Week 50 2016
V = video report
My Pick of the Week
50 reasons to love the world (50 feel-good photos & texts – We deserve it after 2016)
http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20161122-50-reason-to-lovetheworld–2016-edition
WORLD NEWS
Aleppo battle: Hopes rise for evacuation of rebel-held area
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38323591
Aleppo battle: UN says civilians shot on the spot
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38301629
How would a thawing US-Russia relationship work?
http://www.bbc.com/news/38287758
How IS is using consumer drones (not for anything pleasant, of course)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161208-how-is-is-using-consumer-drones
A weekend of street harassment, mapped
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38236694
Turkmenistan: The regime that throws cigarettes on bonfires
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38266078
FRANCE & Europe
Paris attacks planners ‘killed in Syria’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38306615
France robbery: Thieves steal 70kg of gold on motorway
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38292968
UK, USA & Canada
Bakersfield (California): police shoot pensioner carrying crucifix
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38309192
FGM ‘parties’ taking place in England
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38290888
Trump on Twitter: A history of the man and his medium
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38245530
Hillary Clinton warns of ‘fake news epidemic’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38258967
Trump picks Andrew Puzder to lead US Department of Labor
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38258714
Yemen conflict: The view from the Saudi side
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38239782
Boris Johnson tours Middle East amid Saudi row
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38260333
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
‘One billion’ affected by Yahoo hack
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38324527
Emoji translator wanted – London firm seeks specialist
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38287908
(UK) Food industry warns of higher prices without EU workers
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38259823
HEALTH
Cycling v public transport. How do cities compare?
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161209-cycling-v-public-transport-how-do-cities-compare
History of smallpox called into question
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38243108
OTHER SITES
Trump’s Cabinet of Villains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxPO8dSJu74
Sport
Football abuse inquiry: 83 potential suspects identified
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38260878
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Self-harm hospital admissions of children show ‘frightening rise’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38252335
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
New spider species resembles Harry Potter ‘Sorting Hat’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38325099
The sad fate of the saiga antelope (sad and disturbing)
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161206-the-sad-fate-of-the-saiga-antelope-from-planet-earth-ii
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Why QWERTY is on our keyboards
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161212-why-is-qwerty-on-our-keyboards
The dark side of the Belle Epoque
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161207-the-dark-side-of-the-belle-epoque
TRAVEL
Bermuda walkers told to stop stacking rocks
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38249368
MISCELLANEOUS
The secret history of black Santas
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38231159