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Hi there, I'm Sonali from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Monday the 25th of July. 

Coming up: 

Norway holds a minute's silence for Friday's victims. 

England's cricketers are in a strong position to take the lead in the India series. 

And Uruguay are Copa America champions! 

To Norway first, where the country is struggling to come to terms with the tragic¹ events of Friday - when a mass shooting and bomb blast left more than ninety people dead. Police have arrested and charged a man with both crimes. The attacks took place in the capital Oslo and then on a nearby Island. These locals were in the capital when the bomb went off... 

CLIP: "I was just sitting, just a few blocks away and I heard the explosion, and I came out and it was just like a war zone and of course that makes an impact." "I work very close, and I was very afraid, and when I hear about the shooting on the Island I was so, so sad. It is very sad for Norway." 

Later today a minute's silence is being held to remember the victims. 

Next to Somalia where as many as 12 million people are at risk of starvation. Two areas of the country have been declared famine zones and to make matters worse officials are worried that militant² groups in Somalia are stopping aid getting through to the worst affected³ areas. The United Nations is hosting emergency talks on what to do about the situation. One of the main points of the meeting is to get richer countries to give money to help victims of the drought. Olivier de Schutter is with the UN... 

CLIP: " We need about 70 million dollars immediately to support Somalia where famine is developing and where certain regions cannot be reached by humanitarian⁴ agencies as a result of these regions being held by the al-Shabaab, the radical⁵ islamist group." 

OK some other news now and it promises to be an exciting last day of the first England-India test at the home of cricket, Lord's. Largely thanks to this century from England's Matt Prior yesterday... 

CLIP: "Moves in, bowls to Prior, down the pitch it comes and there's the boundary - a slashing⁶ cover drive. The area in which Prior scores many of his runs. A tremendous celebration and quite rightly so. That is a brilliant hundred." 

India still need 378 runs to beat England. 

And Uruguay have won the Copa America, beating Paraguay three-nil. Luis Suarez and Diego Forlan gave Uruguay a half-time lead before Forlan scored again in the last minute of the match. Uruguay have now won the tournament a record fifteen times. 

And we've got one more piece of news before we go. This time it's about us. Sadly this Friday will be the last World News for Schools bulletin for the forseeable future. We want to say a massive thank you to you for listening and for all your lovely messages over the years. If you have any last shout outs you want read out then e-mail them in and we will try our best to get through them all. The address as ever is [email protected]. Bye for now!

1 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

5 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

6 slashing   

adj.尖锐的；苛刻的；鲜明的；乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
• He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手，不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句