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The United Nations and human rights groups have accused the European Union of endangering the lives of thousands of people seeking to reach Europe from Africa by sea. The E.U. says it wants to deter¹ migrants and has cut its rescue operations. In the latest incident, up to four hundred people are feared to have drowned, when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean². Quentin Sommerville is in Libya.

“The Coast Guard here warns that with clear skies expected in the next few days, hundreds more will attempt the crossing. In Misrata, the morgues are already full of corpses³ of drowned men and women, who were washed up on nearby beaches. Detention⁴ centres, too, are full. Libya,with two rival governments and facing a threat from hundreds of fighters from the Islamic State, is in turmoil⁵. It's unable to secure its own borders, much less stop those already here from heading to Europe.”

The Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, has lifted the suspension of airstrikes on Farc rebels, after at least 10 soldiers were killed in an attack in western Choco Province. The Army says the rebels used explosives, grenades and firearms. Wyre Davies has more.

“Traveling to the scene, Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, said he was ordering the Army to resume airstrikes against Farc guerrillas, strikes that had been suspended for a month. While the President also said via social media that the incident showed exactly why he wants to end Colombia's long-running war with left-wing insurgents⁶. His political opponents said he should suspend peace talks immediately. The talks, which have been taking place in Cuba for the last two and a half years, have made significant progress, but have also been punctuated⁷ by attacks and clashes on the ground in Colombia.”

Police in Brazil have arrested the Treasurer⁸ of the governing Worker's Party as part of their investigation⁹ into a huge corruption¹⁰ scandal at the state-run oil giant, Petrobras. Joao Vaccari, who was indicted¹¹ a month ago, is to stand trial for alleged¹² money laundering¹³.

The International Red Cross says it's been denied access to the central Yemeni town of Marib, the scene of fierce fighting. A Saudi-led coalition¹⁴ has been mounting airstrikes against both the rebels and forces loyal to the former President, Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Red Cross says the humanitarian¹⁵ situation is deteriorating¹⁶. Here's Imogen Foulkes.

Marib has been the scene of fierce fighting on the ground between forces loyal to Yemen's government and Houthis rebels, as well as sustained air attacks by the Saudi-led coalition. On Wednesday alone, the Red Cross received reports of at least 60 people seriously injured and in desperate need of medical treatment. But an ICRC team, carrying supplies for Marib's hospitals, were stopped by Houthis rebel forces. It's a serious blow to attempts by aid agencies to bring some help to Yemen's people.

BBC News.

Palestinian fighters have retaken more grounds from Islamic State militants¹⁷ in the vast Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp in the suburbs of Damascus. A spokesman told the BBC that the jihadists have been forced to retreat. 2 weeks ago, IS overran much of Yarmouk, where eighteen thousand people had been under siege by the Syrian Army for the last 2 years.

Turkey has launched a formal complaint with the Danish Foreign Ministry¹⁸ about plans to install a statue to remember the mass killing¹⁹ of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War. From Copenhagen, here's Malcolm Brabant.

The 9-metre-high sculpture, called the Dream, will spend 10 days in one of Copenhagen's busiest squares in May to remind people of the one and a half million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire one hundred years ago in what the Pope recently labeled genocide. The Turkish Ambassador to Denmark, Mehmet Donmez.“Having this sculpture in Copenhagen, where more than sixty thousand Turkish people live, is also very much insulting to us and to our people.”“But 1.5 million people were killed. If that's not genocide, what is?”“It's their war sufferings.”But politicians on Copenhagen's City Council have told Turkey not to interfere²⁰ in Denmark's affairs.

The Egyptian authorities have ordered the Army's Engineering Corp to demolish²¹ the headquarters of deposed²² President, Hosni Mubarak's, now defunct²³ National Democratic Party. The towering structure on the Nile was torched by protesters during the revolution 4 years ago. The Antiquities²⁴ Ministry says the land belongs to the adjacent Egyptian Museum.

A man's been arrested in Washington D.C. after he landed a small helicopter near the U.S. Congress. The area was placed under security lockdown while police moved in. In a video placed online earlier, the man identified himself as a postman from Florida, who wanted to protest about government corruption.

The United Nations and human rights groups have accused the European Union of endangering the lives of thousands of people seeking to reach Europe from Africa by sea. The E.U. says it wants to deter migrants and has cut its rescue operations. In the latest incident, up to four hundred people are feared to have drowned, when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean. Quentin Sommerville is in Libya.

