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