12月30日BBC聽力：尼日利亞一自然氣廠爆炸
There has been a large explosion at an industrial gas plant in southern Nigeria. Media reportssay dozens of people have been burnt to death with some reports putting the number of deadat 100. Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar reports from Abuja. It's not clear what triggered the blast atthe factory making gas for cooking and heating. But eyewitnesses say the explosion caused ahuge fire that took firefighters and residents several hours to put out. Police authorities haveconfirmed the incident but are yet to give the number of those affected.
Afghan officials say the military has recaptured key government buildings in Sangin town in anoperation backed by US air strikes. But the officials said that they were still fighting Talibanmilitants in other parts of the district. There has been no response from the Taliban on thegovernment's latest claims. The group had earlier said it was still in the control of Sangin. Thedistrict of southern Helmand province is one of the main centers of cultivation of opiumpoppies, the chief source of revenue for the Taliban.
President Putin has announced that Russian will built a series of nuclear plants in India over thenext two decades. He said work on the first two reactors was now in preparation. Mr Putin wasspeaking at a joint press briefing during talks with the visiting Indian prime minister NarendraModi. About 7 billion dollars worth of deals are being signed during Mr Modi's trip, many of themdefense-related.
The US victims of the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 will finally receive compensation. YoussefTaha has the details. A US bill passed last week awards each of the 53 hostages or their estatesup to 4.4 million dollars. That's equivalent to 10,000 dollars for each of 444 days kept incaptivity. The money will come in part from a 9 billion dollar penalty paid by the French bankBNP Paribas for breaking sanctions against Iran. It follows a controversial deal between worldpowers and Iran over its nuclear program. But the agreement that secures their release barredthem from making such claims.
For the first time, the leaders of Greek and Turkish communities of the ethnically dividedMediterranean island of Cyprus have issued a joint televised holiday message. Metter Zericareports.The Greek-Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades said he hoped the New Year wouldallow the Turkeys and Greek-Cyprus to live peacefully in a very united country. For his part, theTurkey-Cyprus leader Mustafa Akinci wished peace, serenity, prosperity to all Cyprus in 2016.Since his election in April, Mr Akinci, an independent leftist, has made it a priority to find apeace deal after four decades of division. The unprecedented message in which they bothrepeated their wishes in each other's language comes before resumption of peace talks nextmonth. World news from the BBC.
US plans have carried out further air strikes on the Iraqi city of Ramadi where governmentforces are trying to dislodge the remaining IS militants from the center. Security officials saidthe bombing was intended to help clear the streets of unexploded munitions planted by theextremists. One person compared the streets of Ramadi to a mine field.
A UN-brokered deal in Syria could see several thousand rebel fighters in their families includingmembers of IS, pull out a district in the south of Damascus and around the YarmoukPalestinian refugee camp. The deal involves agreement between rebel fighters and thegovernment. It aims to make the camps safe again so that thousands of refugees still trappedthere can receive aid.
Flooding in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay has left 5 people dead and driven more than150,000 people from their homes. In Paraguay which has been the most badly affected,president Mauricio Macri declared a state of emergence to free up 3.5 million dollars in relieffunds.
Several tornadoes have ripped through the southern US killing at least 10 people and injuringdozens more. Here's Laura Becca. A fierce spring-like storm mixed with unseasonably warmweather created a line of tornadoes across the south and midwest. The worst hit communitiesare still searching for missing people and volunteers have spent the day cleaning debris whichhas destroyed dozens of cars, homes and business. The threat has eased for now butthousands of homes are still without power.
The governor of California has pardoned the Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr for drugs andweapons offenses in 1996 following a request for clemency. Mr Downey was convicted after hewas arrested on a LA highway with heroine, cocaine and a pistol in his car. Mr Downey whostars as Iron Man in Disney films is among 91 people granted pardons for exemplary behavior.BBC news.
