Apple iPhone: New iOS 7 Ready To Download

Apple customers are expected to be able to download the company's latest operating system within hours - which has been hailed as a new beginning for the technology giant.

British design chief Sir Jonathan Ive introduced iOS 7 as an "important new direction" when he showcased the software earlier this year.

Based on previous iOS releases, many have predicted that the release time will be 6pm UK time.

The new system has a cleaner look than its predecessors and Apple's CEO Tim Cook said it was "the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone".

Apple's new iOS7 software

It was unveiled just months after Apple posted its first profit slide in a decade and drew accusations that it had failed to innovate.

But its launch comes just days before two new iPhones go on sale - one of which features a fingerprint scanner.

Executive Phil Schiller sent a massive cheer through the audience at the San Francisco conference in June when he told developers: "Can't innovate any more, my a***!"

Apple hopes the new system will help to silence critics

Industry observers appeared largely convinced and suggested the arrival of iOS 7 could go some way to silencing Apple's critics.

The new software has been designed to make the iPhone appear bigger, with features crafted to take advantage of the entire screen.

Text is said to appear sharper, while a "control centre" on the phone allows users to adjust settings with just one upward swipe.

The software is also released for iPad

This gives instant access to functions such as Airplane Mode, wi-fi, Bluetooth or Do Not Disturb, and enables users to quickly pause or play a song, jump to the next track and stream music.

Meanwhile a "notification centre" is available from the lock screen so users can view updates with a "simple swipe".

Apple has also introduced an AirDrop tool to share content - which is said to be fully encrypted - with contacts nearby, and has added further updates to its cameras, such as Instagram-like filters and a square format.

Other new features include:

:: A torch facility at the touch of a button, rather than having to download an app

:: A new, 'cleaner' look for the App Store

:: iTunes radio, which lets users stream radio stations (initially US only)

:: The Siri 'personal assistant' has new voices and commands available, such as the ability to search and post on Twitter

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Foss Lake: Bodies Found In Submerged Cars

The skeletal remains of at least six people have been discovered inside two cars found at the bottom of a lake in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the cars had been found in Foss Lake, near Elk City, during a training session with a new sonar device.

The first was an early 1950s model Chevrolet car that had three bodies inside.

It was initially believed to include a couple who were last seen in Canute in the 1960s and were reportedly on their way to Foss Lake - but were never seen again.

The three teenagers thought to be in one of the vehicles

But it was later suggested the car belonged to Alvi Porter, who went missing 44 years ago when he was 69 years old.

The second car pulled from the lake had three bodies inside, believed to be teenagers reported missing from the Sayre area in 1970.

They could be that of 16-year-old Jimmy Allen Williams, 18-year-old Leah Gail Johnson and 18-year-old Thomas Michael Rios.

The teenagers were reported missing on November 27, 1970, and were last seen riding around Sayre in Jimmy Williams' 1969 Chevrolet Camaro.

Alvi Porter, suspected of owning one of the cars, went missing in 1969

Custer County Sheriff Bruce Peoples told KWEY radio: "It's just been under water for 40 years. It's a mucky mess."

Authorities have not formally identified the bodies.

Debbie McManamman was 13 years old when her grandfather Alvi Porter went missing.

"I remember that green car," she said.

The cars were found by police officers training with sonar devices

"It's sad. I can see his tall, lanky body walking up to the car. He always had a smile on his face.

"It's been very traumatic. I can remember my dad having dreams at night and getting in the car as soon as he finished his day job, taking my mom, and they would look and look and look."

It is thought the car belonged to Mr Porter, prompting new questions as to the identity of the other two bodies.

Mrs McManamman added: "There's a lot of mystery, it's a mystery."

Map shows the lake in Oklahoma

Betsy Randolph, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, said the vehicles were located by dive teams last week.

"So they went back and did a scheduled dive today and were going to recover the cars," she said.

"When they pulled the cars out of the water, the first one that came out they found bones in the car.

"We thought it was just going to be stolen vehicles and that's not what it turned out to be, obviously."

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Whitney Houston: Cop 'Made Lewd Remarks'

A police officer who was called to the hotel where Whitney Houston died lifted the sheet covering her body and said "Damn, she's still looking good, huh?", according to legal documents.

Sergeant Brian Weir said he told his superiors about his colleague's alleged inappropriate remark shortly after the death at The Beverly Hilton  on February 11 last year, but it was him who was stripped of various privileges.

