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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…)

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21710249-his-call-put-america-first-donald-trump-latest-recruit-dangerous

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

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