My Pick of the Week
Gun Control Whoop-de-doo (John Oliver interviews an opponent of gun control who inadvertently admits fewer guns = fewer gun deaths): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pOiOhxujsE
WORLD NEWS
N Korea ‘providing materials to Syria chemical weapons factories’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43219614
FRANCE & Europe
How France hopes to help radicals escape jihadist net
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43215027
Johnny Hallyday estate: Bardot wades into France family row
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43182858
UK, USA & Canada
Florida shooting
School threats spike ‘significantly’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43190511
The NRA Encouraged People to Buy Guns for Valentine’s Day
http://fortune.com/2018/02/15/nra-valentines-day-guns-florida-shooting/
Firms abandon NRA amid consumer boycott
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43173753
Trump endorses guns for teachers to stop shootings (Why are we NOT surprised?)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43149694
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
How rich are the rich? If only you knew!
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180223-how-rich-are-the-rich-if-only-you-knew
HEALTH
The country with the highest female suicide rate in the world
Millennials ‘set to be fattest generation’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43195977
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Special school for disruptive children (where they’re not labelled ‘bad’ – just they’ve made ‘a bad choice’)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_pru_pupil_referral_unit
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Samsung Galaxy S9 focuses on the camera
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43163378
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Nine films to watch in March
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180222-nine-films-to-watch-in-march
How to speak like Black Panther
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-43196659/how-to-speak-like-black-panther
TRAVEL
The mysterious origins of Finland’s true name
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180225-the-mysterious-origins-of-finlands-true-name
MISCELLANEOUS
China warns parents after boy filmed peeing in lift
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43198994