Roy Smith – BBC website articles week 36 2017

V = video report

My Pick of the Week

33 ideas that will change the world (gallery)

http://www.bbc.com/future/gallery/20170905-33-ideas-that-will-change-the-world

WORLD NEWS

V Hurricane Irma: Everything you need to know

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41178191

Hurricane Irma: Visual guide

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41172545

North Korea: Does latest nuclear test mean war?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41150291

FRANCE & Europe

ECHR court reverses ruling on sacking over private messages

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41160853

Lightning strikes hurt 15 people at French music festival

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41136592

Paris public park opens experimental nudist zone

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41106020

UK, USA & Canada

Daca Dreamers: US scraps young undocumented immigrants scheme

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41165513

Undercover in a immigration Removal Centre

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/g4s_brook_house_immigration_removal_centre_undercover

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Christian Dior and Gucci owners drop super-skinny models

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41174739

HEALTH

Zika virus used to treat aggressive brain cancer

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41146628

OTHER SITES

The Trump family demonstrates why America shuns hereditary rule

https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21724969-founding-fathers-had-horror-sort-thing-they-were-right-trump-family

Perrault vs. Andersen vs. Grimm (compares classic fairy-tale tellers with Disney’s versions)

https://christiestratos.com/2016/01/13/perrault-vs-andersen-vs-grimm/

When does autumn start?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/learn-about-the-weather/when-does-autumn-start

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

How the demand for sand is killing rivers

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-41123284

Nissan Leaf electric car goes further with one-pedal driving

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41170144

V What an hour of rain does to Indian streets

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-41135056/what-an-hour-of-rain-does-to-indian-streets

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Ten films to watch in September

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170831-ten-films-to-watch-in-september

The female director who was issued a fatwa for her first film

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41112388

TRAVEL

V The big plan to save Switzerland’s smallest village

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-41169700/the-big-plan-to-save-switzerland-s-smallest-village