“The Coast Guard here warns that with clear skies expected in the next few days, hundreds more will attempt the crossing. In Misrata, the morgues are already full of corpses of drowned men and women, who were washed up on nearby beaches. Detention centres, too, are full. Libya,with two rival governments and facing a threat from hundreds of fighters from the Islamic State, is in turmoil. It's unable to secure its own borders, much less stop those already here from heading to Europe.”

The Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, has lifted the suspension of airstrikes on Farc rebels, after at least 10 soldiers were killed in an attack in western Choco Province. The Army says the rebels used explosives, grenades and firearms. Wyre Davies has more.

“Traveling to the scene, Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, said he was ordering the Army to resume airstrikes against Farc guerrillas, strikes that had been suspended for a month. While the President also said via social media that the incident showed exactly why he wants to end Colombia's long-running war with left-wing insurgents. His political opponents said he should suspend peace talks immediately. The talks, which have been taking place in Cuba for the last two and a half years, have made significant progress, but have also been punctuated by attacks and clashes on the ground in Colombia.”

Police in Brazil have arrested the Treasurer of the governing Worker's Party as part of their investigation into a huge corruption scandal at the state-run oil giant, Petrobras. Joao Vaccari, who was indicted a month ago, is to stand trial for alleged money laundering.

The International Red Cross says it's been denied access to the central Yemeni town of Marib, the scene of fierce fighting. A Saudi-led coalition has been mounting airstrikes against both the rebels and forces loyal to the former President, Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Red Cross says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. Here's Imogen Foulkes.

Marib has been the scene of fierce fighting on the ground between forces loyal to Yemen's government and Houthis rebels, as well as sustained air attacks by the Saudi-led coalition. On Wednesday alone, the Red Cross received reports of at least 60 people seriously injured and in desperate need of medical treatment. But an ICRC team, carrying supplies for Marib's hospitals, were stopped by Houthis rebel forces. It's a serious blow to attempts by aid agencies to bring some help to Yemen's people.

BBC News.

Palestinian fighters have retaken more grounds from Islamic State militants in the vast Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp in the suburbs of Damascus. A spokesman told the BBC that the jihadists have been forced to retreat. 2 weeks ago, IS overran much of Yarmouk, where eighteen thousand people had been under siege by the Syrian Army for the last 2 years.

Turkey has launched a formal complaint with the Danish Foreign Ministry about plans to install a statue to remember the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War. From Copenhagen, here's Malcolm Brabant.

The 9-metre-high sculpture, called the Dream, will spend 10 days in one of Copenhagen's busiest squares in May to remind people of the one and a half million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire one hundred years ago in what the Pope recently labeled genocide. The Turkish Ambassador to Denmark, Mehmet Donmez.“Having this sculpture in Copenhagen, where more than sixty thousand Turkish people live, is also very much insulting to us and to our people.”“But 1.5 million people were killed. If that's not genocide, what is?”“It's their war sufferings.”But politicians on Copenhagen's City Council have told Turkey not to interfere in Denmark's affairs.

The Egyptian authorities have ordered the Army's Engineering Corp to demolish the headquarters of deposed President, Hosni Mubarak's, now defunct National Democratic Party. The towering structure on the Nile was torched by protesters during the revolution 4 years ago. The Antiquities Ministry says the land belongs to the adjacent Egyptian Museum.

A man's been arrested in Washington D.C. after he landed a small helicopter near the U.S. Congress. The area was placed under security lockdown while police moved in. In a video placed online earlier, the man identified himself as a postman from Florida, who wanted to protest about government corruption.

1 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

2 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

3 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

6 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

7 punctuated   

v.（在文字中）加标点符号，加标点( punctuate的过去式和过去分词 )；不时打断某事物

参考例句：

• Her speech was punctuated by bursts of applause. 她的讲演不时被阵阵掌声打断。
• The audience punctuated his speech by outbursts of applause. 听众不时以阵阵掌声打断他的讲话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

11 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

12 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

13 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 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。

15 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。

16 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

17 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

18 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

19 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。

20 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

21 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。

22 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

23 defunct   

adj.死亡的；已倒闭的

参考例句：

• The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
• This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前，不能进行任何改动。

24 antiquities   

n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 )；古迹；古人们；古代的风俗习惯

参考例句：

• There is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities. 欣赏古物有休息和疗养之功。 来自辞典例句
• Bertha developed a fine enthusiasm for the antiquities of London. 伯沙对伦敦的古迹产生了很大的热情。 来自辞典例句