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Fernando Alonso: the F1 great who couldn't catch a break - part four of five Luca Di Montezemolo led Ferrari for 23 years from 1991-2014 and he says his final year in charge was "maybe the worst season of my career". The nightmare started on the day he realised the team had "heavily underestimated" what was required of the new hybrid engines in F1. This did not just mean a season of uncompetitiveness; he knew it meant a serious problem with Fernando Alonso. The first pre-season test was in Jerez in Spain. Alonso's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen drove the first two days. "He told me: 'There is no power in the engine,'" Di Montezemolo says. "And the third day was Fernando and he told me exactly the same. And I understood that the season was over because it was impossible to work on the engine, because under the rules it was frozen. "I think that was the moment Fernando said: 'If I continue to stay at Ferrari, I will never again win a championship.' Because it was really a shocking moment." While Alonso was coming to terms with it, something else was afoot. Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari had been flirting with each other for a while. Now, unknown to anyone outside the very top echelons of Ferrari, Vettel, who was by then a four-time world champion with Red Bull, had begun serious discussions about joining the team. Di Montezemolo says: "He came to my home with a very nice box of Swiss chocolates, because he lives in Switzerland. "It was before the start of the season, and to make the story short, he told me, 'Listen, if this season, as I suspect, I do not win the championship, I want to come to drive for Ferrari.'" The problem was that Ferrari already had two drivers under contract - Raikkonen until the end of 2015 and Alonso, whose deal ran until 2016. If Vettel was to join, Alonso was going to have to leave. Three races into the 2014 season, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali resigned, saying he was taking responsibility for the car's poor performance. His replacement, Marco Mattiacci, started talks with Alonso about the driver's future. Initially, Mattiacci was keen for Alonso to sign an extended contract and the conversations were about him committing to the team for another three years - until 2019. But before long that changed. Di Montezemolo says: "Fernando at the beginning said yes, and then said no, and then said: 'I don't want to renew.'" In his negotiations with Mattiacci, Alonso was talking about wanting options in the contract to leave after one more year, or within the next three. Mattiacci felt this did not speak of a man committed to building a future with Ferrari and he put negotiations on hold. He felt there was no rush to conclude a new deal with Alonso, seeing as he was under contract until 2016 anyway. But at the same time, he started pursuing Vettel more assiduously. He met a man keen to join Ferrari and commit to a new project. Di Montezemolo says: "Mattiacci was very in favour to close the relationship with Alonso, without even doing deep negotiations to find a way to renew. I was not so convinced. "If Alonso had come to me and said, 'Listen, I believe. I want to stay because I think Ferrari is Ferrari and I am sure next year we can improve,' I would have signed in 30 seconds. "My concern was that in my conversations with Fernando, I always remember him very doubtful, very critical, a person who didn't really believe in the possibility that Ferrari can be competitive in 2015. "Mattiacci decided if we can have Vettel, it is better for both of us to change. For him (Alonso), because if he stays it will be with a lot of doubts in his mind; for us, because we don't have a very motivated driver. Vettel wants to push, he loves Ferrari. Michael (Schumacher) was the best supporter of Vettel to me. "So in the end, I said: 'I agree. If the situation with Fernando is still that he doesn't want to take a final decision, he wants to wait, he is not happy, he complains, it is better to let him go. Maybe he can find an opportunity outside - and, for us, fresh air.'" A further complication was that Di Montezemolo was having "difficult relations" with Fiat president Sergio Marchionne, who was poised to take over at Ferrari. "Until a certain moment, I did everything that was possible to have Alonso convinced and motivated for the future," Di Montezemolo said. "Then, two elements: I was sure to leave Ferrari. So I didn't want to push Fernando too much because I was not able to keep my word with him. It was not correct for me to convince Fernando to stay and then leave. Fernando (would say): 'Listen, why did you not tell me you were going to leave?' "And second because I have seen Fernando not convinced. For me, the mind of the driver is the most important." That by the summer Mattiacci and Alonso were not getting on is no secret. Some sources say part of the reason for that was that Mattiacci offered him better terms - in terms of more money and more say in the team - only to withdraw the offer. But Di Montezemolo says salary did not come into it. "I never discussed money with Alonso before he decided to leave," he says. "Money was not on the table, at least in my discussions with him. Never. "In other words, he did not decide to leave Ferrari for money, and we did not decide not to try to do our biggest effort to keep him because of money. "He was not motivated, he was not sure, with a lot of doubts. And the father of Fernando had also a big influence on him. His father said: 'No, it is time for you to change. Leave Ferrari unfortunately for many reasons - you were not able to win the championship, you have to find some other alternative to win the championship.'"