In the complaint, that was filed in Los Angeles on September 11 and published in the Los Angeles Times, Sgt Weir said Beverly Hills Detective Sergeant Terry Nutall had "no legitimate" reason for the action or remarks.

"Nutall, for no legitimate (reason) knelt beside and leaned over the decedent (and) removed the sheet and/or other covering from the body of the decedent to an area below the pubic region of the decedent's body," it said.

Tributes at Whitney Houston's grave

He then "came in close proximity to touching the body ... while making inappropriate comments to the effect ... that the decedent 'looked attractive for a woman of her age and current state' and 'Damn, she's still looking good, huh?'

"Nutall ... treated the dead body of the decedent in a way that Nutall knew would outrage ordinary family sensibilities."

Sgt Weir said he was removed from duty with Swat and K-9 units after his original complaint, that overtime pay was cut and he was subjected to harassment.

The complainant "has sustained and will continue to sustain economic and non-economic damages. including emotional distress and damage to claimant's reputation, and other injury, damage, loss, or harm," the lawsuit alleged.

The hearse carrying Whitney Houston's body

However, Beverly Hills Police spokesman Lincoln Hoshino said there had been no "retaliation" against Sgt Weir over the claims.

He added that Det Sgt Nutall had been entitled to look at the body.

"The responding detective sergeant in question was working in the city of Beverly Hills on another assignment, and he did properly and appropriately respond to the scene," he told the LA Times.

"It is appropriate for a responding detective sergeant to briefly examine the body upon arriving to a scene like that.

"At this time we're not aware of any inappropriate behaviour or inappropriate comments."

A post mortem into the death of the 48-year-old singing legend found she died of accidental drowning, with cocaine and heart disease listed as contributing factors, on the eve of last year's Grammys show.      

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Mummified Boy Found In Cot: Mother On Trial

The mummified corpse of a four-year-old boy was found in a cot in his mother's bedroom almost two years after he starved to death, a jury has been told.

Hamzah Khan's body was still dressed in a babygro when police made the "dreadful discovery" at his house in Bradford, West Yorkshire, a court has heard.

Details of how the child's body was found in September 2011 were outlined at the trial of his mother, Amanda Hutton, at Bradford Crown Court.

Opening the case for the prosecution, Paul Greaney QC told the jury that the body of Hamzah, who died on December 15 2009, was found after police entered Hutton's home because of concerns about a smell.

"What they discovered disturbed even hardened officers," Mr Greaney said.

"Within a cot in the bedroom of Amanda Hutton, a police officer named Richard Dove made a dreadful discovery.

"Within that cot, beneath other items, he found the mummified corpse of a child."

Hutton, 43, denies her son's manslaughter.

Hamzah's remains fitted into clothing intended for a baby aged six to nine months because the boy's growth had been stunted, Mr Greaney said.

"It had been stunted because he was malnourished over a lengthy period and that state of affairs resulted in his death," he said.

"In short, he starved to death. How had a child starved to death in 21st century England?"

The trial is taking place at Bradford Crown Court. Pic: Betty Longbottom

The jury was told that Hutton, who the prosecutor said was an abuser of alcohol and cannabis, ordered pizza within hours of her son's death and continued to claim child benefit for him.

Mr Greaney said that in police interviews Hutton said she had gone to consult a pharmacist at a supermarket after her son had become particularly unwell on December 14, 2009.

"She explained that when she returned Hamzah was near to death. She sought to revive him but to no effect.

"She described placing Hamzah into his cot, making plain that she had treated his body with dignity, and it is right that we should observe that Hamzah's body was found, it was found with a teddy."

Hutton told police that things deteriorated after her son's death and she began to drink a bottle of vodka a day, Mr Greaney added.

"She made no call for assistance - for a doctor or an ambulance," he said.

The jury of four women and eight men were shown pictures of the inside of Hutton's home.

The lounge was filled with rubbish, including pizza boxes and empty bottles, which was so deep the carpet was not visible.

Mr Greaney pointed out to the jury how Hutton's bedroom was noticeably less cluttered and the blue travel cot where Hamzah's body was found was visible.

He told the jury that a police officer said to Hutton "you know what's been found, don't you Amanda?" as the defendant was being taken to the police station.

The prosecutor said she told the officer: "He died two years ago on the 15th December."

Hutton had worked as care assistant in the past and there was evidence that she had undergone some first-aid training, the prosecutor said.

The jury also heard that Hamzah's father, Aftab Khan, was separated from Hutton and lived elsewhere and there was evidence he had been violent towards the defendant.

