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The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared 3 days of national mourning, following?the?al-Shabab attack on a university that left nearly 150 people dead. Mr. Kenyatta said the planners and financiers of militant¹ attacks in Kenya were, as he put it, deeply-embedded in the country's community. Emmanuel Igunza?reports.

“In a speech at State House, the President called for international support in tackling al-Shabab fighters, who, he say, were deeply rooted in parts of the Kenyan community. He asked locals and leaders in the affected² areas to help police in tackling the radicalization of youth. Authorities say they have so far arrested 5 people in connection to the attack. Some were trying to cross the border into Somalia. Meanwhile, hundreds of people have been gathering³ at a mortuary in the capital, Nairobi, to identify the bodies of their loved ones. Survivors⁴ of the attack and family of victims were also receiving counselling at a stadium in the city, which has now been converted into a disaster operation centre.”

Russia has urged the United Nations Security Council to demand, what it called, a humanitarian⁵ pause in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition⁶ that's fighting Houthis Shiite rebels in Yemen. The Council's current President, Jordan's U.N. Ambassador, Dina Kawar, said the draft resolution also expressed concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Sebastian Usher⁷ reports.

“The Saudi-led coalition has imposed an air, sea and land blockade on Yemen that has essentially⁸ put the country under siege. No one can get in or out, aside from some foreign nationals who've been evacuated⁹ by boat from Aden. Aid agencies say this has made it impossible for them to get supplies to the many areas hit by airstrikes, or where there's the heaviest fighting on the ground between rebels and forces loyal to the President, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The Red Cross said a temporary halt in the air campaign is urgently needed, even just to allow families in the worst-affected areas to venture out to get food and water or medical care.”

The Islamic State group has released a video that claims to show the destruction of artefacts in the ancient Iraqi city of Hatra. In the film, members of the group used sledge¹⁰ hammers and pickaxes to smash stone sculptures and ornamentation.

The French authorities say they have ended the search for remains¹¹ at the site where a Germanwings co-pilot crashed his aircraft into a mountainside, killing¹² all 150 people on board. Rister Peaker reports.

“For the past 10 days, investigators¹³ have been searching the crash site for human remains. But now the work is over. They have found 150 sets of DNA¹⁴ from the mountainside, and over the next weeks, these will be analysed. The victims can only be identified this way, because the plane was completely destroyed on impact. Work to clear the debris¹⁵ from the site will begin next week. The remote location in the mountains will make the operation slow and difficult. It is expected to take up to 2 months. You are listening to the latest news from the BBC.”

One of the leaders of France's Muslim community has called for a doubling in the number of mosques¹⁷ in the country within the next 2 years. Dalil Boubakeur, who is Head of the Paris Mosque¹⁶, as well as the President of the French Muslim Council, said the current 2,200 mosques weren't enough to meet the needs of France's Islamic community.

The number of people now known to have died in floods which struck one of the most arid¹⁸ places on earth has risen to 25, and could be said to increase further. Officials in Chile say 101 people are still missing after last week's flash floods, which saw mudslides, cut power lines, swamped routes and destroyed thousands of buildings in the Atacama region, which includes the world's driest desert. The news came as President Michelle Bachelet visited the area.

The former president of Cuba Fidel Castro has made his first appearance in 14 months. Images of the iconic communist leader, who's 88 years old, appeared in the state-run newspaper in Cuba. Will Grant reports from Havana.

“Pictures of Fidel Castro have emerged over the past year, but in the main they were of him greeting foreign dignitaries or Latin American intellectuals at his home. In this case, Fidel has now been seen in public again. The state-owned newspaper Granma, showed 4 pictures of him on its website and republished 2 of them in its print edition. They showed the aged¹⁹ communist leader shaking hands with a group of Venezuelan students who traveled to Havana as part of a solidarity²⁰ movement between the allied²¹ nations.”

The Moroccan authorities say one of the 3 missing cavers from Spain has been found dead. The other 2 are said to be injured but are now being moved to safety. The rescue operation was launched after the men were spotted²² in a ravine in the high Atlas²³ Mountains. They've been missing since Monday after setting off to explore caves in the southern Uarzazate region, some 500 kilometres from the capital, Rabat. 

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 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 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

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

6 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

7 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

10 sledge   

n.雪橇，大锤；v.用雪橇搬运，坐雪橇往

参考例句：

• The sledge gained momentum as it ran down the hill.雪橇从山上下冲时的动力越来越大。
• The sledge slid across the snow as lightly as a boat on the water.雪橇在雪原上轻巧地滑行，就象船在水上行驶一样。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

13 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

15 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

16 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

17 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

18 arid   

adj.干旱的；(土地)贫瘠的

参考例句：

• These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.这些树能挡住旱风,保护农田。
• There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。

19 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

20 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

21 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

22 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

23 atlas   

n.地图册，图表集

参考例句：

• He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
• The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图，其中包括3幅英国地图。