier military strategy based on remotely controlled strikes, the Nato air war in Kosovo, has reportedly been discussed during high-level Obama administration meetings about Syria.

Not everything went smoothly during that bombing campaign, either - the US blew up the Chinese embassy.

"There's these mistakes - shortfalls - and they have counterproductive value," says Mr Sepp.

'You failed'

Mr Obama says that the objective of any military strike would simply be to warn the Assad regime not to use chemical weapons again.

"The Assad regime, which is involved in a civil war trying to protect itself, will have received a pretty strong signal," Mr Obama said.

What happens afterwards, though, is anybody's guess.

"They don't want to do something that could look like an empty gesture," says Suzanne Nossel, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of state during Obama's first term.

"They'll wait for a reaction. Does Assad step it up with the rhetoric - 'you failed in Iraq, you failed in Vietnam'? Or does he take the beating?"

If the Assad regime decides to ratchet things up, Mr Obama has an array of options - none of them good.

"The range is, you do nothing - all the way up to large-scale air and ground campaigns to remove the Assad regime," says Mr Sepp.

"You can send in special forces to train and organise the rebels. But it's impossible to do that clandestine. So then you have to have Americans on the ground - and they're being killed. Is that worth overthrowing the Assad regime for?"

Syria crisis: Obama 'respects' Cameron's approach - BBC News

31 August 2013 Last updated at 06:53 ET

US President Barack Obama has said he fully respects David Cameron's approach after Parliament blocked UK involvement in possible military action in Syria.

The men spoke by phone for 15 minutes, and the tone of the conversation was said to be friendly.

The UK prime minister reiterated he still wanted a strong response to the suspected chemical weapons attack.

According to Downing Street, Mr Obama said he had not yet decided what action the US would take over Syria.

A Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister made clear that he strongly believes in the need for a tough and robust response to the appalling war crime committed by the Assad regime in Ghouta.

"The PM explained that he wanted to build a consensual approach in Britain for our response and that the government had accepted the clear view of the House against British military action.

"President Obama said he fully respected the PM's approach and that he had not yet taken a decision on the US response."

Foreign Secretary William Hague said US Secretary of State John Kerry had thanked him for the UK's "steadfast friendship", and they were united on ending the Syria conflict and use of chemical weapons.

The White House believes President Bashar al-Assad's regime was responsible for the chemical attack on 21 August which it says killed 1,429 people in the Ghouta suburb of Damascus - a figure far higher than previously reported.

"We know rockets came only from regime-controlled areas and landed only in opposition-held areas," Mr Kerry said earlier.

"All of these things we know, the American intelligence community has high confidence."

Ministers ruled out British involvement in any military action on Thursday evening after MPs blocked a government motion which called for military action if it was backed up by evidence from the UN weapons inspectors.

Despite the result of the vote, the US said it would continue to seek a coalition for military intervention, while France said the vote did not change its resolve about the need to act.

The president and prime minister agreed the US and UK would work closely together on a wider response to the Syrian crisis and try to find a solution.

Russia - which has close ties with the the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - welcomed the UK's rejection of a military strike, while Germany has ruled out participation in any action.

'Whole region' threatened

Meanwhile, Number 10 said it was "not too worried" by the absence of the UK from a roll call of allies in Mr Kerry's speech earlier.

Mr Kerry made a point of describing France as America's "oldest ally" while not mentioning the UK.

A Downing Street spokesman said: "The president stressed his appreciation of his strong friendship with the prime minister and of the strength, durability and depth of the special relationship between our two countries. They agreed that their co-operation on international issues would continue in the future."

Mr Cameron said in an interview on Friday it was a "regret" that he had been unable to build a consensus on the response to the suspected chemical weapons attack.

However, he insisted the UK remained "deeply engaged" on the world stage.

Ian Pannell: The victims "arrived like the walking dead"

The inspectors have finished their investigation and are expected to deliver their preliminary findings to UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Saturday.

Meanwhile in Syria, the BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen said he had spoken to people inside President Assad's administration who were "cock-a-hoop" at the UK vote. "They believe it counts as a victory for them," he added.

"We will defend ourselves," Dr Bassam Abu Abdullah from the Syrian Information Ministry said, warning of danger "not only on the Syrian people but... the whole region" if the US decided to attack.

But Mr Cameron vowed to "continue to take a case to the United Nations", adding: "We will continue to work in all the organisations we are members of - whether the EU, or Nato, or the G8 or the G20 - to condemn what's happened in Syria.

"It's important we uphold the international taboo on the use of chemical weapons."

There had been suggestions from ministers, including Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond, that Britain's rejection of military action would harm its relationship with the US.

Mr Hammond warned against the vote allowing Britain to "turn into a country that prefers to turn its back".

"We must stay engaged with the world," he told the BBC.

In other developments:

• The BBC witnessed the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack on a school playground in northern Syria which left scores of children with napalm-like burns
• The US said it would act in its "best interests" in dealing with the Syria crisis, following UK rejection of military intervention
• French President Francois Hollande said all options were being considered, and has not ruled out a strike within days
• UN weapons inspectors visited a hospital in a government-controlled area of Damascus
• The Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel to Lebanon because of a "heightened risk of anti-Western sentiment" linked to the possibility of military action in Syria. The BBC understands that the families of British diplomats are being evacuated
• Former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans - architect of the so-called "responsibility to protect" doctrine - accused the UK of "making things up as it goes along". He blamed the government's "mishandling of the politics" for what he said was a "disappointing" vote against intervention
• The Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said there was "no doubt" President Assad's forces carried out the chemical attack

Labour leader Ed Miliband told the BBC: "I think ill thought-through military action would have made life worse, not better, for the Syrian people."

He accused the government of not learning the lessons of Iraq, adding MPs had "sent a message" that British forces would not be deployed "without going through the United Nations and without ensuring we have regard to the consequences in the region".

Earlier he said Mr Cameron was guilty of "reckless and impulsive leadership".

And the prime minister faced criticism from his own side, with former shadow home secretary David Davis accusing him of making a "shaky argument" for intervention.

"There was feeling of rushing to action," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme. "It's more important to get this right than to do it on a 10-day timetable".

Labour shadow frontbencher Diane Abbott said Mr Miliband best reflected the views of the British people on military action in Syria.

She told the BBC: "Unilateral American bombing and military action in the Middle East does not work, it only makes the killing and the slaughter worse.

"Any military intervention has to be genuinely international and the UN is the only means to do that."

Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, meanwhile, has been critical of the decision to not take part in military action, saying the UK was "hugely diminished".

More than 100,000 people are estimated to have died since the conflict erupted in March 2011 and at least 1.7 million refugees displaced.

The violence began when anti-government protests during the Arab Spring uprisings were met with a brutal response by the Syrian security forces.

President Assad's regime has blamed foreign involvement and armed gangs for the conflict.

How could a potential strike be launched? Forces which could be used against Syria:

• Four US destroyers - USS Gravely, USS Ramage, USS Barry and USS Mahan - are in the eastern Mediterranean, equipped with cruise missiles. The missiles can also be fired from submarines, but the US Navy does not reveal their locations

• Airbases at Incirlik and Izmir in Turkey, and in Jordan, could be used to carry out strikes

• Two aircraft carriers - USS Nimitz and USS Harry S Truman are in the wider region

• French aircraft carrierCharles de Gaulle is currently in Toulon in the western Mediterranean

• French Raffale and Mirage aircraft can also operate from Al-Dhahra airbase in the UAE

Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims - BBC News

31 August 2013 Last updated at 13:08 ET

Obama statement

Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons near Damascus.

Mr Putin said it would be "utter nonsense" for Syria's government to provoke opponents with such attacks.

US President Barack Obama says he is considering military action against Syria after intelligence reports that 1,429 people were killed on 21 August.

UN weapons inspectors have now left Syria and arrived in the Netherlands.

They are taking the evidence they gathered during four days of site visits to the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, in The Hague.

The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner examines what we know about the Syria attack on 21 August

The samples are thought to include soil, swabs from munitions, blood and hair from the victims and, experts say, possibly even flesh from dead bodies.

The UN has said its inspectors had been able to carry out a "wide range of fact-finding activities". However, their mandate is limited to determining the use of chemical weapons and not who used them.

UN spokesman Martin Nesirky refused to set a timeframe for the results of lab tests and the inspectors' full report.

He described as "grotesque" the suggestion that the departure of inspectors from Syria "somehow opens the window for military action".

The UN's humanitarian work in Syria would continue, he said.

Obama statement

The US says hundreds of children were among those killed in the suspected chemical weapons attacks, which it blames on the Syrian government.

Syria says the US claim is "full of lies" and says rebels carried out the attacks.

Mr Obama is to make a statement on Syria at 17:15 GMT but will not announce any imminent military action, the White House says.

Senior officials are holding conference calls on Saturday about Syria with both Republican and Democratic senators.

Mr Obama said on Friday the US was planning a "limited, narrow" military response that would not involve "boots on the ground".

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The inspectors' departure from Syria removes both a practical and a political obstacle to the launch of US-led military action, correspondents say.

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At the scene

There are those in Syria who will cheer on the US action and those who will be quite worried by it, but I think everyone is making some preparation.

People are trying to buy what they can, stockpile things, get water, bread, food that lasts, because they don't know what's going to happen.

They don't know what President Obama means by a limited attack and what consequences that may have for their lives and the degree to which it would stay limited.

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The BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Damascus says people are worried and are making preparations.

They do not know what Mr Obama meant by a limited attack and what consequences it will have, he adds.

Speaking to journalists in the Russian far-eastern city of Vladivostok, Mr Putin urged Mr Obama - as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate - to think about future victims in Syria before using force.

He said it was ridiculous to suggest the Syrian government was to blame for the attack, calling it a "provocation by those who want to drag other countries into the Syrian conflict".

"Syrian government troops are on the offensive and have surrounded the opposition in several regions," he said.

"In these conditions, to give a trump card to those who are calling for a military intervention is utter nonsense."

Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims

He said that the US failure to present evidence to the international community was "simply disrespectful".

"If there is evidence it should be shown. If it is not shown, then there isn't any," he said.

The main findings of the unclassified US evidence state that:

• the attack killed 1,429 people, including 426 children
• Syrian military chemical weapons personnel were operating in the area in the three days before the attack
• Satellite evidence shows rockets launched from government-held areas 90 minutes before the first report of chemical attack
• 100 videos attributed to the attack show symptoms consistent with exposure to a nerve agent
• Communications were intercepted involving a senior Damascus official who "confirmed chemical weapons were used" and was concerned about UN inspectors obtaining evidence

'Completely unexpected'

Russia - a key ally of Syria - has previously warned that "any unilateral military action bypassing the UN Security Council" would be a "direct violation of international law".

Moscow, along with China, has vetoed two previous draft resolutions on Syria.

Barack Obama: "We're not considering any boots on the ground approach"

Mr Putin also expressed surprise at a vote in the British parliament on Thursday ruling out participation in military action.

"I will be honest: this was completely unexpected for me," he said.

"This shows that in Great Britain, even if it is the USA's main geopolitical ally in the world... there are people who are guided by national interests and common sense, and value their sovereignty."

Meanwhile in France - seen as the main US ally since the UK vote - an opinion poll suggested that 64% opposed the use of force.

Neither France nor the US needs parliamentary approval for military action.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country will defend itself against any Western "aggression".

Forces which could be used against Syria:

• Four US destroyers - USS Gravely, USS Ramage, USS Barry and USS Mahan - are in the eastern Mediterranean, equipped with cruise missiles. The missiles can also be fired from submarines, but the US Navy does not reveal their locations

• Airbases at Incirlik and Izmir in Turkey, and in Jordan, could be used to carry out strikes

• Two aircraft carriers - USS Nimitz and USS Harry S Truman are in the wider region

• French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is currently in Toulon in the western Mediterranean

• French Rafale and Mirage aircraft can also operate from Al-Dhahra airbase in the UAE

US Open 2013: Andy Murray beats Leonardo Mayer in second round - BBC News

Defending champion Andy Murray withstood some heavy hitting from Argentina's Leonardo Mayer to reach the third round of the US Open in four sets.

Murray, seeded third, dropped his first set of the tournament as he came through 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-1 in two hours and 41 minutes.

He will face Germany's Florian Mayer, the world number 47, in the last 32 on Sunday.

"I didn't feel like I served as well today as I did in the first match (against Michael Llodra) - different court, different conditions during the day," he said.

Match stats

"I finished the match well today. I played well when I needed to - that's a good sign.

"I want to keep improving as the tournament goes on. You don't want to play your best right at the beginning, so I hope I can get better."

