A senior member of North Korea’s government has warned that his country will react with a pre-empty nuclear strike if it all signs that the US was preparing to launch an attack. Speaking to the BBC, the Vice Foreign Minister Kung Sok Ung said they would be all out war from day one if the US took military action.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will ignore international criticism of Sunday’s referendum. In a competitive speech outside Presidential parlors, he suggested he might hold a referendum on ending more than a decade of talks on joining the European Union.
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parlor：['pɑrlɚ]
n. 客厅；会客室；业务室
adj. 客厅的
The two front runners in the French Presidential election have been fighting to win over undecided voters as they head towards the first round next Sunday. The centrist Emmanuel Macron warned against voting for Johan Malashon, the communist-backed vibrant whose strong performance in the Television debates have put in contention. The far-right candidate Marine Le Pen whose support basis is thought to be the most solid is holding a rally in Paris.
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vibrant：['vaɪbrənt]
adj. 振动的；充满生气的；响亮的；战栗的
n. (Vibrant)人名；(德)维布兰特
The Israeli authorities have taken action against the leader of mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners. Marion Bargudi, a prominent figure in the fertile political action who is serving life sentence for this murder has been removed to a different jail and put in solitary confinement.
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fertile：['fɜːtaɪl]
adj. 富饶的，肥沃的；能生育的
solitary：['sɒlɪt(ə)rɪ]
adj. 孤独的；独居的
n. 独居者；隐士
confinement：[kən'faɪnmənt]
n. 限制；监禁；分娩
The President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes says he will stand as a candidate in elections next year after demonstrators set fire to the congress last month in protest to secret senator vote to a man the constitution to allow second presidential terms. He said he had been in spy by Pope Francis’s call for peace and dialogue.
An Indian singer has provoked a debate on social media by complaining about being waken up in the morning by the amplified call to pray from a Monck. Soni Nigan also criticized the amplification in Hindu in sick temples.
