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Week 6 2017 and it’s been another loooong week!

V = video report

My Pick of the Week

How to get people to overcome their bias (necessary reflection for today)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170131-why-wont-some-people-listen-to-reason

WORLD NEWS

Thousands hanged at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty says

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38885901

V Romania protesters not backing down after decree repeal

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38876134

Amnesty: Philippine police ‘planned’ drug war killings

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38823938

FRANCE & Europe

Louvre attack: Suspect ‘confirms’ he is Egyptian Abdullah Hamamy

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38895546

Frenchman describes brutal ‘police rape’

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38892302

V The European village where Muslims and gays are unwelcome

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38881351

Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president ordered to stand trial

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38890993

France election: Centrist rising star Macron urges unity

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38871095

V Fillon apologises over family payments

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38884311

UK, USA & Canada

Is Trump’s immigration order legal? (complex but interesting)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38766364

Trump says terror attacks ‘under-reported’: Is that true? (BBC exonerates itself)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38890090

V Trump aide cites non-existent ‘massacre’ (in other interviews too – so it wasn’t a slip of the tongue)

http://www.bbc.com/news/38859834

Why is Betsy DeVos, Trump’s pick for education secretary, so unpopular?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38875924

V Trump travel ban: Tough questions in US appeals court hearing

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38902650

Trump defends Putin over Russia killings allegations

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38872328

Uber boss quits Trump advisory board (“Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda”) http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38850545

New US secretary of state faces tough task

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38837723

Non-Muslim Americans wear hijab in solidarity for World Hijab Day

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38836649

Brexit plan published in government White Paper

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38836906

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Disney boss warns China trade war would be damaging

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38902898

Snapchat: Is it really worth $25bn?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37996314

Civil liberties group ACLU seeks help using anti-Trump donations

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38822229

HEALTH

Male contraceptive gel passes monkey test

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38879224

Trump: Pharmaceutical executives told to cut drug prices

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38819204

I may get pregnant but I won’t be an ‘expectant mother’

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38831313

OTHER SITES

Melania Trump just ‘an object’ to her husband, body language expert says

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/melania-trump-first-lady-just-an-object-donald-trump-body-language-expert-us-president-white-house-a7542806.html

V How to turn your smartphone into a 3D hologram projector

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-turn-your-smartphone-into-a-3d-hologram-projector/

Sport

Germany’s most hated club RB Leipzig hit by stones and insults

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38802113

Behnaz Shafiei: Iran’s trailblazing female biker makes history with women’s race

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38844072

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Smile, you’re on camera, and it knows who you are (facial recognition technology)

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38879530

(Tech firms) Caught between Trump and a liberal place (California)

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38866023

V The world’s most ferocious storms (with commentary by Sir David Attenborough)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170127-the-worlds-most-ferocious-storms

5 things you didn’t know about cheetahs (guépards)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170201-things-you-didnt-know-about-cheetahs

Belarus town accepts recycling as utility bill payment

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38843541

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

How American Gothic became an icon

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170208-how-american-gothic-became-an-icon

When political comedy is a case of life or death (the fate of satirists under Saddam, Berlusconi, Trump …)

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170206-when-political-comedy-is-a-case-of-life-or-death

JK Rowling hits back over threats to burn Harry Potter books

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38842695

What’s the hidden message behind Beyonce’s pregnancy photo?

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38847355

What Peter Pan teaches us about memory and consciousness

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170201-what-peter-pan-teaches-us-about-memory-and-consciousness

English has 3000 words for being drunk

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170130-english-has-3000-words-for-being-drunk

TRAVEL

When is it OK to switch plane seats?

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20170202-when-is-it-okay-to-switch-plane-seats

MISCELLANEOUS

Trump’s telephone un-diplomacy (“this administration already leaks more than a Swiss-cheese boat”)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38849257

‘Nazi German death camps’ billboard to make 1,000-mile trip

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38842087

Will Pakistan ever stamp out extremism?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38793330

India road victim bleeds to death as bystanders film

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38839363

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