British number one Murray, 26, has had some tough matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium in the past and was tested once again on a sweltering day in New York.

The allure of the reigning US Open and Wimbledon champion was plain to see as a huge queue formed outside the second show court at Flushing Meadows.

Those who made it inside might have been forgiven for thinking a shock was on the cards as Murray laboured in the early stages, and then dropped the third set to a free-hitting Mayer.

The world number 81 started confidently, earning two break points in the opening game as he dictated with his forehand, but could not grab the break he was pushing for, and eventually his level dropped.

Four errors in a row - three of them forehands - handed Murray the first break at 6-5 and the Scot served out the set with little fuss.

Murray dropped just one game on his way to taking the second in 35 minutes, but his first-serve percentage was still hovering around the 45% mark and it allowed Mayer a way back into the match in the third set.

The Argentine thumped one of those massive forehands to break and moved out to a 3-0 lead that he would not relinquish, coming up with another forehand and an ace to keep Murray at bay in the seventh game.

With the temperature cooling as the sun dipped behind the stand, Murray knew he was in a battle and fired himself up at the start of the fourth set, repeatedly telling himself to "Come on!" and berating the umpire for failing to overrule a call.

It was now a pulsating contest as Murray strained to regain control and Mayer hit back with some huge hitting, but the world number three finally got his way in game four.

Murray played a brilliant opening point of trademark scrambling behind the baseline and went on to break to love for a 3-1 lead, repeating the feat two games later and firing a magnificent cross-court forehand winner of his own while closing out the match.

"It's a court I haven't played my best tennis on, that's for sure," Murray said.

"[But] I'm happy to play on any court. It doesn't really make a huge, huge difference. We got a great crowd out there; it was a really good atmosphere from pretty much the first point through to the last.

"Whether or not I've played well on that court, it's always a really good atmosphere. It's normally packed and it was the same again today."

Profiles: Delhi gang rape accused - BBC News

30 August 2013 Last updated at 23:09 ET

Six people, one of them a juvenile, were put on trial for last December's notorious gang rape and murder of a female student on a bus in the Indian capital, Delhi.

All of them were charged in court with rape, murder, kidnapping and destruction of evidence - all six denied the charges.

Here are brief profiles of the suspects.

Ram Singh

The main suspect, Ram Singh, was found dead in Tihar jail in March. Police said he hanged himself, but defence lawyers and his family alleged he was murdered.

A 33-year-old widower, he lived in a small two-room shanty in the Ravi Dass slum colony.

He was the alleged driver of the bus on which the 23-year-old woman was raped and her male friend assaulted.

He is remembered by his neighbours for being a troublemaker who frequently got involved in drunken brawls.

Like many migrants, his family came to Delhi from their village in Rajasthan more than 20 years ago in search of a better life.

The third of five brothers, Ram Singh was enrolled into the neighbourhood government school but dropped out while still at primary.

He was the first person to be arrested for the 16 December gang rape that shocked India.

A cousin who lives in the same district said he "was fond of music and would often play very loud music at home".

A neighbour said: "Ram Singh would often be found drunk and involved in brawls, though we never thought he could commit a crime as heinous as rape."

His father, Mangelal Singh, said Ram Singh would not have been able to orchestrate a suicide because he only had the effective use of one arm - Ram Singh had damaged his right arm in a driving accident in 2009.

But some of his relatives say he was a strong man who, even after the accident, did not quit driving because a rod had been inserted into the damaged arm.

Mukesh Singh

The younger brother of Ram Singh, Mukesh is in his early 20s.

He lived with his brother in his two-room shanty in the Ravi Dass slum and worked as an occasional driver and cleaner on the bus.

He is charged with raping as well as hitting the woman and her boyfriend with an iron rod - charges that he denies.

It is alleged that he - and not Ram Singh - was driving the bus when they picked up the couple.

In court, Mukesh Singh said that he was driving the bus and the other five raped the woman and assaulted the couple, reports say.

His lawyer has claimed that his client has been abused and tortured inside the jail, charges denied by prison authorities.

Vinay Sharma

A 20-year-old gym assistant and fitness trainer, Vinay Sharma also lived in the Ravi Dass slum, not far from the house of Ram Singh.

Among the accused, he is the only one who has had a school education and speaks English.

Earlier this summer, he sought a month's bail to sit his first-year university examination - a request turned down by the judge who ordered the university officials and jail authorities to make arrangements for him to sit his exams inside prison.

In court, Vinay Sharma has claimed that he was not on the bus when the crime took place and that he had gone to a music function along with co-accused Pawan Gupta.

Akshay Thakur

A 28-year-old helper on the bus, Akshay Thakur is from the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

He was arrested in Bihar on 21 December - five days after the crime.

Along with rape, murder and kidnapping, he is accused of trying to destroy evidence by helping to wash the bus after the incident.

A school dropout, he moved to Delhi last year.

According to reports, he is married and has a young son. The family lives in his village in Bihar.

In court, he has denied being on the bus and said that he left Delhi on 15 December - a day before the crime - and reached his village in Bihar the next day.

Pawan Gupta

A 19-year-old fruit-seller, Pawan Gupta, has claimed in court that he was not on the bus at the time of the crime and had gone to attend a music function with Vinay Sharma.

His father, Heera Lal, who has appeared as a witness in the trial court, said his son was "innocent" and had been "falsely implicated".

He said his son had closed his shop in the afternoon on the day of the incident and left for home.

After consuming alcohol and eating chicken at home, he had gone to a nearby park to attend a music function.

Mr Lal said he went to the park along with his brother-in-law and took him home.

In the early days after his arrest, reports said he had said in court that he had "done a horrible thing... I have done a bad thing and I should be hanged", but his lawyer later denied he had made the statement.

Juvenile suspect

A minor whose name cannot be given for legal reasons, the sixth suspect was 17 at the time of the crime but has since turned 18.

He is charged with rape, murder, destroying evidence and other crimes, including kidnapping. He has denied all the charges.

The eldest of six children, he left his village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh at the age of 11, and lived his formative years alone, doing menial jobs in Delhi.

His mother told the BBC that she last spoke to him just before he boarded the bus to the city.

She had thought him dead until police came knocking on her door in December and told her he was one of the accused in the gang rape case.

His family is possibly the poorest in the village. The father is mentally disabled and cannot take care of the children.

His mother says she sent him to work in Delhi in the hope that he would earn well and bring the family out of poverty.

He sent the family money for a few years and then disappeared, they say.

