</form> The grandson of music star Neville Staples has been knifed to death at the age of just 21
Staples' 21-year-old grandson on his daughter Melanie's side, died at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire on Saturday afternoon
Fidel had been being found outside Club M in Hertford Place at around 5.30am on Saturday morning
He was one of two men found with stab wounds in the city centre. Another man, aged 23, was also found with stab injuries a short distance away in Queen Victoria Road just five minutes later
A 23-year-old man arrested in City Arcade a short time after the attacks on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, is in police custody tonight
A murder enquiry has now been launched by West Midlands Police. Fidel's grandfather, Neville Staples of The Specials and The Neville Staples Band, shared his family's devastation and shock on Facebook
He said: "We are truly devastated to announce the heartbreaking loss of my grandson Fidel (my daughter Melanie's son), who died today as a result of being attacked with a knife in the street
"We want to thank the hospital staff and surgeons at UHCW University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, who battled all day to try and save him
"My beautiful daughter Melanie and Christine Sugary, all the family and myself are still shocked by this tragedy, but would like to thank you for all the kindness and messages we have received
Thank you." Coventry stabbings: Man arrested after two people found with multiple wounds near Coventry nightclub The favourite Coventry musician had been due to play the main stage at Godiva Festival tomorrow afternoon with The Neville Staples Band
It is not known yet if the performance will go ahead. Others also paid their condolences to the young man
Godiva Festival tweeted: "We are all devastated to hear about the tragic loss of Neville Staple's grandson, Fidel, today
Thinking of you all at this very difficult time." Coventry Cathedral wrote a Facebook tribute saying: "News has reached us that the young man in question was the grandson of Coventry legend Neville Staples
"Our thoughts and prayers are with all the Staples family at this sad time." Tributes also poured in on Facebook
Erinn Maria wrote: "Really don't understand people , how could you take someone's life without a care in the world, how can you live with what you've done, another young lad gone another family hurting, rip fidel
" Angie Cannon added: "Rip Fidel."
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A few weeks ago, Russian Orthodox Church officials in Eastern Russia announced a project they
called "Bells Over Kamchatka."
The announcement appeared on the website of the church's local administrative center
in Kamchatka.
It stated that Orthodox priests would "carry out meetings" at all the children's summer
camps in the area before the beginning of the school year.
The website's story described one priest's visit to the Voskhod (Sunrise) camp.
It told how the clergyman spoke about the history of bells in the church.
He reportedly gave the children a chance to play another musical instrument — a miniature
carillon.
The visit was set up under a joint program between the local church and the Kamchatka
Krai Ministry of Youth and Education.
A week later, a man named Aleksei Nikolayev appealed to the local government for legal
action.
He was unhappy about what he saw as the church's effort to influence his 10-year-old daughter
at the same camp this summer.
"I didn't care about this until it affected me personally," he said.
"At summer camp, some priests spoke with my child and this made me mad.
I read about it first on [local news website] Kam24 and then, naturally, spoke to the child."
Kam24 reported on August 20 that children at another camp, Mettalist, had been baptized
with the permission of the camp officials.
In Christianity, the act of baptism shows that a person accepts Jesus Christ and has
joined the church.
As part of the ceremony, clergy usually place droplets of water on the person's head or
the body is briefly covered with water.
Nikolayev said, "I saw several publications on the Kam24 website about how priests carried
out a mass baptism of children at the camp.There were reports that members of the National
Guard were kissing some [religious] relics."
He said the relics were some sort of bones.
A spokesperson for the local church admitted in the Kam24 report that there had been baptisms.
The spokesperson said, "Fourteen children from children's correctional home No. 3
who were vacationing at the Metallist children's camp were baptized."
The church also reported that religious workers were appointed as godmothers to the newly
baptized children.
Olga Petukhova is the director of the Voskhod camp.
She told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) that she saw no problem with the church's
presentation to the children.
She said, "I was personally present during the entire lecture.
Father Boris Murzin came and told the children about bells in Russia and gave the children
the chance to ring a church bell.
