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'Missing mum' body had head injuries

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 01 Februari 2015 | 16.50

1 February 2015 Last updated at 00:57

Post-mortem tests on the body of a woman - believed to be missing mother-of-four Samantha Henderson - have shown she was violently attacked around the head and neck.

The detective leading the inquiry into the death said police were "confident" the body was that of the 25-year-old.

She was last seen leaving Corfe Castle Primary School in Dorset on 21 January.

Her boyfriend Dominic Isom, 27, of Corfe Castle, pleaded not guilty to her murder in court on Friday.

The body was found in a lake at Ham Common in Poole on the same day.

Det Insp Neil Devoto, of Dorset Police, said a post-mortem examination had been carried out on Saturday afternoon.

"It confirmed that the victim had suffered a violent assault that appears to have been focused on her head and neck," he said.

"Detectives are confident the body is that of Samantha Henderson, the 25-year-old mother-of-four from Corfe Castle missing since last week. The coroner is aware of the death and formal identification by her next of kin is expected to take place this weekend.

"Although we have recovered a body and a man is charged with murder, it is still vital that people come forward with any information that could help us build a picture of exactly what happened."

Ms Henderson, who has children aged six, four, two and one, was reported missing on the morning of 22 January. Police said they wanted to hear from anyone who saw her blue Peugeot 307 estate car with the registration number HV04 ZFM being driven around the Corfe Castle or Ham Common areas from 15:00 GMT on 21 January.

Mr Devoto said: "Samantha's death has understandably shocked local people, who have rallied around her family, friends and neighbours in both Corfe Castle and her original home town of Poole.

"Her close family are being supported and regularly updated by specially trained family liaison officers."

Well-wishers have been leaving floral tributes and candles by a cross in Corfe Castle.

The people behind the Help Find Samantha Henderson Facebook page are looking to set up a fund-raising page for her four children.

Mr Isom was remanded in custody to stand trial on 13 July when he appeared at Winchester Crown Court on Friday.


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Greek PM offers olive branch on debt

31 January 2015 Last updated at 22:20

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he is confident that agreement can be reached with creditors over repayment of Greece's debts.

Mr Tsipras said in a statement issued to Bloomberg news agency that he had never intended to act unilaterally.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out debt cancellation, saying creditors had already made concessions.

Mr Tsipras' Syriza party won last weekend's election with a pledge to have half the debt written off.

Its new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has refused to work with the "troika" of global institutions overseeing Greek debt, which had agreed a €240bn (£179bn; $270bn) bailout with the previous Greek government.

The troika is made up of the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Greece still has a debt of €315bn - about 175% of gross domestic product - despite some creditors writing down debts in a renegotiation in 2012.

'Confident of deal'

Mr Tsipras said Greece would repay its debts to the ECB and IMF, and reach a deal with the eurozone nations that funded most of the bailout package.

"The deliberation with our European partners has just begun," he said.

"Despite the fact that there are differences in perspective, I am absolutely confident that we will soon manage to reach a mutually beneficial agreement, both for Greece and for Europe as a whole."

Greek economy in numbers
  • Average wage is €600 (£450: $690) a month
  • Unemployment is at 25%, with youth unemployment almost 50%
  • Economy has shrunk by 25% since the start of the eurozone crisis
  • Country's debt is 175% of GDP
  • Borrowed €240bn (£188bn) from the EU, the ECB and the IMF

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, chairman of the eurozone finance ministers' group, said he welcomed Mr Tsipras' comments.

"It is now up to the Greek government to determine its position on how to move forward," he said.

"Further decisions will be taken jointly in the Eurogroup in the coming weeks."

In interviews in the German media published on Saturday, Mrs Merkel said she still wanted Greece to stay in the eurozone but did not "envisage fresh debt cancellation".

"There has already been voluntary debt forgiveness by private creditors, banks have already slashed billions from Greece's debt," she told Hamburger Abendblatt.

Meanwhile, EU economic and financial affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici told the BBC's Hardtalk programme that the Greek government had to respect previous commitments.

