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V = video report

My Pick of the Week

Earth is becoming ‘Planet Plastic’

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40654915

Reflection

V How OJ Simpson paved the way for Donald Trump (acquitted & elected for the wrong reasons)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40683038

FRANCE

France migrants: Protesters build wall around shelter

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40713742

France tackles fierce forest fires on Riviera and in Corsica

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40712886

V Corsica fires threaten homes in Biguglia

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-40714225/corsica-fires-threaten-homes-in-biguglia

Trump news

V Trump-Russia probe – diced and sliced

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-40721015/trump-russia-probe-diced-and-sliced

Trump tracker: How much has the president achieved so far?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38663043

Trump Boy Scout Jamboree speech angers parents (“a liar stoking his ego”)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40715185

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

How Bitcoin is infiltrating the $60bn global art market

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40703182

The subtle power of uncomfortable silences

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170718-the-subtle-power-of-uncomfortable-silences

HEALTH

Drugs cocktail ‘cut HIV deaths by 27%’

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40706932

Japanese woman dies from tick disease after cat bite (relatively new infectious disease)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40713172

EDUCATION & FAMILY

Bosnia’s pupils fight ethnically divided education

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-40681165/bosnia-s-pupils-fight-ethnically-divided-education

OTHER SITES

Causes of Sea Level Rise: What the Science Tells Us

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/causes-of-sea-level-rise.html#.WXciroiGPIU

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Sea level fears as Greenland darkens

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40686984

Pope Francis shuts off Vatican fountains amid Italy drought

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40713813

AlphaBay and Hansa dark web markets shut down

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40670010

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

The defiance of an ‘untouchable’ New York subway worker

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40702242

V Syrian refugee making Christian sculptures in Beirut (“breaking taboos can bring people together”)

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170721-the-muslim-man-with-a-forbidden-job

TRAVEL

In pictures: Dubai’s playground for millionaires (+ other photos by Nick Hannes)

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170717-striking-photos-of-the-las-vegas-of-the-gulf

MISCELLANEOUS

Thailand monks: Wirapol Sukphol case highlights country’s Buddhism crisis (sex, drugs & monks)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40678511

The hidden ways your language betrays yours character (confusingly written)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170720-the-hidden-ways-your-language-betrays-your-character

Roy Smith – BBC website articles Week 30 2017
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