BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
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
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