BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
V Meeting an organ trafficker who preys on Syrian refugees (while we sit comfortably…)
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39272511
REFLECTION
V President Trump: Seven ways the world has changed
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37918242
WORLD NEWS
Trump and Putin: Syria ceasefire heads leaders’ agenda
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39784620
Japan sends biggest warship to protect US supply vessel
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39768110
Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39754909
Venezuela crisis: What is behind the turmoil?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36319877
FRANCE & Europe
France election
V Macron ‘most convincing’ in final debate
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39801315
V How do Le Pen and Macron differ on world affairs?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39778211
Le Pen accused of plagiarising Fillon
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39776929
V Joan of Arc: who was she, anyway? (spot the historical inaccuracies)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-39773461/joan-of-arc-who-was-she-anyway
Does Le Pen have a chance of winning French presidency?
http://www.bbc.com/news/39719866
UK, USA & Canada
White House relaxes Obama-era healthy school lunch rules
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39778238
HEALTH
The woman with a strange second sight (it’s called ‘blindsight’)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170428-i-have-a-strange-second-sight
Why doing a poo* takes almost all animals roughly 12 seconds (*faire caca – you have been warned)
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170427-why-do
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Apple sees surprise fall in iPhone sales
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39786961
EDUCATION & FAMILY
V Young Middle East men ‘as conservative as elders’, study suggests
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39784721
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Are a billion identities at risk on India’s biometric database?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-39769322
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Paris art dealer ‘forgets’ €1.5m picture in taxi
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39782481
Ten books to read in May
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170428-ten-books-to-read-in-may
TRAVEL
Europe’s surprising knife capital (Clue: it’s in Auvergne)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170425-europes-surprising-knife-capital
MISCELLANEOUS
The man who has saved 92 crash victims
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-39664906
Hypnosis and holy water: Russian ‘cures’ for gay people
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39777612