BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY

V = video report

MY PICKS OF THE WEEK

V Can plastic roads help save the planet?

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39693091

V Syrian boy Moustafa lost his parents, but not his fight

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39662217

WORLD NEWS

Iran election: Rouhani set for showdown with rival Raisi (short introduction to politics in Iran)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39662470

Trump orders Iran nuclear deal review despite compliance

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39642272

FRANCE & Europe

Paris police shooting: In pictures

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39661880

EU’s Brexit plans ‘unchanged’ by snap election announcement

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39630969

Greece’s refugee children learn the hard way (“[far-right] Nationalists demanded that Greeks should come first, not refugees”)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39621097

French election

V Macron heckled by pro-Le Pen workers

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39723285

Macron v Le Pen: What are their visions for France?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39705744

Five things we have learned

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39691111

UK, USA & Canada

Has Trump kept his campaign promises?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39697637

Theresa May’s election U-turn

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39628533

Officers rue the return of US ‘war on drugs’ (“Attorney General Jeff Sessions likes to reminisce about the aggressive law enforcement of the 80s”)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39623671

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

How working from home ruins everything

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170418-how-working-from-home-ruins-everything

HEALTH

Why an American went to Cuba for cancer care

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39640165

‘Phenomenal’ progress in fighting tropical diseases

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39631039

OTHER SITES

Why Trump lies (When you hear Trump lie, pause to ask yourself which type of lie it might be)

https://medium.com/@theonlytoby/why-trump-lies-7489e35997e6

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Live, long and black giant shipworm found in Philippines (either an April Fool or a remake of Alien)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39626131

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Is 2017 the year of virtual reality film-making?

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39623148

TRAVEL

The black islands rising from the sea (and maybe joining 2 Scandinavian countries)

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170414-the-black-islands-rising-from-the-sea

MISCELLANEOUS

Sheep are not stupid and they are not helpless either (“served up with mint sauce on your dinner plate”)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170418-sheep-are-not-stupid-and-they-are-not-helpless-either

 

 

 

Roy Smith – BBC website articles Week 17 2017
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