I don't understand why some parents are reacting in this way.
After all, this is our history, part of our life."
The church refused to comment on the RFE/RL story.
Inna Zagrebina is a lawyer who specializes in church-state relations.
She is taking part in Nikolayev's appeal.
Zagrebina told RFE/RL that Russian law bars children under the age of 14 from being "drawn
into the activity of religious organizations."
Other laws protect children under the age of 18, she added, saying that the officials
are required to react to concerns from parents of such children.
Zagrebina said that prosecutors would likely be looking into the legal standing of the
event and whether there was "an agreement on cooperation" between the camp and the
church.
Nikolayev noted that last year, parents at his daughter's school were asked to choose
an elective class for religious and moral education.
He also said a few years ago parents were unhappy to learn that priests were teaching
in public schools.
"People got angry and wrote to the prosecutor and so on," he said.
"The priests stopped going to the schools.
Now they are going to the camps.
They don't give up."
I'm Jonathan Evans.
The U.S. Air Force is getting close to completing a base in northern Niger for armed drones
that will target militant groups operating in the area.
Auburn Davis, a spokesman for U.S. Air Force Europe and Air Force Africa, told VOA that
the base is the biggest U.S. Airforce-led construction project ever.
The total proposed cost of building the base is $98.5 million.
The base is in the northern city of Agadez in the Sahara Desert.
There, militants and smugglers find ways to go to and from Libya, Algeria, Mali and Chad.
About 650 military members will be deployed to the base once it is operational.
The U.S. military said an undecided number of military drones, including MQ-9s, will
also be sent to the base.
They are currently being used at another drone base in the capital, Niamey.
The U.S military says it decided to build the base in Agadez in partnership with the
government of Niger.
Nigerien Defense Minister Kalla Mountari confirmed that his government requested the Air Force's
presence to help the country in its fight against terrorists and international criminal
groups.
Some experts believe the construction of the base is a sign that the Sahel area of Africa
is becoming increasingly militarized.
William Assanvo is a West African coordinator at the Institute for Security Studies Africa.
He told VOA that the future base, "raises some concerns about foreign powers taking
roots in the Sahel to pursue national interests that are not always clear…"
Nigerien officials consider the Agadez base important for dealing with the growing security
threat of terrorism in Niger and nearby countries.
Niger's defense minister, Kalla Mountari, said the area between Agadez and his country's
border with Libya is large and unpopulated.
Militants are able, in his words, "to move about freely there."
He added that militants also use the area to move weapons.
Assanvo said he believes the move to Agadez could also be part of the U.S. military's
effort to have a quiet presence in the area — without leading to opposition from the
local population.
"This is important," Assanvo said, "given the clear opposition a significant part of
[the Nigerien population has] voiced about the increasing Western presence in the country."
I'm Phil Dierking
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.
Today we will talk about two of the world's most popular drinks — coffee and tea.
Now, many people are loyal coffee drinkers.
They cannot imagine starting their morning without — what some call — a hot "Cup
of Joe."
Some people hate coffee and prefer to drink tea.
Others enjoy drinking both!
Whichever you prefer, know that English has some useful expressions using tea and coffee.
Let's start with things around the home.
The table sitting in the middle of the living room (and usually in front of a sofa) is called
a coffee table.
We never call it a "tea table."
There is no such thing.
Even if you hate the taste of coffee and never set a coffee cup on that table, you would
still call it a "coffee table."
Naturally, a coffee table is the perfect place for a few coffee-table books.
These large books usually have beautiful pictures and are meant to entertain people or make
animpression on them.
They are among the first things visitors see when sitting down in the living room.
Many people use them as conversation pieces — you know, items that start people talking
about something.
Coffee, as you know, can help you feel more energized.
In fact, many people use coffee to wake up in the morning.
Pace the floor, stop and stare I drink a cup of coffee and start pulling
out my hair I'm drinking forty cups of coffee
Forty cups of coffee Forty cups of coffee, waiting for you…
And that is where we get the idiom "Wake up and smell the coffee!"
