My Pick of the Week

US trade war would make world ‘poorer and more dangerous’

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45789669

World

In pictures: Melania Trump’s whistle-stop Africa tour

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45760464

First woman appointed as head of Saudi bank

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45763656

Osaka cuts San Francisco ties over ‘comfort women’ statue

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45747803

Transparency – the tool to counter Russia

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45751173

America

A really simple guide to the US mid-term elections

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-c2d5bac7-3827-44d1-b5a0-8e6c637736b2

Why US top court is so much more political than UK’s

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45632035

Can chocolate (and sport) sweeten a bitterly divided US?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45504065

Police shootings USA

How a Chicago teenager was shot dead by police

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34917287

Chicago police officer convicted of killing teen

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45767366

Don’t shoot, I’m disabled (disabled people killed by US police)

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-45739335

Europe

Man jailed for slapping woman in viral French video

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45749892

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

If your boss asked you to take a polygraph test, would you?

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20181004-if-your-boss-asked-you-to-take-a-polygraph-test-would-you

HEALTH

Yes, the pill changes your body shape (but it (probably) doesn’t make you gain weight)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181003-does-the-birth-control-pill-make-you-fat

5 myths about broken bones

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181005-five-myths-about-broken-bones

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The world’s first fully-autonomous indoor farm

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-45769107/the-world-s-first-fully-autonomous-indoor-farm

ENVIRONMENT

Fast fashion is harming the planet

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45745242

Vietnam’s children and the fear of climate change

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45738136

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Fake news: French language body urges alternative phrase

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45754756

Photographer Orlando Suero’s black & white images (mainly 50s & 60s) of celebrities (including BB, 1965)

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181004-fascinating-moments-captured-on-film

TRAVEL

The secret story behind Turkish delight (loukoum to you)

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181003-the-secret-story-behind-turkish-delight

MISCELLANEOUS

Thieves steal entire German vineyard (from “under the noses” of the local police)

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-45720218

Utah toddler (enfant en bas age) puts more than $1,000 in the shredder

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45758102

BBC … website articles week 41 2018
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