Hillary Clinton has announced she's running forpresident of the United States in 2016. She madethe announcement in a video on her campaignwebsite.

　　“Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times. But the deck is still stackedin favour of those at the top. Everyday, Americans need a champion, and I want to be thatchampion. So you can do more than just get by. You can get ahead and stay ahead. Becausewhen families are strong, America is strong. So I'm hitting the road to earn your vote. Becauseit's your time, and I hope you'll join me on this journey.”

　　She is the clear frontrunner for the Democrats. But correspondents say she is a deeplypolarising figure.

　　At least 14 people have been killed in twin attacks in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Bombs wentoff in the towns of El-Arish and Sheikh Zuweid. Rania Subry reports from Cairo.

　　“A group, which calls itself Province of Sinai and is considered an offshoot of the Islamic State,has said it carried out both attacks. It's said the repeated attacks on the security forces are inretaliation for a government crackdown on supporters of the ousted former Egyptian President,Mohamed Morsi. The attacks come hours after a reshuffle of the top brass in the EgyptianArmy, aiming to change the security strategy in the Sinai Peninsula. The area has seen anincrease in the attacks since Mr. Morsi was deposed in 2013.”

　　Hours after the attacks, the Egyptian President, Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi, said that anyone diggingtunnels onto the border with Gaza will face a life sentence. Egypt has accused Palestinianmilitants in Gaza of using the tunnels to smuggle weapons to Islamist militants in the SinaiPeninsula.

　　Turkey has recalled its Ambassador to the Vatican after the Pope referred to the mass killingsof Armenians under Ottoman rule as genocide. Turkey disputes the term and says the deathswere part of a civil conflict triggered by the First World War. Armenians say up to 1.5 million oftheir people were killed, the men systematically slaughtered, while women and children weremarched into the desert where they died. Our Vatican correspondent, David Willey, reports.

　　“Pope Francis linked to the slaughter of Armenians a hundred years ago to other genocidesduring the past century, including those carried out by Stalin, by the Nazis and subsequentmass killings in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia. The Pope's point was, as he said,concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it. PopeFrancis took a calculated diplomatic risk. It was a bold decision, but totally coherent withPope Francis's philosophy of open discussion about moral arguments.”

　　World news from the BBC.

　　With votes being counted after the final stage of Nigeria's election, it's been announced thatthe party of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has retained the governorship in the keystate of Lagos. It will be the first time since the end of the military rule in 1999 that the state,which is Nigeria's commercial hub, will be controlled by the party of the president in power.

　　For the second time in a month, large peaceful demonstrations against governmentcorruption have been taking place in cities across Brazil. Our correspondent Wyre Davies,was one of them.

　　“Here in Rio, they mostly dress in green and gold, the national colours, and they're walkingdown the length of Copacabana Beach. Mainly whites and middle class are opposed to thegoverning Workers' Party and alleged that President Dilma Rousseff is implicated in thecountry's biggest-ever corruption scandal. The President was Chair of the Board at Petrobras.Now, dozens of politicians, business leaders and middlemen stand accused of running a hugekickback scheme. Massive bribes exchanging hands to secure a multi-million-dollar oil contractsfrom Petrobras.”

　　Somalia says there will be serious consequences if Kenya follows through with its decision tosend home hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees. The Somali Foreign Minister said Kenyahad not told Somalia about the plan, which he described as illegal. On Saturday, Kenya'sDeputy President William Ruto gave the U.N. a 3-month ultimatum to repatriate the refugees.

　　The British author, Sheila Kitzinger, who wrote more than 25 books in childbirth andcampaigned for changes and maternity care, has died at the age of 86. In the 1960s and 70s,she developed the idea of a birth plan which aimed to give more choice to pregnant women. Shebelieved mothers, rather than clinicians, should be the focus during childbirth.

　　1.frontrunner n. 领跑者

　　Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.

　　总统选举中的两位领先者都不是主流政治家。

　　2.offshoot n. 分支;支流;衍生物

　　Psychology began as a purely academic offshoot of natural philosophy.

　　心理学形成之初是作为自然哲学的一个纯学术分支。

　　3.retaliation n. 报复;反击;回敬

　　The armed forces were on high alert to guard against any retaliation.

　　武装部队保持高度戒备，以防发生任何报复行动。

　　4.crackdown n. 镇压;(美)制裁;强制取缔;惩罚

　　The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.

　　政府已经命令严厉查处玩忽职守行为。

　　5.top brass 高级军官;要员;顶部轴衬

　　They are the top brass of steel industry.

　　他们是钢铁工业界的大亨。

　　6.kickback n. 回扣，佣金;强烈反应;退回赃物

　　The company had to kickback a lot to the corrupt officer.

　　这家公司必须给腐败的政府官员很大一笔佣金。

　　7.repatriate v. 遣返 n. 被遣返回国者

　　It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees.

　　遣返真正的难民并不是政府的政策。