The U.S. health authorities have stepped up warnings about the risk to pregnant women from the zika virus in the district of Miami in Florida.
Experts from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, are heading to the city to reinforce efforts to control the spread of the virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects.
From Miami, here is x.
There are now 14 individuals, 2 women and 12 men, that've contracted the zika virus in a small one-mile square area north of downtown Miami.
These people are thought to be the first to acquire the disease, transmitted by locally-infected mosquitoes. 8 showed symptoms. But the others were detected after screening programmes by health officials in the city.
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acquire：[ə'kwaɪə]
vt. 获得；取得；学到；捕获
This increase has prompted the Centre for Disease Control to alter its advice to pregnant women. Last week, it said there was no need to avoid travel to the area. But now it says that pregnant women should.
The United States says it's carried out airstrikes in Libya, targeting the Islamic State group in the city of x.
The Pentagon spokesman, x, said the raids were carried out at the request of the country's recently-installed unity government.
Today, the request of Libya's government of National Accord, the United States conducted precision airstrikes against ISIL targest in x, Libya, to support GNA-affiliated forces seeking to defeat ISIL in its primary stronghold in Libya. GNA-allied forces have had success in recapturing territory from ISIL, and additional U.S. strikes will continue to target ISIL in x and enable the GNA to make it a decisive, strategic advance. The Libyan Prime Minister said IS militants had sustained heavy losses.
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precision：[prɪ'sɪʒ(ə)n]
n. 精度，[数] 精密度；精确
adj. 精密的，精确的
affiliate：[ə'fɪlɪeɪt]
n. 联号；隶属的机构等
vt. 使附属；接纳；使紧密联系
vi. 参加，加入；发生联系
decisive：[dɪ'saɪsɪv]
adj. 决定性的；果断的，坚定的
The American billionaire businessman, x, has challenged the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, to publish his tax returns. Mr. Trump has said he can't do so until the financial authorities have completed an audit.
But Mr. x said there were no rules against releasing tax returns and allowing people to ask questions about them.
The Bolivian police have seized more than 7 tonnes of cocaine which they believe was destined for sale in the United States.
Our Americas editor, x, reports.
The Bolivian Interior Minister, x, said the drugs were hidden inside a cargo of mineral ore in trucks traveling along a remote mountain pass leading to Chile sea ports.
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cargo：['kɑːgəʊ]
n. 货物，船货
n. (Cargo)人名；(英、西)卡戈
ore：[ɔː]
n. 矿；矿石
n. (Ore)人名；(意、瑞典)奥雷；(英)奥尔
He said the whole was destined for the U.S. market, and had an estimated street value of 400 million dollars.
Earlier this year, Bolivian anti-drug police found 8 tonnes of cocaine within another consignment of mineral ore.
The country is the world's largest producer of cocoa leaf, used as a traditional medicine and tea in the Andes, but also the raw material for cocaine.
World news from the BBC.
The authorities in Mexico city say they have arrested a 17-year-old boy on murder charges after the bodies of 3 men were found.
They say the boy's teenage girlfriend told the investigators that he had become angry because one of the victims looked at her, another had opened a curtain while she was changing, and another had entered her room.
Germany's Deputy Chancellor has said Europe's must not let itself be blackmailed in talks about visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the E.U.
x's comments come a day after Turkey threatened to back out of its agreement with the E.U. to stem the flow of migrants, unless visa liberalisation was introduced by October.
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liberalisation：[,lɪbərəlɪ'zeʃən]
n. 自由化；开放
A controversial law has gone into effect in the U.S. state of Texas, allowing some students to carry guns on university campuses.
Proponents of the new campus carry law say the presence of more concealed guns on campus could put an end to mass shooting incidents more quickly. But critics argued it would create an atmosphere of fear, and could stifle freedom of expression.
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mashangxue
controversial：[kɒntrə'vɜːʃ(ə)l]
adj. 有争议的；有争论的
stifle：['staɪf(ə)l]
vt. 扼杀；使窒息；藏匿
vi. 窒息；被扼杀
n. （马等的）后膝关节；（马等的）[动] 后膝关节病
The U.S. state of New York is to ban registered sex offenders from playing Pokemon Go. A directive announced by the state governor, x, is expected to effect nearly 3,000 offenders currently on parole in the state, preventing them from downloading augmented reality games.
x reports.
Since its launch early in July, the Pokeman Go app has sent millions of players, particularly children, roaming through cities and parks as they search for virtual Pokemon characters on their mobile phones.
But an informal investigaiton in New York City, initiated by local senators, showed a disturbing number of matches between locations where players could find the x imaginary creatures and the homes of known sex offenders. One researcher described the app as providing sex offenders with a virtual roadmap to the city's children.
