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BBC News with Julie Candler.
In his first big speech before Parliament, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he will raise the minimum wage and rehire public servants who were sacked as part of the previous government's austerity measures.
David Grantic reports.
Alexis Tsipras told Parliament he will rehire thousands of sacked public sector workers and reopen the same Broadcast which was closed to save money. He said Greece wanted to pay its massive debts but under a new deal. Germany is Greece's biggest creditor. The nation has given massive loans to Athens insisted that it must stick to reforms.
And they weren't to be pleased either by Greece's new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. In an interview with Italy's RAI Television, he described the euro as fragile, and said the single currency was like a castle of cards, adding if you take out the Greek card, the others will collapse.
The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia have planned to hold further talks on Wednesday, to try to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Emileo Bekannents reports.
The proposal appears to be broadly a resurrection of the previous Minsk deal reached last September. It would likely involve an immediate ceasefire and the creation of a demilitarized zone to keep the war inside the part. The problem is Russian backed rebels have advance since last September, and then new truce position would mean Ukraine losing control of yet more territory. Even if a deal is agreed, many wonder if the rebels on the ground will stop fighting.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has said he firmly support negotiations with western powers, aimed at securing no compromise on Iran's nuclear program. This comment came as the Iranian foreign minister met the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich.
Jonnathan Marker reports.
The signals are increasingly positive that deal on Iran's nuclear program maybe in sight. Mr Zarif said afterwards "we are reaching the point where it's quite possible to make an agreement. And I do not believe anything would be different a year down the road.
There's a reference to the possibility of extending the current interim agreement beyond the end of June. But the most significant comment probably came from Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was reported to say that he would go along with the deal as it is in the making. The hope is for progress on the central issue, the scope of Iran's enrichment activity. And if movement can be achieved here, then it could the key to resolving other areas of disagreement.
Egyptian state television says at least 14 supporters of the Zamalek football club had been killed and many others injured in clashes with police outside the stadium in Cairo. Other reports say the casualties are much higher. Fighting broke up before a Premier League match against the ENPPI team. Police used tear gas to disperse the Zamalek supporters.
World News from the BBC.
Jordan says it's carried out 56 airstrikes in three days against Islamic State militants in Syria. The head of Jordanian Air Force General Mansour al Jbour said the attacks had degraded nearly 20 percent of the group's fighting capabilities. Jordan intensified its air campaign in revenge for the killing of the captured pilot who was burnt alive.
United Nations' Envoy to Yemen has said all the political parties there have agreed to resume talks on the future of the country. Jamal Benomar says the negotiations will include representatives from the Shiite Houthi Militia which recently took over the government. President Hadi resigned last month after Houthi rebels tighten their military control of the capital Sana'a. The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon said the Houthis had created a government vacuum.
The situation is very very seriously deteriorating with the Houthis taking power and making this government vacuum in power. There must be a resurrection of legitimacy of President Hadi.
A researcher in England has discovered a forgotten copy of the Magna Carta., the political charter that established the principle of the rule of law eight centuries ago. Agreed by King John in 1215, the Magna Carta set limits on the power of the English monarchy and inspired the American Declaration of Independence centuries later. Only 24 copies are known to exist.
The final the Africa's most prestigious football tournament the African Cup of Nations has gone into extra time. No goals were scored in 90 minutes of play between Ghana and Ivory Coast in Equatorial Guinea. The two African football giants also met in the final in 1992 when Ivory Coast won on penalties. Ghana has won the competition four times but not since 1982.
BBC News.
詞匯解析
bureau
難度:4星核心詞匯,屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.局;辦事處;(帶抽屜的)寫字臺
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用作名詞 (n.)
She put the envelope beneath her underwear in the bureau, a place Richard would never look.
她把信封放在梳妝臺抽屜的內(nèi)衣下面,這里理查德是決不會看的地方。
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acknowledge
難度:3星常用詞匯,屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
vt.承認;告知收到;公認;表示感謝;注意到
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用作及物動詞 (vt.)
We are sending you some money in acknowledgement of your valuable help.
我們送些酬勞,對您的大力協(xié)助聊表謝意。
I met him in town but he didn't even acknowledge me
我在城里見到他,但他卻把我當成素不相識的人乙
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afford
難度:4星核心詞匯,屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
v.花費得起;能夠做;承擔得起(后果);提供;給予
參考例句
用作動詞 (v.)
Only the well-to-do can afford these houses.
只有富人能買得起這些房子。
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leading
難度:5星基本詞匯,屬常用1000詞
英漢解釋
adj.領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的;指導(dǎo)的;主要的;在前的
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
He is a leading cadre.
他是個領(lǐng)導(dǎo)干部。
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absence
難度:4星核心詞匯,屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.缺席;缺乏
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用作名詞 (n.)
His long absence raised fears about his safety.
他長期不在引起了大家對他的安全的擔心。
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particular
難度:4星核心詞匯,屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
adj.特定的;專指的;特殊的;特別的;挑剔的
n.詳情;細節(jié)
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
They depend on a particular historical situation.
它們?nèi)Q于特定的歷史境況。
用作名詞 (n.)
He gave full particulars of the stolen property.
他詳細列出全部被盜的財物。
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shift
難度:4星核心詞匯,屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
v.移動;改變;換擋;字型轉(zhuǎn)換
n.輪班;變化;移動;計謀;輪班職工
參考例句
用作動詞 (v.)
The tools shift around in the car boot every time we turn a corner.
我們每次轉(zhuǎn)彎,汽車行李箱里的工具就來回動。
用作名詞 (n.)
They were taking turns to be on the night shift.
他們輪流做夜班。
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