生化專家到天津爆炸地點

　　8月18日BBC聽力：中國派生化專家到天津爆炸所在

　　Members of the Greek Parliament are meeting lateinto the night as they prepare the vote on thecountry's third international bailout. The PrimeMinister Alexis Tsipras says he's confident he willwin support for the deal which involves tax increasesand spending cuts in return for loans of 85 billioneuros. From Athens, Paul Adams.

　　"After many hours of committee discussion and procedural wrangling, the Greek Parliament hasfinally started debating the proposed bailout. In the hours beforehand, the mood was fractiousand occasionally heated. On the eve of a major Greek holiday, Athens is the last place mostMPs want to be, and they know they'll receive little thanks for passing a bill which commitsGreece to stricker rules, higher taxes and fewer subsidies in return for the uncertain prospectof an end to the country's economic agony."

　　China has sent hundreds of chemical experts to the site of two huge explosions which ripedapart an industrial complex in the port city of Tianjin. The blast at a warehouse storing toxicchemicals left more than 50 people dead and hundreds more injuried. Joe F in Beijing says it isstill not clearly exactly what's at the site.

　　"We found reports there might be 700 tons of sodium cyanide near the warehouse, and thatis a very very deadly compound. So in order to allow some of those victims to get answers,the government brought in around 200 specialist, chemical warfare soldiers, really to startaccessing the area near the fire and to advise firefighters on what to do. You could understandthere's quite a lot of residents' caution and even a little bit fear, more than 60 in hospital, adozen are dead and almost 18, I think, are still missing."

　　Iraqi leadership has condemned the top American general for suggesting that the conflict inIraq might lead to the country's break-up. General Raymond Odierno said partition might bethe only solution. The spokesman for the prime minister Haider al-Abadi described the remarksas "ingorant and irresponsible".

　　Officials in the United States are investigating reports that Islamic State militant group usedchemical weapons against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq. From Washington, Laura B reports.

　　"The United States National Security Council says they are treating the allegations veryseriously. A defense official told the BBC it was plausible that mustard gas had been usedagainst Kurdish forces in the north of Iraq. Earlier this week, Kurdish officials said 60 fightershad suffered breathing difficulties after being attacked by Islamic State militants. Mustard gas isa banned chemical weapon and can cause blisters, blindness and respiratory problems."

　　The Egyptian military says one of its planes has crashed the Libyan border while on a missionagainst Islamic militants. A spokesman said four people were killed in the crash.

　　World news from the BBC.

　　The former Cuban president Fidel Castro has published an open letter to the nation. In it, hemakes no mention of Friday's reopening of the US embassy in Habana by American Secretary ofState John Kerry. Instead, Mr Castro accuses US of owing Cuba millions of dollars because ofthe five-decade trade embargo.

　　Doctors in Paraguay say an 11-year-old girl who gave birth after being denied an abortion isdoing well. The girl's stepfather has been charged with rape. Leonardo Rocha reports.

　　"The case caused huge controversy in Paraguay where most people are Roman Catholic andalso across the world. The girl was only ten years old when she got pregnant. Her stepfatherwho's 42 denies any wrong doing. He is in jail awaiting trial. United Nations human rightsofficials and other groups such as Amnesty International said it was inhumane to force a child togive birth. But the Paraguayan Health Ministry rejected the requests for abortion reforms. Itruled there was no risk for the mother."

　　Scientists have been analysing data produced by a spacecraft which has for the first timefollowed a comet at its closest point to the sun. The European Space Agency said the Rosettacraft had achieved a fantastic milestone after traveling alongside the comet for 750 millionkilometers.

　　The United States has handed a stolen Picasso painting to French officials nine months after itwas found in a package labeled as a handicraft worth about 30 dollars. The painting called LaCoiffeuse or The Hairdresser is valued at 15 million dollars.

　　New genetic test has confirmed that the fomer American president Warren Harding fatheredan illegitimate child while in office in the 1920s. His mistress Nan Britton had been publiclyvilified after making the claim in a best-selling book shortly after his death. Relatives of theformer president sought out descendants of the dauther for DNA test which proved the link.

　　BBC news.

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