V = video report
My Pick of the Week
How does a football transfer work?
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170829-how-does-a-football-transfer-work
WORLD NEWS
Houston flood: Explosions reported at Arkema chemical plant
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41104451
Are Turkey’s schools dropping evolution and teaching jihad?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41003105
FRANCE & Europe
Macron government faces big test with French labour reforms
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41094790
Is France already losing its Macron frisson?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41076131
French police: Photo contest aims to show job misery
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41094614
Migrant crisis: France hosts summit with African leaders
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41071796
Angry army wives protest in Paris over military working conditions
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41061701
UK, USA & Canada
Female US neo-Nazi falls in love with a black woman in prison
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40779377
In Pictures: Heavy rain causes havoc in Houston
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41069852
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Burger King launches WhopperCoin crypto-cash in Russia
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41082388
Sky stops broadcasting Fox News in UK
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41087659
HEALTH
V Should you whiten your teeth at home?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170825-should-you-whiten-your-teeth-at-home
OTHER SITES
The truth about sulfites in wine & myths of ‘red wine headaches’
http://www.thekitchn.com/the-truth-about-sulfites-in-wine-myths-of-red-wine-headaches-100878
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Hurricane Harvey: The link to climate change
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41082668
V The ocean is a strange place at night
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170818-five-amazing-things-that-happen-in-the-ocean-at-night
What’s the point of wasps? (“a world without wasps would most certainly not be a better place”)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41042948
MISCELLANEOUS
Triple talaq
India court bans Islamic instant divorce
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41008802
V Why I fought instant divorce (slow progress for 3rd world women)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-41008637/triple-talaq-why-i-fought-instant-divorce
V The New Zealanders designing their own coffins (cercueils)
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-41038442/the-new-zealanders-designing-their-own-coffins
The true story behind England’s tea obsession
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170823-the-true-story-behind-englands-tea-obsession
Why it’s not surprising that ship collisions still happen
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170822-why-its-not-surprising-that-ship-collisions-still-happen