Pierre Moscovici

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Pierre Moscovici: Greece's place is in the eurozone

But he added: "We believe that the place of Greece is in the eurozone, the euro needs Greece and that Greece needs and wants to be in the eurozone.

Greece's current programme of loans ends on 28 February. A final bailout tranche of €7.2bn still has to be negotiated but the new government has already begun to roll back austerity measures.

Mr Tsipras will visit Cyprus, Italy and France next week but has no plans to visit Germany as yet.

The full interview with Mr Moscovici can be seen on BBC World News on Monday 2 February at 0430, 0930, 1630 and 2130 GMT.


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Phoenix Nights actor Robbins 'stable'

31 January 2015 Last updated at 23:48

Phoenix Nights comedian Ted Robbins is in a stable condition in hospital after collapsing on stage during a show at Manchester Arena, the venue has said.

The performance of Phoenix Nights Live was cancelled after he fell to the floor during the opening night.

Members of the audience were then asked to leave the 20,000-capacity venue.

Robbins, 59, who plays Den Perry in the show based on the Peter Kay TV series of the same name, was described as "a fighter" by his sister Kate.

The actress, who was one of several family members at the show, tweeted: "My brother Ted was taken ill on stage. He's been taken to a local hospital.

"Thank you for all your good wishes and concern. He's a fighter."

She later added that Robbins' family were all with him at hospital.

'Stunned silence'

A Manchester Arena spokeswoman said the performance was stopped "so we could get Ted the help he needed".

The venue added in a statement: "He's been taken to hospital and is in a stable condition."

BBC journalist Ian Shoesmith was in the third row of the arena when Robbins collapsed shortly after the beginning of the second act, when he was performing on stage alone.

He said: "Everyone initially thought it was part of the act, but then my wife said: 'No, this is real, this is serious.'

"They brought the curtain down and then someone said everyone had to leave the building as there was an emergency going on. There was just a stunned silence."

Comedian John Bishop, who was also in the audience, tweeted: "Travelling home from Manchester with all of my thoughts and love with Ted Robbins, his family and the rest of The Phoenix Nights cast."

And fellow comic Jason Manford tweeted: "#PhoenixNightsLive was wonderful before it had to suddenly stop. Thoughts are with the legendary Ted Robbins & his family. Get well soon pal."

North West Ambulance Service said it was called to the Manchester Arena at 21:46 GMT to a male who had collapsed and that he was taken to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Robbins played the character Den Perry, the rival of Kay's character Brian Potter in the Phoenix Nights show, in 2001 and 2002.

Saturday night's performance was the first of 15 shows which saw the original cast of the programme reunited. Profits from the event are going to Comic Relief.

Robbins has also appeared in Brookside, Doctors, Holby City, Little Britain, Coronation Street. He is currently playing Barry Quid in the revival of Birds of a Feather and The Governor in CBBC programme The Slammer.

He presents a morning show on BBC Radio Lancashire.


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Pupils 'must know times tables by 11'

1 February 2015 Last updated at 04:10

All children in England will need to know up to their 12 times table when they leave primary school under plans announced by the education secretary.

And Nicky Morgan tells the Sunday Times pupils aged 11 should know correct punctuation, spelling and grammar.

She promises a future Tory government will extend schemes to send "superheads" in to failing schools.

Mrs Morgan wants England to be in the top five in the world for English and maths by 2020. It is currently 23rd.

She also wants the country ranked as top of the European league tables by the same year if the Conservative Party win the general election.

'Fundamental duty'

Mrs Morgan writes: "This aim is unapologetically ambitious. The speed with which we slid down international league tables under the previous government is one of the starkest examples of their failure.

"Returning us to our rightful place will be a symbol of our success. To achieve this, we will launch a war on illiteracy and innumeracy."

The Sunday Times says that as part of the proposed measures, children would have to pass tests in long division and multiplication before they start secondary school.

Key Stage Two tests already include questions on times tables and long division but pupils are not required to answer them correctly.

