Fans, friends and family joined together for an emotional farewell to Michael Jackson at a memorial in Los Angeles.
Mariah Carey and Stevie Wonder were among the stars to perform. There was also an emotional tribute from Jackson's daughter, Paris.
A mechanical lion has been brought back to life nearly five centuries after it was first conceived by Leonardo da Vinci.
Emma Jane Kirby has been to the artist's former home in Amboise, France to find out how the lion was reconstructed.
Forest rangers in India have used a crane to help rescue an elephant after it fell into a ditch near a tea estate in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal.
Game wardens managed to haul the distressed animal out of the ditch before it walked away without injury.
A wildlife safari in Oregon, USA, has come up with an unusual way to raise money in the tough economic climate.
For $20, visitors can have their car washed by the zoo's elephants, who scrub with sponges and rinse with their trunks.
Wildlife Safari Executive Director, Dan Van Slyke, and Elephant Supervisor, Carol Matthews, claim that the elephants don't mind the work, and that the fundraiser has been a hit.
University teams battled it out to become underwater robot champions at an event this week.
It was held at Europe's largest freshwater tank in Gosport, Hampshire - a facility normally used by the Ministry of Defence for ship and submarine trials.
University teams battled it out to become underwater robot champions at an event this week.
It was held at Europe's largest freshwater tank in Gosport, Hampshire - a facility normally used by the Ministry of Defence for ship and submarine trials.
A mechanical lion has been brought back to life nearly five centuries after it was first conceived by Leonardo da Vinci.
Emma Jane Kirby has been to the artist's former home in Amboise, France to find out how the lion was reconstructed.
Footage of Michael Jackson in rehearsal for the This Is It tour has been released by the concert promoters AEG Live.
The star looks energetic and in good health, and seems to be enjoying the run-through of hit They Don't Really Care About Us.
The hot dog competition is an Independence Day tradition
The world record for competitive hot dog eating has been broken in the US.
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut ate 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual 4 July contest at Coney Island in New York, shattering his old record of 66.
His main rival, Japan's six-time winner Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, ate 64 and a half. It is thought the two men ate around 19,000 calories between them.
The first such hot dog eating contest was held in 1916, when the winner put away only 13 franks.
The two men have gone gut-to-gut for almost a decade at the annual competition, which has become an Independence Day tradition in the US.
This year's contest was broadcast live on sports channel ESPN, and featured much of the fanfare usually reserved for professional sporting events.
Mr Chestnut, who won his third straight title in a row, takes home $20,000 (£12,250) in prize money and the coveted Mustard Belt.
The 25-year-old Californian is a man of diverse taste, the BBC's Jon Donnison reports from Washington.
His other world records include eating 5kg of macaroni and cheese in seven minutes; and 188 jalapeno peppers in 10 minutes.
WHO calls for vigilance over swine flu
The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
World Health Organization head Margaret Chan added that the holding of the meeting in Cancun showed confidence in Mexico, which has been hard hit.
The WHO says most H1N1 cases are mild, with many people recovering unaided.
As the summit opened, the UK alone was projecting more than 100,000 new cases of H1N1 a day by the end of the summer.
As the peak of the flu season approaches in South America, some areas have declared a public health emergency.
El Salvador reported its first death from swine flu, a day after Paraguay reported its first fatality.
'Mild symptoms'
"As we see today, with well over 100 countries reporting cases, once a fully fit pandemic virus emerges, its further international spread is unstoppable," Dr Chan said in her opening remarks.
 A hospital in Athens, Greece, has been quarantined for swine flu |
She stressed that the overwhelming majority of patients experienced mild symptoms and made a full recovery within a week, often in the absence of any form of medical treatment.
The exceptions, she said, were pregnant women and people with underlying health problems, who were at higher risk from complications from the virus and should be monitored if they fell ill.
"For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care," Dr Chan said.
Turning to the summit venue, the WHO chief added: "Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit."
