10月13日BBC聽力：朝鮮舉辦建黨70周年大閱兵
The US is overhauling its approach to fighting Islamic state militants in Syria. The Pentagonspent 500 million dollars training Syrian fighters, but only a handful are now left in thebattlefield. Nit Brown is in Washington. Two initial groups of US trained rebels sufferedembarrassing setbacks. The first was rounded up by the Al-Nusra Front, while the secondsurrendered much of its American military equipment to the same extremist group. Theadministration has just announced what it's calling a pause. As part of this rethink, thePentagon will now provide basic military equipment and weapons to a selected group of vettedleaders in their units who had sucess in fighting Islamic State in places like Hebarni. They willalso provide these groups with air support.
The Isreali army says Palestinian militants in the Gaza strip has launched a rocket into southernIsreal hours after Isreali soliders shot dead six Palestines on the border. They said the rocketslanded in open ground on Friday. The Isreali army said its troops opened fire to disperserioters who were rolling burning tyres towards them. A spokesman for Hamas said a newintifada uprising was underway. The intifada of Jerusalem has begun, and we are not goingback. The enemy is fully responsible and it crossed all the red lines and offended and angeredthe feelings of our people. The enemy should only blame itself, and bear the consequences ofits police.
President Barack Obama has said the United States has to figure out how to stop massshootings after holding talks with the families of people shot dead last week. Mr. Obama madethe comments after a private meeting with the Oregon college where a student killed nine peoplebefore killing himself. From Roseberg here is Jame Cook. President Obama spent around anhour with relatives of those who were killed at Umpqua community college last week. After themeeting he said US would have to come together as a country to deal with the problem of gundeaths. But today he added was about supporting the families. As the president's helicopterlanded in Roseberg, there were cheers for protestors many openedly carrying guns who accusethem of trying to politicize a local tragedy.
Two people have been killed in shootings in unversities of US states of Arozona and Texas. Astudent killed a classmate and wounded three others on the campus of northern Arozonauniversity on Friday. Hours later, one person died and another was wounded in a shooting inTexas.
A judge in US state of Arkansas has halted the executions of eight deathroll prisoners. Theirlawyers challenged a new secrecy law which allows the state to withhold the identity of themanufactures or sellers of its execution drugs. Citing a similar case in neighbouring Oklahoma,the lawyers argued the prisoners could suffer unduly because of the safety of the drugs couldnot be verified. World news from the BBC.
North Korea is holding what it expected to be the one of its biggest celebrations ever to markthe 70th anniversary of the ruling workers party. The cablecade of tanks, armed vehicles, andblistered missiles are expected to rubble through the capital of Pingyang's main square shortlyshowcasing the country's military muscle.
US and five European nations have issued a joint statement urging the rival factions in Lybiato agree to proposals to form a unity government. The UN has put forward the plan, whichmust now be considered by the country's two governments.
Fears of another landslide have forced authorities in Guata Mala to move families from an areawhere more than 250 people died a week ago. Nearly 400 people are missing after the landslidehit a poor neighbourhood. The Guata Mala government will decide on Monday whether to haltthe rescue work.
Police in Turkey have detained the editor of a leading English language daily newspaper onsuspision of insulting president Erdogan in a series of Tweets. Bulent Kenes, the chief editor ofToday's Zaman, insisted he is exercising his right to free speech.
A newly released documents from the personal archive of the former British prime ministerMargret Thatcher revealed she was urged to soften her Iron Lady image, and display a morecaring side by one of her closest advisors. More from Nick Hire. Bernard Ingham was MrsThatcher's chief press secretary throughout her primeirship. In 1985 he wrote a five pagememo, ahead of that years' conservative party conference, listing her strength and what hecalled her perceived weakness. She was, he told her, decisive and strong minded, but she wasalso seen as having a hectoring, strident,and bossy dictorial personality. In her conferencespeech that year, she stopped short of using words like compassion and caring, though shedid say she understood the problems faced by the less fortunalized society. BBC news.
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