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Week 48 2016 (V = video report)

My Pick of the Week

V Sexism solution: Teaching schoolgirls self defence

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38138343

WORLD NEWS

Chapecoense air crash: Leaked tape shows plane ‘ran out of fuel’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38160713

FRANCE & Europe

V Rachida Dati on why powerful women have betrayed the poor

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38164112

Francois Fillon mixes French sang-froid and radicalism

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38108758

French terror suspects ‘were planning attack on Paris’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38106683

Dutch race hate row engulfs presenter Sylvana Simons

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38089469

UK, USA & Canada

Card game ditches ‘Trump’ name as ‘brand disaster’

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38143394

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Nokia dials back time to sell mobile phones again

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38167451

HEALTH

How safe is cosmetic surgery?

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38082727

German students banned from eating canteen leftovers

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38147398

Why there is no such thing as a superfood

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161124-why-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-superfood

Why is Obamacare so controversial?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24370967

OTHER SITES

How did America elect its most reactionary President ever?

http://www.counterfire.org/articles/analysis/18603-the-trump-disaster-the-chickens-come-home-to-roost

EDUCATION & FAMILY

V Homeschooled children trade blackboards for trees

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38086667

Girl Guides involve boys in battle against gender violence

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38094869

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

In the future, will farming be fully automated?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38089984

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

10 films to watch in December

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161124-ten-films-to-watch-in-december

Pitt and Cotillard go to Casablanca (review of Allied)

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161123-film-review-in-allied-pitt-and-cotillard-go-to-casablanca

Why shopping is like being on drugs (or why the ‘shopper’s high’ isn’t just in your imagination)

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161123-shopping-a-sale-gives-you-the-same-feeling-as-getting-high

Sir Elton John denies he will play at Trump inauguration

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38079876

TRAVEL

The European country that loves being sad

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161118-the-european-country-that-loves-being-sad

The world’s cheapest Michelin meal

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161031-the-worlds-cheapest-michelin-meal

Holiday travel made easier

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20161121-how-your-holiday-travel-could-go-wrong

Egypt ancient city unearthed by archaeologists

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38084391

MISCELLANEOUS

Extraordinary coincidence reunites migrant girl, 4, with mother

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38090485

Finnish town considers ‘Emoji Street’ proposal

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38065216

Roy Smith – Sélection hebdomadaire d’articles du site web de la BBC
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