Leaders and experts from 50 countries are in Cancun for the two-day meeting to discuss strategies for combating the virus.
It has been more than two months since the initial alert over swine flu.
Since then, the H1N1 virus has entered more than 100 countries, infected more than 70,000 people and killed more than 300 worldwide.
Authorities across South America are becoming increasingly concerned as the peak flu season approaches, the BBC's Andy Gallacher reports from Cancun.
Schools across Argentina have sent students home and pregnant women have been told they can take two weeks off work to avoid contracting the virus.
It is hoped the Cancun meeting will address many of the issues that might help slow the spread of swine flu but, our correspondent adds, many people are concerned that an effective vaccine has still not been developed.
 North Korea is thought to have thousands of missiles |
North Korea has tested four short-range missiles, South Korean media say, amid speculation it may be planning to launch another long-range missile.
The North test-fired other missiles earlier this week and has incurred fresh UN sanctions since holding a second underground nuclear test in May.
Two of the latest missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan, South Korea's defence ministry said.
They are believed to have been Scuds with a range of 500km (312 miles).
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the first two missiles had been fired between 0800 (2300 GMT) and 0830.
 |  Today's launches, which came on the eve of the US Independence Day, are believed to be aimed at political purposes  Unnamed South Korean official |
The third missile was fired at around 1045, South Korean news agency Yonhap said, and a fourth test was reported a few hours later.
"Our military is fully ready to counter any North Korean threats and provocations based on strong South Korea-US combined defence posture," the JCS said in a statement.
A South Korean defence official said Saturday's tests were of greater concern than Thursday's, as the missiles had longer ranges.
"Thursday's missile tests were apparently made as part of a military drill but today's launches, which came on the eve of the US Independence Day, are believed to be aimed at political purposes," the official told Yonhap.
Nuclear warhead fears
The BBC's John Sudworth in Seoul says the launches are seen there as part of North Korean efforts to ratchet up the tension.
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Japanese and South Korean media have reported that North Korea may be preparing to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Pyongyang is banned from testing ballistic missiles under UN resolutions but launched a long-range rocket in April, which many governments saw as a thinly disguised test of Taepodong-2 missile technology.
There are fears that North Korea is trying to produce nuclear warheads small enough to put on missiles.
After six-nation talks aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear ambitions broke down earlier this year, Pyongyang said it would "weaponise" its plutonium stocks and start enriching uranium for a light-water nuclear reactor.
On 12 June the UN Security Council approved a resolution allowing inspection of air, sea and land shipments in and out of North Korea suspected of carrying banned arms and weapons-related material.
The North has said it will treat any interception of its ships as a declaration of war.
|  A Nasa/Aster image of Death Valley   Enlarge Image |
The most complete terrain map of the Earth's surface has been published.
The data, comprising 1.3 million images, come from a collaboration between the US space agency Nasa and the Japanese trade ministry.
The images were taken by Japan's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (Aster) aboard the Terra satellite.
The resulting Global Digital Elevation Map covers 99% of the Earth's surface, and will be free to download and use.
The Terra satellite, dedicated to Earth monitoring missions, has shed light on issues ranging from algal blooms to volcano eruptions.
For the Aster measurements, local elevation was mapped with each point just 30m apart.
"This is the most complete, consistent global digital elevation data yet made available to the world," said Woody Turner, Nasa programme scientist on the Aster mission.
"This unique global set of data will serve users and researchers from a wide array of disciplines that need elevation and terrain information."
Previously, the most complete such topographic map was Nasa's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, covering 80% of the Earth's surface. However, the mission's results were less accurate in steep terrain and in some deserts.
Nasa is now working to combine those data with the new Aster observations to further improve on the global map.
Michael Jackson's father has said his family will wait for the results of a second post-mortem before finalising plans for the pop star's funeral.
Joe Jackson told reporters in Los Angeles the ceremony would have "some private" elements but "not [be] closed down all the way to the public".
US media reported that there could be a public memorial event at Neverland.
