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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?
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