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These English Grammar Games are listed in alphabetical order:

A vs An - The difference between A and AN

Adjectives ending in -ED and -ING - The difference between adjectives ending in -ed and adjectives ending in -ing

Adjectives with Prepositions - which prepositions go with different adjectives and the different meanings and contexts of them

Adjective Word Order - Basic - Simple word order of Adjectives

Adverbs of Frequency - Word Order - The correct order when using adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of Indefinite Frequency - Always, Usually, Often, Seldom and more

Adverbs vs. Adjectives - The difference between Adverbs and Adjectives

Another vs. Other vs. Others - The difference between Another, Other and Others

Both, Either and Neither - The difference between Both, Either Neither

Can - Can't - Cannot

Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns - The difference between Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

Comparatives & Superlatives - Bigger or More Big?

Concrete Nouns vs Abstract Nouns - The difference between Concrete Nouns and Abstract Nouns

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Do - Does - Did - Done - The difference between Do, Does, Did and Done.

Have - Has - Go - Goes - The difference between these two verbs

Like and As -The difference between Like, As and As if

Much - Many - A lot of - Few - The difference between these words

Neither + Auxiliary + Subject - Using Neither with the correct tense

Noun + To Be + Noun - Basic sentence structure

Object Pronouns

Passive Voice

Past Participles

Past Tense - Irregular Verbs

Plural Nouns - Both regular and irregular plural forms

Possessive Adjectives - Simple version

Possessive Adjectives 2 - Less simple version

Possessive Pronouns

Prepositions - Mixed

Prepositions of Time (At, On, In) - When to use the prepositions AT, ON and IN when referring to time

Present Tense vs. Progressive Tense - The difference between the Present Tense and the Progressive.

Present vs. Progressive vs. Past Tense

Pronouns - Object vs. Reflexive

Pronunciation of ED in English - 20 Questions. Is it pronounced /id/ /t/ or /d/ ?

Pronunciation of ED in English 2 - 50 Questions. Is it pronounced /id/ /t/ or /d/ ?

Question Tags

Question Words 1 - Who When Why How etc.

Question Words 2

Short Answers - Past Tense

Short Answers - Present Tense

Short Answers - To Be

Simple Present Tense - The correct use of verbs and Do and Does in the present tense.

So + Auxiliary + Subject - Using SO with the correct tense

So - Neither - Either

So vs Such - The difference betwen So and Such

Some - Any - A - An

Still - Yet - Already - The difference between Still, Yet and Already.

There is - There Are 1

There is - There Are 2 - In sentences and questions.

There vs Their vs They're - The difference between these frequently confused words.

This That These Those 1 (Demonstratives)

This That These Those 2 (Demonstratives) - This game uses them in complete sentences and is a little more difficult than the game above.

To Be + Adjective - Complete the sentence with is, are, isn't, or aren't before the adjective.

To Be - Past Tense

To Be - Present Tense

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs - Is the verb transitive or intransitive?

Two - Too - To - Three commonly confused words that sound the same though have totally different meanings and uses.

Very - Too - Enough

Was vs Were - Was vs were in simple affirmative sentences

Was and Were in Questions Was vs Were in simple questions

Was and Were in Short Answers Was vs Were as short answers

Whoever, Whatever, Whenever - All of the -ever words including however, whichever.

Your vs You're - The difference between YOUR and YOU'RE in English

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These English Grammar Games are listed in alphabetical order: A vs An - The difference between A and AN Adjectives ending in -ED and -ING - The difference between adjectives ending in -ed and adjectives ending in -ing Adjectives with Prepositions - which prepositions go with different adjectives and the different meanings and contexts of them Adjective Word Order - Basic - Simple word order of Adjectives Adverbs of Frequency - Word Order - The correct order when using adverbs of frequency Adverbs of Indefinite Frequency - Always, Usually, Often, Seldom and more Adverbs vs.

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PER BOCCASECCA

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MODELLO MAPPA CONCETTUALE FORMATO WORD MODIFICA

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For Cailyn Cox, writing isn't just a hobby, it's her life. Passionate about Hollywood, she makes it her mission to find the most entertaining celebrity gossip for SheKnows readers. And when she's not enthralled in the celeb world, she's ...