The results of a first post-mortem will not be released for several weeks while toxicology tests are concluded.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said there was no evidence of foul play after an autopsy on Friday, but gave no cause of death.
At the BET Awards ceremony on Sunday, Mr Jackson said he had "a lot of concerns" about the circumstances surrounding his son's death.
 Al Sharpton was joined by film director Spike Lee at the tribute |
US media reported that relatives were considering returning the body to Jackson's Neverland Ranch in central California, about 150 miles (240 km) from Los Angeles, where is would lie in state.
California Highway Patrol officials were planning for any delays if a procession did travel there, but said they had received no formal information from the Jackson family.
On Tuesday, an all-day tribute was held for the singer at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, where Michael performed with the Jackson 5 as a child.
Family friend Al Sharpton told fans: "He's bad, he's our brother, he's our friend.
"Let's love Michael today, let's love Michael today, let's love Michael today!"
As thousands queued outside, about 600 fans at a time were entering the venue to listen to Jackson's music, watch a video tribute and leave flowers and memorabilia.
Photographs
Meanwhile, pictures of the pop star's final rehearsal before he died have been released by concert promoter AEG Live.
Photographer Kevin Mazur, who captured Jackson's image several times in the 1980s, told the BBC: "He was happy, he was energetic, he was full of life.
"I had such an adrenaline rush, it was like the first time I photographed him, when he moonwalked."
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According to the legal papers filed on behalf of the family, Jackson died without a valid will.
But The Wall Street Journal reported that a will was drafted by the singer in 2002, which divided his estate between his mother, children and a number of charities.
Jackson left three children - Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, known as Prince Michael, 12, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II.
On Monday, Jackson's mother Katherine was granted temporary guardianship of the children, pending a further hearing on 3 August to determine whether she will be granted permanent custody.
The singer's financial affairs have been the subject of much speculation.
According to documents obtained by the Associated Press news agency, Michael Jackson claimed to have a net worth of $236m (£143m) as of 31 March 2007.
The papers said he had $567.6m (£345m) in assets, including his Neverland Ranch, his share of the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalogue that includes rights to the Beatles' songs, plus various cars, antiques and collectibles, AP reported.
 Dr Murray is doing all he can to help the inquiry, his spokeswoman says |
A lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor has denied that his client administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer's death.
Edward Chernoff told the Associated Press that Dr Conrad Murray "had never prescribed Demerol or Oxycontin".
He said any drugs that the physician may have given Jackson were in response to a specific health complaint.
He said the star still had a faint pulse and was warm when Dr Murray found him in bed on Thursday afternoon.
Mr Chernoff said: "He just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn't breathing."
"Trained doctor"
Paramedics were called to Jackson's Los Angeles mansion while Dr Murray was performing CPR, according to a recording of the 911 call.
Because Jackson was so frail, Murray "administered with his hand behind his back to provide the necessary support," Chernoff said.
He denied claims that the doctor may have botched the resuscitation attempt: "He's a trained doctor," Chernoff said, "He knows how to administer CPR."
On Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department said they did not intend to speak to Dr Murray again.
Michael Jackson's family are said to be seeking a second autopsy because they still have questions about his death.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said there was no evidence of foul play after an autopsy on Friday, but gave no cause of death.
It said the results of toxicology tests could take weeks to come back.
A spokesman for the coroner's office said Jackson had taken "some prescription medication", without specifying which.
Unconfirmed reports suggest the 50-year-old singer had been taking a daily dose of Demerol, a painkiller also widely known as pethidine.
A woman who worked for Jackson for 17 years - 12 of those as nanny to his children - is quoted as saying he took combinations of drugs.
"I had to pump his stomach many times. He always mixed so much of it," Grace Rwaramba, 42, said in remarks reported by The Sunday Times.
"There was one period that it was so bad that I didn't let the children see him."
Jackson's body was released to the family on Friday night.
A spokeswoman for Dr Murray said he had been interviewed for three hours by police on Saturday.
