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Week 36

WORLD NEWS

Life and death in Syria (chilling – but timely)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-841ebc3a-1be9-493b-8800-2c04890e8fc9

Why Uzbekistan matters

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37257537

Charlie Hebdo Italy earthquake cartoon sparks anger

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37260217

What does Alternative for Germany (AfD) want?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37274201

Inside a ‘neo-Nazi village’

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/features/world-europe-37280504/37280504

FRANCE

Step-by-step: how to handle an Islamophobic bully

http://observers.france24.com/en/20160902-step-step-how-handle-islamophobic-bully

Burkini: Corsica court upholds local ban

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37293201

Calais Jungle protest causes huge disruption

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37273020

Corsica parents ‘block women in headscarves’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37278464

UK, USA & Canada

Brexit Britain: What has actually happened so far?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36956418

G20: Is Theresa May changing the language of Brexit?

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37270060

Obama backs NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s right to snub anthem

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37278246

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Oil price jumps on Russian and Saudi agreement

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37276710

HEALTH

Vitamin D ‘significantly reduces severe asthma attacks’

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37275232

Why paper cuts hurt so much

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160902-why-paper-cuts-hurt-so-much

SPORT

Rio Paralympics 2016: Classification is ‘bedrock’ of sport says BPA chief

http://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/37286362

OTHER SITES

Tobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (humourous & shocking – the totally shameless behaviour of tobacco corporations)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsHHOCH4q8

Running out of puff (the possible, near-future demise of the tobacco industry)

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21594984-big-tobacco-firms-are-maintaining-their-poise-quietly-wheezing-running-out-puff

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Holidaying Finns warned about using phones abroad

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37255810

Why is Samsung recalling its new phone?

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37262278

Why do lithium batteries explode?

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37255127

The 10 most beautiful bikes of 2016

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160902-the-10-most-beautiful-bicycles-of-2016

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Twelve films set to make a splash at Toronto

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37123847

In pictures: The Prisoner at 50

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-37232329

10 TV shows to watch in September

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160905-ten-tv-shows-to-watch-in-september

Asteroid named after Freddie Mercury to mark 70th birthday

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37275294

TRAVEL

The Great Fire of London: interactive map & Samuel Pepys’ diary entries

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160902-retrace-samuel-pepys-steps-in-the-great-fire-of-london

MISCELLANEOUS

What happened to Mother Teresa’s sceptics?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37241762

Why a Bollywood film has been accused of distorting history

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37273221

« TU HAI » Video Song | MOHENJO DARO (YOUTUBE) – Frankly rather UNhistorical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiN3AY7bdBg

Obama, Duterte and other notorious political insults

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-37286600

The harsh lessons of your twenties

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160902-the-harsh-lessons-of-your-twenties

Kenyan MP pushes for law to recognise intersex people

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37256913

Question types (for telephone lessons)

On the title of the article: What does it mean? Do you agree with it?

On the subject of the article: What do you know about (the subject – names mentioned in the article)

Factual questions from the article; e.g. Which is Europe’s most popular airline?

 

 

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