The US secretary of state John Kerry has told the UN Security Council that all aircraft in northern Syria should be grounded in order to allow humanitarian aid to get through. He said Monday's attack on an aid convoy raised profound doubt about whether Russia and the Syrian government would live up to the ceasefire deal. Moscow says a US predator drone was in the area at the time.
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drone：[drəʊn]
n. 雄蜂；嗡嗡的声音；懒惰者
vi. 嗡嗡作声；混日子
vt. 低沉地说
n. (Drone)人名；(法)德罗纳
A boat carrying an estimated 600 illegal migrants has capsized of the coast of Egypt killing at least 42 people. The authorities say 150 people have been rescued so far.
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capsize：[kæp'saɪz]
vt. 倾覆（特指船）；翻覆；弄翻
vi. 翻；倾覆；翻覆
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has warned the international community is ignoring the danger of rising tensions in South Asia at its peril.Mr. Sharif said his country could not ignore an unprecedented arms build up by India and will do whatever is necessary to maintain a credible deterrent.
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deterrent：[dɪ'ter(ə)nt]
adj. 遏制的，威慑的；制止的
n. 威慑；妨碍物；挽留的事物
The founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chanhave pledged three billion dollars over the next ten years for scientific research to find disease. The estimated aim is to cure, prevent or manage all disease within their children's lifetime.
The BBC has learned that Britain's secret intelligence service MI6 is to hire almost 1000 staffs over the next four years. MI6 has said the expansion is necessary because of the development of the internet and technology.
An enormous fire is threatening large areas of Amazon rainforest in Peru.Official said the fire has raged an indigenous reserve that’s home to 5000members of the Ashaninka people and destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of pristine forest.
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indigenous：[ɪn'dɪdʒɪnəs]
adj. 本土的；土著的；国产的；固有的
pristine：['prɪstiːn; -staɪn]
adj. 原始的，古时的；纯朴的
The mayor of Rome has refused to endorse the city's campaign to host the 2024Olympics. Virginia Raggi said that it would be irresponsible to support the bid aswinning it would bury the city under huge debts.
