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Boss of collapsed China mine kills self The owner of a gypsum mine in China's eastern Shandong province has killed himself, as rescuers try to reach 17 miners who have been trapped for two days, state media report. One person died and four miners escaped when the mine collapsed on Friday. Since then, rescue workers have managed to pull a number of miners to safety. China has a long history of industrial accidents. The latest incident comes days after a deadly landslide caused by construction waste in southern China. Ma Congbo, the chairman of Yurong company which owns the mine, drowned himself by jumping into a mine well early on Sunday, China's Xinhua news agency reports. His motive is not clear but the Chinese authorities have toughened the punishment of employers who are negligent, says the BBC's Stephen Evans in Beijing. Mr Ma killed himself two days after the mine collapsed in Pingyi County's Linyi city, Shandong Province, just before 20:00 local time. It is not y

Nine UK banks launch fee-free accounts Nine High Street banks and building societies in the UK are to launch basic bank accounts which will not charge a fee for missed payments. The new accounts will be available from 1 January to people who fail to qualify for a full current account. It follows an agreement between the Treasury and the industry in December last year. Nine million basic account holders will now not be charged for missing a direct debit payment, or a standing order. Previously they might have paid up to £35 per failed payment, sometimes pushing them into an overdraft, so increasing the charges further. "One bank charges £150 a quarter, and such costs can be make or break for some people," said Kevin Mountford, head of banking with Moneysupermarket.com. "It will be a good thing if some of these extortionate costs are eradicated." 'Significant progress' Some banks already do not charge such fees, but the agreement will mean a universal standar

Mauricio Pochettino asks Tottenham to channel Britney Spears and will.i.am ‘All eyes on us, all eyes on us’ is manager’s mantra in top-four quest Tottenham close to full strength for Boxing Day visit of Norwich Mauricio Pochettino says any success Arsenal achieve has no bearing on Tottenham’s season. Mauricio Pochettino has advised Tottenham’s players to ignore Arsenal and pay heed to the words of Britney Spears and will.i.am as his team chase Champions League qualification this season. Spurs, who finished fifth last season, are fourth in the Premier League. Pochettino was asked whether ending the campaign in that position would be considered a success even if the club’s north London rivals win the title, and responded by quoting from the American pop duo’s 2013 hit ‘Scream and Shout’. “It’s like what Britney Spears and will.i.am sing: ‘Everybody in the club, all eyes on us, all eyes on us,’” said the Tottenham manager in what should not be construed as a snub to the venerable roc

Manchester United eye Sadio Mané and Yoshinori Muto in hunt for firepower Club seek a striking remedy for their low-scoring season United also in market for a centre-half but John Stones may be out of Japan’s Yoshinori Muto had been sought by Chelsea but opted to join Mainz in order to play regular football. Manchester United have accepted they need another front player to help solve the scoring problems that have contributed to Louis van Gaal’s job being under intense scrutiny and led to an admission from Wayne Rooney that he is not playing well. Van Gaal admitted after last week’s2-1 home defeat to 2-1 home defeat to 2-1 home defeat to 2-1 home defeat to 2-1 home defeat to 2-1 home defeat to 2-1 home defeat to Norwich City Norwich City Norwich City Norwich City Norwich City Norwich City Norwich City that he was worried about his job security and one of the reasons for that has been the team’s lack of goals, scoring only four times in their past seven matches at Old Trafford. Uni

Chelsea’s Diego Costa is in control and focused, says Guus Hiddink Spain striker will start against Watford, Hiddink’s first game in charge Interim manager is still targeting top-four finish for champions Diego Costa has scored only seven goals for club and country since mid-January and was singled out for catcalls by Chelsea fans in the win over Sunderland. Photograph: TGSPhoto/Rex Shutterstock Guus Hiddink believes Diego Costa will channel his emotions and make a positive impact over the second half of Chelsea’s season, and the striker will lead the line in the interim manager’s first game in charge against Watford on Boxing Day. Costa’s contribution was so significant when the London club claimed the title in his first season in English football, but he has been a snarling presence too often in this campaign. The forward has contributed only seven goals for club and country since mid-January, twice incurring retrospective suspensions from the Football Association for incidents o

