Smashed screens are the bane of every smartphone owner's life, and many of us live in constant fear of dropping our device on a hard surface.
But one British company is hoping to change that with the launch of a new range of iPhone cases that it claims provide "military-grade" drop protection without compromising on style.
Mous Limitless iPhone cases are made from a smart material called Airo Shock that contains micro air pockets which compress on impact, dampening the fall.
The greater the drop height, the greater the cushion provided by the material, according to Mous.
To prove the point, the company's co-founder James Day put his iPhone in one of the cases and dropped it off a 45-foot crane, to see if it would survive.
Amazingly, the phone emerged without a scratch - as you can see in the video above.
He also tested it out by dropping it off Waterloo Bridge, hurling it at a brick wall, and throwing it around recklessly in the new Apple Store in Regent Street.
While many protective smartphone cases are big and bulky, Limitless cases only add 2.6mm of thickness to an iPhone, and come with a range of premium finishes including bamboo, walnut, Kevlar, leather and marble.
"We developed the Limitless system to combine style, protection and functionality," said James Griffith, co-founder of Mous.
"From research, we often found cases that nailed just one element: maybe they look good but break easily, or they're functional and protective, but look terribly bulky. We've strived to break this mold."
Mous launched the range of cases on Indiegogo on Wednesday and has already reached its funding goal of $15,000.
As well as the cases themselves, Mous is also working on a range of magnetic accessories that work with a steel plate embedded in the back of the case.
These include a leather wallet, a flex mount for attaching your iPhone to car windows, walls and other smooth surfaces, and a battery pack with a 4,000 mAh battery that provides 12 hours of extra battery life.
The Mous Limitless range has been designed to fit both iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models. Pre-orders are open now on Indiegogo at a special early bird price of $29 (approx £23). Orders will be delivered before Christmas 2016.
A UN proposal to end heavy fighting in the city of Aleppo has been rejected by the Syrian government.
Under the plan, rebel-held eastern Aleppo would remain under opposition control if rebel fighters withdrew.
Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, who met the UN envoy to Syria on Sunday, called the idea a violation of "national sovereignty".
Earlier, eight children died in government-held western Aleppo after rebels hit a school, state media say.
In a rebel-held area, a barrel bomb killed a family of six, activists say.
Local medics say the victims in the al-Sakhour district suffocated to death because the bomb was laced with chlorine gas.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, which monitors all the latest developments in Syria, reported the bombing but could not confirm the gas was used.
In Sunday's rebel shelling of the school in the government-controlled Furqan area, a teacher was also killed and at least 32 people were injured, Syria's state-run Sana news agency reports.
'Pyrrhic victory'
Mr Muallem rejected the truce plan during Sunday's meeting in Damascus with UN envoy Staffan De Mistura.
Mr De Mistura suggested the government grant autonomy and recognise the local administration in rebel-held areas of Aleppo if jihadist fighters left the city.
But Mr Muallem said the state's institutions must be restored across the whole city because it was a matter of "national sovereignty".
"It is not acceptable at all to leave some 275,000 of our people as hostages to 6,000 or 7,000 gunmen. There is no government in the world that would accept that," the Syrian minister said.
Mr De Mistura warned earlier this week that the government was chasing a "pyrrhic victory" in Aleppo if it does not arrive at a political settlement with the opposition.
Mr De Mistura arrived in the country amid growing concern for the residents of east Aleppo. The World Health Organization says they are almost entirely without hospital facilities following the government's latest assault.
According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, at least 103 people have died in rebel-controlled areas since the bombardment began on Tuesday, following a three-week moratorium.
Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer rescue service also known as the White Helmets, said there were 180 air strikes on east Aleppo on Saturday alone.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has said he aims to make the economy "match fit for the opportunities and challenges ahead" as the UK approaches Brexit.
Ahead of his first Autumn Statement, he said the economy was facing "a larger degree of uncertainty than usual" and he intended to make it "water-tight".
The Treasury has confirmed an extra £1.3bn will be allocated to cut traffic congestion and upgrade local routes.
Labour has urged Mr Hammond to reverse cuts to in-work benefits.
Critics say cuts to Universal Credit brought in by Mr Hammond's predecessor, George Osborne, will leave some working families worse off by up to £1,300 a year by 2020.
The Conservative former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is among those calling for them to be reversed.
Some in Westminster expect Mr Hammond to use his Autumn Statement on Wednesday to announce measures aimed at the key group of voters identified by Downing Street as the Just About Managing or JAMs.
Those could reportedly include a freeze in fuel duty and measures to encourage saving.
Mr Hammond told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show he wanted to support people who "work hard and by and large do not feel that they are sharing in the prosperity that economic growth is bringing to the country".
But the chancellor said many economic forecasts were pointing to a "sharp challenge" and he had to make sure that "everything we do is compatible with building resilience in our economy as we go into a period where there will be some uncertainty".
