My Pick of the Week
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ican warns nuclear war ‘a tantrum away’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42298453
WORLD NEWS
Why North Korea’s nuclear test is still producing aftershocks
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42305161
What Trump’s Jerusalem decision means for peace
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42260141/what-trump-s-jerusalem-decision-means-for-peace
Person of the Year: Time honours abuse ‘silence breakers’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42254219
FRANCE & Europe
Laurent Wauquiez: Right-winger is French opposition hope against Macron
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42310937
EU’s Federica Mogherini rebuffs Netanyahu on Jerusalem
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42313727
Johnny Hallyday: How rocker held up a mirror to France (“to mock Johnny is to mock France”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42254252
UK, USA & Canada
Democrat Jones defeats Roy Moore in Senate upset
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42333712
Roy Moore beliefs: Things the Republican has said
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41417203
Viewsnight: Will American democracy survive Donald Trump?
After Weinstein, Trump sexual misconduct accusers demand action
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Bitcoin – risky bubble or the future?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42138370
The perils of a political Federal Reserve
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42302771
The four companies that shape our lives
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20171208-the-four-companies-that-shape-our-lives
HEALTH
Will change to organ donor rules mean more transplants?
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42282409
Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42308341
Sport
Russian media cast Olympic ban as Western plot
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42251651
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Meet me on the bridge: Discovering the truth about my parents after 20 years
Skin betting: ‘Children as young as 11 introduced to gambling’
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42311533
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Bitcoin: Does it really use more electricity than Ireland?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42265728
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Who invented hummus?
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171211-who-invented-hummus
TRAVEL
Lakes, coffee and Santa Claus: Finland turns 100
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42237467
Friluftsliv: the Nordic concept of getting outdoors
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20171211-friluftsliv-the-nordic-concept-of-getting-outdoors
MISCELLANEOUS
Lord’s Prayer: Pope Francis calls for change
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42279427
Inside China’s ‘virtue schools’ for women
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-42305137