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Russian investigators are treating a murder of the opposition activist,?Boris Nemtsov, as a contract killing. A court in Moscow said that one man,?Zaur Dadayev, had admitted involvement in the shooting near the Kremlin last month. He is one of five suspects from the mainly-Muslim North Caucasus. 

俄罗斯调查人员认定反对派活动人士涅姆佐夫谋杀案是买凶杀人。莫斯科法院称名叫Zaur Dadayev的男子承认参与了上月在克里姆林宫附近的开枪事件，他是五名北高加索犯罪嫌疑人之一。

Investigators have suggested Mr. Nemtsov might have been targeted for supporting those who satirised?the?Prophet Mohammed. But one of Mr. Nemtsov's allies, x, dismissed the suggestion. 

调查人员表示涅姆佐夫可能因支持对先知穆罕默德进行讽刺而成为被袭击目标。但是一位涅姆佐夫的盟友不这样认为。

I do not believe in this version. I believe in political version. I believe in?the?version that Nemtsov was killed because it was an act of terror to scare the society. The President of Chechnya,?Ramzan Kadyrov, has said he personally knew Mr. Dadayev. He described him as a committed Muslim and?a?real patriot of Russia.

我不认同这种说法。我偏向政治动机观点。我认为涅姆佐夫被杀是恐怖分子对社会的威胁行为。车臣总统卡德罗夫说他私下非常了解涅姆佐夫。他称涅姆佐夫是一位虔诚的穆斯林，并且对俄罗斯也是非常忠诚。

Forces from Chad and Niger have launched a joint ground and air offensive in northeastern Nigeria against the Islamist group, Boko Haram. The move opens up a new front against the jihadists. With more, here's x.

乍得和尼日尔军队联合在尼日利亚东北部对伊斯兰组织博科圣地发动地面进攻和空袭。这一举动开辟了一个对抗圣战分子的新道路。下面是本台记者发回的详细报道。

 A resident in the town in southern Niger, from which the new offensive was launched, said he saw troops heading towards a nearby Nigerian border early in the morning, followed by?sounds?of heavy gunfire. A local radio station reported that more than 200 vehicles moved towards the bordering convoy, including tanks, ambulances and water tankers. This would appear to be the first significant incursion into Nigeria from its northern neighbour. But Chad has already sent its troops deep into areas of Nigeria where Boko Haram has?mounted?attacks of many times. I'm with Nigeria's own forces stepping up their offensive in recent weeks, too. Boko Haram has already been pushed out of a number of towns.

该镇一名居民称凌晨他看到军队朝着附近尼日利亚边境挺进，后面是重型枪炮的声音。当地广播电台报道称有200多辆车驶往边界，包括坦克、救护车和运水车。这似乎是北面邻国首次向尼日利亚的重大进犯，但乍得已经将其部队调入尼日利亚内部地区，也就是博科圣地多次发动袭击的地方。我和尼日利亚部队一道，该部队最近几周加大了进攻力度，博科圣地已经被从几个城镇赶走。

The Nigerian government has said the pledge of allegiance by Boko Haram to the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria shows that the militants are under pressure. A government's spokesman told the BBC that Boko Haram had suffered very high casualties and a degrading of its capacity as a result of the attacks by Nigerian and regional armed forces.

尼日利亚政府表示博科圣地组织宣誓向伊拉克和叙利亚境内的ISIS组织效忠说明该武装组织已经面临压力。一位政府发言人告诉BBC记者称博科圣地组织遭受了尼日利亚地区和当地武装力量非常惨重的人员伤亡和能力摧毁。

A U.N. peacekeeper and two civilians have been killed in an attack on a military base in northern Mali. At least 30 rockets were fired at the barracks in the desert town of?Kidal.

