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Week 25 2016

WORLD NEWS

Refugees at highest ever level, reaching 65m, says UN

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-36573082

Tricky task for Rome’s first female mayor

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36574168

FRANCE

France’s first Shakespearean-style theatre vandalised

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36578935

French policeman snubs president (by refusing to shake his hand)

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36563152

UK EU referendum (comments on the results – next week)

Soros warns of Brexit threat to pound and jobs

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36582026

EU Referendum campaigns remain suspended after Jo Cox attack

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36553442

Five reasons Brexit could signal Trump winning the White House

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36564808

UK, USA & Canada

Arrested Briton ‘wanted to shoot Donald Trump’

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36582770

Canada’s parliament passes assisted suicide bill

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36566214

Canada MPs back gender-neutral changes to national anthem

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36545632

Jo Cox death: What we know about the suspect

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36558386

Orlando shootings: Democrats in 14-hour gun control filibuster

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36545432

Chicago man shot dead during Facebook live-stream

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36566635

US Senate rejects gun control bills

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36563337

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Revlon to buy Elizabeth Arden for $870m

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36557205

Inside Disney’s new Shanghai resort

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36545493

Is the world turning its back on free trade?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-36526845

OTHER SITES

Vitamin supplements are waste of money, say scientists

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/17/vitamin-supplements-waste-money-scientists

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

UK astronaut Tim Peake prepares for return to Earth

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36519885

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Pakistan ‘honour’ killing: Why clerics’ call may fall on deaf ears (see comments by “Lahore-based intellectual Mushtaq Soofi” at the end of the article)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36542285

Chinese lesbian sues ministry over gay ‘disorder’ textbook

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36545899

(In pictures) Less is more: minimalism in Japan

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-36574697

MISCELLANEOUS

Video shows China bank employees being spanked

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36583486

‘Strawberry moon’ on summer solstice – first since 1967

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/36580391

The Greek refugees who fled to the Middle East in WW2

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36499727

‘Sushi’ children defy Sunni-Shia divide

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36528536

Auschwitz SS trial: Will Hanning case be Germany’s last?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36536325

Football & violence – a perfect match?

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36546220

 

On the title of the article: What does it mean? Do you agree with it?

On the subject of the article: What do you know about (the subject – names mentioned in the article)

Factual questions from the article; e.g. Which is Europe’s most popular airline?

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