Last chance to see

Afternoon all, With property prices at record highs in much of the UK, the National Grid is dismantling gas holders and selling off the land. You haven’t got much time to appreciate the beauty of structures like this lovely pair in east London.

And you’re too late to see this one in Edmonton – it was demolished last month.

Will the UK's gas holders be missed?

The fog of war isn't something which just happens - it's something which can be manufactured. And according to Lucy Ash, it's something that Russia is skilled in. The Russian strategy is to say there is no such thing as truth. They call it maskirovka. As well as spreading disinformation there are a few more elements – surprise, camouflage, manoeuvres intended to deceive, concealment, the use of decoys and military dummies. And it explains why the Russian annexation of Crimea caught almost everyone off guard. How Russia outfoxes its enemies

Here’s an unlikely coupling - millionaires and monks. Especially when you consider the millionaires are Chinese and the monks are Tibetan. But it seems that newly rich Chinese people are spending their money on getting monks to preach. It all leads to scenes like this one – the luxury banquet which followed a religious ceremony.

The monk, in the centre of the picture, admitted to being a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing. Perhaps even more surprising was that a former senior Communist Party official with close links to the Chinese leadership invited the BBC into his home to witness him praying in front of a portrait of the Dalai Lama. But it happened. China's super-rich communist Buddhists

Meanwhile... An Indian state government is paying couples who marry outside their caste Indonesians are posting selfies to protest a preacher's declaration that they are narcissistic A blue whale is replacing the Diplodocus as the main feature in the Natural History Museum