NB No selection next week. I’ll be in Sweden!
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
Would Catalonia make a viable country?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41474674
WORLD NEWS
In pictures: Mass shooting in Las Vegas
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41466859
Catalonia referendum
Spanish court bars MPs’ independence move
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41514398
V Independence will be declared ‘by end of week’
How Barcelona and Madrid viewed the vote
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41463475
FRANCE
Marseille knifeman ‘used several aliases and stole’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41466614
Merah ‘accomplices’ on trial
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41466616
‘Mona Lisa nude sketch’ found in France
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41436057
UK, USA & Canada
A cheaper alternative to London (You’ll never guess which UK city)
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170926-a-cheaper-alternative-to-london
Donald Trump’s proposed tax plan could benefit Trump (Contrary to what he said)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41423159
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Amazon and Apple caught in latest EU tax crackdown
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41497459
V China to shut down North Korean companies (video: Was your T-shirt made in North Korea?)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41431057
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
V When artificial intelligence met peaches (in China!)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-41479282/when-artificial-intelligence-met-peaches
MISCELLANEOUS
Czech TV tower loses its babies
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41502954
Female Saudi drivers ‘will reduce crashes’ (unsupported claim – but I believe it)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41434684