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Pep Guardiola: Bayern Munich boss wants to coach in England

Pep Guardiola says he is leaving Bayern Munich to manage in England.

The former Barcelona boss recently announced he would not extend his contract in Germany when it expires at the end of this season.

Guardiola, 44, has been linked with Premier League clubs Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

"I want to experience a new city and I want to work in England," he said. "I have several offers from England but I haven't signed anything yet."

He added: "I have an opportunity to work in England. I think I'm at the right age and I feel it is the right move for me. That is the reason I have taken this decision."

Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had suggested Guardiola had already decided which club he would be joining next season, but at a news conference on Tuesday, the Spaniard said: "I haven't decided on a new club yet."

Former Real Madrid and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, 56, is taking over at the Bundesliga league leaders, with Guardiola describing the Italian as a "perfect choice".

Why is Guardiola in demand?

Barcelona's most successful manager with 13 trophies in four years including three La Liga titles and two Champions League trophies
Took a year's break before joining Munich in 2013, following the club's Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup treble under Jupp Heynckes.
Won league twice in his two full seasons with Bayern and are eight points clear in his third campaign - but yet to win the Champions League after being knocked out at the semi-final stage twice.
They face Italian giants Juventus in the knock-out round of Europe's elite club competition in February and Guardiola said: "Winning the Champions League would make my time here complete."

Which English club will Guardiola manage?

BBC Sport Online's chief football writer Phil McNulty looks at the options

Manchester United

It is almost inconceivable the most coveted coaching name in world football will not have been discussed as United plan for the future. Guardiola was considered when Sir Alex Ferguson left but he never returned their call.

He would be the dream choice at Old Trafford - but there is the lingering belief he is destined to join old Nou Camp cohorts Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano at Manchester City.

United may still hold appeal but would the club make the call knowing they might end up looking like they have been snubbed for their neighbours?

The clamour among supporters for Louis van Gaal to be sacked before the end of his three-year deal and replaced with an immediately available Jose Mourinho has subsided somewhat with Saturday's win over Swansea, giving United more time to weigh up their next move.

Manchester City

The Manchester City job appears to have had Guardiola's name on it for years - with the pieces seemingly put in place for his arrival at the Etihad.

All it needs is the nod from Guardiola himself.

Begiristain and Soriano are already in place and ready to welcome the man they worked with to bring such success to Barcelona. Guardiola's arrival would complete the managerial infrastructure you suspect has been the long-held dream to match the fierce ambition of City's Abu Dhabi owners.

Guardiola may yet be diverted off course by offers from elsewhere - perhaps Manchester United or even Chelsea - but all the smart money is on that dream ticket finally being in place at the Etihad at the start of next season.

Chelsea

Guardiola has long been Roman Abramovich's dream choice to manage Chelsea and it seems the Russian owner would be prepared to pay any price to get his hands on him at Stamford Bridge.

However, the Catalan has remained tantalisingly out of reach, perhaps put off by the revolving door for managers at Chelsea and Abramovich's lack of patience when results go wrong.

Guardiola and Chelsea has never seemed a natural fit, despite the perfect London location, and it would take all of Abramovich's pounds and powers of persuasion to make a difference as he searches for a successor to Mourinho.

It seems the overall package is key to Guardiola, not just finance, so Abramovich may be destined to miss out once more.

Arsenal

It may seem an unlikely scenario, but an Arsenal Premier League and Champions League double this season could usher in the moment that sees Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger moves upstairs, potentially paving the way for Guardiola to take on a London club that is built almost in tribute to his own footballing principles.

And if Arsenal fail to win anything, then maybe it might also be time for Wenger to ponder another role at the club he has served so brilliantly.

In many respects, Arsenal is the perfect fit for Guardiola. It has a 60,000-capacity stadium at a club that is fixed on a sound financial footing. It has the London location that would suit Guardiola and the perfect infrastructure in terms of training facilities and huge transfer funds available to spend.

If the situation arose, might not Guardiola prefer Arsenal ahead of all the other English options? It is the perfect job for any manager with fierce ambition and a desire for success.

Otišli u šumu na romantičnu šetnju, nisu očekivali na što će naići

Nismo očekivali da ćemo vidjeti takvo nešto u šumi koja nije privatna – izjavio je 35-godišnji Oscar

Par iz Engleske prošlog je vikenda otišao u romantičnu šetnju šumom na sjeveru Londona, gdje ih je dočekalo nešto što nisu očekivali – plantaža marihuane.

