2月15日BBC聽力：特朗普責備科魯茲以訛詐手腕得勝
Hello, I’m Julie Candler with the BBC news.
The Syrian government's representative Bashar al-Jaafari blamed the opposition for the disruption.The United Nations has called a temporary halt totalks aimed at ending the war in Syria. The UN envoyStaffan de Mistura insisted the effort to negotiate a settlement in Geneva hadn't failed andwould resume on February 25, but he said more work needed to be done. One of the Syrianopposition negotiators Basma Kodmani criticized what she called the heavy airstrikes thatRussia had launched even as the talks were meant to be taking place, and said there needed tobe a more robust response.
"We were confident because we had received written assurances from Washington that’scoming to Geneva was a meaningful that the hope was there, that there was enough hope forus to come over and really engage in good faith. That is really what happened. And we are veryvery surprised that today we only have statements in response. We hope to see somethingmore than that." The Syrian government's representative blamed the opposition for thedisruption.
France has accused President Assad and his allies including Russia of torpedoing the Syrianpeace talks. The United States has also criticized Russia saying its airstrikes against civiliantargets were hindering the peace process. The US State Department's spokesman is JohnKirby.
"We call on Russia to focus their military energy in Syria on Daesh, a common enemy to theentire international community, and not on the opposition, also innocent civilians."
The US Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has accused his rival Ted Cruz ofcheating his way to victory in the Iowa caucuses. In a tweet, Mr. Trump accused Mr. Cruz offraud and called for a rerun. He was referring to an email from Cruz's campaign staff whichimplied his Republican rival Ben Carson was about to withdraw and that his supporters shouldbe urged to vote for Mr. Cruz instead.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pressed the start button on an experimental reactordesigned to create clean energy through nuclear fusion. A small amount of hydrogen gas washeld in a magnetic cage and superheated with microwaves. For a fraction of a second, the gastransformed into plasma at a temperature of 80 million degrees Celsius. Professor DavidAnderson said putting the theory of replicating the power of the stars into practice to createlimitless energy is the greatest challenge.
"We know the fusion process works. We have stars in the sky. We have generated fusionenergy in two experiments to date, so we really need to move now into a situation where wecan try to take the scientific advances and push them into more of a practical application."
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A Libyan intelligence official has told the BBC that commanders from the Islamic State grouphave moved to the country from Syria and Iraq in recent months. Ismail Shukri, the head ofintelligence in the city of Misrata, said there had also been an influx of IS fighters. He said itwas a result of the pressure the organization was under in the Middle East. Mr.Shukri said ISregarded Libya as a safe haven.
A judge in the American state of Pennsylvania has ruled that the comedian Bill Cosby can standtrial on charges of sexual assault. Judge Steven O’Neill dismissed claims by Mr. Cosby's lawyerthat he had been granted immunity from prosecution by a former district attorney a decadeago. The case will now move to a preliminary hearing in which prosecutors will have todemonstrate that they have enough evidence. Bill Cosby is accused of assaulting the womanat his home in 2004. James Cook reports.
"For decades,Bill Cosby was one of the biggest stars in the United States, affectionatelynicknamed America's Dad. That image was ruined when claims of sexual assault by more than50 women came to light. But the 78-year-old is facing one charge of drugging and sexuallyassaulting a woman at his home in Philadelphia in 2004. Lawyers for Cosby argued that he hadbeen granted immunity by a prosecutor who had first investigated the case a decade ago.Judge Steven O’Neill rejected that argument."
The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has called on the country's citizens to work together totry to eliminate the mosquito that transmit the Zika virus. Ms. Rousseff urged Brazilians tojoin more than 200,000 soldiers on Saturday to carry out a mass clean of homes, offices andareas where the insects breed.
The Anglican Dean of Brisbane has offered his cathedral as sanctuary to families threatenedwith deportation under Australia's asylum seeker policy. Dean Peter Catt said the church feltcompelled to act to protect the migrants from the risk of being abused in the remotedetention center.
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