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The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has admitted, for the first time, that he ordered the annexation¹ of the Ukrainian province of Crimea weeks before paramilitaries took power there. His comments featured in a trailer for a documentary to be shown on state-run television. Sarah Rainsford reports from Moscow.

Crimea, the path to the motherland, coming soon on Russian State Television. It sounds and looks like the trailer for an action film, a hero here on screen is Vladimir Putin. Revealing the truth now seems like defiance², but it does cast even stronger doubt than ever over his claims that the fighting in eastern Ukraine is a popular uprising and Russia is not involved. Here, at home, though, Mr. Putin's comments are likely to play well.

The Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, says pro-Russian rebels have withdrawn³ a significant amount of weaponry from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine in accordance with the ceasefire deal agreed three weeks ago. In a televised interview, Mr. Poroshenko said Ukraine had managed, as he put it, to halt the offensive and drive off the aggressors.

Republican Senators in the U.S. have warned Iran that any deal on its nuclear program could be revoked⁴ once President Obama leaves office. 47 Republican Senators have signed an open letter in which they say that without Congressional approval, any deal would be nothing more than an agreement between Mr. Obama and Ayatollah Khomeini. The White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, condemned⁵ the move.

I would describe this letter as the continuation of a partisan⁶ strategy to undermine the President's ability to conduct foreign policy and advance our national security interests around the globe. The fact is we have heard Republicans now for quite some time, including the principal author of this letter, make clear that their goal was to undermine these negotiations⁷.

A French journalist held hostage for ten months by Islamic State militants⁸ in Syria has described how he secretly wrote a children's book in captivity⁹. Nicolas Henin told the BBC that his story, called Will Daddy Hedgehog Ever Come Home, was written on scraps¹⁰ of paper at night with a fellow French journalist. It grew out of a game to relieve the boredom¹¹ of captivity devised by a British aid worker, David Haines, who was later killed by his captors. Mr. Henin said he was struck by how much cultural background the detainees shared with their captors.

These jihadists have little to do with the local culture, Arab or Muslim. They are children of our societies. They speak our language. They have the very same cultural reference that we have. They watch the same movies we watch. They play the same video games our kids play. They are products of our culture.

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Sources in Mosul, the biggest city held by the Islamic State group in Iraq, have told the BBC there are noticeably fewer militants on its streets. IS has sent reinforcement south to defend Tikirt against a major government offensive.

President Obama has ordered a fresh wave of sanctions against a number of senior Venezuelan officials. They'll have their assets frozen and their visas suspended. Those targeted include the Venezuelan Intelligence Service Chief and the National Police Director. President Obama said the seven officials had been chosen because they had committed human rights abuses during opposition¹² protests last year.

A German professor has apologised for refusing an internship¹³ to a male Indian student on the grounds that his country had a rape¹⁴ problem. Annette Beck-Sickinger of Leipzig University had originally told the man she did not accept any Indian male students, and that it was unbelievable that Indian society could not solve the rape issue. But Germany's own Ambassador to India was horrified¹⁵. He said on Twitter that her attitude was an offence to millions of law-abiding tolerant Indians. The professor has now apologised for hurting anyone's feelings.

Apple has unveiled its latest product to the media in San Francisco. It's a smart watch that can be used to make phone calls, receive emails, play music and track health and fitness. Apple's boss is Tim Cook.

Right from your wrist, you can receive messages, and a tactic¹⁶ engine alerts you by tapping your wrist, so that you can read and respond that message instantly if you want. You can also, with a built-in speaker and microphone, you can receive calls on your watch. I have been wanting to do this since I was five years old. The device will go on sale next month, its price's ranging from about 350 to 10,000 dollars.