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尼日利亞南部產生自然氣爆炸。據媒體報導稱，這次爆炸造成數十人滅亡，有報導稱滅亡人數到達100人。請聽阿蔔杜拉希-庫拉·阿布巴卡爾為您從阿布賈發還的報導。這家工場為住民供給供溫暖爐竈燃氣，爆炸緣故原由尚不清晰。但有眼見者稱，爆炸激發熊熊大火，救火員和住民花了幾小時才將其息滅。警方證明產生爆炸變亂，但並未泄漏罹難者人數。
在美軍空襲支撐下，阿富汗軍方重奪桑金重要當局大樓。但依據阿富汗官方表現，當局軍仍在該地別的地域與塔利班征戰。就阿富汗當局的最新聲明，塔利班尚未做出任何反響。早些時刻，塔利班表現仍把握桑金。阿富汗南部省市赫爾曼德是重要罌粟栽種區之一，福壽膏也是塔利班的重要資金起源。
俄羅斯總統普京宣告，俄羅斯將在將來20年內為印度制作多座核電站。他稱兩座核反響堆正在預備傍邊。印度總理倫德拉·莫迪對俄羅斯舉行國是拜訪，而這是普京在結合消息宣布會上揭櫫的聲明。莫迪帶70億美元大單拜訪俄羅斯，很多協定均與國防有關。
1979年，伊朗人質事宜補償終究灰塵落定。請聽優素福·塔哈的報導。上周，美國國會經由過程預算法案，為全部53名流質及家眷設置440萬美元賠償限額。依據每人拘留收禁444天，這相稱於天天1萬美金的補償。因巴黎銀行違背美國對伊朗制裁條目，決議處以銀行90億美元罰款，而這筆資金就起源於此。而伊朗與大國之間的核協定也是以次事宜引發非議。而這次人質協定也制止他們索要補償。
節日光降之際，北塞浦路斯土耳其共和國與南部希臘裔政權舉辦初次結合電視發言。請聽梅特·萊克的報導。賽普洛斯總統阿納斯塔夏日斯表現，借新年光降之際，他願望“北塞浦路斯土耳其共和國”可以或許與希臘政權寧靜共處。“北塞浦路斯土耳其共和國”引導人穆斯塔法·阿辛奇祝賀賽普洛斯在新的一年繁榮富強。自4月上任以來，自力左翼人士阿辛奇就一向把寧靜協定放在首位，願望停止40年的決裂狀況。兩地引導人用各地域說話表達了對新年的美妙期冀，此舉亙古未有，並隨後決議在來歲1月規復寧靜對話。BBC環球消息。
美軍對伊拉克拉馬迪市睜開空襲，伊拉克當局軍正在消除市中間的“伊斯蘭國”殘軍。平安部分表現稱，這次轟炸目標是要消除極度構造埋放的軍械。有人將拉馬迪市大街比方成雷區。
在結合國調停下，包含“伊斯蘭國”極度構造成員在內的數千名否決派武裝，家眷開端撤離，他們曾在大馬士革南部和“耶爾穆克”巴勒斯坦收容所鄰近遭包圍。否決派武裝與當局殺青協定。這次協定目標是為了包管收容所平安，讓數千名災黎獲得救濟。
巴拉圭、阿根廷、烏拉圭相鄰地域產生大水，5人滅亡，15萬人被迫分散。巴拉圭災情最重，總統奧拉西奧·卡特斯宣告該國進入緊迫狀況，並緊迫撥款350萬美元救災。
龍卷風殘虐美國南部多州，最少造成10人滅亡，數十人受傷。請聽勞拉·貝卡的報導。這場囊括美國南部和中西部的連續串龍卷風是因春天風暴和異常規暖氛圍而至。在災情最緊張地域，人們正在探求失落職員，自願者正在清算殘骸，數十輛汽車，衡宇和市肆被毀。雖災情減輕，但仍稀有千人斷電。
1996年，小羅伯特·唐尼因持有福壽膏和和槍枝罪入獄，並提出赦宥要求，加州州長宣告正式赦宥小羅伯特·唐尼。昔時，唐尼在洛杉磯高速路被捕，警方在他的車上查獲海洛因，可卡因和一把手槍。唐尼曾出演迪士尼影片《鋼鐵俠》，因表示優越，他成了本年91名獲得赦宥的罪犯之一。BBC消息。
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