His mother insists he was a gentle boy.

"He was a very sensitive child and would be scared to confront anybody in the village. I'm sure he fell into bad company in Delhi and was led into committing this shameful act," she said.

Poet Seamus Heaney dies aged 74 - BBC News

30 August 2013 Last updated at 16:47 ET

Nick Higham looks back at the life of Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney, acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since WB Yeats, has died aged 74.

Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past".

Over his long career he was awarded numerous prizes and received many honours for his work.

He recently suffered from ill health.

His 2010 poetry collection The Human Chain was written after he suffered a stroke and the central poem, Miracle, was directly inspired by his illness.

Recalling how he had been lifted up and down the stairs to his bedroom, the poet eulogised the biblical characters who carried a paralysed man to Jesus to be healed.

"Their shoulders numb, the ache and stoop deeplocked / In their backs, the stretcher handles / Slippery with sweat. And no let up."

'Profound sorrow'

"The death has taken place of Seamus Heaney," said a short statement issued by his family on Friday.

"The poet and Nobel laureate died in hospital in Dublin this morning after a short illness. The family has requested privacy at this time."

Heaney's publisher, Faber, said: "We cannot adequately express our profound sorrow at the loss of one of the world's greatest writers. His impact on literary culture is immeasurable.

"As his publisher we could not have been prouder to publish his work over nearly 50 years. He was nothing short of an inspiration to the company, and his friendship over many years is a great loss."

Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate and a friend of Heaney, told The Telegraph that Heaney was "a great poet, a wonderful writer about poetry, and a person of truly exceptional grace and intelligence."

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon told BBC Radio 3: "One of his great gifts was to allow people in who were not necessarily that interested in poetry... and I think that's one of the reasons why he occupies such an extraordinary place in people's hearts."

Heaney was born in April 1939, the eldest of nine children, on a farm near Toomebridge in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, but as a child moved to the village of Bellaghy.

He was educated at St Columb's College, Derry, a Catholic boarding school, and later at Queen's University Belfast, before training as a teacher. He settled in Dublin, with periods of teaching in the US.

Heaney was an honorary fellow at Trinity College Dublin and, last year, was bestowed with the Seamus Heaney Professorship in Irish Writing at the university, which he described as a great honour.

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Poet Simon Armitage pays tribute

I'll remember him both as a poet and a person - an incredibly generous and open man. He was a great ambassador for poetry and I think that's recognised almost worldwide. People only had good things to say about his courtesy and his integrity.

He was the poet I encountered at school and he made me think it was possible for anybody who showed an interest in poetry to write it.

What made him so successful and so affirmed as a poet was the way he managed to straddle the intellectual rigors of poetry and the academic elements that come with that, with a lightness of touch that meant even people who weren't that interested in the art form would respond to his work. They're so deft and subtle and I suppose that was his ear for language.

I remember once being in a pub with him in Shropshire - he was a superstar in the world of literature but in that pub he was like a guy from the village. He just sat there in the corner chatting way.

His first book, Death of a Naturalist, published in 1966, reflected his rural upbringing, but as Ireland's troubles increased his work took a more political turn.

In 2011, Heaney donated a collection of his literary papers to the National Library of Ireland.

It included manuscripts of his poetry, a comprehensive and vast collection of loose-leaf, typescript and manuscript worksheets and bound notebooks.

The collection spanned Heaney's literary career, from the publication of Death of a Naturalist (1966), to volumes such as Wintering Out (1972) and North (1975), right through to Station Island (1984), Seeing Things (1991) and his most recent publications, District and Circle (2006) and Human Chain (2010).

The latter won the prestigious £10,000 Forward Prize in 2010.

Heaney described the collection, his 12th, as his most personally revealing collection of poems.

He had been nominated for the Forward Prize three times before, but this was his first win. Judge and author Ruth Padel described Heaney's volume as "painful, honest, and delicately weighted".

Over the course of his career, Heaney also won the TS Eliot Prize, and was made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

He was also the professor of poetry at Oxford University between 1989 and 1994.

In an interview with the Today programme's James Naughtie in early 2013, Heaney remembered how he felt when he first discovered poetry.

"It was the voltage of the language, it was entrancing," he said.

"I think the first little jolt I got was reading Gerard Manley Hopkins - I liked other poems... but Hopkins was kind of electric for me - he changed the rules with speech and the whole intensity of the language was there and so on."

Irish President Michael D Higgins said Heaney's contribution "to the republics of letters, conscience, and humanity was immense".

Northern Irish poet Michael Longley said: "I feel like I've lost a brother and there are tens of thousands of people today who will be feeling personally bereaved because he had a great presence.

"Just as his presence filled a room, his marvellous poems filled the hearts of generations of readers."

Australian author Kathy Lette posted on Twitter: "RIP Seamus Heaney. I once introduced him to my son as the world's greatest poet. My son frowned. 'No, that would be Bob Dylan.' Seamus roared."

Queen's University Belfast also paid tribute to its former student, staff member and honorary graduate, calling him a "true friend of the university".

"Generous with his scholarship and his time, his warmth, humour and brilliance will be sorely missed," professor James McElnay, acting president and vice-chancellor, said.

"His contribution to the world of literature has introduced millions of people around the globe to the enjoyment of poetry and enhanced it for many more."

Mr Heaney is survived by his wife, Maire, and three children Christopher, Michael and Catherine Ann.

A funeral mass for the poet will take place on Monday at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, Dublin.

This will be followed by interment in Bellaghy.

US Open 2013: Lleyton Hewitt beats Juan Martin del Potro - BBC Sport

Australian Lleyton Hewitt claimed the biggest scalp of the US Open men's draw so far as he beat sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 in four hours three minutes.

Hewitt, 32, is eight years older and ranked 60 places lower than 2009 champion Del Potro.

Elsewhere world number one Novak Djokovic saw off Germany's Benjamin Becker to reach the third round.

In the women's draw, defending champion Serena Williams won in straight sets.

The world number one swatted aside Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-1 in an hour and 14 minutes to set up a meeting with fellow American Sloane Stephens.

British number one Andy Murray dropped a set for the first time in his title defence before overcoming Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in four, while Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych also won.

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Li Na (Chn) [5] bt Laura Robson (GB) [30] 6-2 7-5

Match report

Novak Djokovic (Srb) [1] bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-2

Djokovic, the 2011 champion, saved two set points in the opener before coming through 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-2.

