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Week 42 2016
WORLD NEWS
UK sends warships to shadow Russian naval task force
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37706425
Syria conflict: Rebels ‘capture’ IS stronghold of Dabiq
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37670998
Battle for Mosul must navigate ethnic rivalries
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37656019
Yemen conflict: US strikes radar sites after missile attack on ship
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37639565
Yemen conflict: The UK’s delicate balancing act
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37638256
King Bhumibol: A monarch who remained an enigma
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37640993
Thai king’s death: Who holds power now?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37672088
FRANCE
Hollande’s Le Monde interviews ‘political suicide’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37702917
France’s first drug room for addicts to inject opens in Paris
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37617360
Mitterrand seduces France again with letters to his lover
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37621875
UK, USA & Canada
‘Black people don’t like Trump’ video was staged
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37696205
Boris Johnson makes light of ‘semi-parodic’ pro-EU column
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37670091
‘Did you gamble UK for your own end?’
http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37671491
Scottish Nationalist Party’s Nicola Sturgeon announces new independence referendum bill
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37634338
Muslim voters for and against Trump
http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37639567
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
China backs Brics nations despite global uncertainty
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37671745
Tesco removes Marmite and other Unilever brands in price row
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37639518
HEALTH
Alternative medicine treatment put four-year-old boy in A&E
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37572771
EDUCATION & FAMILY
‘Billy’s not a bully’: Mum’s video about son’s ADHD goes viral
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37704007
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Google News launches fact check label
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37657524
Virus stole poison genes from black widow spider
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37632616
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37643621
Bob Dylan’s most famous lyrics
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37646293
TRAVEL
An ancient world concealed underground
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161011-an-ancient-world-concealed-underground
The artist revealing New York’s secretive hidden network
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161012-the-artist-revealing-new-yorks-secretive-hidden-network
This map will show you the windiest place on earth – right now!
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161013-this-map-will-show-you-the-windiest-place-on-earth-right-now
The port city that lost its water
http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20161011-the-port-city-that-lost-its-water
MISCELLANEOUS
Elephants saved from reservoir in China
http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37640944