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Diet Pill DNP: Sarah Houston Father Warns Users

By Thomas Moore, Health Correspondent

The father of a medical student who died a year ago after taking a diet drug has told Sky News he is devastated that lives are still being lost despite a promise of action from the Prime Minister.

Geoff Houston said three young people have been killed by the fat burner dinitrophenol, or DNP, since his daughter Sarah died last September at the age of 23.

Only last week an inquest heard how Chris Mapletoft, 18, a talented rugby player died after taking DNP to enhance his physique.

In April David Cameron vowed to "look carefully" at the problem.

But Sky News found the drug widely available online.

Keen horse rider Sarah Houston died at the age of 23 after taking DNP

Mr Houston said: "I think these are preventable cases and it's so sad another family has to go through the same grief we went through.

"I think it's so shocking that people can try and profit from this stuff - and if they have any sense of moral decency they should stop selling it.

"And I would also say to those people taking it - you are playing a game of roulette here."

DNP was originally developed as an obesity drug. But it was abandoned after it was found to cause the body to progressively overheat.

Chris Mapletoft died after taking the pills blamed for Sarah's death

Symptoms include a high temperature, rapid breathing, an irregular heartbeat and dizziness.

But it is still used by some overweight people, those with eating disorders and bodybuilders.

Sarah Houston suffered from anorexia and had been secretly taking DNP for up to two years. She had bought the yellow capsules online from a supplier in Argentina.

At least 66 people have died worldwide after taking the drug.

It is illegal to sell DNP for human consumption. But it can be distributed for use as a pesticide.

Sky News found DNP diet pills were widely available online

Mr Houston said capsules have no industrial use and should be banned.

"I would like to see a lot more done in the UK," he said.

"If it is banned as a capsule it will be so much more difficult for these young people to take it. It is morally repugnant for these people to sell it to these vulnerable people."

The Department of Health sent all GPs and A&E departments a letter earlier this month alerting them to the problem.

The Food Standards Agency said it is working with the police and local authorities to stamp out the sale of DNP to consumers.

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Clegg: Lib Dems Can Keep UK On Right Path

Good Week For Nick Clegg In Glasgow

Updated: 4:27pm UK, Wednesday 18 September 2013

By Adam Boulton, Political Editor

The Liberal Democrat's five days in Glasgow have gone Nick Clegg's way.

From keeping Trident to backing the coalition's austerity economic policy, conference votes have backed the leader.

Underlining that they have real power now to actually do things, ministers have had some headline-grabbing announcements on plastic bags and free primary-school meals.

There has been precious little dissent at a meeting where many pundits predicted a few months ago a panicked party would be moving to dump its leader.

Instead, Mr Clegg's rivals have looked less of a threat this week.

For all his leftist rhetoric about hating the Tories, Vince Cable overplayed his hand signalling disagreement on the economy and ended up voting in support of Mr Clegg.

The pugnacious Climate Secretary Ed Davey won the vote for nuclear power but seems to have become a bit of a figure of fun.

Party president Tim Farron has remained studiously loyal throughout.

And the disgraced Chris Huhne, Mr Clegg's one-time rival for the top job, is no longer even a member of the party.

Yet, for all this, Mr Clegg and his allies are more confident about an upturn in the UK economy than they are of an improvement in the Lib Dem's dismal opinion-poll ratings.

Aides have deliberately drawn attention to an internal poll which shows that only one voter in four now says they would consider voting for the party.

In most current polls, it is getting barely half that with around 10% support.

The slump in popularity dates from when the Lib Dems went into coalition with the Conservatives.

So Mr Clegg was far from triumphalist in his close of conference leader's speech.

Instead he wanted to cheer his activists up by reminding them what the Lib Dems have achieved in government, while trying to persuade the viewing public that it will be worth voting for them next time.

And all this in spite of the criticism which has come the Lib Dem's way.

"Every insult we have had to endure since we entered government, every snipe, every bad headline, every blow to our support - that was all worth it, because we are turning Britain around," he said.

Mr Clegg told his supporters they should be proud of government policies such as the pupil premium, the cap on the cost of social care, investment in railways, parental leave, the move to a £10,000 income tax threshold and free primary-school meals.

He also boasted about their negative contribution blocking the Conservatives, he claimed, on ID cards, detention of child immigrants and cuts in foreign aid.

All this, he said, would be threatened if the next general election does not deliver another coalition government.

