V = video report
My Pick of the Week
Could this 10-year-old fix Pakistan’s waste problem?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40251360
WORLD NEWS
Xi Jinping’s ‘New Era’ China a new era for the world?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41744675
Crown prince says Saudis want return to moderate Islam
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41747476
Mosul: Culture and concerts where IS once reigned
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41693136
FRANCE & Europe
Sexual harassment: French MPs ‘blacklisted’ by women staff
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41734844
Man arrested after knife attack in Munich
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41705587
Czech election: Billionaire Andrej Babis poised to win
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41691098
UK, USA & Canada
V Why does the US have so many child brides?
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41727495/why-does-the-us-have-so-many-child-brides
Jeff Flake: Republican senator quits with attack on Donald Trump (“GOP” dumping Trump – maybe)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41743473
V Republican speaker Ryan roasts Trump at charity dinner (he must have a good script-writer)
HEALTH
Pollution linked to one in six deaths
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41678533
OTHER SITES
5 former US presidents unite for ‘One America’ appeal
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2017/1022/914307-one-america-appeal/
Snapchat will put Jeff Koons’ art installations in augmented reality
EDUCATION & FAMILY
The 350 million people who don’t even exist (How the poorest are left out of statistics)
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41730606
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
The hidden crisis shaping life on Earth (Humans vs Biodiversity)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171022-the-hidden-crisis-shaping-life-on-earth
Alarm over decline in flying insects
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41670472
MISCELLANEOUS
V The Parisian ‘on-street concierge’ service (Warning: this video contains French)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-41628125/the-parisian-on-street-concierge-service
V Macron’s dog interrupts meeting (by peeing in the background)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-41717804/macron-s-dog-interrupts-meeting
Black dog syndrome (people discriminate against pets, too!)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-41686518/what-is-black-dog-syndrome
The Soviet Union’s flawed rival to Concorde (Comment vas-Tupolev?)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171018-the-soviet-unions-flawed-rival-to-concorde