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The central election commission of Ukraine has confirmed that Petro Poroshenko has wonthe presidential election outright¹. Officials said he had secured 54% of the votes. David Sternreports from Kiev.

Mr. Poroshenko won Sunday's election outright, having passed the 50 percent barrier, andthereby avoided a run-off with the second-place finisher. He has promised to bring peace andunity to Ukraine. But Mr. Poroshenko's victory announcement comes on the same daygovernment forces battled pro-Russian separatists for control of the airport in the eastern cityof Donetsk. BBC reporters said the fighting was intense, and helicopter gunships were used.Russia has said it will recognize the results of Ukraine's elections, but warned Kiev from usingany more force against the pro-Russian insurgents² in Ukraine's east.

The military in Nigeria says it knows where the more than 200 school girls abducted³ six weeksago are being held, but ruled out using force to free them. Nigeria's highest-ranking militaryofficer, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh told protesters in the capital Abujathat the military would get them back. The BBC has learned that a deal to release some of theschoolgirls was close to being secured when it was called off by the Nigerian government. WillRoss reports.

There was a plan in place for there to be a swap⁴ of some 100 Boko Haram detainees, and if theywere released, then 50 of the girls were going to be set free by the Boko Haram Islamistmilitants. So we understand that an intermediary did go and meet some senior people in BokoHaram and even saw the girls in the place where they were being held. This was earlier thismonth, and it actually was about to happen this swap, and then we are told that thegovernment cancelled the deal, and so the whole thing was called off.

Discussions are getting underway about the future direction and leadership of the EuropeanUnion, after gains made by populous⁵ parties in elections of parliament of the 28-nation bloc⁶.The parties have called for major changes, but there remain a small fractious group in theassembly with a strong pro-EU majority. Britain has stressed the need for reforms, while inFrance President Hollande said the EU must change.

Europe has become inscrutable, remote and incomprehensible even for governments. This cannot continue. Europe has to be clear, simple, to be effective where it is needed and towithdraw from where it is not necessary. I'm a European, it's my duty to reform France andrefocus Europe. Tomorrow, at the European Council, I will reaffirm that the priority is growth,jobs and investment.

World News from the BBC.

The GEO Television network in Pakistan has apologized to the country's intelligence agencythe ISI for linking it to an attack on one of its journalists. In front-page advert⁷ in nationalnewspapers, GEOTV said its coverage⁸ had been misleading and inappropriate. Observers saythe apology is part of their efforts to placate⁹ the military which is pressing for GEO to bebanned.

Pope Francis has ended his three-day visit to the Middle East during which he attended some ofthe most sacred and emotive sites there. Celebrating mass at the room where Christiansbelieve Jesus held the last supper, the Pope called for an end to religious intolerance. Earlier hekissed the hands of Holocaust¹⁰ survivors¹¹ during a visit to the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem.

The American pharmaceutical¹² giant Pfizer has said it's abandoning plans to buy the British-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca. The announcement comes a week after Pfzier's 190-billion-dollar takeover offer was turned down by its rival. The decision put a stop to whatwould have been the largest merger¹³ in the industry's history.

Brazil's national football team has started its world cup preparations amidst fresh protests inRio de Janeiro. The Brazilian football legend Ronaldo who's been acting¹⁴ as ambassador for theWorld Cup has blamed the government for the delays in infrastructure¹⁵ projects and backed anopposition candidate of this year's presidential elections. Here's John McManus.

In an interview with the Valor¹⁶ newspaper, Ronaldo said that delays in finishing world cupprojects meant that Brazil would see little of the competition's legacy¹⁷ that had originally beenforecast. He blamed the government and said the recent social unrest had deterred¹⁸ him frominvesting in the country. This is the second time Ronaldo has criticised preparations for theWorld Cup which may surprise some in Brazil as he himself is a member of the World Cuporganizing committee.

1 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

2 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

3 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

4 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

5 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

6 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

7 advert   

vi.注意，留意，言及；n.广告

参考例句：

• The advert featured a dolphin swimming around a goldfish bowl.该广告的內容为一条在金鱼缸里游动的海豚。
• Please advert to the contents below.I believe you won't be disappointed.敬请留意后面的内容。相信您一定不会失望的。

8 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

9 placate   

v.抚慰，平息(愤怒)

参考例句：

• He never attempts to placate his enemy.他从不企图与敌人和解。
• Even a written apology failed to placate the indignant hostess.甚至一纸书面道歉都没能安抚这个怒气冲冲的女主人。

10 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

11 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

12 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

13 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

14 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

15 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

16 valor   

n.勇气，英勇

参考例句：

• Fortitude is distinct from valor.坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。
• Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.老生常谈往往比大胆打破常规更为人称道。

17 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

18 deterred   

v.阻止，制止( deter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。
• Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism. 杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。 来自辞典例句