Week 50 2016

V = video report

My Pick of the Week

50 reasons to love the world (50 feel-good photos & texts – We deserve it after 2016)

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20161122-50-reason-to-lovetheworld–2016-edition

WORLD NEWS

Aleppo battle: Hopes rise for evacuation of rebel-held area

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38323591

Aleppo battle: UN says civilians shot on the spot

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38301629

How would a thawing US-Russia relationship work?

http://www.bbc.com/news/38287758

How IS is using consumer drones (not for anything pleasant, of course)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161208-how-is-is-using-consumer-drones

A weekend of street harassment, mapped

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38236694

Turkmenistan: The regime that throws cigarettes on bonfires

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38266078

FRANCE & Europe

Paris attacks planners ‘killed in Syria’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38306615

France robbery: Thieves steal 70kg of gold on motorway

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38292968

UK, USA & Canada

Bakersfield (California): police shoot pensioner carrying crucifix

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38309192

FGM ‘parties’ taking place in England

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38290888

Trump on Twitter: A history of the man and his medium

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38245530

Hillary Clinton warns of ‘fake news epidemic’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38258967

Trump picks Andrew Puzder to lead US Department of Labor

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38258714

Yemen conflict: The view from the Saudi side

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38239782

Boris Johnson tours Middle East amid Saudi row

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38260333

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

‘One billion’ affected by Yahoo hack

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38324527

Emoji translator wanted – London firm seeks specialist

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38287908

(UK) Food industry warns of higher prices without EU workers

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38259823

HEALTH

Cycling v public transport. How do cities compare?

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161209-cycling-v-public-transport-how-do-cities-compare

History of smallpox called into question

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38243108

OTHER SITES

Trump’s Cabinet of Villains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxPO8dSJu74

Sport

Football abuse inquiry: 83 potential suspects identified

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38260878

EDUCATION & FAMILY

Self-harm hospital admissions of children show ‘frightening rise’

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38252335

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

New spider species resembles Harry Potter ‘Sorting Hat’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38325099

The sad fate of the saiga antelope (sad and disturbing)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161206-the-sad-fate-of-the-saiga-antelope-from-planet-earth-ii

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Why QWERTY is on our keyboards

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161212-why-is-qwerty-on-our-keyboards

The dark side of the Belle Epoque

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161207-the-dark-side-of-the-belle-epoque

TRAVEL

Bermuda walkers told to stop stacking rocks

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38249368

MISCELLANEOUS

The secret history of black Santas

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38231159

 

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