My Pick of the Week
How the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal unfolded – http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-43650346/how-the-facebook-cambridge-analytica-data-scandal-unfolded
WORLD NEWS
What are Trump’s options on Syria?
N Korea-US talks: Pyongyang ‘ready to discuss’ nuclear programme
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43693528
FRANCE & Europe
Lufthansa and Air France flights grounded by strikes
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43709807
German van attack: ‘Suspect had mental health problems’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43687875
UK, USA & Canada
Key moments from Zuckerberg hearing
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-43720692/key-moments-from-zuckerberg-hearing
In the US, you don’t have to kill to be a murderer
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43673331
‘McMafia gangs’ behind London crime wave
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43653291
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Facebook data: How it was used by Cambridge Analytica
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-43674480/facebook-data-how-it-was-used-by-cambridge-analytica
Fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page removed
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43711507
How Greece is reversing its brain drain
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180404-one-answer-to-solving-greeces-brain-drain
The fascinating world of Instagram’s virtual celebrities
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180402-the-fascinating-world-of-instagrams-virtual-celebrities
Iran sets single foreign exchange rate to rescue currency
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43715971
HEALTH
How Amsterdam is reducing child obesity
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43113760
Sport
Child amputees get new sport prosthetics fund
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/disability-43719484/child-amputees-get-new-sport-prosthetics-fund
History
Iron Age study targets British DNA mystery
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43712587
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Meet the ‘Study Tubers’: The YouTubers making studying cool – http://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-43643299/meet-the-study-tubers-the-youtubers-making-studying-cool
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Dozen black holes found at galactic centre
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43648152
Conservationists use astronomy software to save species
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43546429
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Saudi Arabia inks deal with France to set up opera and orchestra
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43703236
Why do good people turn bad online (and others just reveal themselves to the world in tweets)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180403-why-do-people-become-trolls-online-and-in-social-media
Why disco should be taken seriously
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180403-why-disco-should-be-taken-seriously
How cured meats protect us from food poisoning
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180406-how-cured-meats-protect-us-from-food-poisoning
TRAVEL
Ireland’s light-hearted approach to life
http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20180403-irelands-light-hearted-approach-to-life