"The absolute worst thing to do would be to give the keys to Number 10 to a single party government - Labour or the Conservatives," he declared.

"In 2015 the clapped-out politics of red, blue, blue, red threatens everything we have achieved.

"But back in government - and next time that will mean back in coalition government - the Liberal Democrats can keep the country on the right path."

Mr Clegg made clear the Lib Dems could form a coalition with either of the big two parties but insisted "we're no-one's little brother".

He mocked those who speculated he would be more "comfortable" with either Ed Miliband or David Cameron.

And he explicitly rejected the view of the late Roy Jenkins, a founder of the party, of "aligning with a modernising Labour Party". 

"We have out own values, our own liberal beliefs. We're not trying to get back into government to fold into one of the other parties," Mr Clegg said.

"We want to be there to anchor them to the liberal centre ground, right in the centre, bang in the middle."

As has become commonplace in leader's speeches, Mr Clegg talked about his own family background.

With a half-Russian father, a Dutch mother and a Spanish wife, it is certainly cosmopolitan.

He admitted: "My upbringing was privileged: home counties, private school, Cambridge University."

His main purpose seemed to be to say that he is not exceptional anymore, a parent of three children in ordinary state schools.

And rather than parade an adoring wife across the stage, like his political rivals, he deliberately stepped down into the audience to salute her.

Mr Clegg knows that neither the conference nor his big speech will turn around Lib Dem fortunes overnight.

He consoles himself that there are still nearly two years of government to go until the next election.

He believes that the coalition will survive that long, during which the UK economy will continue recovery.

But before then two big votes will take place in Britain next year: the European parliamentary and local elections in May and the Scottish independence referendum in September.

On present form those elections look like an uphill battle for the Lib Dems.

But Mr Clegg rightly noted that perhaps the most memorable thing about his conference speech in Glasgow was that it took place with exactly one year to go until Scotland's vote on breaking up the United Kingdom.

So crucial is the referendum that the Lib Dems have postponed their conference next year, which would have taken place the same week, and will now follow the Labour and Tory gatherings.

Mr Clegg - and earlier the Scottish Secretary Michael Moore - argued fiercely for no to independence.

The Lib Dems have always favoured devolution and federalism but they believe it should be possible to be English or Scottish and British.

If Scotland votes yes to independence, Mr Clegg knows only too well that all bets will be off about the coalition's alleged achievements and for the 2015 General Election.

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Ottawa: Train Crashes Into Bus 'Killing Many'

Passengers shouted "Stop! Stop!" as a bus drove through a lowered crossing barrier and on to tracks seconds before it was hit by a train.

Witnesses said that the bus driver appeared to drive straight through the barrier in the middle of the morning rush-hour 12 miles south of the Canadian capital.

The impact ripped off the front of the double-decker bus, killing five people and injuring six others.

The derailed train. Pic: Laura Stone

It was Canada's worst train accident since an oil train derailed and exploded in a Quebec town in July, killing dozens of people.

None of the passengers travelling on the Via Rail train was injured in the crash just outside the suburban train station of Fallowfield at around 8.48am local time, the middle of the morning commute.

Tanner Trepaniere, who was on board the bus, said passengers could see the train bearing down on them as the bus approached the crossing.

She said: "People started screaming, 'Stop, stop!' because they could see the train coming down the track."

Pascal Lolgis, who witnessed the crash, said the bus appeared to drive through a lowered crossing barrier across the Ottawa to Toronto line.

"Boom! It went into the train like that. He just didn't stop."

Another witness, Mark Cogan, said the rail barrier had been down but the bus carried on.

The bus at the scene of the smash. Pic: Darryl Praill

"The train is going through and I was just looking around, just watching things happen. And noticed that in the bus lane, the double-decker bus ... I saw him, and he just kept going.

"I just thought maybe there's a side way around or something, but instantly, he just ... he smoked the train. He went through the guard rail and just hammered the train, and then it was just mayhem."

Chad Mariage, who was on his way to work, was seated toward the back of the bus's second level when the accident happened.

He said: "The impact was pretty severe. People were a screaming on the bus just prior to the crash, he said, adding that the crash 'wasn't a direct hit.'

"We could all see the train coming towards us almost in slow motion. The bus driver hit the brakes but too late."

The train tracks in the area cross both a major city road and a transit line reserved solely for buses.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada spokesman Chris Krepski tells CBC News Network investigation could take as long as a year.

