委內瑞拉宣布全國進入緊急狀態

2016/05/25 瀏覽次數:55 收藏
分享到:

  5月25日BBC聽力:委內瑞拉宣告天下進入緊迫狀況

  

  The Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has criticized president Nicolas Maduro fordeclaring a state of emergency last week. Mr. Capriles said the decree giving Mr. Maduro extrapowers to deal with the country's economic crises was unconstitutional and he said thepresident should stand down. The moment of choose is coming. It's time to decide if you withthe constitution or with Maduro. And that’s the decision that Venezuelan arm forces will haveto make. We don't want a military solution. That's why we are seeking a removal of thepresident. Mr. Maduro had accused the United of States of leading a plot to deploy foreigntroops in his country and force him from office.

  The US senate has passed a bill which would allow families of the victims of the 9·11 attacks onNew York and Washington to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. But the white housespokesman said president Obama had serious concerns about the bill and it was difficult toimagine he would sign it into law.

  Mexico’s president Enrique Pena Nieto has announced proposals to reform the constitutionto allow same-sex marriages across the country. The president’s move follows the supremecourt ruling last year that declared a ban on such unions unconstitutional. Speaking at Nationalday against homophobia, Mr. Pena Nieto said he would seek to enshrine same-sex marriage inthe Mexican constitution and federal civil code. At this event, I will sign an initiative to reformthe constitution to incorporate with all clarity the opinions of nation’s supreme court torecogonize it as a human right that people can answering his marriage without any kind ofdiscrimination.

  French riot police have fired tear gas and clashed with stone-thrown protestors demonstratingagainst government plans to change French labor laws. 75 arrests have been reported. Incoordinated actions, truck drivers are blocking access roads to fuel and food suply depots, andtrain drivers across France have gone on strike. President Francois Hollande has said he isdetermined to see his labor market reforms go through.

  The US Senate has approved a bill to provide more than a billion dollars to combat Zika viruswhich can cause serious birth defects. It might fall short to the 1.9 billion that had beendemanded by President Obama. Gary O'Donoghue reports. The White House has alreadyborrowed 600 million dollars from a pot set aside for Ebola, insisting that was only a stop gapmeasure. Since then, Republicans have been arguing that the administration doesn't need asmuch money as it claims for Zika, and the spending should be at least in part offset with cutsin other areas. Now the Senate has passed it by partisan funding measure, short of what thepresident wants, but significantly more than the Republican controlled House ofRepresentatives was proposing. That means the two measures will have to be reconciled insome way. You are listening to the world news from the BBC.

  The presumptive of Republican nominee for the US presidency Donald Trump has outlined thewide range of his policies including plans to speaking with North Korea's leader and re-negociate the Paris climate accord. In an interview of Reuter's news agency, Mr. Trump saidhe would have no problem discussing Pyangyang's nuclear program with Kim Jong-un, a movewhich will mark a major shift in US policy.

  United States has eased some sanctions on Myanmar, but it has retained its sanctions againstthe Burmese military. The BBC's Jonah Fisher reports from Yangon. This little down that thisAmerican decision has the full backing of Myanmar’s dominant politician Aung San Suu Kyi.Sanctions against state-owned businesses and banks which Suu Kyi’s new government nowcontrol had been lifted. But restrictions remained on those closely connected to the Burmi’smilitary. Despite November's election and subsequent handover of power, the army retains amajor political role and continues to participate in ethnic conflicts and commit human rights ofuses.

  Firefighters in western Canada have been forced back from a blaze sweeping throughaccomodation site for oil workers. The entire population of town Fort McMurray have spentmore than two weeks away from their homes with no word yet on when they can return.Speaking from a camp 70 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, one of the oil workers BJ Spearsdescribed conditions of the oil facility before he was evacuated, Three pm, middle of the day, Iexpect to see a lot of sunshine but it was completely dark, I thought it was midnight so I askwhat's going on and couple of my friends just said we were being evacuated because of thesmoke. You know you are so intimidated by the fire and smoke that, you know, you just wantto get out of there.

  The US senate has unanimously back President Obama’s nomination of Eric Fanning assecretary of the army. He would be the first openly gay to become the top civilian official in anybranch of the US military. BBC news.

  點擊下一頁檢察譯文