"Today was tricky conditions and the first hour I wasn't able to play as well as wanted. After that I felt more confident," said Serb Djokovic, who has reached at least the semi-finals of every Grand Slam event since losing to Jurgen Melzer in the quarter-finals at the 2010 French Open.

His third-round opponent is Portugal's Joao Sousa, who overcame Finn Jarkko Nieminen in a five-set match lasting just short of three hours.

Sloane Stephens (US) [15] bt Jamie Hampton (US) [23] 6-1 6-3

Stephens, 20, will play Serena Williams in the last 16.

Stephens criticised Williams in a magazine interview in May,  saying that their relationship had deteriorated since she beat her compatriot in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

But Stephens is now happy with how she and Williams get on. "I think that's all old news now and we've moved on," she said.

"We are competitors, we are co-workers so it is definitely tough, but I think now we are in a good place," she told ESPN.

Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) [6] 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1

Hewitt, who lifted the 2001 US Open title as a 20-year-old, beat world number six Del Potro in their most recent meeting at Queen's in June.

"I don't know how many years I have left to play and I was hankering to get out on this court again and put on a show," Hewitt said.

"A couple of years ago, I had a few foot surgeries and I didn't know if I would ever play tennis again. But it's a hell of a lot of fun coming out to play and I cherish every match."

Del Potro, who hit 70 errors in the match, stated after the match that a long-standing wrist complaint was "not the way I'd like".

Hewitt will play Russian world number 102 Evgeny Donskoy in the last 32.

"I hit with him a couple of days ago,'' Hewitt said of his third-round opponent. "First time I'd ever seen him.''

Serena Williams (US) [1] bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 6-3 6-1

Williams, 31, is aiming to become the oldest US Open women's champion by winning her fifth title at Flushing Meadows.

She praised Stephens' play ahead of their keenly-anticipated fourth-round encounter.

"It's going to be tough, Sloane is playing so well," she said.

"I'm always so happy for her. She's doing great. I'm really proud of Sloane. It's going to be a really good match."

Louis Armstrong Stadium

Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) [3] bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus [32] 6-4 7-6 (7-1)

It might have been a straight-sets win for third seed Radwanska, but the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up needed nearly two hours to beat Pavlyuchenkova.

If she wins her next match, against Russian 24th seed Ekaterina Makarova, Radwanska will become the only woman to reach the last eight at all four Grand Slams this year.

Tomas Berdych (Cze) [5] bt Denis Kudla (US) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3

Berdych knocked out then-world number one Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of last year's event, before being eliminated by eventual champion Andy Murray in the last four.

Andy Murray (GB) [3] bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-1

Match report

Grandstand

Tommy Haas (Ger) [12] bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tai) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3)

"It's always about being smart, about how you train and what you do off the court," said the German of still competing at the age of 35. "If your body allows you to do all that stuff, then it's really up to you in many ways."

Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) [24] bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) [16] 6-4 7-5

Lisicki, who beat Serena Williams en route to the Wimbledon final earlier this year, is still yet to get beyond the fourth round in any of the other three Grand Slams.

Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Donald Young (US) 7-5 6-3 6-4

Mayer came out on top in a match that saw 10 breaks of serve, setting up a third-round clash with defending champion Andy Murray.

Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) [18] bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-2 6-4

Outside Courts

Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) [21] bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 7-5 6-1 6-3

Angelique Kerber (Ger) [8] bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) [25] 6-0 6-4

Jelena Jankovic (Srb) [9] bt Kurumi Nara (Jpn) 6-4 7-6 (7-5)

Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) [9] bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-5 7-6 (10-8) 6-4

Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci [1] bt Daniela Hantuchova & Martina Hingis 6-3 7-5

Hingis and Hantuchova are yet to win two successive matches since teaming up in July

Hingis, who was making a return to Grand Slam tennis as a wildcard after retiring in 2007, double-faulted on the final two points of the match.

The 32-year-old, who has won five Grand Slam singles titles during her career, also lost in the mixed doubles. She and India's Mahesh Bhupathi were beaten 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) by Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Taiwan's Chan Yung-Jan.

"God, give me a break," said the Swiss, when asked if she had considered making a singles comeback after her doubles return.

"No, I haven't given any more thought to it. I have a hard time covering half the court and trying to be there. Full court is completely different ball game."

Brits abroad

Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray (GB) [12] bt Ryan Harrison (US) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) 6-3 6-4

Jamie Murray (GB) & John Peers (Aus) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Andre Sa (Bra) 6-7 (7-9) 7-5 7-5

Treat Huey (Phi) & Dom Inglot (GB) [16] bt Daniele Bracciali (Ita) & Lukas Dlouhy 6-3 6-3

Sandra Klemenschits (Aut) & Andrea Klepac (Slo) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) & Heather Watson (GB) 6-1 7-5

Quotes of the Day

Laura Robson had a worried look on her face after defeat by Li Na, and it was down to an imminent trip to the dentist to have her wisdom teeth removed. "All the other girls in the locker room are telling me their horror stories," she said. "Oh yeah, I pulled my gauze out and it was just blood. So that's not too nice."

Novak Djokovic has been quizzed as much about his diet as his tennis in week one, and day five was no exception. "The toughest for me [to give up] was definitely chocolate. My father is addicted to chocolate in a way. Was. Not any more. During events I don't have milk chocolate. If I have chocolate I have cacao or dark chocolate - a very little bit."

Li Na is struggling to believe the quality of her own serving, after 11 aces against Laura Robson took her to 21 for the tournament - more than any other woman. "After the match my team said I had over ten, I said 'No like eight or something', my husband said, 'I think even less, maybe six.'"

Sloane Stephens has plenty of confidence off court as well as on. "It's tough to have friends on tour, but I don't lack in the social department. I have some good friends. That's not an area that I struggle in."

"Belgium is a very good team," says Andy Murray when asked to give his opinion about the Scottish football team's next World Cup opponents. "A lot of good, young players. I think they're kind of sort of dark horses for the World Cup. I think they're very, very good. I wouldn't expect Scotland to beat them."

"Everybody has their own issues," says Jamie Hampton when asked about the psychology of tennis. "The girls differ from the guys. Girls are a little bit more emotional. We'll just leave it at that."

Bayern Munich v Chelsea - BBC Sport

115:42

Mario Gotze takes a short corner.

115:14

Philip Lahm crosses the ball. Clearance made by Gary Cahill.

114:12

Mario Gotze takes a shot. Petr Cech blocks the effort with their feet .Franck Ribery takes a short corner.