Mrs Morgan said: "We will expect every pupil by the age of 11 to know their times tables off by heart, to perform long division and complex multiplication and to be able to read a novel.

"They should be able to write a short story with accurate punctuation, spelling and grammar.

"Some will say this is an old-fashioned view, but I say that giving every child the chance to master the basics and succeed in life is a fundamental duty of any government."

The paper says that under the party's plans schools that fail to get every pupil to pass the times tables and writing test for two years running will face being taken over by new leadership teams and be forced to become academies.

It also says there are also plans to encourage heads of departments in good schools to temporarily swap jobs with counterparts in bad schools.

Mrs Morgan said the previous Labour government had failed a generation by leaving an education system "in which every third child left primary school unable to read, write or add up properly".

"This government won't tolerate failure in any school. The future of our children is too important for that," she added.


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Fund for mugging victim passes £200k

1 February 2015 Last updated at 05:51
Alan Barnes

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Alan Barnes: "I decided instantly, I wouldn't go back to that house"

Donations to a disabled pensioner who was mugged outside his home have now passed £200,000.

Alan Barnes, who is visually impaired, was left too afraid to return to his home in Low Fell, Gateshead, after the attack on 25 January.

Mr Barnes, 67, broke his collarbone when he was pushed to the ground.

Following reports of the attack, which police described as "disgraceful", the Help Alan Barnes online donation page was created on the Go Fund Me site.

Beautician Katie Cutler, who set up the page, said it showed "there are so many lovely people out there".

She said: "Not just people in the North East, but we've had people donating from Canada, Holland, down south, the USA, New Zealand.

"This person that hurt Alan is just a minority."

Katie Cutler

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Gateshead Alan Barnes mugging: Fundraiser 'in shock' over donations

Mr Barnes, who has lived with disabilities from birth after his mother contracted German measles when she was pregnant, said it was "just unbelievable".

"I've heard of fundraising for charities but I've only got a fractured collarbone, I didn't expect that sort of response," he said.

"Thank you doesn't really seem to answer it, does it?"

'Restored faith'

Ms Cutler's aim was to raise £500 but that was quickly passed and by Sunday it had reached £200,000 with more than 15,000 people contributing.

Many had left comments wishing Mr Barnes well and praising Ms Cutler for what she had done.

One person who donated, Geoff Poole, said: "The life of Alan Barnes will be improved and he will feel safer, not only because of the extreme generosity of the people donating, but also because of the selfless act performed by Katie, who took the time to help someone she doesn't even know.

"Well done Katie, you have restored my faith in human nature."

Patricia McAlpine wrote: "Hope you find a beautiful new home Alan and never have to worry about your safety again."

Ms Cutler said she was "over the moon" and could not believe people's generosity.

There had also been offers of practical help from plumbers, electricians, bathroom and kitchen fitters, carpet layers and people donating furniture, she said.

She also wrote on the site that businesses and schools had told her they were holding fundraising events for Mr Barnes.

"If people want to give this man money I think they should be able to whatever the total is," she said.


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Protesters back on Hong Kong streets

1 February 2015 Last updated at 08:10

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have returned to the streets for their first big rally since mass protests last year.

A large police presence was in force to deter protesters from reoccupying key areas of Hong Kong.

But protesters were not reported to be planning a repeat of the occupations that shut down parts of the city.

Last year's Occupy demonstrations called for fully democratic elections for the territory's chief executive.

China has promised the semi-autonomous territory direct elections in 2017, but ruled that candidates had to be vetted by Beijing.

Initial estimates suggested around 3,000 protesters marched through the city's upmarket shopping and financial districts, watched by about 2,000 police officers.

Analysis: Carrie Gracie, BBC China editor

How many marchers can Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement muster on the streets? Two months after police cleared the encampment from the heart of the city, today is an important test of strength for a movement which caught the world's attention last September with its youthful energy and idealism but which has since struggled to maintain a united voice and popular support.

From the point of view of the demonstrators, the fundamental question is whether Hong Kong's political destiny will be defined by its own citizens or by authoritarian rule from China.

