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Week 2 2017
= video report
My Pick of the Week
How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38365729
WORLD NEWS
FRANCE & Europe
Kim Kardashian West: French arrests over Paris robbery
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38552855
Deadly icy spell grips much of Europe, including Greek islands
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38546998
UK, USA & Canada
Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: Suspect Santiago held
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38539739
Guns in the US: The statistics behind the violence
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604
What marks does Obama’s presidency deserve? (an assessment of Obama’s legacy in 8 key areas)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38525529
Russian US election hacking
Putin ‘sought to help’ Trump
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38538002
Joe Biden tells Trump to ‘grow up’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38526570
Trump Tweetwatch: ‘I’m a big fan’ of intelligence agencies
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38528076
Trump team
Jeff Sessions, Trump’s attorney general pick, dogged by racism claims
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38030602
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Beyond ‘Brogrammers’: Can AI create a meritocracy?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38393802
BMW ‘absolutely committed’ to a new Mexican plant
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38550492
HEALTH
V ‘Drugs fix room is like my second home’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38531308
The people who can’t go numb at the dentists (i.e. they’re resistant to local anaesthetic)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170106-the-people-who-cant-go-numb-at-the-dentists
Give peanut to babies early – advice
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38518185
OTHER SITES
The new nationalism (USA, Russia, Turkey…)
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Have baby boomers stolen the family silver?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38558116
India divorce: How ‘triple talaq’ destroys lives
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38528507
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
‘Sweating bullets’ – The inside story of the first iPhone
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38552241
V CES 2017: Hidden wi-fi signals act as burglar alarm
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38541537
2017 tech trends: ‘A major bank will fail’
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38517517
CES 2017: Razer gaming laptop has not one but three screens
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38526705
German ministries row over green light for ‘mega-trucks’
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38519589
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Germany names its ‘ugliest’ word of the year: ‘People’s traitor’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38571487
Hafiz: the mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170109-the-mystical-poet-who-can-help-you-lead-a-better-life
TRAVEL
The mysterious masked women of Iran
http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20170106-the-mysterious-masked-women-of-iran
The strange Asian island where monkeys and marsupials meet
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170106-the-strange-asian-island-where-monkeys-and-marsupials-meet
MISCELLANEOUS
Trump says he DIDN’T mock the disabled reporter (see what YOU think)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9reO3QnUA
Aleppo dentist brings ‘Hollywood smiles’ to Somalis after fleeing Syria
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38449941