BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
The end of the Anglo-American order?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40227270
WORLD NEWS
London fire
V Questions need to be asked, says Mayor Sadiq Khan
Families threw children out of Grenfell Tower to safety (wiv a bi’a Cockney)
How are fires fought in high-rise blocks?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40273714
FRANCE & Europe
What are the French president’s policies?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39845905
UK, USA & Canada
Virginia shooting raises spectre, but not likelihood, of gun control (predictable)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40255592
Irish PM expresses ‘concern’ over DUP deal
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-40239664
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
How BAE sold cyber-surveillance tools to Arab states
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40276568
HEALTH
Drug that creates a ‘real sun-tan’ could prevent cancer
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40260029
OTHER SITES
Five things you need to know about DUP politicians and science (disturbing)
How Louis XIV invented fashion as we know it
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/the-king-of-couture/402952/
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Top university under ‘ransomware’ cyber-attack
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-40288548
The child marriage tradition of an Indian tribe (in pictures)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-39958307
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
V EU citizens celebrate the end of roaming fees
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-40288356/eu-citizens-celebrate-the-end-of-roaming-fees
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
‘Seductive names’ make vegetables more appealing
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40245922
Why thousands of teens ran away from home in the 1960s (She’s Leaving Home – 50th anniversary)
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170615-when-all-the-children-ran-away
TRAVEL
V Easyjet plane diverted after ‘suspicious conversation’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40236823
MISCELLANEOUS
Chinese scientists to grow potatoes on the moon (This IS serious)
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40272873
V The Indian video challenging ‘shy bride’ stereotypes
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40008879
Ramadan TV pranks go to extremes in ratings battle (tales of the unexpected)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40188845