The guarantees of a high degree of autonomy under the "one country, two systems" formula are being put to the test as political controls on the mainland tighten and Hong Kong's economic leverage diminishes.

Many demonstrators carried yellow umbrellas - the symbol of the political campaign.

BBC China editor Carrie Gracie, who is at the march, tweeted that police had told her it was "so far so good".

'Wake-up call'

Tens of thousands of demonstrators had taken to the streets in September last year, demanding political change.

There were violent clashes with police, and the final protest camp was dismantled in December.

One organiser of the latest march, Daisy Chan, told the AFP news agency it would show that last year's demonstrations were a watershed for Hong Kong.

"In the past years, these citizens were less political than they are right now. The Occupy movement woke people up.

"The rally continues to call out to people to join the democracy movement."

However, Lam Woon-kwong of the Executive Council, Hong Kong's top policy-making body, told local radio on Sunday: "You can't threaten the central authorities."

Before the march police had been wary of reports that there were no plans for protesters to reoccupy public areas, issuing a statement saying: "It is believed that those supporting the illegal occupation are likely to seize the opportunity to reoccupy roads which have been now reopened to traffic."


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Japan outrage at hostage 'beheading'

1 February 2015 Last updated at 09:35
Kenji Goto

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Prime Minister Abe said Japan would work with the international community to bring those responsible for Mr Goto's apparent murder to justice

Japan has reacted with anger and defiance to a video appearing to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by an Islamic State militant.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan "would not give in to terrorism" and that he would expand his support to countries fighting IS.

IS has cited Japanese aid as a reason for the hostage taking.

The video comes less than a week after the apparent beheading of another Japanese man, Haruna Yukawa.

Mr Goto, 47, a respected journalist known for his work covering the suffering of civilians in war zones, went to Syria in October, reportedly to try to secure Mr Yukawa's release.

The video, which has all the hallmarks of previous IS propaganda videos, has not been authenticated, but Japanese officials believe it is genuine.

In the video, Mr Goto is seen kneeling in an orange jumpsuit.

A militant speaking with an English accent who is believed to have appeared in previous videos and is known as "Jihadi John", addresses Mr Abe, accusing him of a "reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war".

Mr Abe called the killing a "heinous act", adding that Japan would work with the international community to bring those responsible for Mr Goto's apparent murder to justice.

There has been strong condemnation from the US and other allies in the fight against IS.

Mr Goto's mother Junko Ishido said she was speechless at his death, saying he had gone to Syria out of "kindness and courage".

"I was hoping Kenji would come back alive," his brother Junichi told Japanese broadcaster NHK TV.

World leaders react

US President Barack Obama said "the United States condemns the heinous murder of Japanese citizen and journalist Kenji Goto by the terrorist group ISIL (IS). Through his reporting, Mr Goto courageously sought to convey the plight of the Syrian people to the outside world".

British Prime Minister David Cameron said "I utterly condemn what appears to be the despicable and appalling murder of Kenji Goto. It is a further reminder that ISIL is the embodiment of evil, with no regard for human life".

French President Francois Hollande said he "resolutely condemned the brutal murder of Japanese citizen Kenji Goto by Daesh (IS). France stands in solidarity with Japan in this new ordeal".

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot said "if true, this will be a terrible shock for the people of Japan, an unspeakable horror for the family and this just demonstrates how important it is that all countries do what they reasonably can to disrupt and degrade this death cult which has ushered in a new dark age over parts of the Middle East".

Japan wakes up to bad news

Profile: Islamic State

Profile: Kenji Goto

Japanese officials had been working with Jordan to secure the release of Mr Goto and a Jordanian pilot, Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who was shot down over Syria in December.

However, earlier on Saturday they said negotiations had become deadlocked.

An IS video released on Tuesday had said Mr Goto had "only 24 hours left to live" and Lt Kasasbeh "even less".

They later gave a deadline of sunset on Thursday for a deal by which Mr Goto would be freed in return for Jordan releasing captured Iraqi militant Sajida al-Rishawi.