Oscar Lerin (35) i njegova djevojka tijekom šetnje skrenuli su sa staze nekoliko metara kako bi potražili gljive. No, umjesto gljiva pronašli su nešto drugo – 70-ak uzgojenih stabljika marihuane. – Bilo je smiješno, nismo mogli vjerovati. Nismo očekivali da ćemo vidjeti takvo nešto u šumi koja nije privatna – izjavio je Oscar, piše Daily Mail.

– Volimo prirodu i otišli smo u šumu Epping u šetnju i potražiti gljive. Šetali smo i šetali i ja sam pogledao oko sebe i pomislio kako to izgleda kao plantaža marihuane – rekao je Oscar i dodao da je miris bio toliko intenzivan da nije bilo sumnje o čemu je riječ.

Napomenuo je i da se plantaža nalazi u blizini šumskog puta, iza velikog grmlja. – Mislim da je bilo 60 ili 70 komada stabljika na površini od otprilike 15 do 20 četvornih metara.Tlo je bilo drukčije, tamo je bio najlon i na vrhu je bila drukčija zemlja – objasnio je Oscar.

Za šumu u kojoj je pronađena marihuana nadležan je grad iz kojeg još nisu dali komentar na otkriće plantaže.

PREDVIĐANJA ČUVENE VANGE Sve je pogodila, da li će se ostvariti predviđanja za 2016. godinu?

Kako prenose svjetski mediji Vanga je predvidjela pad američkih bliznakinja, uspon ISIL-a, černobiljsku katastrofu, cunami koji se dogodio 2004. godine. Naime, prema britanskom “Metrou“ ispostavlja se da Vangina predviđanja za 2016. godinu nisu tako sjajna.

“Ona je tvrdila da će američke blizance pogoditi metalna ptica, i da će doći do velikom muslimanskog rata, što znači da je ona predvidjela uspon ISIL-a. Prije nego što je preminula kazala je da će doći da invazije muslimanskih ekstremista, kao i da će Europa do kraja godine biti veoma ugrožena“, pišu svjetski mediji.

Pominje se i hemijsko oružje koje će ekstremisti upotrijebiti protv Evropljana.

Da li vi vjerujete u riječi baba Vange ili su u pitanju samo prazne riječi?

Barack Obama takes action over US gun laws

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US President Barack Obama is to widen background checks on buyers of firearms, in a series of measures to address gun violence.

The plans will be announced on Tuesday by the president, despite opposition from Congress to new gun laws.

All sellers who operate online or at gun shows will be forced to conduct background checks on potential buyers.

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said he would fight the executive actions "tooth and nail".

And several of his Republican rivals said they would erase the measures "on day one" if they win the White House.

At a gun show - North America editor Jon Sopel

One charming man I spoke to had a stall of fine old pieces, including a Remington rifle from the 1970s. Because he wasn't registered, all I had to do was show him a driver's licence - and answer this question: am I a felon or mad?

Say no to that, and all I had to do was hand over the cash and the gun was mine with as much ammunition as I could carry. And as he pointed out to me, if I lied, how would he know?

There were also individuals walking around the show carrying rifles and revolvers, with flags coming out of the muzzle saying "for sale" - again no restrictions at all for people who just wanted to flog their old firearm.

These are some of the issues that the president wants to address with his executive action.

South African Facebook post sparks #RacismMustFall outrage

South Africa beach goers — Image captionIt is a tradition in Durban to go to the beach on 1 January to celebrate the new year

Comments by a white South African woman calling black people "monkeys" have sparked widespread outrage.

On Facebook, Penny Sparrow used the word to describe New Year's revellers on Durban's beach because of the mess she said they made.

She was condemned by many on social media and the hashtag #RacismMustFall was trending on Twitter.

The South African Human Rights Commission is now investigating the comments,the News24 website reports.

Ms Sparrow took down the original post and replaced it with an apology saying that "everyone makes mistakes".

She tried to clarify her remarks in an interview with News24 saying: "I made the mistake of comparing them [black people] with monkeys. Monkeys are cute and they're naughty, but they [black people] don't see it that way, but I do because I love animals."

Leading politicians have also got involved in the row.

It emerged that Ms Sparrow is a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and its leader Mmusi Maimane tweeted that the "comments are racist. They are an insult to me and to our party."

The DA said in a statement that it has laid criminal charges against her "for infringing the dignity of all South Africans and for dehumanising black South Africans".

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula tweeted that Ms Sparrow was "an unrepentant racist".

An apartheid notice on a beach near Capetown, denoting the area for whites only — Image captionIn the apartheid era many of the nicest beaches were reserved for white people only

Spokesperson for the South African Human Rights Commission Isaac Mangena said that its own investigation could lead to legal steps, News24 reports.

"It is very concerning to the Commission that 22 years into democracy there are still comments and actions that incite and promote racism.

"These utterances have gone viral and angered many. They open the wounds of millions who were formerly oppressed by the apartheid government."

