BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY

V = video report

My Picks of the Week

Lies, propaganda and fake news: a grand challenge of our age

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170301-lies-propaganda-and-fake-news-a-grand-challenge-of-our-age

V The funky van helping Cape Town’s traumatised children

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39143456

WORLD NEWS

China calls on N Korea to suspend missile and nuclear tests

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39202088

Venezuelans asked to help others find food in their bin

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39140060

Why was North Korea’s Kim Jong-nam killed?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39131012

UK, FRANCE & Europe

EU leaders embrace multi-speed Europe amid tensions

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39192045

Poachers kill rhino for his horn at French zoo

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39194844

Troadec case: Brother-in-law admits murdering missing family of four

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39177217

The Brits hurrying to become German citizens

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39082468

France election

French election explained in five charts

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39038685

French candidate Fillon takes populist tone in campaign to fight back

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39196979

Juppe refuses to stand instead of crisis-hit Fillon

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39177681

USA & Canada

House Republicans unveil Obamacare replacement plan

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39197115

Trump urges Obama ‘abuse of power’ probe amid wiretap claim

(“an attempt to focus attention away from the Russian affair” by the « deflector-in-chief »)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39172719

Mike Pence accused of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ on private email

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39148306

How does the US military need strengthening?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39112925

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

What will happen to UK trade post-Brexit?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38910578

HEALTH

Why young people are less likely to smoke

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39192635

Teenager’s sickle cell reversed with world-first therapy (at Necker Children’s Hospital in Paris)

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39142971

Afghanistan: The only gynaecologist for hundreds of miles

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38918509

OTHER SITES

Is this where Trump got his Obama wire-tap conspiracy theory? [The Independent]

https://www.indy100.com/article/donald-trump-accuses-barack-obama-wiretapping-twitter-waking-up-breitbart-7611011 (Now we know some of the sources of Trump’s fake news!!)

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Is there a way to tackle air pollution?

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39132679

V Butterflies perform a beautiful courtship dance (Commentary by Sir David Attenborough)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170227-butterflies-perform-a-beautiful-courtship-dance

CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)

Banksy decorates West Bank hotel with views of Israel’s wall

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39156386

Beauty and the Beast: Russia considers ban over ‘gay moment’

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39168153

Behind Hollywood’s biggest feud

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170306-behind-hollywoods-biggest-feud

TRAVEL

Amazing views and dirty air in French Alps

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39115829

MISCELLANEOUS

V V Donald Trump and the end of American exceptionalism? (note the 2 nodding heads behind Trump)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39133677

V Netherlands Second

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELD2AwFN9Nc

 

 

 

Week 10 2017: Roy Smith – This week’s crop of BBC website articles
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