112:05

Corner taken by Mario Gotze. Frank Lampard makes a clearance. Shot by David Alaba went wide left of the target.

112:05 Substitution

Substitution Eden Hazard leaves the field to be replaced by John Terry.

112:05

The ball is swung over by David Alaba. Xherdan Shaqiri takes a shot. Mikel gets a block in.

109:55

Xherdan Shaqiri sends in a cross. Clearance made by Gary Cahill.

108:55

Franck Ribery decides to take a short corner.

108:39

The ball is delivered by David Alaba. Mikel gets a block in.

108:15

Short corner worked by Xherdan Shaqiri.

107:41

Headed cross/shot by Aguinaga Javi Martinez. Petr Cech dives and deflects the ball away.Short corner taken by Philip Lahm from the right by-line. The ball is sent over by Mario Gotze. Aguinaga Javi Martinez takes a shot. A parry by Petr Cech prevents the goal.

106:27

Mario Mandzukic concedes a free kick for a foul on Eden Hazard. Free kick taken by Petr Cech.

106:05

Mario Gotze takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Cahill.

105:01

The second half of extra time gets under way.

104:32

Corner taken short by Xherdan Shaqiri. Shot by Jerome Boateng went wide of the left-hand upright.

104:21

Franck Ribery crosses the ball. Gary Cahill makes a clearance.

104:09

The ball is swung over by Philip Lahm. Clearance made by Gary Cahill.

103:50

Philip Lahm produces a cross. Clearance made by Branislav Ivanovic.

103:10

Corner taken short by Franck Ribery.

102:58

The referee blows for offside. Aguinaga Javi Martinez takes the free kick.

102:10

Foul by Mario Mandzukic on Gary Cahill, free kick awarded. Petr Cech takes the free kick.

99:50

Shot by Xherdan Shaqiri went wide of the left-hand upright. Short corner worked by Franck Ribery.

98:50 Booking

Booking

98:29

David Alaba takes a shot and went wide left of the target. Romelu Lukaku goes into the book.

97:40

The ball is delivered by David Alaba. Petr Cech safely holds on.

96:56 Substitution

Substitution Romelu Lukaku comes on in place of Fernando Torres.

96:40

The ball is delivered by Philip Lahm.

94:49

Petr Cech restarts play with the free kick.

94:49 Substitution

Substitution Xherdan Shaqiri comes on in place of Arjen Robben.

94:49

Unfair challenge on Ashley Cole by Philip Lahm results in a free kick.

92:33

Assist on the goal came from David Luiz.

92:33 Goal scored

Goal - Eden Hazard - Bay Munich 1 - 2 Chelsea Eden Hazard scores with their right foot. Bayern Munich 1-2 Chelsea.

90:19

Foul by David Luiz on Mario Mandzukic, free kick awarded. Arjen Robben crosses the ball in from the free kick.

90:00 +3:18

The whistle goes to signal the end of normal time, with extra time looming.

89:44

Foul by Bonfim Dante on Fernando Torres, free kick awarded. David Luiz has a shot from the free kick which hits the wall.

89:21 Booking

Booking

89:21

Fernando Torres is given a yellow card.

88:00

Franck Ribery takes the chance to get an effort at goal and missed to the right of the goal.

86:04

Petr Cech takes the free kick.

86:04 Substitution

Substitution Mikel replaces Andre Schurrle.

86:04

Free kick awarded for a foul by David Alaba on Branislav Ivanovic.

84:54 Dismissal

Dismissal

84:43

Foul by Nascimento Ramires on Mario Gotze, free kick awarded. Nascimento Ramires is sent off by the referee for second bookable offence. Philip Lahm takes the free kick.

83:59 Booking

Booking

83:54

Free kick awarded for a foul by Jerome Boateng on Emboaba Oscar. Jerome Boateng is shown a yellow card. The ball is delivered by Frank Lampard. Gary Cahill takes a shot. A parry by Manuel Neuer prevents the goal.

83:03

Short corner worked by Arjen Robben. Franck Ribery delivers the ball. Toni Kroos takes a shot. Petr Cech safely holds on.

82:45

Toni Kroos takes a shot. David Luiz gets a block in.

82:03

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Ashley Cole by Arjen Robben. Petr Cech takes the free kick.

80:49

Mario Mandzukic fouled by Branislav Ivanovic, the ref awards a free kick. Franck Ribery takes the free kick.

80:00

Mario Gotze takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Cahill.

77:52

Corner taken by Frank Lampard. Header at goal by Branislav Ivanovic hits the woodwork. Andre Schurrle is ruled offside. Free kick taken by Manuel Neuer.

77:33

Nascimento Ramires takes a shot. Blocked by Bonfim Dante.

75:15

Foul by Franck Ribery on Branislav Ivanovic, free kick awarded. Gary Cahill restarts play with the free kick.

74:57

Jerome Boateng takes a shot. Petr Cech catches the ball.

73:35

Toni Kroos takes the chance to get an effort at goal and missed to the right of the net.

73:15

Corner from the right by-line taken by Arjen Robben.

72:26

Foul by Ashley Cole on Mario Gotze, free kick awarded. Mario Gotze restarts play with the free kick.

71:23

Fernando Torres gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Aguinaga Javi Martinez. Free kick taken by Bonfim Dante.

70:44

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Eden Hazard by Franck Ribery. Free kick taken by Petr Cech.

70:06 Substitution

Substitution Thomas Muller leaves the field to be replaced by Mario Gotze.

69:49

Thomas Muller takes a shot. Blocked by Nascimento Ramires.

69:20

Corner taken by Frank Lampard.

69:02

Emboaba Oscar takes a shot. Bonfim Dante gets a block in.

68:47

Nascimento Ramires takes a shot. Manuel Neuer safely holds on.

68:31

Eden Hazard takes a shot. Manuel Neuer catches the ball.

67:35

Corner from the left by-line taken by Franck Ribery. Shot by Franck Ribery went wide right of the target.

66:03 Booking

Booking

65:49

Unfair challenge on Mario Mandzukic by David Luiz results in a free kick. David Luiz receives a caution for unsporting behaviour. Philip Lahm restarts play with the free kick.

65:03

Corner taken by Philip Lahm. The ball is crossed by Franck Ribery. Clearance made by David Luiz.