We say this to people who are not accepting a situation as it really is.
They are not being realistic.
They need to face facts.
You can say it to someone or about someone.
If you tea drinkers out there want to stay away from coffee expressions, you can also
tell someone to simply "get real" or as we said earlier, "face facts."
These two are more direct.
And while "wake up and smell the coffee" can be used in a lighthearted, funny way,
"get real" and "face facts" both sound more serious.
Let's hear how these expressions can be used.
A: Um, who was at the door?
B: It was Helen.
A: Ugh.
Did she ask to move back in with us … again?!
B: Yes.
She did.
A: That's the third time this week!
B: She apologized again for destroying some of the furniture during that party she threw.
And she made us something to eat — this cake.
She really wants to move back in with us.
A: That woman is unbelievable!
Does she have any idea how much damage she did?
Our neighbors are still unhappy about that party.
Next time she asks to move back in, let me deal with it.
B: What are you going to say to her?
A: I'm going to tell her to wake up and smell the coffee!
B: Uh, I don't think she drinks coffee.
A: You know what I mean.
She needs to face facts.
She is never, ever, EVER moving back in with us!
B: But she makes really good cake.
A: Ugh.
Get real, Meredith.
If you think for one minute that I would live with her just because she makes good cake,
then you need to wake up and smell the coffee, too!
B: Mm.
Coffee and cake are great together.
I'll start making a pot of coffee now.
A: (sighs) Well … she does make good cake.
Even if you love tea, we just don't say, "Wake up and smell the tea."
But don't worry.
For all of you tea drinkers, we have a great expression for you!
I like a nice cup of tea in the morning For to start the day you see
And at half past eleven Well my idea of heaven
Is a nice cup of tea [Binnie Hale singing "I Like a Nice Cup
of Tea" from 1937] If you really like something or are really
good at something, it is your cup of tea.
But not so fast.
That's not really the way we use today.
Yes, many years ago when the expression came into the language it was used in a positive
way.
But these days we almost always use this expression in a negative way.
So, you don't say that something is your cup of tea — even if you are talking about
your beloved cup of tea.
If something is not your cup of tea, you simply don't like it or are not good at it.
The cup of tea in the expression can mean anything.
If you don't like to go camping, you could say camping is not your cup of tea.
If you're not good at dancing, it is not your cup of tea.
In fact, if you don't like coffee, you could say it's not your cup of tea.
And actually, that would be a funny way to use this expression.
Now, some places are known for their coffee and others for their tea.
For example, Japan and China are famous for their tea.
Their tea culture has a long history and tradition.
And that is where we get our final expression for today.
Some famous Chinese teas are very pricey.
If you gathered all the tea in China, it would be worth a lot of money.
So, if you want to say that you are unwilling to do something … at any cost, you could
say, "I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China."
For example, if you are deathly afraid of heights, you could say "I would not skydive
for all the tea in China."
This expression is simply an exaggerated, or larger than life way of saying, "No way!
I won't do it!
I don't care what you offer me!"
Okay, we don't want anyone to accuse us of playing favorites.
We already heard a conversation using a popular coffee expression.
So, here is a short conversation with the tea expressions we just heard.
A: Tomorrow night I'm going out to a spoken word event.
Want to join me?
B: Spoken word?
You mean like a poetry reading?
A: Yeah!
It's really awesome.
B: Um … no thanks.
Spoken word really isn't my cup of tea.
A: Oh.
So, you probably won't be interesting in going to a three-day Spoken Word Festival
next month.
B: Not for all the tea in China.
A: So … that's a no?
B: Yes.
That's a big N-O.
And that brings us to the end of this Words and Their Stories.
Choose one of the expressions heard here and try using it.
Or share with us a coffee or tea idiom from your language.
You can do both in the Comments Section!
I'm Anna Matteo.
Since 1964, colleges and universities in the United States have used the Test of English
as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, to measure an international applicant's level of English.
Universities in English-speaking European countries began using the International English
Language Testing System, or IELTS, in 1989.
