15177764334909190

15177764334909190

2014-10-17    05'16''

主播: 罗叔英语

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介绍:
Welcome to 'Today' - a news programme with a different perspective. I'm John Artman. And I am Xu Qinduo. Coming up, we'll have an hour of world news and analysis. To tell us more, here's Luo Yu. Our top stories include: A second health care worker in a Dallas, Texas hospital has tested positive for the Ebola virus. “If we do not step up the response, if we let it go as it goes now, we could have anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 cases per week in December.” Egyptian warplanes have bombed positions held by Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi. "The problem is this fight will be a very violent one because they are fighting counterparts that are as military sophisticated as they are." The Pentagon is warning that the Syrian border town of Kobane could still fall, "And so they have continued to flow fighters to Kobane, meaning there are more targets in and around Kobane.So one of the reasons why you're seeing more strikes there is because there's more ISIL there.” And Beijing's railway administration is promoting the new concept of sending cars by train to vacation spots. “We got positive feedback from our customers. They say it is a pleasant trip. It's a safer way to travel long distance, especially when elderly family members or children are on the trip.” (JA) Those stories and more over the hour and towards the end of the show we'll be looking at comments online about relationships between university professors and students. (John) We'll talk about them later but first our global survey of headlines. First up, in Asia, In South Korea, a notice has sent to North Korea, offering to hold high-level talks on October 30 at Tongilgak, an administrative building on the North Korea side of the truce village of Panmumjom. In Malaysia, police have arrested 13 men and women suspected of planning to join IS fighters in Syria in a raid near Kuala Lumpur. (Qin) In Oceania, In Australia, a landmark ruling Australia's federal court says a baby born in Australia to an asylum seeker from Myanmar is not entitled to a refugee visa. In New Zealand, an Auckland man, has been sentenced to four and a half years for smuggling methamphetamine precursor drugs from China. (ZL) Moving on to Africa, In Ghana, Czech medical workers have sparked a diplomatic row after they covered a Ghanaian student in black plastic and rushed him to quarantine over unfounded fears that he had Ebola. In Nigeria, many motorists have used their horns sparingly in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, to show support for a "horn-free day". (John) And in the Middle East, In Yemen, Shia Houthi rebels and al-Qaeda militants have been engaged in heavy fighting in southern Yemen, as the rebels seek to expand the territory under their control. In Iraq, the New York Times is reporting that the Pentagon has kept hidden 11 incidents of soldiers being exposed to chemical weapons in 2014. (ZL) Looking to Latin America, In Brazil, A two-day standoff at Guarapuava jail in Parana has ended after a group of prisoners freed 10 guards they had taken hostage. Staying in the country, Brazilian police have uncovered a huge child pornography network hidden in the so-called 'dark net', with 55 people arrested in a year-long operation. (John) And in Europe, In Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that a reset of Russia-U.S. relations is impossible if sanctions against Moscow remain. In France, the government has drafted a law aimed at tackling the growing problem of youth binge drinking. Anyone found guilty of inciting minors to drink excessive levels of alcohol could be sentenced to a year in prison or fined 18 thousand dollars. (QD) And finally in North America, In the U.S., a former US nurse who sought out suicidal people online and encouraged them to kill themselves has been ordered to spend 178 days in jail. In Canada, the country has supplied small amounts of an experimental Ebola treatment to Spain and Norway to treat infected healthcare workers. (John) That's the global headlines Survey.