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Week 28 2016
WORLD NEWS
Will Dutch follow Brexit with Nexit or stick to EU? (Quote: « [the EU] is like Brussels sprouts (choux de Bruxelles), you might not like them but you eat them because you know they’re good for you
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36722915
FRANCE
Nice truck attack
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-36799172
In pictures: Bastille Day lorry attack in Nice
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36801161
Frenchwoman ‘faced job discrimination over headscarf’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36782752
UK, USA & Canada
Tory contender: Theresa May
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36660372
Baton Rouge killing: Black Lives Matter protest photo hailed as ‘legendary’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36759711
Dallas shootings: Killer ‘prepared larger attack’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36760151
Obama reflects on role as ‘consoler-in-chief’ during Dallas speech
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36777605
The highs and lows of the pound
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36727177
The millennials with the most to lose from Brexit
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160707-the-millennials-with-the-most-to-lose-from-brexit
The new divide: Hard or soft Brexit?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36723220
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
China’s aviation expansion ambitions
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36768278
HEALTH
FGM: ‘More community funding needed’ to maintain progress
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36749725
Why has an Indian state imposed a ‘fat tax’?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36771843
Brexit ‘will make NHS staff shortages worse’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36664094
SPORT
Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber to win 22nd Grand Slam
http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/36755299
OTHER SITES
French Expressions Even The French Don’t Understand
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/french-expressions-even-the-french-dont-understand?
EDUCATION & FAMILY
I trekked across Europe so I could go to school
http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/features/magazine-36744907/36744907
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Death robots: Where next after Dallas?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36778374
Facebook tests ‘secret message’ service
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36744470
TRAVEL
Woman honeymoons alone after husband denied a visa
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36771620
MISCELLANEOUS
US Holocaust museum asks Pokemon Go players to stop
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36780610
Do mothers make better political leaders?
http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36757019
What Freudian slips (les lapsus révélateurs) really reveal about your mind
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160706-what-freudian-slips-really-reveal-about-your-mind
Question types (for telephone lessons)
On the title of the article: What does it mean? Do you agree with it?
On the subject of the article: What do you know about (the subject – names mentioned in the article)
Factual questions from the article; e.g. Which is Europe’s most popular airline?