6月4日BBC 聽力：美國商討院爭辯是不是持續監控項目
BBC News with Joe Macintosh
Disarray among Republican senators in the UnitedStates will almost certainly force the nationalsecurity agency to stop collecting the telephonedata of American citizens from middle night localtime. Senators have been holding a rare Sunday debate on whether to extend the measures.The Director of the CIA John Brennan appeared on CBS television and explained why he thinksthe surveillance should continue.
These tools give us better ability to see the tactical moves that various terrorist groups andindividuals are making and what we need to do is to have strategic intelligence perspectivebut the same time we need to have those technical tools and capabilities here in the homelandto stop attack.
But speaking in debate the Republican senator Rand Paul said it was an illegal program.
We are not collecting the information of spies, we are not collecting the information ofterrorists, we are collecting all American citizens' records all of the time. This is what we foughtthe revolution over. Are we going to so blindly give up our freedom?
The opposition in Burundi has called for more street protests after a summit of East Africanleaders failed to address their concerns. One opposition activist said they were disappointedthat the summit fell short of calling for president Pierre Nkurunziza to abandon his decisionto seek reelection. Instead, the leaders who were meeting in Tanzania called for elections inBurundi to be postponed for at least 6 weeks, Richard Hamilton reports.
"The calls coming from Dar es Salaam will add to the pressure on Pierre Nkurunziza. But thereis no indication that he is listening. He's already rejected previous calls by the United Statesand European Union for the polls to be delayed. He did not even turn up at this summit aimedto bring the crisis in Burundi to an end. His absence was hardly surprising when he last left thecountry to attend a silimar summit earlier this month, army officers staged an unsuccessfulcoup against him."
The former commander of US forces in Iraq, the retired General David Petraeus has talked ofthe need for changes to American strategy as it confronts Islamic State militants in Iraq. Hesaid Washington had to augment its activities on both military and political fronts as it workswith the Iraqi government. General Petreaus was speaking to Johnnason Marcus.
"General David Petreaus described the so-called Islamic States as 'a formidable enemy'. It'sreally a conventional army, he told me, with insurgent and terrorist elements as well. He saidthat the recent loss of the provincial capital of Ramadi was a strategic setback. Thenarrative IS being on the defensive was shown to be somewhat hollow. But he said he had nodoubt that the Iraq military could defeat Islamic State. There was now a recognition inWashington, he said, the change was needed. This could involve more US advisors on theground, closer to the fighting."
World news from the BBC.
The Islamic State has gained more ground in northern Syria. They've driven a rebel grouping,the Eleventh Front, out of the town of x and two neighbouring villages. The advances takeIslamic State closer to the nearby Turkish border.
China has introduced a ban on smoking in all indoor public places in the capital, Beijing. MichealBristow has more details.
China has about three hundred million smokers, but those in Beijing will now have to be carefulwhere they light up. Smoking in the Chinese capital has been just banned in restaurants, officesand on buses, in fact, in all indoor public places. There will be fines for those who don't complyand thousands of inspectors to check venues and workplaces. Previous smoking bans in Beijinghave not worked because of too many loopholes and poor enforcement. And a survey foundmost people think this one will be just as ineffective.
An exit pool issued after the close of voting in the municipal and regional elections in Italysuggests that the center-left party of the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is in a closed fort battleto win in two key regions, Campania and Bologna. Mr Renzi, who took office 15 months ago,needs a convincing result to maintain momentum for his government's labor and educationalreforms.
On Sunday authorites in Turkey closed Taksim Square and the adjacent Gazi Park in Istanbulto prevent gatherings marking the second anniversary of the start of nationwide anti-government protests. Riot police with water cannon were deployed on roads leading to thearea, a few protesters were dispersed by police.
The United State Secreatery of State John Kerry has broken his leg in a cycling accident in theAlps. He has cancelled the rest of his European tour and is returning to the United States onMonday. He was in Switzland for talks on Iran's neuclear programme.
And that's the BBC news.
