BBC双语新闻讲解:美国副总统拜登突访伊拉克

时间:2016-05-10 15:45:15  / 编辑:Abby
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  Civil defense workers in the Syrian city of Aleppo now say at least 55 people were killed bygovernment airstrikes that hit a hospital on Wednesday night. The group known as the WhiteHelmets were still digging through the rubble 24 hours after the bomb struck. More than 200people are reported to have died in Aleppo in the past week as a result of rebel shelling as wellas government airstrikes. Sam Taylor of the charity Doctors without Borders says their report.This is not the first time. This is the 7th time that a Doctors without Borders supportedhospital has been attacked this year alone. And there are many more hospitals that SMFdoesn't support. So these continuing attacks on medical structures is horrific.

  The American vice president Joe Biden has lent his support to Iraq's beleaguered governmentduring a brief unannounced trip to Bagdad, his first in five years. The White House spokesmanJosh Earnest said the visit was a good indication of the United States' continued support forefforts by the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to unify Iraq to confront the Islamic state group.There are two critical priorities that Prime Minister al-Abadi has identified. The first is obviouslythe fight on the ground that Iraqi forces are waging against ISIL inside of Iraq. The secondpriority that Prime Minister al-Abadi has identified is pursuing a set of political reforms to fightcorruption.

  Iran has called on the United Nations to press the United States to release all frozen Iranianassets in US banks in line with last year's nuclear sanctions deal. It's been incensed since theUS Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen Iranian assets worth more than two billion dollarsmust be handed over to relatives of people killed in attacks blamed on groups backed byTehran.

  The Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner has described thepresidential hopeful Ted Cruz as Lucifer or the Devil in the flesh. Mr. Boehner, a fellowRepublican, said he wouldn't back Mr. Cruz if he became the party's nominee for the WhiteHouse. From New York, Nick Bryant. Up until his resignation last year, John Boehner was themost powerful Republican in America. And the former House Speaker was in expansive mood.They said he got along almost with everyone and had Democratic and Republican friends, butthat he'd never worked with the more miserable 'son of a bitch' as he put it in his life. TedCruz has said the Boehner's outspoken comments offered proof of his outsider status. He'scast himself throughout as the scourge of Washington establishment.

  The British foreign secretary Philip Hammond is in Cuba, the first such visit since 1970’s. Tradeis expected to play a big part in Mr. Hammond's trip. The BBC correspondent in Havana sayswestern European governments want to position themselves to take a good slice of Cuba'sslowly opening economy before the Americans move in. World news from the BBC.

  The Supreme Court in Colombia has formally legalized same sex marriage making it the fourthcountry in Latin America to authorize it. Gay couples in Colombia were already allowed to formcivil union  s and had many benefits of marriage including inheritance, pensions and healthbenefits, but the symbolically important right to marry had so far been denied them.

  More than 20 police officers have been injured in France in clashes with protestors opposed toplanned labor reforms. Some of the worst violence was in Paris. Clashes also erupted in Nante,Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse. France's powerful CGT union   says the labor reform bill whichshould be debated in parliament next week will let employers bypass regulations on basicworkers' rights.

  The Appeals court in Burkina Faso has thrown out an international arrest warrant for theformer president Blaise Compaore. A military tribunal had brought charges against him inconnection with the assassination of President Thomas Sankara during the coup 30 years agothat brought Mr. Compaore to power. The court said the tribunal had committed proceduralerrors when issuing the warrants.

  And finally construction workers in Southern Spain have uncovered a huge horde of ancientRome coins while conducting maintenance on water pipes. The many thousands of bronzecoins were found in 19 jars near Seville. James Read reports. The Romans ruled Spain for servalcenturies and left a rich archaeological heritage, but local experts say this discovery is prettymuch unique not least because of its scale. The hoard of bronze coins weigh a total of 600kilograms. Most show little sign of wear and tear suggesting they were never in circulation.They bear the inscriptions of the emperors Maximian and Constantine who ruled Rome morethan 1600 years ago. Archeologists think they may have been stored to pay soldiers or civilservants and were perhaps forgotten during a period of violent unrest. BBC news.

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