Donald Trump has threatened to close the whole US-Mexico border, including halting trade with Mexico, if the arrival of migrants from central America there leads to disorder. He also said he had given troops at the border the go-ahead to use lethal force if needed. On Monday the US briefly closed a busy crossing to install new barriers. Thousands of migrants are at the border after travelling more than 4,000km (2,500 miles) from Central America. Migrant caravan: What is it and why does it matter? A river of people: The migrant caravan in pictures They say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their home countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Mr Trump has deployed about 5,800 troops to the border and has previously described the migrants as an "invasion". What did Trump say? "If we find that it gets to a level where we are going to lose control or where people are going to start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control," he told reporters. "The whole border. I mean the whole border. Mexico will not be able to sell their cars into the United States where they make so many cars," he added. Image caption The migrants say they are fleeing poverty, violence and persecution Donald Trump has threatened to close the whole US-Mexico border, including halting trade with Mexico, if the arrival of migrants from central America there leads to disorder. He also said he had given troops at the border the go-ahead to use lethal force if needed. On Monday the US briefly closed a busy crossing to install new barriers. Thousands of migrants are at the border after travelling more than 4,000km (2,500 miles) from Central America. Migrant caravan: What is it and why does it matter? A river of people: The migrant caravan in pictures They say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their home countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Mr Trump has deployed about 5,800 troops to the border and has previously described the migrants as an "invasion". What did Trump say? "If we find that it gets to a level where we are going to lose control or where people are going to start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control," he told reporters. "The whole border. I mean the whole border. Mexico will not be able to sell their cars into the United States where they make so many cars," he added. Image caption The migrants say they are fleeing poverty, violence and persecution Where are the migrants now? Almost 3,000 Central American migrants have arrived in the Mexican border city of Tijuana after crossing Mexico and parts of Central America. More than 2,750 have sought refuge in a shelter set up by the mayor's office. Hundreds of Tijuana residents have protested against the migrants' presence and urged them to leave. The town's mayor has said he expects the number of migrants in the city to reach 10,000 in the coming weeks. US officials have warned that anyone found entering the country illegally will face arrest, prosecution and deportation. What do the migrants want? The migrants say they are leaving their respective countries in the hope of building a better future for themselves and their families. Some say they have been threatened or mistreated by criminal gangs operating in their home towns. Many are travelling with their children whom they say they do not want to fall prey to the gangs. Others hope to get jobs abroad which will pay enough for them to send money to their relatives who stayed behind.

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Six teenage boys from an elite school have been charged with gang sexual assault after videos of alleged hazing incidents surfaced online. St Michael's College School, a private Catholic all-boys school in Toronto, expelled eight students last week in connection with the incidents. Police say they are investigating at least four separate assaults, two of which were sexual in nature. The school has been accused of turning a blind eye to hazing and bullying. The school received a bomb threat on Monday morning, just as police were giving a press conference on their investigation. Six teenage boys have been charged with assault, gang sex assault and sex assault with a weapon. Their identities have been withheld because they are minors. Canadian media first reported on the expulsions last week. CityNews says it saw two videos of alleged hazing incidents. In one of the videos, a male student is naked from the waist down in a locker room, and appears to be sexually assaulted with a broom handle. In another video, a male student sits in a bathroom sink in his underwear, while other students slap him and splash him with water, CityNews reported. Police say the videos meet the definition of child pornography. Dominic Sinopoli, who heads Toronto police's sex crimes unit, told media on Monday anyone in possession of the video should "delete it". Mr Sinopoli says he believes there are more videos and more victims, and is urging people to come forward if they have additional information. Meanwhile, St Michael's is initiating an independent investigation into the incidents. "We want to come out of this as leaders in understanding how to frame a culture so this doesn't occur," principal Greg Reeves told CBC News. Mr Reeves described the contents of the videos as "horrific". The school has come under fire for not reporting the incident to police sooner, and trying to deal with the allegations internally. St Michael's became aware of the locker room video on the evening of 12 November, but did not bring it to police attention until two days later, after media began reporting on it. Toronto police detective Dominic Sinopoli told media that police are investigating whether the school fulfilled its legal obligation to report the incident to police.

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A second person has died following a crash near Kirkcaldy in Fife. The 17-year-old died at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital, where he was being treated following the accident on Sunday. Another 17-year-old, Ethan King from Kirkcaldy, died in the one-vehicle crash on Standing Stane Road. An 18-year-old man was seriously injured and is in a stable condition in hospital. Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses. Sgt Nicola Young said: "Tragically as a result of the collision a second young person has lost their life and our thoughts remain with his family and friends, as well as those of the other injured parties, at this difficult time. "I would again appeal to anyone who may have information to assist our inquiries, and has not yet spoken to officer, to come forward at their earliest convenience."