My Pick of the Week
Giant plastic catcher heads for Pacific Ocean clean-up
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45438736
World
Sergei Skripal and the Russian disinformation game
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45454142
International Criminal Court threatened with US sanctions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45474864
The Commonwealth countries where it is illegal to be gay
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43822234
Europe
Europe and nationalism: A country-by-country guide
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36130006
Paris knife attack: Seven injured, four seriously
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45468082
EU banks on last minute Brexit deal this autumn
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45428008
Why Macron is fretting over the big change to how the French pay income tax
https://www.thelocal.fr/20180903/why-is-macron-worried-about-changing-the-way-french-workers-pay-tax
America
US 2018 mid-terms in charts: Should Donald Trump be worried?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44314914
The farmers who trust Trump – but not without worries
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45451692
How do hurricanes form?
https://www.bbc.com/weather/features/24056514
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
The entrepreneur creating Ghana’s next generation of inventors
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44846317
HEALTH
Probiotics labelled ‘quite useless’
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45434753
Sport
US Open 2018: Naomi Osaka wins after Serena Williams outburst
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/45462014
History
Lyon’s secret labyrinth: an ingenious escape route (from the Nazis)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180906-lyons-secret-labyrinth-an-ingenious-escape-route
EDUCATION & FAMILY
The words you’d love to hear your children say – but never do
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-45450648
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
British Airways breach: How did hackers get in?
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45446529
ENVIRONMENT
Climate change may force us to conjure water from thin air
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180821-climate-change-may-force-us-to-conjure-water-from-thin-air
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
NYT Trump column: Linguistic clues to White House insider? (Could it be Mike Pence?)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45435813
Why avoiding conflict at work is a terrible mistake
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180905-why-becoming-more-argumentative-will-make-you-smarter
MISCELLANEOUS
How to shake the fakes out of politics
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44397484
Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45442417