英国新闻听力 美国取消赴古巴旅游限制（在线收听）

The Israeli parliament has approved the incoming government formed by Prime Minister - Binyamin Netanyahu. In a speech earlier Mr. Netanyahu said he’d pursue talks with the Palestinians on economic, security and political issues. Mr. Netanyahu, who leads the right-wing Likud Party, will head the biggest government in Israel's history. Tim Franks reports.

Binyamin Netanyahu appealed directly to the leaders of the Palestinian authority if you really want peace he said, we can achieve it. The new Israeli prime minister would pursue parallel tracks with the Palestinians on the economy, on security, and in politics. Mr. Netanyahu insisted that Israel didn’t want to control or reign over another people. Although he didn’t explicitly state in his speech, Binyamin Netanyahu has previously made it clear that his ambition for the Palestinians does not extend to full statehood, a position which appears to put him at odds with the White House.

As world leaders gather in London for this week's G20 summit, the Pope has called for a return to ethics in finance. He told Gordon Brown that it was important for world leaders to listen to the voices of the unrepresented poor. David Willie reports from Rome.

In his letter to Mr. Brown, the Pope insists his conviction that protectionists' solutions to the world's financial meltdown must be avoided. But above all, the Pope says what’s needed is a new sense of ethics. The financial crisis has been caused by decline in ethical conduct, not by money given to development aid, the Pope argues. Solutions proposed by the summit must give security to families and stability to workers, he says. The Pope agrees with Mr. Brown that the elimination of extreme poverty, particularly in Africa is the top priority of our times.

An American woman has won her 10-year legal battle with the cigarette maker Philip Morris and has been awarded 145 million dollars. Belt Williams sued the company after her husband died of lung cancer in 1997. She said she’ll give most of the money to charity.

One of the leading opposition leaders in Venezuela Manuel Rosales who faces a series of corruption charges is reported to have gone into hiding. Party official said he’d taken refuge for his own safety but hadn’t fled the country. Will Grant reports

Manuel Rosales is in a safe location for his own protection according to the president of his party, Omar Barboza. His party said that Mr. Rosales would not hand himself over to what they called the pack of woods of the judiciary, unless his personal safety and a fair trial could be guaranteed. The charges against Mr. Rosales related to his time as the governor of the oil-rich state of Zulia in which he is accused of illicit enrichment of millions of dollars as well as the illegal ownership of 14 properties in the state of Zulia. Manuel Rosales denies any wrongdoing.

The three men accused of murdering the South African reggae star Lucky Dube in 2007 have been found guilty by a court in Johannesburg. They’re due to be sentenced on Wednesday. Court proceedings were delayed by the attempted escape of two of the accused. Lucky Dube, who was South Africa's best selling reggae artist, was shot dead in front of his children by men trying to steal his car.

A Canadian whom the authorities describe as a contract killer has admitted to nearly 30 charges of first-degree murder. The man Gerald Gallant who’s already serving a life sentence also pleaded guilty to 12 charges of attempted murder and several other offenses. The killings occurred over a period of 25 years beginning in 1978. His victims included members of biker gangs and alleged members of the Mafia, but also some innocent bystanders. Gallant apologized for his crimes and read out a prepared statement in front of survivors and relatives of victims.

A bipartisan group of US senators is introducing a bill to lift restrictions on Americans' traveling to Cuba. There’s been an embargo on trade and travels since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. Previous proposals to lift the sanctions failed because of stiff resistance from the influential Cuban-American community in Florida. From Washington here is Kim Haters.

When something hasn’t worked for 50 years, it’s time to try something different. This was the very simple explanation lawmakers gave on Capitol Hill when they explained why they were introducing the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act. Calls have been growing here for a change in Washington’s policy towards Cuba. Earlier this month, Congress voted to ease restrictions imposed by President George W. Bush in 2004 on travel and remittances for Cuban-Americans. This bill would allow unrestricted travel for everybody from the US to the communist island, although no one is yet calling to lift the trade embargo.

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随着世界领导人齐集伦敦参加本周的G20峰会，罗马教皇呼吁金融领域道德的回归，他告诉戈登.布朗，对世界领导人来说，聆听没人代表其利益的穷人的声音非常重要。

在致布朗的信中，教皇坚信，必须避免采取保护贸易论者对挽救世界金融危机所提出的解决办法。教皇说，首先需要的是新的道德感，教皇认为，金融危机是由道德衰落引起的，而不是发展援助资金。峰会提出的解决方案必须为家庭提供安全，并保证工人们的稳定。教皇认同布朗在消除极端贫困方面的看法，尤其是将非洲地区视为当代最优先考虑的问题。

一名美国妇女赢得了同香烟制造商飞利浦.莫里斯为期十年的法律纠纷，并得到1.45亿美元的赔偿。1997年丈夫死于肺癌后， Belt Williams便开始起诉该公司，她说她将把大部分赔偿金用于慈善事业。据报道，面临一系列贪污指控的委内瑞拉反对派领导人之一的 Manuel Rosales已经逃匿，该党官方表示他只是寻求了自身安全的避难，并没有逃离本国。

反对派领袖奥巴尔·巴博萨说，Manuel Rosales目前在一个安全的地方来保护自己。该党表示，Rosales不会把自己交于一群司法人员手中，除非能确保他的人身安全和公正的审判。Rosales被指控在石油富足的Zulia州任州长时，曾非法获取数百万美元，并非法将Zulia州14处房产据为己有。 Manuel Rosales否认自己做过任何坏事。

约翰内斯堡法院判定被指控2007年谋杀南非瑞歌舞明星 Lucky Dube的三名男子有罪，他们将于周三被判刑。审判进程因为其中两人试图逃脱而延误。Lucky Dube曾是南非最畅销的瑞歌舞艺术家，当着自己孩子的面，被试图偷走他的汽车的人开枪射死。

一名被当局视为签约杀手的加拿大人对指向自己的近30起一级谋杀指控认罪，这个名叫Gerald Gallant的男子目前正在服无期徒刑，他也承认自己了12起谋杀未遂和几次进攻。这些谋杀案发生在1978年起的25年间，受害人包括机车帮成员和所谓的黑手党成员，但也有一些无辜的旁观者。Gallant承认自己的罪行，并在生还者和受害者亲属面前朗读了一份准备好的陈述书。

美国参议员的两党派组织提出一项法案，建议取消对美国人赴古巴旅游的限制。自1959年菲德尔.卡斯特罗当政后，美国就对古巴实施贸易禁运和旅游限制的政策。先前的提议由于佛罗里达州有影响力的古巴裔美国人社区的强硬反对而失败。

如果某种事物不管用都50年了，是需要尝试改变的时候了。这就是被问及为何提出颁布“赴古巴旅游自由法案”时，立法者给国会山的简单解释。呼吁华盛顿对古巴政策改变的呼声渐涨，本月早些时候，国会表决，减轻布什总统2004年对古巴裔美国人施加的旅游和汇款限制。尽管目前还没有人要求取消贸易禁运，该法案将允许任何一个美国人自由前往这个共产主义岛国。