Miranda Sevcik said the doctor had "helped identify the circumstances around the death of the pop icon and clarified some inconsistencies".
"Investigators said the doctor is in no way a suspect and remains a witness to this tragedy," she said.
'Darkest moment'
She told the BBC that Dr Murray "feels so deeply about his relationship with Michael Jackson that anything he can do to help this investigation come to a resolution, he is doing".
She said Dr Murray had travelled in the ambulance with Jackson after he collapsed last Thursday, had stayed for hours at the hospital comforting the family and would stay in Los Angeles to help with the police inquiry.
Dr Murray had been hired by Jackson in May to accompany him as he prepared to embark on a gruelling series of 50 concerts in London in July.
| MICHAEL JACKSON 1958-2009  Full name: Michael Joseph Jackson Born: August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, US Also known as: The King of Pop, Wacko Jacko Biggest hits: I Want You Back, Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, Billie Jean, Bad, Black or White, Earth Song Sold:750 million albums Earned:$700 million (estimated)  Obituary: Remarkable talent Twelve facts about Michael Jackson LA fans commemorate 'hero' |
The 51-year-old doctor is said to have tried to resuscitate Jackson until the paramedics arrived.
Earlier, veteran politician Rev Jesse Jackson, who has been counselling the family, said they had a flurry of questions of their own for Dr Murray.
"When did the doctor come? What did he do? Did they inject him, if so with what?" he said.
The civil rights leader claimed Dr Murray had gone missing in the hours following the singer's death, which raised "questions of substance that will not go away until they are answered".
"He owes it to the family and to the public to say: 'These were the last hours of Michael's life and here's what happened'."
He said the family were "clearly not satisfied" with the results of the autopsy so far, "that's why there's been the concern about an independent autopsy... which anybody would recommend in these circumstances".
Michael Jackson's father Joseph described his son's death as "one of the darkest moments of our lives".
"It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times," he said in a statement.
 Katherine Jackson is currently looking after the children |
The mother of Michael Jackson has filed for guardianship of his three children, according to court documents.
Family lawyer Londell McMillan said "I don't think there will be anybody who thinks there is someone better" than Katherine Jackson to be given custody.
He said the family had not heard from Deborah Rowe, the biological mother of Jackson's two eldest children.
The singer's youngest son was born to a surrogate mother whose identity has never been revealed.
Jackson, who died suddenly last week, left three children - Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, known as Prince Michael, 12, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II.
A hearing has been set to take place at Los Angeles Superior Court on 3 August, according to official papers.
They also show that Mrs Jackson has also petitioned to take over the children's estate, the value of which is unknown.
It confirms that they are currently staying under her care at the Jackson family compound
Ms Rowe's lawyer, Marta Almli, said in a statement on Saturday: "Ms Rowe's only thoughts at this time have been regarding the devastating loss Michael's family has suffered.
 Deborah Rowe was married to Jackson for three years |
"Ms Rowe requests that Michael's family, and particularly the children, be spared such harmful, sensationalist speculation and that they be able to say goodbye to their loved one in peace," she added.
Rowe married Jackson in 1996 but filed for divorce in 1999. She gave up custody rights to the children but sought them again in 2003.
They agreed a settlement in 2006 but the terms were never disclosed.
Memorial plans
There has been no announcement regarding funeral arrangements, although family friend, the Reverend Al Sharpton, said he would be talking to the family about how to honour the late pop star's memory.
He said the family wanted to hold memorials in key cities around the globe and also planned a memorial service for Tuesday at the Apollo Theatre in New York, where the Jackson 5 played.
Stars have already begun celebrating the life of Michael Jackson in Los Angeles.
 Dr Murray was Michael Jackson's personal physician |
Jackson's father Joe joined celebrities at the annual Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards show, which was hastily changed to honour the singer.
A Jackson 5 medley was performed and host Jamie Foxx attempted the Moonwalk.
Jackson's sister Janet took to the stage to thank fans for their support.