But the deal may have been complicated by Jordan's demand that Lt Kasasbeh also be released.

An adviser to the Japanese PM, Tomohiko Taniguchi, said his country had never made direct contact with IS throughout the negotiations.

The militants had initially demanded a $200m (£130m) ransom for the two Japanese hostages, the same as Mr Abe pledged in in non-military aid for countries fighting Islamic State.

The latest video gave no mention of Lt Kasasbeh's fate: his family said they were praying he was safe and urged the Jordanian government to do more to secure his release.

Yassin Rawashda, an uncle of the pilot, said: "We want the government to tell us the truth."

The Jordanian government strongly condemned the killing, said it was working to establish if the pilot was still alive and repeated that it was prepared to exchange Sajida al-Rishawi for him.

The BBC's Kevin Connolly in Amman says the danger for Jordan is that Islamic State may see Lt Kasasbeh as a hostage of particularly high value because of his role in the air campaign and may demand a very high political price for his freedom - if they can prove that he is still alive.


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Deadly attacks hit Egypt's Sinai

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 30 Januari 2015 | 16.50

30 January 2015 Last updated at 08:26

At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, have been killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in the north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

Most of the casualties were in the provincial capital, El-Arish.

Militant group Sinai Province, which changed its named from Ansar Beit al-Maqdis when it pledged allegiance to Islamic State, said it carried out the "extensive, simultaneous" attacks.

Egypt's president cut short a visit to Ethiopia because of the attacks.

They represent some of the worst anti-government violence in Egypt for months, and indicate a previously unseen level of co-ordination, correspondents and analysts say.

The US condemned the attacks, saying it remained "steadfast in its support of the Egyptian government's efforts to combat the threat of terrorism".

Insurgents have intensified attacks since Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013.

Tensions have also been raised across Egypt this week amid protests marking the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that ousted then-leader Hosni Mubarak.

Security officials said rockets were first fired at police offices, a military base and a military hotel in El-Arish, before a car bomb exploded at the rear gate of the military base. Several army checkpoints in the city were also targeted.

Newspaper al-Ahram said its El-Arish office - which is opposite the hotel and base - had been completely destroyed.

Four soldiers were wounded in an attack at a checkpoint outside El-Arish and an army major was later shot dead at a checkpoint in Rafah, medical and security sources said.

More than 50 people were wounded in Thursday's attacks.

North Sinai has been under a state of emergency and a curfew since October, when an attack on a checkpoint killed dozens of soldiers.

The army has launched major operations to try to quell violence in the region, but has so far failed.

Sinai Province has become the biggest threat, staging many attacks on security targets.

The group, which was originally inspired by al-Qaeda but pledged allegiance to Islamic State in November 2014, has called on Egyptians to rebel against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

President Sisi is the former military chief who led the crackdown on Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood has said it rejects violence.

Egypt is creating a 1km (0.6-mile) buffer zone along the border with Gaza in a bid to stop militants smuggling weapons in from the Palestinian territory using tunnels.

The project has displaced more than 1,000 families in Rafah and severed an economic lifeline for many Palestinians.

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Child obesity rates 'levelling off'

30 January 2015 Last updated at 00:04
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Dominic Hughes reports: "It may be that finally the messages on healthy eating and lots of exercise are starting to take hold"

The rise in childhood obesity, which has left one in three children overweight, may be beginning to level off in the under-10s, a study suggests.

It found a steady rise in the proportion of overweight children in England in 1994-2003, but in the past decade it has remained at about 30%.

The King's College London researchers add obesity rates among 11- to 15-year-olds are still rising, however.

And Public Health England said there was no room for complacency.

Experts believe that being significantly overweight is responsible for a wide range of health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers and infertility.

The number of obese people in the UK has more than trebled in the past 25 years.

Obesity levels among children have also been rising during this period. One in three children in the UK is now overweight, while one in five is obese.

But data from other sources had previously suggested that childhood obesity levels were now starting to plateau or even fall slightly.

Age-group trends

This study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, used GPs' electronic health records in England to monitor trends over 20 years.

