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Week 49 2016 (V = video report)
My Pick of the Week
What’s happening in Aleppo?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38132163
WORLD NEWS
Trump picks climate sceptic Pruitt for environment chief
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38247085
South Sudan: ethnic cleansing
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38174754
FRANCE & Europe
Paris closes parks in major anti-rat campaign
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38248828
Car scheme aims to cut Paris smog
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38248648
Marine Le Pen: No free school for illegal migrants in France
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38249570
Battle of Austerlitz re-enacted
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38199738
Hollande decides not to run again
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38173350
UK, USA & Canada
US election fallout:
Could recounts change result?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38137630
Breitbart at ‘war’ with Kellogg’s over advertising snub
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38167910
The saga of ‘Pizzagate’: The fake story that shows how conspiracy theories spread
(If they WANT to believe it – they WILL believe it)
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38156985
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
The invisible credit card of the future
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38174011
HEALTH
Understanding of Parkinson’s ‘transformed’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38173287
QUIZ
Quiz of the week’s news (week 48 2016)
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38173631
Sport
Chapecoense air crash: Pilot ‘was warned over fuel’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38178673
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Faith school push will not ‘help results’
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38172113
School performance link to Brexit vote
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38155858
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Redesign speed bumps to cut pollution
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38156778
Four major cities move to ban diesel vehicles by 2025
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38170794
Trump’s environment plans could spark ‘fierce resistance’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38163639
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Ten TV shows to watch in December (including a French detective drama) (on British TV – sorry!)
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161202-ten-tv-shows-to-watch-in-december
The new words that expose our smart-phone obsession
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161129-the-new-words-that-reveal-how-tech-has-changed-us
The hunt for Chile’s best ‘empanada’ (history, cuisine & travel!)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161118-the-hunt-for-chiles-best-empanada
MISCELLANEOUS
Putin calls Donald Trump ‘a clever man’ who will learn
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38201559
Gulnara Karimova: ‘Show world my mum is alive,’ says son
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38146258