According to the New York Times, the novelist who based her themes on the racial injustices within the country during the apartheid era died on Sunday in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Here are a few facts that you may not have known about her.
1. Ms. Gordimer was the author of more than two dozen works of fiction
Gordimer's works included short stories, political essays and novels. She continued to write for over seven decades. Her first book of stories was Face to Face in 1949, and her first novel was The Lying Days, in 1953.
2. She was not a political person, but could not ignore the injustices surrounding her
Gordimer explored every aspect of South Africa in her work and was not afraid to expose the injustices that existed within the apartheid era. Her work vividly outlined the restrictions on black people by the white minority.

"I am not a political person by nature," Ms. Gordimer once said. "I don't suppose if I had lived elsewhere, my writing would have reflected politics much, if at all."
3. She wanted to be a ballerina
As a child Gordimer had dreams of becoming a ballerina, but her love for dance was squashed by her mother's worries that something would happen to her because she was thought to have had a rapid heartbeat.
4. Three of her books were banned in South Africa during apartheid
The government wanted to censor what was going on in the country at the time, and Gordimer's work threatened that. Her novel A World of Strangers, published in 1958, was banned for 12 years. Another novel, The Late Bourgeois World, published in 1966, was banned for 10 years and Burger's Daughter, published in 1979, was banned for several months.
5. She was never detained or persecuted for her work
Although Gordimer's works conflicted with the South African apartheid government, there was never any action taken against her for her stories. Although, as mentioned above, some of her work was censored.
6. She was born to Jewish immigrant parents
Gordimer was born to Jewish immigrant parents on Nov. 20, 1923. The A World of Strangers author's father was a watchmaker and her mother was from Britain. Her parents did not have a happy marriage, as Gordimer revealed in an interview with The Paris Review in 1983.

"I suspect she was sometimes in love with other men," she confessed. "But my mother would never have dreamed of having an affair."
7. She has an older sister, Betty 8. Her work exposed the racial divisions within the country
It was thanks to Gordimer's books that international readers learned of the apartheid government's regressive legislation that discriminated between races.
9. It took her three decades before she ventured out of South Africa
According to the New York Times, aside from a trip to what is now known as Zimbabwe, Gordimer did not leave South Africa until she was 30 years old.
10. She married a dentist, and then an art dealer
In 1949 Gordimer married a dentist named Gerald Gavron, and while their marriage only lasted three years, they had a daughter together, Oriane. Gordimer then married art dealer Reinhold H. Cassirer two years later. They had a son Hugo together. Gordimer is survived by her son and daughter.

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things you don't know about nadine gordimer

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Nobel Peace Prize winner, activist and novelist Nadine Gordimer has died

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International Women's Day is a worldwide event that celebrates women's achievements - from the political to the social - while calling for gender equality.

It has been observed since the early 1900s and is now recognised each year on this day, March 8. It is not affiliated with any one group, but brings together governments, women's organisations, corporations and charities. The day is being marked around the world with arts performances, talks, rallies, networking events, conferences and marches.

The Telegraph is marking International Women's Day by launching a campaign urging the Government to boost female entrepreneurship in Britain.

Two hundred business leaders, entrepreneurs, Members of...

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International Women's Day 2018: How the event began and why the fight for gender equality is still necessary

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International Women's Day is a worldwide event that celebrates women's achievements - from the political to the social - while calling for gender equality. It has been observed since the early 1900s and is now recognised each year on this day, March 8.

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Per TESORO

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John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. Kids learn about his biography and life story.

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Montale per LAGRAST

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Composto nel 1954, Il sogno del prigioniero occupa, insieme con il Piccolo testamento, l'ultima sezione - intitolata significativamente Conclusioni provvisorie - de La bufera e altro (1956). Si tratta di una cupa allegoria, fitta di riferimenti danteschi, alla realtà della guerra fredda e agli orrendi crimini delle dittature totalitarie nel corso del Novecento, cui si oppongono, come strenua difesa, i valori umani dell'amore e della poesia.