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京首次承认是他下令在准军事部队控制乌克兰克里米亚省之前就吞并那里。他的这一言论出现在国家电视台即将播放的纪录片的预告片中。萨拉·雷恩斯福德在莫斯科报道。

《克里米亚-通往祖国之路》这部纪录片很快就在俄罗斯国家电视台播放，这听起来也看上去像是动作片的预告片，屏幕上出现的主角是弗拉基米尔·普京。现在揭露这一真相看起来像是在挑衅，但让人们更加怀疑普京的说法，即乌克兰东部的战斗是一场人民起义，且俄罗斯没有参与其中。但在国内，普京的言论可能会得到很好的反响。

乌克兰总统佩德罗·波罗申科称亲俄叛军已根据三周前协商的停火协议，从乌克兰东部前线撤出大批武器。波罗申科在电视讲话中说，乌克兰已经设法阻止了侵略者的进攻并将其赶走。

美国共和党参议员警告伊朗称，一旦奥巴马总统离任，任何与伊朗核项目有关的协议都会被撤销。47名共和党参议员已经在一封公开信上签名，信上称他们如果没有国会的批准，任何协议都不过是奥巴马和阿亚图拉·霍梅尼之间的协议。白宫发言人乔希·厄内斯特谴责了此举。

我认为这封信是党派战略的继续，目的是为了削弱总统执行外交政策并在全球推进美国国家安全利益的能力。事实上，我们对共和党已经了解很久了，包括这封信的主要作者，还弄清楚他们的目的是阻扰这些协商。

被叙利亚IS武装分子劫持10个月的法国记者描述了自己如何在囚禁中偷偷写了一本儿童图书的情景。尼古拉斯·海宁告诉BBC他的书名叫《刺猬爸爸还会回家吗？》，是在夜间和另一名法国记者用纸片写成的。这本书诞生于一个为缓解囚禁无聊而玩的游戏，该游戏是英国援助工人戴维·海恩斯发明的，他本人后来被逮捕者杀害。海宁说他为囚禁者和逮捕者之间共有的文化背景所震惊。

这些圣战分子和当地阿拉伯文化或穆斯林文化都没有关系，他们是我们社会的孩子，他们讲着和我们同样的语言，他们有着和我们同样的文化背景，他们和我们观看同样的电影，他们玩着我们孩子也玩的游戏，他们是我们文化的产物。

这里是BBC世界新闻。

曼苏尔是伊拉克被IS组织控制的最大城市，来自该市的消息称街头武装分子数量明显减少。IS已将援兵南调来对付政府对提克里特的重大进攻。

奥巴马总统下令对大批委内瑞拉高级官员进行新一轮制裁，他们的资产将被冻结，签证被暂停，其中包括委内瑞拉情报局长和国家警察局长。奥巴马总统称之所以对付这7名官员，是因为他们在去年的反对派游行中犯下人权侵犯罪。

一名德国教授拒绝了一名印度男学生的实习申请，原因是他的国家存在强奸问题，目前该教授已经对此道歉。莱比锡大学的安妮特·别克-西晋格

最初告诉这名男生她不接受任何印度男学生，是因为印度社会居然无法解决强奸问题，这一点难以置信。但德国驻印度大使对此感到吃惊，他在推特上说，这名教授的态度是对无数遵守法纪印度人的触犯，这名教授向任何因此感情受伤害的人道了歉。

苹果在旧金山向媒体发布最新产品，这是一款能打电话、接收电子邮件、播放音乐并追踪健康状况的智能手表。苹果总裁是蒂姆·库克。

你可以在手腕上接受信息，有个工具可以弹击手腕来提醒你，这样就能随时阅读和回复信息。你还可以用内置播放器和麦克风在手表上接收电话，我从5岁起就希望实现这些。这款设备将于下月上市，价格从350美元到一万美元不等。

1 annexation   

n.吞并，合并

参考例句：

• He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
• I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。

2 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

3 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

4 revoked   

adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
• A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句

5 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

6 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

7 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

8 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。

9 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

10 scraps   

油渣

参考例句：

• Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。

11 boredom   

n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊

参考例句：

• Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
• A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

12 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

13 internship   

n.实习医师，实习医师期

参考例句：

• an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
• a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习

14 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

15 horrified   

a.(表现出)恐惧的

参考例句：

• The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
• We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

16 tactic   

n.战略，策略；adj.战术的，有策略的

参考例句：

• Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
• She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。