He said his Autumn Statement - one of two big economic statements of the year - must maintain "credibility" given the country still has a significant deficit.
"I want to make sure that the economy is watertight, that we have enough headroom to deal with any unexpected challenges over the next couple of years and most importantly, that we're ready to seize the opportunities of leaving the European Union."
His comments come amid reports that the UK is facing a projected £100bn "black hole" in its finances due to the UK vote to leave the European Union.
Asked about continued calls for the government to say more about its aims in Brexit negotiations, Mr Hammond pointed to the "commendable discipline" from other European leaders when it came to not discussing their opening positions and said Prime Minister Theresa May must be given the same "flexibility".
He added that he was "surprised by the degree to which the cabinet is coming together around a view of the opportunities and the challenges ahead".
New expressway
Earlier it was revealed that around a billion pounds will be spent on improving England's roads, as part of a package to boost long-term economic growth.
The remainder of a £1.3bn Treasury pot earmarked for infrastructure investment will be split between Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, although the devolved administrations can choose to spend that money as they see fit.
The roads investment will include:
£220m to tackle congestion "pinch-points" on Highways England roads
£27m of funding for an expressway connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge - a project backed by the National Infrastructure Commission
The Treasury said it wanted to prioritise projects which would make an immediate impact. It said the investment would "likely to make a real difference by making journeys quicker and easier for millions of commuters".
But Martin Tett, transport spokesman for the Local Government Association, told BBC Radio 5live: "We estimate you have to spend £12bn on the roads just to repair the existing potholes that we all face virtually every day of the week when we drive around.
"And put it in context of £55bn being spent on HS2, so it's a relatively small amount of money in the context of transportation."
'Giveaways and gimmicks'
Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC that the government was "going back to giveaways and gimmicks again".
"A lot of the infrastructure the government is supposed to be announcing are press releases we've had already," he said.
Mr McDonnell said Labour would invest an extra £500bn in the economy over 10 years to boost economic growth by 1-2%, half of which would be leveraged from the private sector through a national investment bank.
He vowed that a future Labour government would halt tax cuts to the rich and big corporations, and would reverse cuts to Universal Credit and Employment Support Allowance - and pressed Mr Hammond to to do the same. He told the chancellor: "This is money coming out of the pockets of those doing everything asked of them."
But Mr Hammond told him: "What I have not heard from you is where you would get the money from to do all these easy options."
The Airbus A320, which was carrying around 165 passengers as it approached Heathrow Airport on 18 July, was within 66ft (20m) of the device.
The report, based on the pilot's observations, described the incident as a "very near miss".
The plane was at an altitude of 4,900ft (1,494m) when the drone was seen from the right-side flight deck window.
The crew said the drone - described as black and about 50cm (20in) wide - "probably" passed above the right wing and a horizontal stabiliser, which is found on the tail of the plane.
The UK Airprox Board report said: "Members agreed that this incident appeared to be a very near-miss and that the drone operator should not have been flying in that location at that altitude."
It added that the account of the incident "portrayed a situation where a collision had only been narrowly avoided and chance had played a major part".
The incident was deemed to be in the "most serious" category of risk. The drone operator has not been traced.
Social network LinkedIn will be blocked in Russia, after a court found the company guilty of violating local data storage laws.
Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor said LinkedIn would be unavailable in the country within 24 hours.
Some internet providers have already cut access to the site, which has more than six million members in Russia.
LinkedIn told the BBC it hoped to meet Roskomnadzor to discuss the block.
In 2014, Russia introduced legislation requiring social networks to store the personal data of Russian citizens on Russian web servers.
It is the first time the law has been enforced against a US-based social network.
The Kremlin says there's nothing to worry about, but Russian social network users fear that blocking LinkedIn is only a first step.
Many believe this ban is about censorship and control, not data protection. They're concerned that more popular sites such as Facebook and Twitter will be next.
One vivid cartoon shows the grim reaper, bearing the logo of Russia's communications regulator, heading for a door with the Facebook logo. Behind him lies a trail of blood from attacks on other sites.
Another user declares that the ban on LinkedIn marks "a new era in mass censorship," while another fears that further restrictions will be creeping: "They're like sadists, doing it bit by bit."
Social media has played a critical role in organising opposition protests in Russia. Such sites have also become an increasingly important alternative source of information, as state control over traditional media has increased.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists in Moscow that Roskomnadzor was acting strictly in accordance with Russian law.
He added that the Kremlin had no intention of intervening in the situation.
A LinkedIn spokesman said: "Roskomnadzor's action to block LinkedIn denies access to the millions of members we have in Russia and the companies that use LinkedIn to grow their businesses.
"We remain interested in a meeting with Roskomnadzor to discuss their data localisation request."
Roskomnadzor spokesman Vadim Ampelonsky told the Interfax news agency that the regulator was working out the logistics of the meeting.