Considerando l'anno a cui risale la raccolta poetica in cui questo componimento figura, la critica ha infatti riconosciuto nel "prigioniero" montaliano un recluso dei campi di sterminio nazisti, o dei gulag staliniani, di cui in quegli anni si scopriva l'orrore. Più verosimilmente il protagonista del componimento è invece il poeta stesso - o meglio, un intellettuale cui, di fronte alla realtà oppressiva del mondo, resta aperta solo la via del sogno. La condizione di prigionia e di oppressione si riferisce quindi a tutta l'umanità, che vive intrappolata tra le trame della società moderna. L'uomo è conscio, come il prigioniero della poesia, che l'unico modo per sopravvivere a questa reclusione è la denuncia, il sacrificio della vita di qualcun altro per avere salva la propria. Il protagonista dei versi non sa ancora come si comporterà, e forse neanche Montale: se seguirà la sua morale o se si farà travolgere dal richiamo che la vita, con le sue attrattive, ancora esercita nei suoi confronti. Lo stile de Il sogno del prigioniero si modella su questa disperazione esistenziale: il ricorso al pluristilismo (evidente in alcune scelte lessicali: "battifredi", v. 2; "obiurga", v. 14; "Iddii pestilenziali", v. 17; "buccellati", v. 25) e la sintassi involuta e complessa vogliono appunto trasmettere l'idea di un "male di vivere" che, a partire dagli Ossi di seppia, ormai sembra derivare dalla Storia umana intera.

Gli unici momenti di speranza e positività che interrompono questo flusso negativo avvengono durante il riposo notturno, quando il prigioniero può finalmente sognare la donna amata, come leggiamo al v. 10 "se dormendo mi credo ai tuoi piedi". Ritroviamo quindi l'idea della figura femminile come figura salvifica, che riconnette il poeta al mondo e lo guida nella vita.

Metrica: versi liberi.

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Montale, "Il sogno del prigioniero": testo e parafrasi

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Composto nel 1954, Il sogno del prigioniero occupa, insieme con il Piccolo testamento, l'ultima sezione - intitolata significativamente Conclusioni provvisorie - de La bufera e altro (1956). Si tratta di una cupa allegoria, fitta di riferimenti danteschi, alla realtà della guerra fredda e agli orrendi crimini delle dittature totalitarie nel corso del Novecento, cui si oppongono, come strenua difesa, i valori umani dell'amore e della poesia.

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The Mafia is a crime group working in many parts of the world that was created in Italy more than 200 years ago. The mafia makes money from crime. They make billions of dollars a year from such crimes as making and selling illegal drugs, money laundering, from stealing, gambling and other illegal activities.

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Learn the history of the war fought between North Korea and South Korea with the United States, China, and the Soviet Union.

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Teens Smoking Pot Are More Likely to Be Paranoid and Hallucinate, Study Says

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Teens Smoking Pot Are More Likely to Be Paranoid and Hallucinate, Study Says

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Per Di Dedda

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The five-year study found that marijuana had serious ramifications on teenage boys' mental health.

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World War II D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy

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Kids learn about the history of D-Day the invasion of Normandy during World War II. American and British troops fight to free France.

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It probably took no more than a few seconds for Tiziana Cantone to begin the sequence of events that led to her suicide.

In April 2015, the 31-year-old from Mugnano, on the outskirts of Naples, sent a series of sex videos to five people via WhatsApp. The recipients included her boyfriend Sergio Di Palo, with whom she had an unstable relationship.

The videos showed her performing sex acts with a number of unidentified men.

"She was beautiful but fragile," remembers Teresa Petrosino, a friend for 15 years. "She was with the wrong people at the wrong time."

The videos were soon shared and uploaded to several adult websites. The physical actions on the tapes did not stand out. But a single sentence from Tiziana Cantone did.

"You're making a video?" she asked the man holding the camera. "Bravo!"

The words suggested an uninhibited young woman, who enjoyed being filmed during sex. By accident, the phrase gave viewers licence to watch the video without reservations: if she was so happy to be filmed, she wouldn't mind them watching.