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美國共和黨議員之間的不合險些迫使國安局從本地時光半夜開端停滯網絡美國人的手機記載。商討員們舉辦了罕有的周日爭辯，評論辯論是不是應當持續該辦法。中情局局長約翰·布倫南出如今CBS電視台上說明為什麽他以為應持續該監控項目。
這些對象能幫咱們更好地懂得各類恐懼構造和小我采用的計謀舉措，咱們須要做的是具有計謀諜報眼力，同時在海內要具有這些技巧對象和才能來阻攔打擊。
但共和黨議員蘭德·保羅在爭辯中說這是個不法項目。
咱們並非在網絡特工的諜報，不是在網絡恐懼份子的諜報，而是在一向網絡全部美國國民的信息，咱們為爭奪自由而舉行革命，豈非咱們要草率地廢棄自由嗎?
布隆迪否決派號令舉辦更多陌頭抗議，這是由於東非引導人峰會未能辦理他們的關心。一位否決派活動聽士稱此次峰會未能號令總統皮埃爾·恩庫倫齊紮廢棄追求蟬聯的決議，是以他們很絕望。相反，加入坦桑尼亞峰會的引導人們號令將布隆迪推舉最少推延六個禮拜。理查德·漢密爾頓報導。
“來自達累斯薩拉姆的呼聲將給皮埃爾·恩庫倫齊紮施加更多壓力，但沒有跡象註解他會服從。他已對以前美國和歐盟號令推延投票的呼聲置之度外，乃至沒有加入此次意在辦理布隆迪危急的峰會。他的缺席其實不使人覺得不測，由於本月早些時刻他分開該國加入相似的峰會時，軍官們動員了一次未勝利的政變。”
美國駐伊拉克部隊前批示官大衛·彼得雷烏斯將軍談到須要轉變美國對伊拉克伊斯蘭國武裝構造的計謀，他說在與伊拉克當局互助時，華盛頓必需增強其軍事和政治兩個前哨。彼得雷烏斯將軍接收了喬納森·馬克斯的采訪。
“大衛·彼得雷烏斯將軍稱所謂的伊斯蘭國為恐怖的仇敵，他告知我，這實際上是支傳統武裝，包括兵變和恐懼主義元素。他說比來在省城拉馬迪的喪失是次計謀挫敗，所謂IS位於防備狀況的描寫是空泛的。但他說毫無疑難伊拉克部隊能克服伊斯蘭國的，他說今朝在華盛頓有一種認同，那便是須要作出轉變，這大概須要在靠近戰役所在處增長美國參謀。”
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伊斯蘭國在敘利亞北部占據更多地皮，他們將兵變構造“第11前哨”從某城鎮和鄰近兩個村落趕走，如許伊斯蘭國就更靠近鄰近的土耳其界限。
中國都城北京實行制止全部室內公開場合抽煙的禁令，邁克爾·布裏斯托報導。
中國有約莫3億煙民，但今後北京的煙民在抽煙時要留意場所了。中國都城已制止在觀光、辦公室和大眾汽車上抽煙，究竟上，全部室內公開場合都制止抽煙。不遵照者要被處以罰款，另有數千名檢討員會檢討各類場合和辦公所在。以前北京實行的禁煙令沒有起感化，由於存在太多的破綻且法律不力。但一項查詢拜訪發明大多半人以為此次的禁令也不會有後果。
意大就手政和處所推舉的投票後民調表現總理蘭齊的中央左翼政黨須要異常盡力能力博得兩個癥結地域坎帕尼亞和博洛尼亞。15個月前上任的蘭齊須要有說服力的成果能力保持其當局舉行勞工和教導改造的勢頭。
周日，土耳其政府封閉了伊斯坦布爾的塔克西姆廣場和鄰近的加齊公園，願望阻攔懷念反當局的天下抗議運動兩周年聚會會議。設備水槍的防暴警員被吩咐消磨到通往該地區的途徑上，少數抗議者已被警員遣散。
美國國務卿約翰·克裏在阿爾卑斯山騎自行車時摔破了腿，他已撤消了歐洲拜訪的殘剩部門，預備周一回到美國。他其時在瑞士加入伊朗核項目標談判。
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