"My entire family wanted to be here tonight, but it was just too painful, so they elected me to be here," she said.
Faint pulse
Meanwhile, a lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor has denied that his client administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer's death.
Edward Chernoff told the Associated Press that Dr Conrad Murray "had never prescribed Demerol or Oxycontin".
He said any drugs that the physician may have given Jackson were in response to a specific health complaint.
He said the star still had a faint pulse and was warm when Dr Murray found him in bed on Thursday afternoon.
Michael Jackson's family are said to be seeking a second autopsy because they still have questions about his death.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said there was no evidence of foul play after an autopsy on Friday, but gave no cause of death.
It said the results of toxicology tests could take weeks to come back.
A spokesman for the coroner's office said Jackson had taken "some prescription medication".
 Madoff apologised for his crimes after hearing from his victims |
Bernard Madoff has been given the maximum prison sentence of 150 years for masterminding a massive fraud that robbed investors of $65bn (£40bn).
The sentencing was greeted with cheers and applause in the courtroom, while US District Judge Denny Chin described the crime as "staggering".
Madoff's lawyer had sought a more lenient sentence of 12 years.
The sentence came after the court had heard emotional statements from a number of Madoff's victims.
Judge Chin sentenced Madoff on 11 charges, including securities fraud and money laundering.
He said "the breach of trust was massive".
'Legacy of shame'
Before the sentencing, Madoff apologised for the "legacy of shame" he had brought on his family and the industry.
He turned directly to those in court who had been affected and said he was sorry. One person who lost money broke down in tears in court while giving evidence.
"Life has been a living hell. It feels like the nightmare we can't wake from," said Carla Hirshhorn.
"May your jail cell be your coffin," Michael Schwartz told Madoff.
The BBC's North America Business Correspondent Michelle Fleury said the length of the sentence was unexpected.
Victims would be pleased, she said, but this wasn't the end for them as they are still trying to recover some of their money.
Thousands defrauded
Bernard Madoff admitted defrauding thousands of investors in a Ponzi scheme which he said had been running since the early 1990s.
Madoff started his financial career aged 22 with $5,000 from money made from summer holiday jobs such as working as a garden sprinkler installer in New York.
He then set up Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities in 1960.
His firm became one of the largest market-makers - matching buyers and sellers of stocks - and Madoff served as chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Madoff's firm was investigated eight times by the US Securities and Exchange Commission over the past 16 years, because it made exceptional returns.
But it was the global recession which effectively prompted Madoff's demise as investors, hit by the downturn, tried to withdraw about $7bn from his funds and he could not find the money to cover it.
The list of Madoff's victims includes film director Steven Spielberg's charitable foundation, Wunderkinder.
UK banks were also among the victims with HSBC Holdings saying it had exposure of around $1bn. Other corporate victims were Royal Bank of Scotland and Man Group and Japan's Nomura Holdings.
But it is not just the elite and large firms who were victims of the fraud.
School teachers, farmers, mechanics and many others have also lost money.
Troops arrest Honduran president
Troops in Honduras have detained the president and flown him out of the country after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution.
President Manuel Zelaya was flown to Costa Rica from an air force base outside the capital, Tegucigalpa.
Mr Zelaya, elected for a non-renewable four-year term in January 2006, wanted a vote to extend his time in office.
His arrest came just before the start of a referendum ruled illegal by the Supreme Court and opposed by Congress.
There was also resistance within Mr Zelaya's own party to the plan to hold the vote.
Reuters news agency reports that police fired teargas at about 500 supporters of Mr Zelaya who had gathered outside the presidential palace.
'Arrested in pyjamas'
Protesters reportedly hurled rocks at the soldiers, shouting "Traitors", AP news agency reports, as tanks rolled through the streets and air force jets flew over the capital.
|  This was a plot by a very voracious elite, which wants to keep this country in an extreme level of poverty President Manuel Zelaya |
Early on Sunday, witnesses saw dozens of troops surround Mr Zelaya's residence.