But Italians did more than watch. Users soon turned her comment into a meme-worthy punchline. Her image appeared on t-shirts and parody websites.

No-one seemed to worry what the subject herself might think as she seemed so pleased about it.

But this was a profound misunderstanding.

"People confuse being an uninhibited person with wanting to go viral," says social commentator Selvaggia Lucarelli.

"You can film a video, share it with some people but there's a tacit agreement that you won't share it further."

Legal battle

Tiziana Cantone, a fragile woman, was horrified.

"She and I never actually spoke about the details of the video," says her friend Teresa. "I never saw them, and I never want to see them. You could tell she was suffering a lot. But she was strong."
Read more here: How Italians reacted to Tiziana's death
Ms Cantone decided to fight back. But there was no immediate way to get the videos taken down.

She took the case to court, arguing the tapes were uploaded to public sites without her consent. By this time, she was no longer able to live a normal life.

"She didn't want to go out as people would recognise her. She realised that the virtual world and the real world were the same thing," Teresa explains.

"She understood at some point that the situation would never be resolved; that a potential husband, her potential children could find those videos; that they would never disappear."

Tiziana Cantone retreated to her family home in a quiet street in Mugnano, a working-class suburb of Naples.

It took her mother, Maria Teresa Giglio, weeks to find the strength to tell reporters about her daughter's life.

"My daughter was a good girl but she was also vulnerable," she told the BBC. "She lacked a paternal figure, from birth. She never met her father. This affected her entire life."

Mother and daughter lived together. In happier times, Tiziana listened to Italian singers, read novels and played the piano. But after the intimate videos were shared online, she withdrew.

"Her life was ruined, in front of everyone," says her mother. "People made fun of her, parodies ended up on pornographic websites. She was called shameful names."

In September, a court in Naples ordered the intimate videos to be removed from several websites and search engines. But the court also ordered her to pay €20,000 (£17,200, $21,600) in legal costs.

It was all too much.

On 13 September 2016, Maria Teresa Giglio went to work at the local town hall. Her daughter stayed at home.

Ms Giglio received a phone call at work.

"My sister-in-law called me, and in a calm voice told me to come home; when I got here I saw the police, the ambulance, and I quickly understood," she says, breaking down.

"My sister-in-law tried to pick her up and save her. My neighbours didn't allow me to get out of my car. I almost fainted. They didn't want to let me into this house. I wasn't even able to see her for a last time.

"The day she died, my life ended."

One day later, Maria Teresa Giglio buried her daughter in a white coffin. The notice outside the funeral described her as a "sweet, beautiful, fragile angel".

Who posted the videos?

There is a sad paradox at the heart of Tiziana Cantone's death. By taking her own life, she drew even more attention to the videos she hoped everyone might forget.

Her mother has forced herself to watch the tapes.

"You can only imagine what it is like. I wanted to see details that would allow me to understand the truth. That was not my Tiziana," she says, convinced that her daughter was under the effect of drugs.

She believes that the distribution of the videos didn't happen by chance.
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"It's as if this was a premeditated, criminal plan. They just wanted to show the face of this poor girl, with the intention of exposing her on the internet."

In particular, Ms Giglio wants her daughter's former boyfriend, Mr Di Palo, to explain exactly what role he had in the sharing of the videos.

"He didn't help me to save her life. But maybe he can help me get to the truth. I'm desperate."

In November 2016, prosecutors questioned Mr Di Palo for 10 hours. They wanted to know whether anyone was guilty of inciting Tiziana's suicide. Mr Di Palo declined our request for an interview.

"We refrain from making comments, out of respect for poor Tiziana who suffered so much due to the enormous publicity that her case received," says Bruno Larosa, Mr Di Palo's lawyer. "We trust the courts and it should be noted that my client is not accused of anything."

Legacy of Tiziana's death

In the aftermath of Tiziana Cantone's suicide, the tone of Italy's debate about pornography and privacy has changed.

"I think this case did make a difference, quite drastically, to the way that Italian journalists talk about these cases of revenge porn," says social commentator Selvaggia Lucarelli.

