新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/06/05

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Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Jingnan.

Coming up：

--The so-called Islamic State militant¹ group has claimed responsibility for the latest London bridge attack

--The just concluded Shangri-La Dialogue has touched on key security issues in Asia Pacific

--Seven Arab countries have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar

For more on this, we are now joined on the line by Qinduo XU， senior political commentator²; Zhu Feng, Executive Director of Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies;Ahmed H. Ibrahim, phd,Professor and Head, Department of International Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University；WU Changhua, China/Asia Director, office of Jeremy Rifkin

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。