Last week the Azerbaijani president, Heidar Aliev, said this second stage would require the Armenians also to give up the Lachin corridor and the town of Shusha, within Karabakh, which before the war had a predominantly Azeri population.

BBC: Karabakh: Are Things Moving?

It was losing height, that was certain: for a second it seemed as if it would crash into the Plaza Hotel, but instead it slid into the corridor between two skyscrapers and disappeared from view in the direction of the Hudson.

NEWYORKER: The Daughters of the Moon

Sidebottom kept the ball moving in the corridor of uncertainty to oust Kyle Mills and Iain O'Brien, who tentatively prodded to first and second slip respectively.

BBC: England complete emphatic victory