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Police on a British military base in Cyprus on Thursday launched their latest weapon in the fight against illegal bird trappers - a high-tech drone.

A recent study by Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Cheap Mark Scheifele Jersey , said Cypriot trappers killed 2.3 million migrating birds in autumn 2016, up from 1.4 million in 2010.

Compared with other nations, that makes Cyprus the second-most deadly bird destination in the Mediterranean, after Malta. And most of the industrial killing takes place within British military-controlled areas, especially the eastern sovereign base of Dhekelia, outside the south coast resort of Larnaca.

After Cyprus gained independence in 1960, Britain retained sovereignty over two base areas covering some 254 square kilometers of the island's territory where it runs its own police and courts.

British authorities said the drone would mainly be used by an action team dedicated to combating illegal bird trapping due to the crystal clear imagery it can generate from great heights at a top speed of more than 80 kilometers per hour.

The top-of-the-range drone, which has night-vision capabilities, will enhance the police's ability to cover areas that have proved difficult to reach in the past.

The Dhekelia garrison divisional commander, Chief Superintendent Jon Ward, said base police "are absolutely committed to targeting anybody involved in illegal bird trapping and we will use all legal methods in order to do this."

Ward told reporters that police across British base territory will also be using hidden cameras, a method which has proved successful in recent months in leading to the prosecution of bird trappers.

"We have seen some significant sentences handed down by the courts recently and the use of these techniques... and it will be intelligence-led to target criminals," he added.

"My message to anyone thinking of engaging in illegal activity but more specifically in bird trapping is to be aware that we will be out both day and night to catch you," he concluded.

Facebook Inc said it is adding a new feature to its messaging app that allows friends to send and receive money through it.

Users can tap or click a dollar icon in a new chat window to send money to their friends, after they link a Visa or MasterCard debit card issued by a U.S. bank to their accounts. (bit.ly1xvuNDm)

The free feature will roll out over the next few months for users in the United States who access Facebook Messenger through desktop computers or Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS operating systems on mobile devices.

Users can create a PIN or enable Touch ID if they have an iPhone to add a level of security to the payments.

Snapchat had launched a similar service last November, called Snapcash.

The mobile messaging company partnered with online payments company Square to allow Snapchat users to link their debit cards to their account and quickly send money to a contact by starting a chat on a smartphone.

BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Buddhist and Taoist temples across China received government instructions Thursday, warning them against seeking profits in the name of religion.

A guideline to regulate commercial activities in Buddhist and Taoist temples was jointly issued by 12 departments including the State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA), the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, and Ministry of Public Security.

The document reminded Buddhist and Taoist temples of their nature as non-profit organizations and forbade any organizations and individuals from profiting from religious activities.

Although temples are allowed to engage in commercial activities, such as publishing books, or selling religious objects and artwork, the activities should be for maintenance and operation of temples or for charity programs, said an SARA statement.

Commercial activities by Buddhist temples are intended to promote Buddhism in approachable ways and will not aim to make a profit, said Master Xuecheng, president of the Buddhist Association of China.

Li Guangfu, chairman of China Taoist Association, echoed Xuecheng's comment by saying that it is important for temples to draw a clear line between necessary commercial practices and profit-seeking ones.

SARA decided to tighten supervision on financial management of temples, asking them to adopt the same systems of finance, tax, asset management and accounting as non-religious institutions.

Temples should register at taxation authorities and report their revenues and expenditures according to the law, the document said.

A third-party supervisor will be introduced to oversee financial operations and the donation funds of temples, and relevant information will be published.

Promoting religion online will also be subject to government regulation. Organizations and individuals that would like to provide religious information services online should apply to the provincial religious affairs departments, according to the document.

The guideline also pushed local governments to curb the seeking of profits in the name of religion.

Tourist sites known for their religious significance are banned from charging high entrance fees, and local governments are discouraged from erecting unnecessarily large religious idols and building temples in non-religious locations for the sake of attracting tourists.

They should not fuel "religious craze" as a way to boost the economy and develop tourism, the document stressed.

The government will crack down upon organizations and individuals that hire fake monks or Taoists and hold illegal rituals to gain donations or encourage irrational spending on religious rituals.

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