5月13日BBC聽力：希臘經由過程養老金及稅收改造計劃
Greek MPs have passed a controversial package of tax and pension reforms, vital for thereceipt of the next installment of national bailout funds. Finance Ministers of Eurozonecountries are meeting on Monday to discuss the payout. Yogita Limaye reports from Athens. All153 MPs of the ruling Syriza Party voted in favor of new austerity measures. That'll passed byGreece's 300-member parliament. They include economic reforms that will see people payingmore taxes and pensions being cut. The law had been strongly opposed by Labour Unions whohad held mass protests in Athens for two days in a row. Greece's government has said themeasures were necessary for the country to be eligible for more money from the bailoutpackage it signed with the Eurozone last year.
The Philippines is holding a presidential election in which the established political order couldbe overturned by a little known local mayor. Rodrigo Duterte's brash campaign has galvanizedvoters. Jonathan Head reports from outside a polling station in Manila. This has been a veryhard-fought presidential campaign. The clear front-runner in the last few weeks we've seen,the mayor of Davao, the southern city. This mayor Rodrigo Duterte, a very controversial man,very outspoken, very blunt spoken. With quite a lot of controversial policy platforms, thingslike federalism, for example, let alone, an incredibly tough attitude to crime. He surged into thelead, and that's given a real freesome to contest with the other four presidential candidateswith some of them, in the last stages, even suggesting they should form an alliance, although ithas not yet happened to try and block Mayor Duterte.
The South Korean government has dismissed as propaganda suggestions made by the Norththat the two countries should meet for talks. Steve Evans reports from Pyongyang. NorthKorea's supreme leader, as he's called, said that representatives from Seoul and Pyongyangshould meet to find ways of easing the tension along the highly militarized border. SouthKorea's Unification Ministry responded that the suggestion was merely a propaganda drivewith no sincerity. The pattern of relations between South and North over recent years is fortensions to ratchet up and then be eased as both sides tone down their rhetoric only for theprocess to be repeated.
Officials in western Canada say the huge wild fire which has now been raging for a week mayhave reached a turning point. A spokesman for Wild Fire Management in the province of Albertasaid cooler temperatures had improved conditions for fire fighting. Alberta's premiere RachelNotley said the blaze was now growing more slowly. She cast the estimated areas affected tojust over 1500 square kilometers. It's expected to be the most expansive natural disaster inCanadian history. One estimate of insurance losses is about 7 billion dollars. This is the latestworld news from the BBC.
Panama has agreed to transfer nearly 4000 Cubans who are hoping to reach the United Statesthrough a town in northern Mexico. The Cubans have been stranded in Panama for monthshoping to reach the US under a decades-old law which gives them privileged entry and a fast-track to residency. Officials in Panama said daily flights to Ciudad Juarez would begin onMonday.
The Bolivian president Evo Morales has criticized Chili for building a military base close to thetwo countries' shared border. Mr Morales said it went against international norms. Firstly, thismilitary base is illegal. If we take into consideration the international agreements, militarybases can only be built 50 kilometers from the border between countries. But 15 kilometers,what's the aim? But the Chilean Foreign ministry has denied its established base saying tostep up its military patrols in the area to tackle drug trafficking. Chili and are Bolivian arecontesting access to the waters of the River Silala which flows through both countries.
The Invictus Games for injured service men and women are beginning in the city of Orlando inthe United States. The event has the backing of Britain's prince Harry and follows the inauguralgames in London in 2014. During the 5-day tournament, more than 500 athletes from 14countries will compete in a range of sports. The main guests of the opening ceremony will bePrince Harry and the US first lady Michelle Obama.
A statue of kneeling of Adolf Hitler by the Italian sculptor Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for17.2 million dollars at auction in New York, a record for the artist's work. The boy-sized figuremade of wax and resin and entitled 'Him' shows the Nazi leader in a suit gazing upward withhis hands crossed. The work is one of a number being sold by Christie's auctioneers. BBCnews.
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