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V = video report

My Pick of the Week

Can a life-swap exercise stop a community tearing itself in two?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39727185

WORLD NEWS

Moon Jae-in: Who is South Korea’s new president?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39860158

South Sudan crisis: One million child refugees

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39844495

Mayhem in Macedonia: Searching for an end to volatile stalemate

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39799208

FRANCE & Europe

French election: What next for Macron after win?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39825005

Emmanuel Macron: What’s inside the ‘Big Mac’?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39844406

UK, USA & Canada

V Did President Trump fire James Comey as part of a cover-up?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866645

Trump tells Abbas ‘very good chance’ of Mid-East peace deal

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39791715

V Trump’s authoritarian allies

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-39852695/trumps-authoritarian-allies

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Goldman Sachs boss: City ‘will stall’ over Brexit risk

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39812120

HEALTH

There are diseases hidden in ice – and they are waking up (plot for disaster movie?)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up

France bans extremely thin models

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39821036

Are there downsides to ‘breast is best’?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170503-are-there-downsides-to-breast-is-best

Female shop mannequins are ‘medically unhealthy’ and ‘unrealistic’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39791805/female-shop-mannequins-are-medically-unhealthy-and-unrealistic

EDUCATION & FAMILY

Exam revision students ‘should smell rosemary for memory’

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39780544

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Google Docs users hit by phishing scam

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39798022

Albatrosses counted from space

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39797373

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Is it time to scrap gender specific awards?

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39513543

Anne of Green Gables: The most popular redhead in Japan

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39809999

How a classic film* became a thrilling opera (*Luis Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel)

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170428-how-a-classic-film-became-a-thrilling-opera

English language ‘losing importance’, EU’s Juncker says

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39816044

TRAVEL

The rail-line operated by children

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170502-the-rail-line-operated-by-children

V On rare occasions the Grand Canyon fills with thick cloud (time-lapse photography, eerily beautiful sound, no commentary)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170502-on-rare-occasions-the-grand-canyon-fills-with-thick-cloud

Where people eat carnivorous plants

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170502-where-people-eat-carnivorous-plants

MISCELLANEOUS

Locked up for love: How London couple ended up in a Turkish jail

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39791610

 

 

 

Roy Smith – BBC website articles Week 18-19 2017
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