He said: "Obviously we'll let the first responders do their work. Once their work is complete we'll start to take a closer look at the accident scene, document the wreckage, take some photos of the wreckage.

"We'll also take a very close look at the crossing design, what the sightlines were at the crossing, whether or not any kind of warning or protection systems at the crossing were working.

"We'll also examine the data from the locomotive event recorder, similar to a black box on an aircraft, which documents what controls were being used at the time of the crash."

Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his condolences in a message on Twitter saying: "Deeply saddened to hear about the bus-train collision in Ottawa this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those involved."

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Syria: Nato Defends Military Strikes Option

Syria: How The Crisis Has Developed

Updated: 11:34am UK, Wednesday 18 September 2013

:: March 2011 - Protesters stage demonstrations in Damascus and security forces in Daraa shoot dead several campaigners, leading to unrest and violence.

:: May - The Syrian military deploys tanks in a bid to quash demonstrations.

:: July 19 - The UK freezes £100m of Syrian assets.

:: August 18 - US President Barack Obama calls on Bashar al Assad to step down. The US freezes all assets of the Syrian government.

:: November 16 - The Free Syrian Army attacks a military base near Damascus.

:: February 4, 2012 - A UN Security Council resolution on Syria is rejected for a second time by Russia and China.

:: March 1 - Government troops seize the Baba Amr district of Homs after an intense battle lasting for several weeks.

:: April 12 - A UN-brokered ceasefire comes into force after fierce fighting in the country.

:: May 23 - Dozens of people, many of them women and children, die in Houla, near Homs. Foreign Secretary William Hague says they were "massacred at the hands of Syrian forces". The UN later accuses the Syrian military of committing war crimes.

:: August - Barack Obama says the use of chemical weapons against civilians would represent the crossing of a "red line".

:: March 6, 2013 - Foreign Secretary William Hague says Britain will provide opposition forces with "non-lethal equipment for the protection of civilians".

:: April-May - Britain says there is credible evidence to suggest Syrian forces have used chemical weapons in Adra, Darayya and Saraqiq and calls for an investigation by the UN.

:: April 29 - Syrian prime minister Wael Nader al Halqi survives an assassination attempt as a car bomb explodes in Damascus.

:: May 14 - Footage of a Syrian rebel commander apparently cutting out a soldier's heart is condemned by the country's National Coalition.

:: June 6 - Syrian forces, backed by Hizbollah fighters, recapture the strategic border town of Qusair.

:: June 6 - Human Rights Watch releases footage which it claims shows Syrian troops shelling school buildings.

:: July 25 - The UN says the number of people killed in the civil war has reached 100,000.

:: August 21 - An alleged chemical attack in Damascus kills 1,300 people, according to the opposition. Doctors Without Borders says 335 people died from "neurotoxic" symptoms.

:: August 25 - Foreign Secretary William Hague says a chemical attack by the Syrian government is the only "plausible explanation" for the deaths.

:: August 26 - UN inspectors brave sniper fire to gather "valuable" evidence from one site of the alleged chemical attack, as the US Secretary of State John Kerry says the Assad regime would face action over the "moral obscenity".

:: August 27 - The UK recalls Parliament to hold a vote on August 29 on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. David Cameron and Barack Obama agree there is "no doubt" the Assad regime is responsible for the alleged attack.

:: August 28 - Britain tables a draft UN resolution condemning the alleged attack and "authorising all necessary measures".

:: August 29 - David Cameron is forced to rule out military action after narrowly losing a Commons vote on the principle of intervention.

:: August 31 - President Obama says the US "should take military action" in Syria but confirms he will seek authorisation from Congress before launching any strikes against the Assad regime. He says the US is "prepared to strike whenever we choose".

:: September 2 - a French intelligence reports claims the Assad regime was responsible for a "massive and coordinated" chemical attack in Damascus.

:: September 3 - Israel says it has carried out a joint missile test with the US in the Mediterranean.

:: September 4 - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approve a draft US resolution authorising the use of military force in Syria. Meanwhile, MPs in France debate whether to join any possible military intervention, although they do not vote on the subject.

:: September 5 - World leaders meet at the G20 summit in Russia, with the crisis in Syria high on the agenda.

:: September 6 - Britain pledges £52m in aid to Syria, as David Cameron hits back at a reported jibe from Russia that Britain is a "small island".

:: September 8 - The RAF sends up two Typhoon jets in Cyprus as warplanes, thought to have come from Syria, enter international airspace. Meanwhile John Kerry says more nations than his country can use are prepared to join military action against Syria.