Weight, height and body mass index (BMI) measurements for more than 370,000 children from 1994 to 2013 were analysed.

The findings show that the rate of growth of overweight and obesity levels, which was 8% each year up to 2003, has slowed substantially in the past 10 years, to 0.4%.

Trends were similar for both boys and girls, but differed by age group.

Overweight and obesity levels among two- to five-year-olds stayed relatively stable at 25% for boys and 23% for girls between 2003 and 2013.

In six- to 10-year-old girls and boys, about 30% were overweight or obese during that time.

The highest figures were seen in 11- to 15-year-olds, where overweight and obesity levels ranged from about 26% in 1996 to 35% in 2003.

Among this group, overweight and obesity levels have continued to rise - to 37% - in the past decade.

The study defined overweight as equivalent to a BMI (body mass index) at or above the 85th centile and obesity as above the 95th centile.

'Vulnerable group'

Dr Cornelia van Jaarsveld, from the department of primary care and public health sciences at King's College London, said there were several possible reasons for the "recent stabilisation of childhood overweight and obesity rates".

She said public health campaigns and initiatives could be starting to work.

But another explanation could be that a ceiling or "saturation point" had been reached with obesity rates.

However, she said it was clear that the 11- to 15-year-olds were still a "vulnerable and difficult group".

Colin Michie, chair of the nutrition committee at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said the good news was that things were not getting worse.

"But it still leaves us with lots of problems, particularly among teenagers, who are not easily directed, at a sensitive time in their lives," he said.

"It is a disappointment that even more children are overweight and obese at the end of primary school than at the beginning.

"Prevention works better in younger age groups, so we have to focus on cutting calories and encouraging a more active, healthy lifestyle in children."

Eustace de Sousa, national lead for children, young people and families at Public Health England, said that overall childhood obesity rates had remained stable since 2010.

"However for children from the poorest households levels have continued to worsen, so there is no room for complacency.

"Obese children are more likely to experience bullying, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression and have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease in later life."


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Balloonists surpass distance record

30 January 2015 Last updated at 04:46
Pilots Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev in the capsule of the Two Eagles balloon. 25 Jan 2015

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No-one has crossed the Pacific Ocean in a gas balloon since 1981, as Alistair Leithead reports

Two pilots have surpassed the world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean.

American Troy Bradley and Russian Leonid Tiukhtyaev also hope to set a new duration record.

They left Japan in their "Two Eagles" balloon on Sunday and had aimed to land in Canada or the US.

However, weather has forced them to change course towards Mexico where they are due to land sometime on Saturday.

Their hi-tech balloon is fitted with monitors and other instruments that track their course and compile data to be submitted to record-keepers.

The specially-designed capsule sits beneath a huge helium-filled envelope and is designed to stay aloft for up to 10 days.

To set new distance and durations records the team needed to beat the existing records by 1%.

For distance that meant a journey of about 5,260 miles (8,465km) to beat the existing record of 5,208 miles set in 1981.

On Thursday, the Two Eagles team tweeted: "The pilots have just surpassed the distance needed to set a new record. 5,261 miles or 8,467km."

"We're not taking any time to celebrate,'' said head of mission control Steve Shope.

"We have a lot of work we have to do, and we're just taking this flight one hour at a time."

On its website, the team says Two Eagles will not have "broken the record" until documentation is approved by the US National Aeronautic Association followed by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale - a process that could take several weeks or months.

The existing duration record they hope to beat was set in 1978 when three pilots made the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight, spending 137 hours, 5 minutes and 50 seconds in a gas balloon.

To set a new record, the Two Eagles team must stay aloft for about 138 hours and 45 minutes.

At the moment, it is not clear exactly where the Two Eagles balloon will land.

The team had been aiming for Canada but a ride of high-pressure ridge off the US West Coast forced the balloon into a sweeping right turn toward Mexico.

A network of balloon enthusiasts has been organised to act as chase crews, but correspondents says it remains unclear if the balloon will be able to land in a place where a ground crew can help them.


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