孟加拉咖啡廳槍戰不斷

　　7月4日BBC聽力：孟加拉咖啡廳槍戰賡續 美國頒布比年無辜庶民滅亡數目

　　Hello, I am Jerry Smit with the BBC News. A tense standoff is continuing at a cafe in an affluentsuburb of Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, where gunmen are holding about 20 hostages. Firstreports say several of them are Italian. At least two police officers have been killed and thirtyothers have been injured. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility. The cafe wasattacked in the evening by about eight young men who exploded bombs and opened fire ondiners. Rashila Rahim lives next to the building. I heard police shouting with a loudspeaker,asking them to come out. Maybe they were talking to the militants. After that we heard lots ofsound from the police operation. When I tried to leave, my driver said 'Don't go out. They areshooting. Stay inside'. Next I heard a loud noise in my living room, and the glass of my livingroom shattered. My daughter and myself started crying. It was terrifying. We've just beenhearing continuous gunshots, continuous gunshots. It's too much. The BBC's Akbar Hussainis near the restaurant in Dhaka.Police they are now trying to negotiate with the attackersbecause they think this is the best way to deal with the situation. Senior police officials, they arenow saying if they go for all-out operation against the Islamic militants, this will aggravate thesituation farther because this will not bring any positive result there because the attackers frominside, they are sending messages with them: If anyone tries to cross the border line then theywill kill all of the people who are being hostages inside. The US government has given an officialestimate to the number of civilians killed by American drone strikes since President Obama cameto power. It puts the figure at between 64 and 116. Gary O'Donoghue reports. These figuresdo not include countries such as Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. They focus on places such as thetribal areas in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, where the US has targeted terrorist groups andindividuals. Officials say that almost 500 strikes took place in these areas between 2009 and theend of 2015, killing around 2,500 combatants. At the same time the figures were released, theWhite House said the president had signed an executive order requiring the numbers to bepublished each year, something that could be reversed by a future administration. TheAustralian mining giant BHP Billiton says it will fight a decision by the Brazilian Supreme Courtto suspend a settlement for damages imposed after a dam burst at an iron ore mine.Prosecutors say the settlement is too lenient. The chemical-laden waste water flooded the Doceriver valley in November last year, flattening two towns; 19 people were killed. BHP and theBrazilian company Vale agreed to pay around $2billion in March to clean up about 600kms ofriver. But prosecutors say the real cost will be three times as much. BBC News. The polls haveopened in Australia's federal election. The current Conservative Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbullhas promised tax cuts for big business to improve job prospects. The opposition Labor Partyleader Bill Shorten wants to raise business taxes to fund more schools and hospitals. PhilMercer reports. Politics in Australia is a volatile business. There have been four prime ministersin the past 3.5 years. Voters simply want stability at a time when a long mining boomcontinues to fade and because of the global uncertainty caused by Britain's decision to leavethe European Union. Both the center-right Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull and the Labor Partyopposition leader Bill Shorten insist they have the safe hands Australia needs. It is thoughexpected that record numbers of voters will support minor parties or independent candidates.The authorities in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau have confirmed they've identifiedthe first three cases of Zika virus. An emergency committee has been set up to deal with thesituation. Zika is currently spreading through the Caribbean and South America.

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