2015年CRI 德国之翼一架客机遭遇炸弹威胁中断起飞 长江或现较重洪灾（在线收听）

A bomb threat has forced the cancellation of a Germanwings flight.

The flight from Bonn to Milan was supposed to take off last night.

The Airbus A320 had 126 passengers on board.

Bomb technicians have since determined the threat isn't real.

Chinese flood-control authorities are warning of possible heavy flooding in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River this year.

The China Meteorological Administration is warning rains in the middle reaches of the river area going to be some 20-percent more than average.

At the same time, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are also expecting the heaviest flooding in some 20 years.

The flood season of the Yangtze River runs through the summer.

It officially ends in October.

Heavy flooding along the Yangtze River in 1998 left 18-hundred people dead.

Chinese military forces are set to adopt stricter standards and procedures in recruiting Communist Party of China members.

The new regulations call for prudence in recruitment.

Regulations stress that political standards should be given top priority.

The new rules also suggest that recruitment should not be conducted in a haste.