A man wanted in connection with bomb attacks of the weekend in New York and New Jersey has been taken into custody after exchanging gunfire with police. He’s been named as Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old US citizen of Afghan descent. He was wounded during the arrest operation near his home in New Jersey. Two police officers were also injured.
War planes in Syria have started bombing the city of Aleppo shortly after the army announced that a week-long ceasefire was over. Activists say a number of people have been killed or wounded in the air strikes on rebel held districts in Aleppo at nearby villages.
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say 17 people have been killed in the latest protest against President Joseph Kabila. The interior minister said demonstrators in the capital Kinshasa have tried to stage insurrection.
A major United Nations summit on refugees and migrants is underway in New York. It began with a warning from a group representing migrants that many were trapped into dead bondage, trafficked, tricked into slavery and denied basic rights.
Talks between the Swiss government and the European Union about allowing Switzerland some control over immigration from the EU have ended without agreement. Swiss voters narrowly backed the introduction of quotas on the EU migrants more than two years ago. And Swiss negotiators have been tried to strike a deal with Brussels ever since.
The French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve says the security forces have broken up nearly 30 people smuggling networks trying to bring migrants into the UK so far this year. He said 30 migrants have been deported on Tuesday on what was the 56th flight of its kind this year.
Italy's foreign ministry says that two Italian citizens have been kidnapped in Libya. The ministry said they were seized in the desert, but gave no further details.
The marriage was considered especially ignominious since she was of royal descent.
由于她出身王族，这门婚事被认为是奇耻大辱。
2.shortly adv.立刻，马上
Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
3.stage vt.举行；展现；上演
Russian workers have staged a number of strikes in protest at the republic's declaration of independence.
俄罗斯工人已经举行了数次罢工，抗议该共和国宣布独立。
4.insurrection n.造反；暴动；叛乱
We are not prepared for an armed insurrection.
我们没有准备武装暴动。
5.underway adj.在进行中的
An investigation is underway to find out how the disaster happened.
调查已经展开，以查明灾难是如何发生的。
6.trick vt.哄骗，欺骗
His family tricked him into going to Pakistan, and once he was there, they took away his passport.
家人骗他去了巴基斯坦，等到他一到那里，他们就拿走了他的护照。
7.narrowly adv.狭窄地；勉强地
I narrowly missed a cyclist who wobbled into my path.
我险些被一个摇摇晃晃迎面而来的骑车人撞倒。
8.deport vt.把…驱逐出境
We deport aliens who slip across our borders.
我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
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1.Activists say a number of people have been killed or wounded in the air strikes on rebel held districts in Aleppo at nearby villages.
a number of许多的；一些
A number of governments banned the ship from their territorial waters.
许多国家都禁止那艘船进入其领海。
2.And Swiss negotiators have been tried to strike a deal with Brussels ever since.
strike a deal达成协议
Can Obama Move His Red Line Forward to Strike a Deal with Iran?
奥巴马可以降低他的警戒线来与伊朗达成协议吗？
ever since从那时到现在
I've been dieting ever since the birth of my fourth child.
我生完第四个孩子后就一直在节食。
3.The French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve says the security forces have broken up nearly 30 people smuggling networks trying to bring migrants into the UK so far this year.
break up（使）分裂；（被）拆分；(使）破碎，结束
Fred has given me no good reason for wanting to break up our marriage.
