The UN Security Council says it prepared to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan if it attempts to obstruct the deployment of extra peace keepers to the country. United Nations wants to send an extra 4,000 troops following the latest violence between supporters of the President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, but Mr. Kirr said he wouldn't allow the UN to take over his country.
Police in Pakistan say they have arrested the father and first husband of Samia Shahid, a British woman of Pakistani origin, who died in Pakistan last month while visiting relatives. The police say she was strangled and suspected her former husband Chaudhry Mahammad Shakil of murdering her.
The US government has declared a public health emergency in Puerto Rico because of the outbreak of Zika virus. Medical authorities have warned that a quarter of the territory's population could be infected by the mosquito- borne virus by the end of the year.
Reports from Syria say about 2000 residents at the town of Manbij used as 'human shields' by fleeing Islamic State fighters have been set free. A US- backed mainly Kurdish alliance said on Friday it has seized full control of Manbij, but has been unable to target Jihadists leaving the city with hostages.
Earlier results in the Zambia presidential election show a narrow lead for the main opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema, electoral commission data showed Mr. Hichilema ahead of the incumbent Edgar Lungu by just over 6,000 votes.
The Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro is celebrating his 90 years birthday today. It's unclear whether Fidel who ruled the island for more than 50 years will make an appearance.
A royal funeral is taking place in Romania for Queen Anne who died two weeks ago aged 92. Her husband, the former king Michael was deposed and expelled from Romania by the Communists in 1947. BBC news.
词汇解析1.depose v.免职,罢免,宣誓作证例句:The people deposed the dictator.
人民废黜了独裁者。2.expel v.驱逐,喷射,赶出例句:The bullet was expelled from the gun.
子弹从枪中射出。3.strangle v.把…勒死,窒息而死例句:It's just like strangling his throat.
这就像扼住了他的喉咙。4.deployment n.部署例句:Missile deployment did much to further polarize opinion in Britain
在英国,导弹部署极大地导致了意见进一步分化。5.alliance n.结盟,联盟,联姻例句:The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.两党分歧甚大,还远未能结成同盟。
内容解析1.Reports from Syria say about 2000 residents at the town of Manbij used as 'human shields' by fleeing Islamic State fighters have been set free.set free 释放,放纵例句:Magee was set free but British authorities were asked to arrest him on sight.
马吉被释放了,但是英国当局却被要求一见到他就立即逮捕。例句:Breathing it, Robert felt as if he was set free from a cage.
呼吸着空气,罗伯特感觉自己像是被人从牢笼释放出来一般。2.United Nations wants to send an extra 4,000 troops following the latest violence between supporters of the President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, but Mr. Kirr said he wouldn't allow the UN to take over his country.take over 接管,借用例句:The government took over the railways in 1948.
政府于1948年接管了铁路。例句:What is good and useful should be taken over.应当继承好的,有用的东西。