"They used to have a very carefree approach, and her death changed it. In subsequent cases, one of them involving a celebrity, they were a lot more cautious."

But there is also a lesson for anyone who chooses to share intimate videos online.

"People think that their virtual life and their real life are parallel realities," warns Ms Lucarelli. "They're not. They coincide. The web is our life. So anything that you don't do in real life you shouldn't do online."

Tiziana's videos can no longer be found on the main search engines but they still exist.

Her mother wants Italy and the rest of the EU to agree a much faster way to get private material removed from the internet and make the big internet firms act responsibly.

"I speak on behalf of other mothers who may be suffering like me," she says.

Italy's privacy tsar, Antonello Soro, agrees things have to change but does not specify what the government might do.

"We need a quicker response mechanism from different online platforms, but it is also necessary to increase respect online," he said in a statement. "We need strong investment in digital education to promote a culture and sensibility that are adequate to the new online world."

For Tiziana's mother, life is now a fight to defend her daughter's name, and to prevent others from suffering the same fate.

"I hope that the name Tiziana Cantone, instead of standing for mockery, becomes a name that could save the lives of other women. I would like this to happen. To save other people."
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In the UK:
Telefono Amico is a confidential helpline for anyone struggling to cope; in Italy, dial 199 284284

Samaritans is available 24 hours a day providing a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential

Phone: 116 123; email: jo@samaritans.org

Safeline provides free support and counselling for survivors of sexual abuse or rape

Phone: 0808 8005008

UK Safer Internet Centre provides safety tips and advice for children and young people stay safe online.

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It probably took no more than a few seconds for Tiziana Cantone to begin the sequence of events that led to her suicide. In April 2015, the 31-year-old from Mugnano, on the outskirts of Naples, sent a series of sex videos to five people via WhatsApp.

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Holocaust survivor Frank Bright saw mother led to gas chamber - BBC News

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A Holocaust survivor told of the moment he saw his mother led to a gas chamber in Auschwitz.

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Anis Amri, the jihadist who rammed a lorry into a crowd at a Berlin market on 19 December, died days later in an exchange of fire with Italian police in Milan.

The fact that Europe's most-wanted man was able to evade capture for three days, crossing several borders to get from Germany to Italy, has raised questions about security.

Stage one of the escape - the Netherlands?

The missing piece in the puzzle hangs over where Amri headed immediately after the attack.

Dutch police are investigating whether the Netherlands was Amri's first stop, before he went on to Paris and then Italy.

Their suspicions are centred around a Sim card found in Amri's backpack issued between 20 and 22 December in one of three possible Dutch cities - Breda, Zwolle and Nijmegen, Italian media reported.

Police believe he was spotted on CCTV in Nijmegen station and was probably handed the Sim card there.

In the aftermath of the attack German police searched a refugee centre in Emmerich, just across the border at Nijmegen.

Stage two - France

Train tickets found on Amri after he died show he travelled through France.

The first was for a journey from the city of Lyon to Chambery, in the French Alps, on Thursday afternoon.

CCTV footage has been released of him at Lyon-Part-Dieu station, before he apparently boarded a train to leave the city.

Stage three - Italy

Another train ticket, for later that day, was from Chambery for Milan, with some reports that he stopped in Turin on the way.

Police have produced a picture of Amri at Milan central station, three hours before was shot dead.

The fugitive is said to have arrived at in Milan at 01:00 on 23 December. From the main station, he made his way to the suburb of Sesto San Giovanni.

Stage four - Possible escape route

Investigators are trying to find out if the gunman was in contact with anyone in Italy, and what his next destination was should he have evaded capture.

He had around €150 (£128) in cash, according to reports, and no food or extra clothing in his backpack. One theory is that he was aiming to take a bus to the Balkans or southern Italy.

But by the time he arrived in Milan, it was clear the authorities had lost his trail.

It was only a routine police stop that led to his death: he drew a gun, wounding an officer before being shot dead by another.

Security questions

While inquiries continue, foremost on many people's minds is the question of apparent security failures.