In other developments:
• At an emergency meeting in Washington, the Organization of American States condemned what it called a "coup" in Honduras
• Mr Zelaya's ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, blamed "the Yankee empire"
• US President Barack Obama called on Honduras to "respect democratic norms, the rule of law"; the EU condemned Mr Zelaya's arrest
From Costa Rica, Mr Zelaya told Venezuelan TV that Honduran soldiers had arrested him in his pyjamas.
"I'm in San Jose in Costa Rica," he said. "I've been the victim of a kidnapping by a group of Honduran soldiers.
"This was a plot by a very voracious elite, an elite which wants only to keep this country isolated, in an extreme level of poverty. It doesn't care about the people, it's not sensitive to them."
The military's dramatic move came after President Zelaya defied a court order that he should re-instate the chief of the army, Gen Romeo Vasquez.
The president sacked Gen Vasquez late on Wednesday for refusing to help him organise the referendum.
Mr Zelaya, who under current regulations leaves office next January, also accepted the resignation of the defence minister.
'US opposed coup'
The referendum was to ask the population if they approved of a formal vote next November on whether to rewrite the Honduran constitution.
| MANUEL ZELAYA  Elected for Liberal Party in Nov 2005; beat ruling National Party candidate Has moved Honduras away from its traditional ally the US Enjoys the support of Venezuela's leftist President, Hugo Chavez A civil engineer and rancher by profession |
On Thursday, the Honduran Congress approved plans to investigate whether the president should be declared unfit to rule.
In an interview with Spain's El Pais newspaper published on Sunday, Mr Zelaya said a planned coup against him had been thwarted after the US refused to back it.
"Everything was in place for the coup and if the US embassy had approved it, it would have happened. But they did not," Mr Zelaya said.
The arrest of Mr Zelaya took place an hour before polls were due to open.
Ballot boxes and other voting materials had been distributed by Mr Zelaya's supporters and government employees throughout the Central American country.
The president has vowed to transform Honduras, saying the system currently favours the wealthy elite. But his opponents accused him of seeking to rule indefinitely.
Honduras - an impoverished coffee and banana-exporting nation of more than 7 million people - has experienced military coups in the past.
Soldiers overthrew elected presidents in 1963 and again in 1975; the military did not turn the government over to civilians until 1981.
No one knows exactly where Michael Jackson's problems stem from. But in the eyes of those who study behaviour, feelings and motivations, his unorthodox upbringing could go a long way to explain his troubled adult life.
Michael Jackson, who has died at 50, is known to have been a man who struggled with a host of inner demons.
Here, psychologists weigh up how the extraordinary childhood experiences of someone such as Jackson might shape a person in later life.
Michael Jackson's father Joe admitted to the BBC in 2003 that he whipped his son as a child.
 The child star at work in 1972... |
Violence occasioned by a parent on a child leaves lasting psychological and physical impact, says Peter Sharp, chartered psychologist at the British Psychological Society.
"Young people in receipt of physical violence have difficulty forming and maintaining long-term relationships," he says.
"They're 'anxious-avoidant', which means they will often take on what they know they can be successful in, therefore avoid challenges outside their comfort zones and may try to provide their worth by excelling and over-excelling in one particular area."
If that person thinks that to have affirmation and validity, they need to be successful at something, he adds, there is a risk that this is the only thing about them they define as worthy.
Peter Congdon is a psychologist who works with extremely intelligent or gifted children.
"It's well known that the best preparation for growing up is to live fully as a child. Parents of clever or talented children shouldn't forget this."
 ...and at rest |
Accelerated mental development, for example, slows down social and mental growth and the result can be a lop-sided and maladjusted individual.
Parental expectations bring undue pressure on children - one of Mr Congdon's clients is a boy who is being groomed to become an actor and already he is talking about buying his parents a house.
Another man took his teenage child to the swimming baths every day at 4am in an effort to make her an Olympic champion, but it was making her unhappy.