Apartheid, which legally enforced a racial hierarchy privileging white South Africans, ended in 1994 with the election of the country's first democratic government.

Catholic Church linked to Uganda child labour

During his November visit to Africa, the continent which now counts nearly 200m Roman Catholics, Pope Francis said that children were some of the greatest victims of Africa's historical exploitation by other powers. He also urged young Africans to resist corruption. But should the Vatican be doing more to put its own house in order? A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence that church land in Uganda is being used for child labour.

Alex Turyaritunga has first-hand experience of child exploitation, albeit of a more extreme kind.

"I was a child soldier, nothing can take that away from my memory," he tells the BBC. "I remember the war in 1994. I had a gun around my shoulder."

Today, Mr Turyaritunga is a nurse with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in Uganda.

He was raised in Kabale, a town nestled in the hills of south-west Uganda. Standing on the hillside, children play in Rwandan schoolyards on the other side of the steep inclines of Kabale.

But in the mid-1990s, during the time of the Rwandan genocide, it was the sound of war that echoed across the border.

young tea picker — Image captionFourteen-year-old Brian works on the plantation to earn money for school fees

After the death of his father when he was a young child, he says that he was lost and without direction until members of the Catholic Church helped his mother pay for his education and that of his four siblings.

"They helped me be what I am today," he says.

Now, aged 32, Mr Turyaritunga's view on the Catholic Church has changed.

Earlier this year, Mr Turyaritunga made allegations to the BBC about child labour taking place on Church-owned land in Kabale.

He alleged that children as young as 10 were working on a tea plantation on the land, and that the Catholic Church was profiting.

pope francis in uganda — Image captionYoung Ugandans welcomed Pope Francis to the capital Kampala in November

Child labour is without doubt a big issue in Uganda, where the UN estimates that there are three million child workers. The latest figures estimate that 30% of children aged between five and 14 are engaged in child labour, despite 14 being the earliest age where it is legal for a child to work.

When we arrived in Kabale, we were introduced to a supervisor at the enterprise who spoke to us on the condition that we kept his identity secret.

The supervisor told us that children did work on the farm.

Their pay ranged from 1,000 Ugandan shillings (20p; $0.30) to 2,000 Ugandan shillings per day.

The supervisor said that the land was owned by the Roman Catholic Church but it was in business with the supervisor's employer: Kigezi Highland Tea Limited.

When the BBC team visited the farm there were up to 15 children working along with adults from the local community.

Their work consisted of gathering young tea plants stacked at the bottom of a steep hill and carrying them up the steep hill to the location of the desired point of cultivation. Children were also tasked with weeding the rows of tea plants.

In an effort to determine exactly who owned the plantation, we went to the local land registry and sought proof that the land belonged to the Church.

secretary to the bishop — Image captionBishop Callistus Rubaramira's secretary denies there are underage workers on the church land

A local Catholic Church official confirmed to us that there had been "a business deal between the diocese and Kigezi Highland Tea" since 2013.

The official said that the decision to harvest tea came "through the financial sustainability plan committee" of the diocese.

Repeated attempts by the BBC to contact Kigezi Highland Tea Limited over the allegations went unanswered.

Armed with a copy of the land deeds, we decided to put our findings to Bishop Callistus Rubaramira, of the Catholic diocese of Kabale.

Just outside his residence, on Church property, we came across more children, one of whom was 10 years old, unloading tea seedlings from a truck. They were preparing for the next day's work.

When we asked them their age, one responded: "10 years". They laughed together, before returning to work.

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Media captionThe land is owned by the Church but leased to a company that grows tea

Children aged 10 working for a business run by both a church and corporation highlights the complexity of what Pope Francis calls an "authentic plague" on children of the world.

When we tried to contact the Bishop in his diocese, we were told that he was preparing to meet the pope. Calls to his mobile also went unanswered.

Father Lucien, his secretary, denied that child labour was taking place on the tea plantation.

So we called the Vatican instead and put our evidence to the Pope's spokesman, Federico Lombardi.

"I deny to have responsibility and duty to answer about this - if there is problem for the local church, I am not responsible for that", he told us.

Mr Turyaritunga, the one-time child soldier turned nurse and now whistleblower, believes child labour is a problem for the Church's highest office to solve.

"Child labour damages children psychologically," he says. "I feel the Vatican should wake up and revise the business policy of the Catholic Church - or else there is going to be danger."

He says that business and the Catholic Church should not mix without proper oversight.

"I feel at this time the Catholic Church is not ready for business," he says. "That's why I am calling for policy reform.

"And I know this policy reform will transform the community very well, because we will have no child abuse, we will have no child labour."