63:57 Booking

Booking

63:54

Nascimento Ramires concedes a free kick for a foul on Franck Ribery. Caution for Nascimento Ramires. Franck Ribery crosses the ball in from the free kick. David Luiz manages to make a clearance.

63:09

Emboaba Oscar takes a shot. Manuel Neuer parries the effort to safety. Shot by Frank Lampard went over.

61:56

Corner taken by Frank Lampard.

61:37

Andre Schurrle delivers the ball. Clearance made by Philip Lahm.

61:13

Toni Kroos challenges Emboaba Oscar unfairly and gives away a free kick. Emboaba Oscar restarts play with the free kick.

58:17

Franck Ribery takes a shot. Emboaba Oscar gets a block in.

57:54

Aguinaga Javi Martinez takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Cahill.

57:38

Centre by Franck Ribery. Clearance made by Ashley Cole.

54:10 Substitution

Substitution Aguinaga Javi Martinez comes on in place of Marcio Rafinha.

54:10

Andre Schurrle challenges David Alaba unfairly and gives away a free kick. Franck Ribery delivers the ball. Arjen Robben takes a shot.

53:09

The ball is swung over by Thomas Muller. Petr Cech gets a fist to the ball to punch .

51:59

David Alaba delivers the ball.

49:42

Mario Mandzukic challenges David Luiz unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by David Luiz.

49:25

Frank Lampard fouled by Toni Kroos, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Branislav Ivanovic.

48:34

The ball is delivered by Thomas Muller. Franck Ribery takes the chance to get an effort at goal and missed to the right of the net.

47:59

The official flags Fernando Torres offside. Free kick taken by Bonfim Dante.

46:50

The assist for the goal came from Toni Kroos.

46:50 Goal scored

Goal - Franck Ribery - Bay Munich 1 - 1 Chelsea Franck Ribery slots the ball right footed into the goal. Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea.

45:37

Free kick awarded for a foul by Nascimento Ramires on Franck Ribery. Franck Ribery restarts play with the free kick.

45:01

The referee blows the whistle to start the second half.

45:00 +0:08 Half time

Half Time The ref blows to signal half-time.

44:34

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Petr Cech catches the ball.

42:33

Free kick awarded for a foul by Franck Ribery on Branislav Ivanovic. Petr Cech takes the free kick.

40:54 Booking

Booking

40:39

Free kick awarded for a foul by Gary Cahill on Thomas Muller. The referee books Gary Cahill for unsporting behaviour. Free kick taken by Bonfim Dante.

39:58

Franck Ribery fouled by Nascimento Ramires, the ref awards a free kick. David Alaba restarts play with the free kick.

39:46

Corner from the left by-line taken by Frank Lampard.

39:13

The ball is delivered by Andre Schurrle. Clearance by Jerome Boateng.

37:44

Corner taken by Arjen Robben. David Luiz manages to make a clearance.

37:14

Thomas Muller takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Cahill.

35:48

Free kick awarded for a foul by Branislav Ivanovic on Mario Mandzukic. David Alaba restarts play with the free kick.

34:45

Franck Ribery takes a shot and missed to the right of the goal.

34:09

Thomas Muller produces a cross. Clearance made by David Luiz.

33:15

Franck Ribery challenges Emboaba Oscar unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Ashley Cole.

31:57

Frank Lampard gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Toni Kroos. Jerome Boateng restarts play with the free kick.

30:25

The ball is crossed by Andre Schurrle. Fernando Torres takes a shot.

28:30

Franck Ribery takes a shot and went wide of the right hand post.

27:09

Mario Mandzukic is caught offside. David Luiz takes the free kick.

26:21

The ball is swung over by David Alaba. Clearance made by David Luiz.

25:36

Andre Schurrle fouled by Marcio Rafinha, the ref awards a free kick. Frank Lampard restarts play with the free kick.

25:07

The referee blows for offside against Branislav Ivanovic. David Alaba restarts play with the free kick.

24:29

Centre by Eden Hazard. Blocked by Marcio Rafinha.

23:33

Foul by David Luiz on Philip Lahm, free kick awarded. Arjen Robben takes the free kick.

23:13

Unfair challenge on Toni Kroos by Emboaba Oscar results in a free kick. Toni Kroos restarts play with the free kick.

22:38 Booking

Booking

22:30

Free kick awarded for a foul by Franck Ribery on Nascimento Ramires. Franck Ribery is cautioned by the ref for unsporting behaviour. Gary Cahill restarts play with the free kick.

22:03

Corner taken by Philip Lahm from the right by-line. Clearance made by Fernando Torres.

21:39

Franck Ribery takes a shot. Diving save by Petr Cech.

20:16

The ball is crossed by David Alaba. Clearance by Ashley Cole.

19:34

Mario Mandzukic takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Cahill.

19:08

Frank Lampard gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Marcio Rafinha. Jerome Boateng restarts play with the free kick.

16:24

Fernando Torres takes a shot and went wide left of the goal.

15:54

Arjen Robben crosses the ball. David Luiz manages to make a clearance.

13:24

Corner taken by Frank Lampard. Manuel Neuer catches the ball.

12:59

The ball is swung over by Emboaba Oscar. Bonfim Dante gets a block in.

12:18

Eden Hazard fouled by Marcio Rafinha, the ref awards a free kick. Petr Cech takes the free kick.

11:54

The ball is delivered by David Alaba. Clearance by David Luiz.

9:46

Toni Kroos fouled by Fernando Torres, the ref awards a free kick. Toni Kroos restarts play with the free kick.

8:50

Philip Lahm has an effort at goal. Petr Cech catches the ball.

7:41

Andre Schurrle provided the assist for the goal.

7:41 Goal scored

Goal - Fernando Torres - Bay Munich 0 - 1 Chelsea Fernando Torres scores with their right foot. Bayern Munich 0-1 Chelsea.

7:30

Andre Schurrle sends in a cross.

6:19

Shot by Franck Ribery missed to the right of the net.

5:10

Eden Hazard has an effort at goal and missed to the left of the goal.

3:04

Mario Mandzukic fouled by David Luiz, the ref awards a free kick. Philip Lahm restarts play with the free kick.

2:39

Arjen Robben concedes a free kick for a foul on Ashley Cole. Free kick taken by David Luiz.

1:33

The ball is crossed by Jerome Boateng. Header by Mario Mandzukic misses to the right of the target.

0:00

The game kicks-off.

