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As the European union wrangled with how to do with the huge influx of migrants, thousandsmore are continuing to head towards western and northern Europe. The authorities on theGreek island of Lesbos are stepping up efforts to process those arriving there includingchartering extra ships to the Greek mainland.Johnny Dymond is in Lesbos. In an abandonedfootball sealed in the capital city Mytilene, a sliver of a good news for thousands Syrianrefugees. In a warm night, orderly queues form in front of 12 tables, documents examined,papers handed out. With the papers issued by the Greek authorities, the refugees all from Syriacan buy tickets for specially charted boats to Athens. The operation is led by the Greekgovernment with assistance of the UNHCR. Three ships are going back and forth between theisland and Athens help as many as eight or ten thousand will be moved from Lesbos.Earlier,hundreds of migrants broke through Hungarian police line around a holding center nearthe border with Serbia and headed towards Budapest.
The British prime minister is coming under pressure from the opposition Labor party toreveal more details about what prompted a drone strike that killed two British fighters withIslamic State group in Syria. David Cameron says the strike was carried out in self-defense.Jonathan Bill reports. While the US is longed pursuit of policy of targeted killings, the use of aBritish drone to kill a British citizen in a country which the UK has not legally authorizedmilitary action is highly controversial. The human rights group has accused of thegovernment of coping what he calls the failed model of US secret drone strikes.David Cameronthough has insisted the targeting of Reyaad Khan was entirely lawful and an act of self-defense. Mr Cameron said Britain was involved in a plot to attack high profile event over thesummer.
Russia has dismissed reports that it is suspending its military support for the Syriangovernment. The foreign ministry confirmed what it called tactical assistance would continue.The BBC Moscow correspondent says the Russia's main goal remains propping of its ally,president Assad although it now can't stand the support for the fight against Islamic Militants.
The international health charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned that death from snakebite are likely to rise as stocks of anti-venom run out. 30,000 people died from snake bite insub-Saharan Africa every year. Julia reports. MSF says Fav-Afrique the only anti-venom thathas been proven safe and effective the use on ten different kinds of snake bite in Sub-SaharanAfrica. But the manufacturers claimed that they've been priced out of the market. Experts warnother cheaper products aren't as good, some antivenoms products can cost hundreds ofpounds per patient, but as some of the poorest to a most risk. World news from the BBC.
Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a Palistinian woman Riham Dawabsha whowas the victim of arson attack in Israel-occupied west bank. Militant jewish settlers aresuspected to carry out the attack. Mrs Dawabsha died of her injuries overnight more than amonth after the attack. The also claimed the lives of her husband and baby son.
A court in El Savaldor has decided to proceed with the case against a doctor accused by amother of swapping her baby of birth. The mother Mercedes Casanella says the child handedover after the birth has dark skin. U.R reports. Prosecutors alleged that doctor Dr AlejandroGuidos swapped the baby at the request of child trafficers who presumably wanted a light skinchild. He denies any wrong doing but DNA test has confirmed that the baby being raised byMercedes Casanella and her British born husband is not biologically theirs. Ms. Casanellas saysshe's prepared to continue looking after baby Jacob if his mother can not be found, but saysshe won't rest until she gets her baby back.
Italy's top criminal court has explained the decision to throw out a long running case of themurder 8 eight years ago of a British student Meredith Kercher. Mr Kercher's Amercian flatmateAmanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend were acquitted the killing for the second time inMarch. The court says the case contains glaring errors.
The authorities in Ecuador have arrested a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle 11endangered iguanas from Galapagos Islands in his luggage. Ben Ram has more. In a plainwhite bag hidden in a suitcase where nine marine and two land iguanas. The Ecuadoranauthorities say a Mexican man has been trying to smuggle them out of the Galapagos nationalpark. He is being detained but not being named. It's believed he had previously beencommitted a similar crime in New Zealand. The rescued iguanas are being assessed andmonitored before being released back to the wild. BBC news.
词汇学习
1.acquit vt.无罪释放
例句:Mr. Castorina was acquitted of attemptedmurder.
卡斯托瑞纳先生被宣判谋杀未遂罪不成立。
2.venom n.毒液
例句:The infection or venom from the bite could kill them.
这一口带来的感染和毒液就可能杀死我的羊。
3.involve v.参与
例句:Nasser and I do everything together, he involves me in everything.
纳萨和我做什么事都在一起,他让我参与所有的事情。
4.orderly adj.有秩序的
例句:The organizers guided them in an orderly fashion out of the building.
组织者们带领他们井然有序地走出了大楼。
5.swap v/n. 交换
例句:Next week they will swap places and will repeat the switch weekly.
下周他们将互换位置,以后将每周换一次。
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