These two tests have been the main choices for English ability testing in higher education
admissions for international students, until now.
In recent years, several companies have developed new English language tests that are low-cost
and easy to use.
And they aim to do more than just offer greater choice in the admissions process.
Duolingo creates software that teaches users many different languages, including English.
In 2014, the company launched its own test of English language ability.
Jennifer Dewar works with Duolingo, helping to develop the test.
She formerly worked as an admissions official at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
The school is one of hundreds of colleges, universities and other organizations in and
outside the U.S. that now accept the test results for international admissions into
their study programs.
Dewar says Duolingo created the test to lower the barriers to higher education for people
worldwide, especially those in developing countries.
The TOEFL and the IELTS cost between about $180 and $240 to take.
They are given in a limited number of centers around the world.
Some test-takers have to travel to take the tests, adding to the costs.
Duolingo offers its test entirely over the internet for $49.
All test-takers need is access to a computer with a microphone, listening device and self-facing
camera.
"I don't think we're in a position, at this point, to continue to support those
barriers and not … make education more accessible for people all over the world," Dewar told
VOA.
The TOEFL, IELTS and Duolingo measure a person's English reading, listening, speaking and writing
abilities.
But it takes about 45 minutes to complete a Duolingo test, as compared to three or four
hours for the TOEFL or IELTS.
Dewar says it is possible because Duolingo uses artificial intelligence to adapt to test-takers'
abilities, using fewer questions to measure their skills.
David Payne is a vice president for Educational Testing Service, the nonprofit organization
that operates the TOEFL test.
He agrees that improving access to higher education is important.
But he says general English knowledge is not the only thing college and university study
programs require.
Schools need to know how successful a student will be using the level of academic English
that their professors will expect of them.
In 2015, researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia and Singapore's Nanyang
Technological University found the Duolingo test to be a weak measurement of that.
Payne said: "We would argue that delivering a high quality test to the academic market
provides the value that is necessary to make a really important decision.
And saving $100 to $150 on a test doesn't seem worth it, in terms of the relative expenseof
the test versus what you're going to pay for tuition and fees, and room and board."
In addition, he notes that test security has become an especially important issue.
In the last three years, there have been several cases in which people were caught lying about
their identities in order to take English ability tests for others.
Payne argues that there is still no technology that can better prove a test-taker's identity
than having them take the test in person.
John Segota is with the TESOL International Association, the world's largest professional
organization for teachers of English as a second language.
He says schools will have to do their own research to decide if any newer test options
can perform as well as traditional ones.
"It really comes down to a question for the … universities … about what's available,
what's the quality of the services and products that are available, and are they satisfied
with what's in the marketplace," Segota noted.
Segota added only time will tell if a given test is worse at measuring a student's likelihood
for success.
But in general, having choices is important.
Choice is exactly what made Duolingo and other non-traditional English tests appealing to
Emerson College in Boston.
The school accepts both TOEFL and IELTS results for its English language requirements.
Emerson also accepts the Cambridge English Assessment, the Pearson Test of English Academic,
and, as of 2017, Duolingo.
Michael Lynch is Emerson's director of undergraduate admissions.
He said, "We are interested in expanding our international presence … We do see ourselves
as a global institution.
… And … it really comes down to access for students, and options."
Many experienced language learners may see higher education as their ultimate goal.
But there are millions of people who are in the early or middle stages of English proficiency
who need to measure their progress, says Dana Alhadeedi.
She is the academic director for the EF SET, an English language ability test created by
the language instruction company EF Education First.
Education First started the free internet-based EF SET test in 2014.
The adaptive test takes 50 minutes and only measures a test-takers English reading and
listening abilities.
The purpose of this test is to give all learners a general idea of their current English ability
level.
"Because our test … can get English proficiencies for a large number of people at any given
time, and because of the accessibility of the test, we've found that it actually caters
to a lot of need out there," said Alhadeedi.
Companies, organizations and even governments have used the EF SET for their own purposes,
she notes.
This includes VOA Learning English, which has a partnership with EF to use the test
on its website.