Google executive Hugo Barra poached by China's Xiaomi - BBC News

29 August 2013 Last updated at 08:35 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News

One of Google's top executives is leaving the company to join up-and-coming Chinese firm Xiaomi.

Hugo Barra was vice president of product management for Google's mobile platform Android, and had been at the company since 2008.

Google confirmed his departure from the company, stating that it wished him well.

"We'll miss him at Google and we're excited that he is staying within the Android ecosystem," a spokesman said.

Lucrative investments

Mr Barra took to social network Google+ to discuss his departure.

"After nearly five and a half years at Google and almost three years as a member of the Android team - the most amazing group of people I've ever worked with in my life - I have decided to start a new career chapter," he wrote.

"In a few weeks, I'll be joining the Xiaomi team in China to help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally â€" as vice president, Xiaomi Global."

Xiaomi is a Beijing-based company that makes smartphones and other consumer electronics. They described the hiring of Mr Barra as "exciting news".

Since releasing its first handset in 2011, the company has enjoyed huge growth - now valued at $10bn (£6.5bn) thanks to two lucrative investment rounds.

Critics have accused the company of lacking in innovation and copying ideas from Western competitors.

Brin split

Mr Barra's departure coincides with reports Google's co-founder Sergey Brin is "living apart" from his wife.

News site All Things Digital wrote that Mr Brin was involved with a female Google employee who had previously had a relationship with Mr Barra.

A source told the BBC the departure was unrelated to personal issues, adding that Mr Barra had been discussing his move with Xiaomi for some time.

Mr Brin, who founded Google with Larry Page, married Anne Wojcicki in 2007. The couple have two children.

She is the chief executive of 23andMe, a biotech firm in which Google has invested $10m (£6.5m).

A spokesman for the couple told Reuters that "they remain good friends and partners" and have not yet legally separated.

Ms Wojcicki's sister, Susan, is also at Google as senior vice president in ads and commerce.

It was in Susan's garage that Mr Brin and Mr Page began their search empire, which is now worth more than $70bn, in 1998.

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Syria crisis: Miliband says decision was 'right for Britain' - BBC News

30 August 2013 Last updated at 12:13 ET

Ed Miliband has insisted he did the "right thing by the British people" by helping to block UK involvement in any military action in Syria.

The Labour leader said an "ill-thought out" intervention would make things worse for the Syrian people in the wake of last week's chemical weapons attack.

Senior Conservatives have criticised Labour's actions in the run-up to Thursday's critical vote in Parliament.

Lord Howard accused Labour of "changing its position" several times.

MPs rejected the principle of UK military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to deter the use of chemical weapons by 285 votes to 272, ruling out the possibility of Britain joining US-led strikes.

The result of Thursday's vote has raised questions about Prime Minister David Cameron's authority, the direction of British foreign policy and the UK's relationship with the US, historically its closest ally.

'Learning lessons'

Mr Cameron has said he will continue to argue for a "robust response" to the use of chemical weapons, including pressing for action at the United Nations and putting the "maximum pressure" on the Syrian government.

He defended his handling of the issue, saying he had sought to "act differently" from previous leaders by properly consulting Parliament but he recognised that MPs had spoken "very, very clearly".

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I think ill thought through military action would have made life worse not better for the Syrian people"

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He said he regretted not being able to secure a consensus across the House of Commons and said it was up to Mr Miliband to "defend the way he behaved" amid claims the opposition leader had reneged on a deal with the prime minister.

Mr Miliband sparked anger in Downing Street before the vote with his decision to order his MPs to vote against the government.

The prime minister had watered down the government's original motion, which would have authorised military strikes, after discussions with Mr Miliband over the involvement of the UN and the requirement for a further Commons vote.

Labour denied No 10's claims it had changed its position to score political points and accused the prime minister of "cavalier and reckless leadership" and failing to learn the lessons of the 2003 Iraq War.

"We have sent a message that Britain is not going to engage in ill thought through military action without going through the United Nations and without ensuring we have regard to the consequences in the region," Mr Miliband said in an interview with BBC News.

"I think ill thought through military action would have made life worse not better for the Syrian people," he said. "Never mind what the British people would have thought of it."

'Critical friend'

Senior ministers, including defence secretary Philip Hammond, have suggested the UK's refusal to take part in any action in response to the attack would inevitably put a strain on its relations with Washington.

But Mr Miliband said the UK should be able to take a different view from the US on issues.

"The United States is our friend, we do have a special relationship with it, but I don't think the conduct of British foreign policy is about saying we always do what the United States thinks we should do."

With military force now ruled out, Mr Miliband said the UK should now be stepping up its humanitarian and diplomatic efforts, focused on the G20 summit in Russia next month.

The prime minister's call for a military response in Syria followed a suspected chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on 21 August, in which hundreds of people are reported to have died.

The US and UK say the Assad government was behind the attack - a claim denied by Damascus, which blames the rebels.

After the Commons defeat, Mr Cameron said it was clear Parliament did not want action and "the government will act accordingly" although some ministers, including education secretary Michael Gove, were said to be furious with Tory rebels.

'Edge of isolation'

Lord Ashdown turned his fire on Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem MPs who refused to back the government, writing on Twitter that he felt "depressed and ashamed" that people felt the atrocities in Syria were "none of our business".

"I think it diminishes our country hugely," he told the BBC News Channel.

"We should all understand who is cheering this morning. President Assad is cheering. President Putin is cheering. I suspect Nigel Farage (UKIP leader) is cheering as he sees this country teetering on the edge of isolationism.

He added: "To see my country draw back from a coalition in favour of international law and decide the answer is to stand aside does not fill me with great joy."

Thirty Conservative and nine Liberal Democrat MPs voted against voted against the government motion.

One of those, former minister Crispin Blunt, told BBC Radio 4's Today that the outcome was a "temporary blip" for the prime minister's authority but said it was to his "eternal credit" that he had been prepared to bring the matter so swiftly before Parliament.

Other rebels rejected suggestions their actions had undermined Mr Cameron's leadership.

"I don't think that's humiliation - that's democracy," Richard Bacon said. "I respect very much the way he's (David Cameron) handled himself and I think he handled himself with great dignity after the vote as well."

Amid suggestions that he totally misjudged the mood of his party in forcing a vote on an issue where his MPs had such reservations, Mr Cameron is set to hold a barbecue at Chequers later on Friday to try and build bridges with backbench MPs.

UKIP's Mr Farage said the PM's authority was at "an all time low" and suggested foreign secretary William Hague should resign.