Germany issued a European arrest warrant for Amri on 21 December. Pictures of the suspect, along with his various aliases, were widely publicised.

France - which boosted security following attacks in 2015 - further reinforced checks at key transport hubs.

Opposition politicians including centre-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Eurosceptic National Front, were quick to criticise what they said was the failure of the authorities to stop Amri from entering the country.

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Berlin market attack: How did Anis Amri escape? - BBC News

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Anis Amri, the jihadist who rammed a lorry into a crowd at a Berlin market on 19 December, died days later in an exchange of fire with Italian police in Milan. The fact that Europe's most-wanted man was able to evade capture for three days, crossing several borders to get from Germany to Italy, has raised questions about security.

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What began as a peaceful uprising against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad six years ago became a full-scale civil war that has left more than 300,000 people dead, devastated the country and drawn in global powers.

How did the war begin?

Long before the conflict began, many Syrians complained about high unemployment, widespread corruption, a lack of political freedom and state repression under President Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded his father, Hafez, in 2000.

In March 2011, pro-democracy demonstrations inspired by the Arab Spring erupted in the southern city of Deraa. The government's use of deadly force to crush the dissent soon triggered nationwide protests demanding the president's resignation.

As the unrest spread, the crackdown intensified. Opposition supporters began to take up arms, first to defend themselves and later to expel security forces from their local areas. Mr Assad vowed to crush "foreign-backed terrorism" and restore state control.

The violence rapidly escalated and the country descended into civil war as hundreds of rebel brigades were formed to battle government forces for control of the country.

Why has the war lasted so long?

In essence, it has become more than just a battle between those for or against Mr Assad.

A key factor has been the intervention of regional and world powers, including Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Their military, financial and political support for the government and opposition has contributed directly to the intensification and continuation of the fighting, and turned Syria into a proxy battleground.

External powers have also been accused of fostering sectarianism in what was a broadly secular state, pitching the country's Sunni majority against the president's Shia Alawite sect. Such divisions have encouraged both sides to commit atrocities that have not only caused loss of life but also torn apart communities, hardened positions and dimmed hopes for a political settlement.

Jihadist groups have also seized on the divisions, and their rise has added a further dimension to the war. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance formed by what was once the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front, controls large parts of the north-western province of Idlib.

Meanwhile, so-called Islamic State (IS), which controls large swathes of northern and eastern Syria, is battling government forces, rebel brigades and Kurdish militias, as well as facing air strikes by Russia and a US-led multinational coalition.

Thousands of Shia militiamen from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen say they are fighting alongside the Syrian army to protect holy sites.

Why are so many outside powers involved?

Russia, for whom President Assad's survival is critical to maintaining its interests in Syria, launched an air campaign in September 2015 with the aim of "stabilising" the government after a series of defeats. Moscow stressed that it would target only "terrorists", but activists said its strikes mainly hit Western-backed rebel groups.

Six months later, having turned the tide of the war in his ally's favour, President Vladimir Putin ordered the "main part" of Russia's forces to withdraw, saying their mission had "on the whole" been accomplished. However, intense Russian air and missile strikes went on to play a major role in the government's siege of rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which fell in December 2016.

Shia power Iran is believed to be spending billions of dollars a year to bolster the Alawite-dominated government, providing military advisers and subsidised weapons, as well as lines of credit and oil transfers. It is also widely reported to have deployed hundreds of combat troops in Syria.

Mr Assad is Iran's closest Arab ally and Syria is the main transit point for Iranian weapons shipments to the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to support government forces.

The US, which says President Assad is responsible for widespread atrocities, has provided only limited military assistance to "moderate" rebel groups, fearful that advanced weapons might end up in the hands of jihadists. The US has conducted air strikes on IS in Syria since September 2014, and, in the first intentional attack on Syria itself, hit an air base which it said was behind a deadly chemical attack, in April 2017.

Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, which is seeking to counter the influence of its rival Iran, has been a major provider of military and financial assistance to the rebels, including those with Islamist ideologies.