Sometimes the pressure can be overwhelming, he says. "Philosopher JS Mill was taught Latin at three, Greek at four, wrote his first history book at 16 and aged 19 had a mental breakdown."
Jay Belsky, director of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues at Birkbeck College, University of College London, says: "With a gift, the issue becomes 'Am I loved because I sing and dance or because I'm worthy of being loved?'
"I think the child figures that out, not necessarily in a conscious way but does it register? Certainly."
Fire crews said the crashes left a scene of devastation
One person has died and 10 others have been injured in a series of crashes in thick fog on a stretch of the A19 in County Durham.
The first crash, involving two fuel tankers, two lorries and a car happened on the southbound carriageway between Peterlee and Wellfield on Friday night.
While police and fire crews dealt with the incident, there were two further collisions involving 21 vehicles.
It is thought the person killed was in a car trapped between the two tankers.
No details about their identity have been released.
| Thick fog on the east coast is thought to have been a contributory factor Durham Police spokesman |
The second crash, on the northbound carriageway, involved 18 vehicles, and the third - on the Wellfield Sliproad - involved three vehicles, including a police car.
A police spokesman said: "Thick fog on the east coast is thought to have been a contributory factor in what happened and police are urging drivers to avoid the area."
David Turnbull, the fire officer in charge, said emergency crews helped rescue five people who were trapped in vehicles.
He said crews stationed close to the scene heard a series of loud bangs.
"When they responded they found absolute devastation on the fly-over adjacent to the fire station - 20 to 30 cars, a large number of HGVs, two petrol tankers and a large number of people trapped."
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He added: "It could have been a lot worse. When you have a scene like that, with so many vehicles involved, it's surprising more people weren't seriously hurt."
The North East Ambulance Service said a man, aged 47, suffered abdominal and shoulder injuries, while a 50-year-old man sustained head injuries.
They were taken to Sunderland Royal Hospital, along with two other men in their late teens and two women with two children, who all suffered minor injuries.
Another man, aged 25, and a 27-year-old man, both with back and neck injuries, were taken to North Tees General Hospital.
Work to clear the wreckage has been ongoing, and crews had to cut away a 20m (66ft) section of the central barrier so vehicles could be pulled away from the crush.
Fire crews were also draining the tankers of fuel to allow them to be moved.
The A19 is expected to remain closed in both directions for several hours.
 Hummer had thrived from its military image and demand for large cars |
A Chinese firm's bid to buy the gas-guzzling Hummer car brand will be blocked on environmental grounds, according to Chinese state radio.
Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery emerged as the surprise buyer for the brand earlier this year.
But China National Radio said Hummer is at odds with the country's planning agency's attempts to decrease pollution from Chinese manufacturers.
But Sichuan Tengzhong disputed the accuracy of the radio report.
"The fact that it is from an article from a state media organisation does not mean it is government policy," the company said in a statement.
"Some people may have views and speculation, but the Chinese government has a process that we respect."
The acquisition from General Motors needs Chinese regulatory approval.
'Lacks expertise'
The value of the bid was not disclosed at the time, but analysts say that GM would have made about $100m (£61m) from the sale.
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will also block Sichuan Tengzhong from buying Hummer because the Chinese construction equipment maker lacks expertise in car production, the state radio added.
Sichuan Tengzhong said: "The view expressed on China National Radio's website did not quote or source anyone at NDRC."
"We do not yet have a definitive agreement, but are developing our proposals with GM and Hummer and we will continue to engage with the appropriate authorities in an appropriate manner."
Hummers were originally built as military off-road vehicles by a company called AM General.
GM bought the Hummer brand in 1999.
The brand took off as US consumers flocked to large cars and sport utility vehicles and were favoured by celebrities including Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But sales have suffered as the military image has become less popular and petrol prices surged.
Hummers weigh up to five tons and have fuel consumption of around 15 miles per gallon.
The sale of Hummer, known as "Han Ma" or Bold Horse in China, has been part of GM's plan to reinvent itself by concentrating on fewer brands.
