英国新闻听力 荷兰发表MH17坠机最终调查报告(在线收听

Five contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination in the United States have been holding their first debate ahead of next year's race for the White House. The front-runner, Hillary Clinton, and the independent senator, Bernie Sanders, were involved in the heated exchanges over US policy on Syria, gun laws and economy. Also taking part in the debate were two former state governors and a former senator. Political analyst Mark Plotkin gave his impression of how the main candidates are doing. "I think Hillary Clinton is holding her own. She is the front-runner. She seemed poised, she seemed fresh. She didn't seem as old as she really is, and nobody here is really a dented in her armer. Bernie Sanders is going to do well politically, that is, in the two primaries that come first, caucus and Iowa, the two contests and New Hampshire.

The Israeli government has given police the power to seal off parts of East Jerusalem in response to a surge in attacks by Palestinians in recent days. Except the authorities could also demolished the homes of Palestinians who attacked Israelis and take away their right to live in Jerusalem. Jessica Mikalen has the details. It's also Security Cabinet proved the new measures at late night meeting after three Israelis were killed in Jerusalem on Tuesday. This was the latest and serious of attacks that of taking place in the city and elsewhere in Israel in recent weeks. The upsurge in violence follows increased tensions over vist the al-Aqsa mosque compound. The US Secretary of State John Kerry said he will travel to the region in the next few days to try to calm the situation. Israeli cabinet will meet and consider further measures on Wednesday afternoon.

The chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, Tjibbe Joustra, has told the reporters he believes the missile which brought down Malaysia Airline's flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine was controlled by Russian-backed rebels. Mr Joustra said the borders of the area were fluctuating at the time, the Pro-Russion rebels were in charge.

The German Challcelor Angela Merkel has come under a new fire from her own party for her welcoming policy towards migrants and refugees, the party has proposed setting up transit camps of the border to hold migrants while asylum applications were processed. From Berlin, Jenny Hill. Already this year, more than half a million people have sought asylum in Germany. It's estimated that nearly 40% of the migrants come from the Balkans and have little prospect of being grounded asylum here. Mrs Merkel's Conservative Party plans to create transit camps where asylum-seekers could be help for a few days and then deported. Those behind the proposal insist that they're permissible on the EU law, but Mrs Merkel faces strong resistence from her coalition partners. Social Democratic MPs described the plans as impractical and inhuman. BBC news.

The Pentagon has said it's time for American-trained forces in Iraq to retake the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants. A spokesman said 52 airstrikes against IS positions in the past ten days had prepared the troops for a final push.

A shop once stopped the number one crime gun dealer in America has been ordered to pay nearly six million dollars in compensation to two police officers severely wounded by a weapon illegally bought at the store. A jury in Milwaukee decided that the Badge Guns should have realized that a man buying a firearm from them in 2009 intended to pass it on to the teenager at his side. The teenager went on to shoot the two officers when they stopped him riding his bike on the pavement.

Three explosions have hit the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing a number of people. Unconfirmed reports blamed suicide bombers. The city is frequently attacked by the Islamic consertion group Boko Haram.

The British Literature Award, the "Man Booker Prize", has been won by the Jamaican author Marlon James for his novel of A Brief History of Seven Killings . The book, which centers at a real life attempt to kill the reggae singer Bob Marley, explores Jamaican politics and gun culture in the nineteen seventies and eighties. Speaking after the announcement, Marlon James explained why he draw inspiration from reggae music. The reggae singers Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were the first to recognize that the voice coming out of our mouths was a legitimate voice of fiction and a legitimate voice of poetry. That the sound of market women can speak poetry.

The acclaimed BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts has died of cancer. She was 64. She reported on events around the world, including Myanmar, North Korea, and Syria, and won an award for her work on covering human rights abuses and political corruption.BBC news.

在明年总统大选之前,五名民主党候选人进行了首场电视辩论赛。一马当先的希拉里·克林顿就叙利亚政策、枪管法以及经济问题与独立参议员伯纳德·桑德斯进行了激烈辩论。参加此次辩论的还有两名前州长,以及一名前参议员。政治分析专家马克·普罗特金就两名主要竞争对手的表现发表了自己的看法。我认为希拉里已经站稳了脚跟。她是领先者。她显得沉着冷静。她的表现非常亮眼。她并没有显得那么老。还没有人能够对她构成威胁。而伯纳德·桑德斯在政治方面做得非常出色,尤其是在爱荷华州和新罕布什尔州的两次初选上。

近几日,由于巴勒斯坦袭击频繁,以色列政府已经命令警方封锁东耶路撒冷。有关部门或将拆除袭击以色列人的巴勒斯坦房屋,并剥夺他们在耶路撒冷的居住权。请听杰西卡·迈凯伦的报道。周二在耶路撒冷,三名以色列人遇害,事件发生之后,安全内阁深夜举行会议,并出台了新措施。这起案件也是几周以来在耶路撒冷,以及以色列所发生的最为严重的事件。由于以色列人闯入阿克萨清真寺,导致冲突不断升级。美国务卿约翰·克里表示称,他将于近期对该地进行访问,试图稳定局面。以色列内阁将于周三下午对解决方案进行商讨。

荷兰安全委员会主席尤斯特拉对记者称,在乌克兰东部袭击马航MH17的导弹属于亲俄武装。尤斯特拉称边境地区风云变幻,当时由亲俄武装控制该地。

由于难民政策,德国总理默克尔遭到了党内的一片批评之声,在申请避难所的同时,保守党提议在边境设立过渡难民营。请听詹妮·希尔从柏林发回的报道。今年,已经有超过50万人在德国寻求庇护。预计有将近40%的难民来自巴尔干半岛,而他们在这里安营扎寨的可能性微乎其微。默克尔的保守党计划设立过渡难民营,这样寻求庇护者也能够缓解几天,之后将他们驱逐出境。提出这项计划的党内人士坚持称,它能够得到欧盟法的许可,然而默克尔却坚持不同意执政联盟的意见。社会民主党议员认为这项计划不切实际,且不人道。BBC新闻。

五角大楼表示称,接受过美军训练的伊拉克武装部队应立即夺回“伊斯兰国”极端组织所占领的拉马迪。发言人称在过去十天里,美军已经向“伊斯兰国”极端组织实施了52次空袭行动,为部队的最后一役做好准备。

因非法售卖枪支,美国枪店需要向两名受伤警员赔付近600万美金罚款,这家店也被人们称之为制造枪案最多的枪店。密尔沃基市法官认为,“Badge Guns”应该早已意识到这名男子为这名青少年代购枪支,2009年,该男子在该商店购买枪支。当时警方制止了一位在人行道上骑车的青年,他随即向警方开枪。

尼日利亚北部城市遭到三次炸弹袭击,并造成多人死亡。据未证实的报道称,此次袭击为自杀式炸弹袭击。该城频繁遭到伊斯兰组织“博科圣地”的袭击。

牙买加作家马龙·詹姆斯凭借《七次谋杀简史》获得了英国文学奖“曼布克奖”。该书以“雷鬼”音乐歌手鲍勃·马雷被杀事件为背景,讲述了20世纪70-80年代的牙买加政治和暴力。获奖之后,马龙·詹姆斯解释了选择雷鬼音乐的原因。鲍勃·马雷和彼得·托什首先认识到,人们拥有朗诵诗歌和小说的权利。集市上的女性也能够畅谈诗歌。

BBC著名记者劳埃德·罗伯茨因癌症去世。享年64岁。她报道了包括缅甸、朝鲜、叙利亚等全球新闻事件,并因报道践踏人权和政治腐败事件而获得荣誉。BBC新闻。

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