My Pick of the Week
The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water – like Cape Town
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-42982959
WORLD NEWS
Winter Olympics: North Korea presses ahead with military parade
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42930587
Macedonia: Why the row with Greece over the name runs so deep
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42963058
FRANCE & Europe
Macron threatens Syria strikes if chemical weapon use proven
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43053617
Macron rejects Corsican language demand
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42982154
Skiers and snowboards in the Paris snow
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-42982886/skiers-and-snowboards-in-the-paris-snow
UK, USA & Canada
Here’s what Year Two of Trump’s scam (arnaque) will look like
Why the US is drawing in Europe’s ex-pats post-Brexit
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180209-do-european-expats-prefer-the-us-over-the-uk
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Does the US debt of $20tn matter?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41248503
HEALTH
US suicides ‘spiked after Robin Williams’s death’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42958387
Sport
Winter Olympics
Why ice hockey is missing biggest NHL stars
http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/43032686
South Korea to pay for North’s delegation
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43054453
History
Economic collapse: The real message of the fall of Troy
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42864071
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Is social media causing childhood depression?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42705881
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Plastic bottle scheme that could help clean the oceans
In-flight rock event: 90 minutes of clubbing & weightlessness
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180206-the-flight-that-brings-space-weightlessness-to-earth
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Polari: the code gay men used to survive
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180212-polari-the-code-language-gay-men-used-to-survive
TRAVEL
Does your holiday pass the human rights test?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-42957225
MISCELLANEOUS
Peru: convict used twin brother to escape
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43053903