:: September 9 - Russia urges Syrian President Bashar al Assad to hand over his chemical weapons to avert a US-led military strike on Damascus.

:: September 10 - President Barack Obama delays a Congress vote on air strikes as Russia gives the US its plan for putting Syria's chemical weapons under international contral.

:: September 11 - A UN report confirms at least eight massacres were carried by the Assad regime and one by rebels over the past 18 months.

:: September 12 - Syria formally applies to join the Chemical Weapons Convention. Russia and US hold two days of talks on the issue.

:: September 14 - The US and Russia agree on a giving Syria a deadline of one week to produce a list of chemical weapons they possess. 

:: September 16 - British, French and US foreign ministers meet in Paris and warn "there will be consequences" if Syria fails to abide by the plan to hand over its chemical weapons arsenal.

:: September 18 - Syria hands Russia "new materials" on the Damascus gas attack which it claims implicate rebels. Russia also calls the UN report into the incident "biased" and "politicised".

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Internet Dating Warning After Woman's Murder

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent

Ireland's chief of police has urged people using internet dating to be cautious but refused to comment on speculation a woman found murdered at the weekend met her killer online.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callanan said it was too soon for officers leading the investigation into the death of Elaine O'Hara, 36, from Dublin, to be able to confirm the reports.

He said: "The internet is a marvellous creation but I would tell people to know who you are dealing with and know the circumstances surrounding your business on the net."

Police have now formally identified skeletal remains, found by a woman walking her dog near Rathfarnam at the foot of the Dublin mountains last Friday, as those of Ms O'Hara.

She had been missing since August last year and officers are understood to be checking her computer records to ascertain if she had made arrangements to meet someone that night.

Ms O'Hara's body was found at the foot of the Dublin mountains

A key fob from her work, clothing and a phone thought to have belonged to her were found at a second crime scene at Roundwood, County Wicklow, 12 miles away.

Gardai are also trying to establish if handcuffs and leg restraints, which were found in a backpack when the water level dropped in Vartry Reservoir, are linked to her disappearance and death.

Commissioner Callanan said finding the rest of Ms O'Hara's remains was now the priority and vowed that officers would do their utmost to bring inquiries to a successful conclusion.

He acknowledged that this latest case bore similarities to the murders of six women being investigated under Operation Trace, but insisted it was too early to consider any possible link.

Police officers from either side of the Irish border have been meeting in Dundalk, County Louth, to review strategies for dealing with major crime when it connects the two jurisdictions.

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Abducted Teen Ayvani: Fresh Appeal By Police

Police searching for a 14-year-old girl abducted during a break-in by two armed men have appealed for more information from the public.

Ayvani Hope Perez was snatched by the pair after they entered through a back door around 2am on Tuesday, officers in Atlanta said.

The men then demanded money and jewellery from her mother, authorities added.

When the woman said she did not have any, they took Ayvani from her home in Ellenwood, Clayton County.

One of the men shot and killed the dog because it was barking.

Sergeant Kevin Hughes from Clayton County police told Sky News: "We're still asking people for information and tips (about missing Ayvani)."

He said the FBI and state officials were among those taking part in the major search for the teenager.

Officers have also told Sky they do not believe the girl knew the suspects and it appeared to be a "random act".

An artist's impression of the two suspects. Pic: Clayton County police

Meanwhile, the suspects have reportedly made a $10,000 (£6,250) ransom demand for her release.

Perez's aunt, Suky Guerrero, said family members were trying to raise the money to secure Ayvani's release, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

And a law enforcement official close to the investigation apparently confirmed the ransom to the newspaper.

But Clayton County police told Sky News they were unaware of the reported ransom until they were contacted by the media and could not confirm it to Sky News.

Ayvani was last seen in a grey car - a Dodge Charger or Chevy Malibu - that the men left in.

The teenager is described as Hispanic, with brown eyes and black hair.

She is described as 4ft 9in tall and weighs about six-and-a-half stone. She was wearing blue and grey Star Wars pyjama bottoms.

Police have been stopping and searching cars and were also using a helicopter in the search.

A child-abduction alert was also issued by authorities on Tuesday.

More than 150 people reportedly gathered in a circle and held hands in prayer at a candlelight vigil on Tuesday evening at Dutchtown High School in Hampton.

Many teenagers there - some of whom held posters with Ayvani's name and pictures of them with her - were her classmates at the school.

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