BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY

V = video report

My Pick of the Week

Erdogan’s Turkey (long but fascinating report on yet another “populist”)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Erdogans_Turkey

REFLECTION

How western civilisation could collapse (includes analysis of the underlying causes of the Syrian war)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170418-how-western-civilisation-could-collapse

WORLD NEWS

Why did Turkey hold a referendum?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38883556

Borussia Dortmund attack: Iraqi suspect ‘linked to IS’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39587161

V Mother of Beslan siege victims seeks answers

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39586058

V Trump reverses course in 24 hours from Nato to China to Fed

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39591032

FRANCE & Europe

French election: Sharp-tongued Mélenchon galvanises left

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39627681

UK, USA & Canada

The loopholes that let domestic abusers keep their guns

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39581887

Kansas election: Republicans mull narrow win in deep red state

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39557751

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

IMF says pace of global economic growth is picking up

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39629000

HEALTH

The deadly danger in foods we love

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170413-the-deadly-danger-in-foods-we-love

Sport

V World’s ‘most colourful 5k run’ (Paris’ Color Run – no video commentary, just noise)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39614232

The man who catches marathon cheats – from his home

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39584495

OTHER SITES

The Ultimate Guide to Running Lingo

http://greatist.com/fitness/ultimate-guide-running-lingo

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Green groups warn of ‘race to the bottom’ (Brexit will ‘prioritise trade and growth over the environment’)

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39592515

Saturn moon ‘able to support life’

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39592059

The racist professor, the bones and a university naming row (eugenics: discredited pseudo-science)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39376013

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Why (political) reality is now too strange for satire

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170412-why-reality-is-now-too-strange-for-satir e

Will podcasts ever really catch on?

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39477851

The cake French people cook on a spit

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170407-the-cake-french-people-cook-on-a-spit

TRAVEL

VVVV David Dao dragged off United flight files court papers

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39586391

 

 

Roy Smith – BBC website articles Week 16 2017
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