一位联合国维和人员和两名居民在马里北部一个军事基地袭击案中遇难。至少30枚火箭朝着基达尔沙漠城镇军营开火。

President Obama has said the United States will walk away from nuclear talks with Iran if no acceptable agreement is reached. Speaking on?an?American Television, Mr. Obama said Iran has negotiated seriously, and progress has been made in narrowing the gaps, but those gaps still remained. If we cannot verify that they are not going to obtain the nuclear weapon and there is a breakout period, so?that?even if they cheated, we will be able to have enough time to taken action. If we don't have that kind of deal,?then we're not going to take it. 

奥巴马总统表示如果不能达成协议美国将推出伊朗核问题谈判。在美国电视演讲中，奥巴马说伊朗核问题经过认真协商在困难时期取得进展，但是分歧依然存在。如果我们不能证实他们不准备获取核武器就会存在爆发期，所以就算他们欺骗我们我们也会有足够的时间采取应对措施。如果我们没有签订协议我们便不可能这样做。

In a controversial speech to Congress on Tuesday, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned that a nuclear deal with?Teheran?will pave the way for an Iranian bomb.

在周二与国会的会议中，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡警告签订核协议将会为伊朗制造爆炸扫清障碍。

BBC News.

BBC新闻。

An 18-month-old baby in the United States has been rescued from a car 14 hours after it crashed and overturned in a river. The child is said to be in a critical but stable condition in hospital. More from?Alastair Leithead. 

在美国，一名18个月的婴儿在汽车撞车并翻入河中14个小时后被救出，据说这名婴儿情况危险，但状态稳定，目前在医院中。下面是本台记者发回的报道。

It was around half past ten at night when x and her baby were heading home from her parents' house in Utah, when the car crashed off the road and overturned in the icy x River. 14 hours later, the vehicle was found by a man fishing in the river. The 25-year-old mother died in the crash, but her 18-month-old baby was still alive, strapped into a car seat and suspended above the water which was flowingthrough?the car. The river was so cold. Three police officers and four firemen who rescued the child had to be treated for hypothermia.

大约晚上十点半左右当x与她的孩子从犹他州父母家回家途中汽车撞向路面翻滚入河。14小时之后汽车被当地一个渔夫发现。25岁的母亲在车内死亡，但是18个月大的婴儿依然幸存。她被困在汽车座位上，河水虽然流经汽车但未能淹到婴儿。当时河水非常冷，

Security officials in northern Afghanistan say a siege is over at a jail in?Jauzjan?Province and the authorities are now back in control. Police say the incident began when inmates attacked an inspection team. One prisoner and two police officers were killed, including the Deputy Security Chief of a neighbouring province. Another policeman has been seriously burned. The inmates include both criminals and Taliban militants.

阿富汗北部的安全官员称朱兹詹省监狱的暴乱事件已经结束，当局已经恢复对监狱的控制。警方称事件发生时，囚犯袭击了一个检查小组。一名囚犯和两名警察被杀，包括临省的安全副局长。还有一名警察被严重烧伤，这些囚犯包括罪犯和塔利班武装分子。

The Zambian President,?Edgar Lungu, is being treated from malaria and fatigue after he collapsed on stage while speaking at a public ceremony. Mr. Lungu was taken to a military hospital and said later that tests had shown traces of malaria, but there was no need for concern. Mr. Lungu came into power in January after the previous President died in office.

赞比亚总统埃德加·伦古在一个公众仪式上讲话时昏倒，目前因疟疾和疲惫在接受治疗。伦古被送往一个军事医院，后来称化验显示有疟疾的迹象，但没有必要担忧。1月份伦古在前总统任职期间死亡后上任。

The Vatican has said it has received a ransom demand for a letter signed by the Renaissance artist, Michelangelo, which disappeared from the archives nearly 20 years ago. A Vatican's spokesman said they are being offered the return of the document for a undisclosed amount of money, but refused to pay, because the letter had been stolen.

梵蒂冈称收到赎金要求，以换回文艺复兴时期艺术大师米开朗基罗所书写的珍贵信件，这份信件近20年前从档案室失踪的。梵蒂冈发言人称赎金索取者要求得到一笔数目保密的钱，但梵蒂冈拒绝支付，因为这封信已经被盗。