My Pick of the Week
I went undercover in the alt-right
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43131290
WORLD NEWS
US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in historic Vietnam visit
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43282558
Burkina Faso attack: French embassy targeted in Ouagadougou
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43257453
Clowns bring joy to refugee children (it’s important)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-43227061/clowns-bring-joy-to-refugee-children
FRANCE & Europe
France to fix legal age of sexual consent as 15
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43300313
Italy general election vote: Who’s who and why it matters
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43209525
Why English courts are opening in the EU
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42979920
UK, USA & Canada
Russian spy: Boris Johnson warns Kremlin over Salisbury incident (defector & daughter fall mysteriously ill)
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43303651
Trump steps up war of words on trade with threat to tax EU cars
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43270388
Steel tariffs – what impact will they really have?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43251335
US gun control
State lawmakers pass gun control measures (a little – better than nothing)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43298384
Guns banned on dating app Bumble (so much for Guns & Roses)
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43301733
Dick’s Sporting Goods pulls assault-style rifles as Florida students return
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43223279
Four key dates that shaped the US gun debate
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42055871
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
US investment giant pressures gun firms
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43268446
HEALTH
Britain needs to go on a diet
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43201586
Diabetes is actually five separate diseases, research suggests
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43246261
Sport
The story of women’s football in 10 objects
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43139535
EDUCATION & FAMILY
A different portrait of black fatherhood (a nice bit of “feel-good”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-43159310
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Fancy charging up your electric car in 10 minutes?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43285885
AutoSaw: Robot carpenter makes custom furniture
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43251669
How humans echolocate ‘like bats’ (I read this as “e-chocolate” before reading the article)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43173613
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Notre-Dame: Cracks in the cathedral
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-43258266/notre-dame-cracks-in-the-cathedral
Six, deaf and going to the Oscars
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-43245738/six-deaf-and-going-to-the-oscars
Test your accent in English. Maybe you sound “West London” (like me & Hugh Grant)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180205-which-british-accent-is-closest-to-your-own
MISCELLANEOUS
Yusuf, 14, aims to be first US Muslim president (He’s serious!)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-43292207/yusuf-14-aims-to-be-first-us-muslim-president
Panama hotel removes Trump branding after court battle
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43297902
Japanese electric toilet symbols go global
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43224316
Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination probed amid fakery concerns
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43225074
Pregnant Frenchwoman fined for walking wrong way
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43272326