Turkey is another staunch supporter of the rebels. However, it has sought to contain the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militia whose fighters are battling IS as part of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance. Ankara accuses the YPG of being an extension of the banned Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

In August 2016, Turkish troops backed a rebel offensive to drive IS militants out of one of the last remaining stretches of the Syrian side of the border not controlled by the Kurds. Since then, they have taken control of some 2,000 sq km (772 sq miles) of territory, according to the Turkish military, and forced the US to deploy troops to the SDF-controlled town of Manbij to prevent clashes.

What impact has the war had?

The UN says at least 250,000 people have been killed in the past five years. However, the organisation stopped updating its figures in August 2015. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, puts the death toll at more than 321,000, while a think-tank estimated in February 2016 that the conflict had caused 470,000 deaths, either directly or indirectly.

Five million people - most of them women and children - have fled Syria, according to the UN. Neighbouring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have struggled to cope with one of the largest refugee exoduses in recent history.

About 10% of Syrian refugees have sought safety in Europe, sowing political divisions as countries argue over sharing the burden. A further 6.3 million people are internally displaced inside Syria.

The UN estimates it will need $3.4bn (£2.7bn) to help the 13.5 million people who will require some form of humanitarian assistance inside Syria in 2017.

Almost 85% of Syrians live in poverty, with more than two-thirds of the population in either extreme or abject poverty. More than 12.8 million people in Syria require health assistance and more than seven million are food insecure amid rising prices and food shortages. Households spend up to a quarter of their income just on water. Some 1.75 million children are out of school.

The warring parties have compounded the problems by refusing humanitarian agencies access to many of those in need. Some 4.9 million people live in besieged or hard-to-reach areas.

What's being done to end the conflict?

With neither side able to inflict a decisive defeat on the other, the international community long ago concluded that only a political solution could end the conflict. The UN Security Council has called for the implementation of the 2012 Geneva Communique, which envisages a transitional governing body with full executive powers "formed on the basis of mutual consent".

Peace talks in early 2014, known as Geneva II, broke down after only two rounds, with the UN blaming the Syrian government's refusal to discuss opposition demands.

A year later, the conflict with IS lent fresh impetus to the search for a political solution in Syria. The US and Russia persuaded representatives of the warring parties to attend "proximity talks" in Geneva in January 2016 to discuss a Security Council-endorsed road map for peace, including a ceasefire and a transitional period ending with elections.

The first round broke down while still in the "preparatory" phase, as government forces launched an offensive around Aleppo. The talks resumed in March 2016, after the US and Russia brokered a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" that excluded jihadist groups. But they collapsed the following month.

Turkey and Russia brokered another truce after the fall of Aleppo. In January 2017, they and Kazakhstan hosted the first face-to-face meeting between rebel fighters and government officials since the war began. That was followed by a fresh round of UN-mediated talks in Geneva, which UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said "achieved much more than many people had imagined we could have".

What is left of rebel territory?

The fall of Aleppo means the government now controls Syria's four biggest cities. But large parts of the country are still held by other armed groups.

Rebel fighters and allied jihadists are estimated to control about 15% of Syrian territory, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

US officials said in early December 2016 that there were 50,000 or more "moderate" rebels, concentrated in the north-western province of Idlib and the western Aleppo countryside.

Rebels also control smaller areas in the central province of Homs, the southern provinces of Deraa and Quneitra, and the eastern Ghouta agricultural belt outside Damascus.

Kurdish forces, who say they support neither the government nor the opposition, meanwhile control much of Syria's border with Turkey, as well as a large part of the country's north-east.

And although they have suffered extensive losses in the past two years, IS militants still hold large parts of central and northern Syria, including the city of Raqqa.

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What began as a peaceful uprising against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad six years ago became a full-scale civil war that has left more than 300,000 people dead, devastated the country and drawn in global powers.

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China's President Xi Jinping has called for a "peaceful" resolution to tensions over North Korea, in a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Chinese state media said.

On Tuesday Mr Trump tweeted that the US was not afraid of acting alone on North Korea if China would not help.

Tensions have risen on the Korean peninsula after the dispatch of US warships to the region.

North Korea reacted with anger, saying it would defend itself "powerfully".