Manchester City’s Manuel Pellegrini: festive games will not define our season Pellegrini says January will be crucial as side compete on four fronts Return of Vincent Kompany ‘will bring leadership and personality’ Manuel Pellegrini says he hopes Vincent Kompany, on the verge of returning to the Manchester City team after injury, stays fit for the rest of the season. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images Manuel Pellegrini believes winning the next two games – at home to Sunderland on Saturday and at Leicester on Tuesday –would greatly improve Manchester City’s position by the mid-point of the season but argues that January is going to be the crucial month in the team’s campaign on four fronts. “By the end of January we will be able to make a more detailed analysis of what the season has to offer,” Pellegrini said. “At the end of January we will know whether we are in the Capital One final or not, whether we are still in the FA  Cup or eliminated, whether we are close to the top o

Matches called off as Storm Eva affects football in England and Scotland Blackburn’s game against Middlesbrough at Ewood Park postponed Dundee United v Motherwell, Partick v St Johnstone also called off Guardian sport and Press Association 08:01 EST Sat 26 December 2015 Follow Guardian sport Blackburn Rovers’ Championship game against Middlesbrough at Ewood Park is off due to a waterlogged pitch. Photograph: Paul Thomas/Getty Images Boxing Day’s football schedule has been hit by the weather heavy rain from Storm Eva in the north of England and in Scotland caused a raft of postponements. The Championship fixture between Blackburn and Middlesbrough has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch at Ewood Park, which is due to host Carlisle v Plymouth in League Two on 2 January. Carlisle’s trip to Accrington on Boxing Day is also off, just days after the Accrington manager John Coleman criticised the Football League for allowing Carlisle to play three home games at other

Fire kills 25 in Saudi hospital’s maternity ward and intensive care unit 123 people injured after blaze breaks out at Jazan hospital in south of the Saudi civil defence agency workers at the hospital after the fire. At least 25 people died and 123 were injured in a fire at a hospital in southern Saudi Arabia. The blaze broke out at the intensive care unit and the maternity department of the Jazan general hospital in southern Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Twitter. The agency said later that the fire had been extinguished and an investigation was under way into the cause. Twenty-one civil defence teams had assisted in putting out the blaze, it added. #BREAKING Multiple deaths and injuries reported in hospital fire in Jazan, Saudi Arabia The teams were able to evacuate the children and patients from the intensive care unit, the health ministry said on Twitter, but most casualties were on the hospital’s upper floors. The health minister, Khalid al-Falih, said: “Un

West Bank risks being plunged into chaos in 2016, warn Palestinian officials Rising support among Palestinians for wave of attacks on Israelis comes amid growing vacuum of political leadership A Palestinian protester dress up like Santa Claus argues with Israeli security forces at the separation wall in Bethlehem. Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock Palestinian officials are warning that the occupied West Bank risks being plunged into chaos next year, with no sign of three months of violence coming to an end and support growing among Palestinians for the current wave of attacks on Israelis. The warnings that the status quo is untenable follow recent comments by both senior US figures and the Israeli military that the risk of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is in danger of increasing in the coming months. A growing vacuum of political leadership on both sides is prompting renewed discussion of a series of troubling scenarios, including a collapse of the Palestinian Au

Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's wet nurse might have been his sister Carvings on the wall of the tomb of Maia, the boy king’s wet nurse, have led archaeologists to suspect she may have been his sister Meritaten The tomb, belonging to Maia, who nursed the famous Tutankhamun, will be opened to the public for the first time since its discovery in 1996. Archaeologists believe Maia, Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s wet nurse, may have actually been his sister Meritaten. On Sunday, Egyptian officials and French archaeologist Alain Zivie unveiled Maia’s tomb to journalists ahead of its opening to the public next month. The tomb was discovered by Zivie in 1996 in Saqqara, a necropolis about 20km (12 miles) south of Cairo. Maia was the wet nurse of Tutankhamun, whose mummy was in 1922 by renowned British Egyptologist Howard Carter in the Valley of Kings in Luxor along with a treasure trove of thousands of objects. DNA tests have proven that the pharaoh Akhenaten was the father of Tutan

Zimbabwe to make Chinese yuan legal currency after Beijing cancels debts Yuan becomes the latest currency to be approved for public transactions in Zimbabwe, as the southern African nation seeks to increase trade with Beijing The yuan will become legal tender after  Chinese president Xi Jinping visited Zimbabwe in early December for talks with president Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed it would cancel $40m in debts. “They [China] said they are cancelling our debts that are maturing this year and we are in the process of finalising the debt instruments and calculating the debts,” minister Patrick Chinamasa said in a statement. greets China's greets Robert Mugabe Xi Jinping as Xi  greets China's 'true and dear 'true and dear Xi Jinping as friend' of friend' of 'true and dear 'true and dear 'true and dear 'true and dear 'true and dear Zimbabwe 'friend

Muslims hailed for protecting Christians during terror attack on Kenyan bus Passengers donated headscarves to help prevent non-Muslims being targeted after al-Shabaab militants stormed a packed Members of al-Shabaab ride in a pick-up truck in Somalia. The group has been targeting Kenyans since 2011 Muslims helped dress non-Muslim passengers in Islamic garb to prevent extremists from identifying them for slaughter on a bus in northern Kenya, witnesses said. Two people died in the attack on Monday in northern Mandera County when gunmen, believed to be part of the Somali islamist group al-Shabaab, shot at a bus and truck headed for Mandera town, the regional government coordinator, Mohamud Saleh, said. The bus was from travelling from the capital city, Nairobi, with 60 passengers on board when it was stopped at Papa City by a group of militants who shot the windscreen, witnesses said. Some of the Muslim passengers gave non-Muslims headscarves to try and conceal their identities when

Grace Mugabe has taken over Zimbabwe, opposition leader claims Morgan Tsvangirai quoted by South African media saying the president’s wife has ‘surreptitiously but willingly’ taken charge Robert Mugabe has lost his grip on power and been replaced by his wife, Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader has claimed. Morgan Tsvangirai said that the 91-year-old president’s wife is now effectively in charge after a “palace coup”, and that the government has been paralysed as members of the ruling party jockey for position. “No one in government is thinking of solutions to the national challenges as everyone is preoccupied with issues of who will succeed this tired man steering the ship of state,”Tsvangirai was quoted Tsvangirai was quoted Tsvangirai was quoted Tsvangirai was quoted Tsvangirai was quoted Tsvangirai was quoted Tsvangirai was quoted by South Africa’s Mail and Guardian newspaper as saying. Grace Mugabe has been an increasingly prominent presence on Zimbabwe’s political sce

UK gives Ethiopia £30m to fight drought similar in scale to 1984 crisis Visiting Ethiopia, UK minister Nick Hurd says although government response has been impressive, relentless drought is ‘pushing millions to the brink’ The World Food Programme is distributing emergency food to millions of people in areas affected by drought in Ethiopia, including Gurgur, Somali region. Above, Lule Dubet, who lost 25 of her cattle because of the drought. Photograph: Melese Awoke/WFP The UK will providean extra £30m an extra £30m an extra £30m an extra £30m an extra £30m an extra £30m an extra £30m in aid in aid in aid in aid in aid in aid in aid for Ethiopia, where a prolonged drought means that more than 18 million people will need urgent relief in the next year, according to the Department for International Development (DfID). Half of the cash is earmarked for the UN’SWorld Food Programme World Food Programme World Food Programme World Food Programme World Food Programme World Food Programme Wo