I'm ¬Pete Musto.
And I'm Caty Weaver.
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Transfer news LIVE: Deadline day latest from Celtic, Rangers, Barcelona and Real Madrid - Duration: 6:10.
Celtic and Rangers are looking to wrap up last minute deals before today's deadlineReal Madrid and Barcelona are also on the lookout for late signingsBarcelona could make an audacious move for Manchester United star Paul PogbaChampionship sides can also sign players on loan todayRuben Neves Manchester United prediction Wolves star Ruben Neves is more likely to join Manchester United than Manchester City
Recent reports have suggested City and United are both keen on signing the Portugal international, although the Premier League transfer window is closed and won't reopen until January
It is believed that Neves' agent, Jorge Mendes - who has some United clients on his books - would make it easier to broker a deal
And Goater thinks United are more likely to sign Neves in the future. He tweeted: "@ManCity This is got go on Utd buy him all over it
#Disguise."Pogba update Paul Pogba is 5-2 to sign for Barcelona, with the bookies claiming people are backing the Manchester United star to leave
"Although a deal may not go through today for Paul Pogba to join Barcelona, punters are still backing the Frenchman to make the move to the Spanish giants in January or next summer," said Coral's John Hill
Pogba has had numerous bust-ups with Jose Mourinho during his time at Old Trafford
Juventus and PSG are also in the running for Pogba.Abraham to Villa today Aston Villa are set to sign Chelsea ace Tammy Abraham today
The Championship side are keen to bolster their attacking ranks. Steve Bruce can complete loan signings before today's 5pm deadline
And according to The Sun, Chelsea youngster Abraham is heading to Villa Park. They claim the 20-year-old will complete his move to the Midlands today
Choupo-Moting to PSG? PSG are set to sign Stoke ace Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting today
Goal claim the French giants are closing in on the striker before tonight's transfer deadline
The 29-year-old has been told he can leave Stoke following their relegation to the Championship
Goal add that Choupo-Moting has travelled to France to pen his PSG contract.Villa medical Aston Villa defender Tommy Elphick is having a medical at Hull today
Sky Sports claim the 30-year-old will be loaned out again this season. Elphick spent the second half of last season on loan at Reading
Hull look set to beat QPR to the centre-back, who won the Championship with Bournemouth in 2015
Celtic deal off? Celtic are set to keep Moussa Dembele as Lyon move on to another transfer target
The French and Scottish transfer windows close on Friday and Celtic are desperate to keep hold of Dembele
And while the striker is open to leaving Parkhead, a move to Lyon is in doubt as the Ligue 1 side assess their options
According to France Football, Lyon could now move for Fluminense attacker Pedro in an £18m deal after being out-priced in their bid to land Dembele
Rangers deal today Rangers look set to confirm two new signings with moves for both Joe Worrall and Eros Grezda close to being completed, the Daily Mail claim
They say both transfers will be finalised before today's deadline. Steven Gerrard has completely transformed the Rangers squad this summer, bringing in 12 players
That looks likely to increase to 14 once deals for Grezda and Worrall are done.Leeds sign Chelsea midfielder Leeds have signed Chelsea midfielder Izzy Brown on loan for the season
Leeds have enjoyed a fruitful transfer window and have got off to a strong start in the Championship
Brown played for Huddersfield Town during their Championship promotion charge two seasons ago
Chelsea duo Jamal Blackman and Lewis Baker are already at Elland Road.Barcelona's Pogba plan Barcelona are reportedly confident of luring Paul Pogba away from Manchester United but a deal may not be struck until next year
With the Spanish transfer window open until Friday, there could potentially be an opportunity to snap him up
However, according to Spanish paper Sport, United have told Barca he's not up for sale at this point
It is suggested the Catalan giants' players are "excited" about the possibility of the Frenchman joining them, but a deal is more likely to take place next summer
The prospect of a transfer, Sport also claim, could depend on how much United will hold out for Pogba
The Frenchman is reportedly keen on leaving in January though if things don't improve at United
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