Mr Xi and Mr Trump had met in person just last weekend at a summit in Florida where they discussed North Korea.

Their phone call took place on Wednesday morning, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The White House has not released any details.

During the conversation, Mr Xi said China "is committed to the target of denuclearisation on the peninsula, safeguarding peace and stability on the peninsula, and advocates resolving problems through peaceful means," CCTV said.

Earlier on Wednesday, editorials published by Chinese state media outlet Global Times called on North Korea to "hit the brakes for peace", noting that the US "doesn't plan to co-exist with a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.

"Pyongyang can continue its tough stance, however, for its own security, it should at least halt provocative nuclear and missile activities. Pyongyang should avoid making mistakes at this time."

'North Korea is looking for trouble'

The call came hours after Mr Trump tweeted on Tuesday about his earlier meeting with Mr Xi.

"I explained to the President of China that a trade deal with the U.S. will be far better for them if they solve the North Korean problem!" he said.

"North Korea is looking for trouble. If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! U.S.A."

In a Tuesday interview with US news channel Fox Business Network, Mr Trump also said: "We are sending an armada. Very powerful... We have submarines. Very powerful. Far more powerful than the aircraft carrier."

Earlier this week the Carl Vinson Strike Group, which comprises an aircraft carrier and other warships, was diverted from Singapore to the west Pacific, where it recently conducted exercises with South Korea's navy.

The Japanese navy has also planned military exercises with the US warships, the Reuters wire agency reported.

The ships' deployment angered North Korea, which said it proved Pyongyang was right to develop nuclear weapons to defend itself or use in a pre-emptive strike.

It added that the US showed "reckless moves for invading", and warned it would defend itself "by powerful force of arms".

North Korea has carrying out missile tests with increasing frequency in recent months, despite a ban on its nuclear and missile activity by the UN.

It claimed earlier this year that it was close to testing an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) carrying a nuclear warhead - which could possibly reach North America - although experts have cast serious doubts on such claims.

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China's President Xi Jinping has called for a "peaceful" resolution to tensions over North Korea, in a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Chinese state media said. On Tuesday Mr Trump tweeted that the US was not afraid of acting alone on North Korea if China would not help.

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French authorities have been scrambling to find shelter for 1,500 migrants left homeless after fire destroyed the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk.

About 500 people have been accommodated in gymnasiums but the rest, including unaccompanied children as young as 12, have been sleeping outside, NGOs say.

Candidates in the French presidential election have called for changes in migration policy.

Migration has been a key issue in the run-up to the poll on 23 April.

A spokesman for the centrist candidate, Emmanuel Macron, said an agreement with Britain that left the French acting "as its border guards" would have to be reviewed during Brexit negotiations.

His far-right rival Marine le Pen called a fight between Kurds and Afghans just before the blaze started as a sign of migratory chaos.

The Grande-Synthe camp was home to one of the largest groups of migrants attempting to reach the UK following last October's destruction of the "Jungle" camp near Calais, about 40 km (25 miles) away.

The number of people there had almost doubled and the arrival of more Afghans increased tensions with Kurds living in the camp, reports said.

Five people were hurt in a knife fight between Afghans and Kurds which was broken up by riot police. Another migrant was in a serious condition after being hit by a vehicle on a nearby motorway, Reuters reported.

A local official said the fires had been started deliberately following the clashes.

Sixty firefighters fought the blaze but it destroyed 70% of the densely packed wooden huts and left the site unusable.

France has reinforced its police presence in the area and Belgium has upped its border patrols to prevent migrants from entering its territory, the Belga news agency reported.

The French authorities have said they will speed up admission to reception centres for migrants wanting to apply for asylum in France.

Campaigners have called on both the French and British governments to improve legal migration routes.

Last week, some Grand-Synthe residents tried to block a nearby highway with tree trunks and branches in an attempt to stop traffic and clamber onto trucks, Reuters reported.

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French authorities have been scrambling to find shelter for 1,500 migrants left homeless after fire destroyed the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk. About 500 people have been accommodated in gymnasiums but the rest, including unaccompanied children as young as 12, have been sleeping outside, NGOs say.

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