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