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　　France and Russia have intensified the air bombardments of Islamic State targets in Syria.Russia has used Submarine-launched Cruise Missiles for the first time. Jonathan Marker saysmore. For the third night running, France has been carrying out air-strikes against IS targets inthe group stronghold of Raqqa. The country Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said 10 planeshave been in action. Speaking on French TV, he said the aircraft carried out Charles De Gaullewould leave these Mediterranean on Wednesday to continue strikes on specific targets and inparticular on Raqqa and Deir ez-Zour. Meanwhile, Russia has dramatically step up its militarycampaign. For the first time in combat, Russian submarine has fired sea-launched CruiseMissiles at IS targets near Raqqa.

　　Investigators in France say video evidence shows an unidentified man in a car used duringthe Paris attacks. He was seen in a black Seat with 2 Belgium nationals. With Europeancountries in high alert, an international football match in Germany was called off on short noticebecause what police described as a serious bomb threat. Officials said that so far no explosiveshave been found in the stadium in Hannover. David Michelin reports. One and a half hoursbefore kick-off the match between Germany and the Netherland has cancelled. Because whatGermany police describe as a concrete security threat. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkelhave been due to attend the match together with numerous cabinet ministers. Initially, theGerman team's players did not want to go ahead the game, having already experiencedtrauma of being the Paris state on Friday but the team then decided to play as a sign ofsolidarity for France until the game was called off because of the security threats.

　　Nigerian officials say a biggest explosion in the city of Yola has killed more than 30 people andwounded dozens of others. Martin Patience is in Logos. An eyewitness said the explosive wasso loud it can be heard right across the city. The die in the angel for rush to the local hospitals.Reports say the blast was closed to the city's main vegetable markets. The city of Yola is notstranger to violence. Its twin has been hit by deadly bomb attacks this year.

　　At least 4 people have been killed in bush fire as burning out of control in western Australia.From Sydney, John Donaldson. These are the first serious bush fire of Australia summer and itproved deadly with several homes engulfed by flames. The worst of the blazes is in north ofcoastal town of Esperance. Firefighters are warning people not to take chances and evacuatetheir homes. Locals schools have been closed. The work of firefighters have been hampered bystrong winds with gust of up to 90 kilometers an hour although it's hoped the weather wouldbe more favorable in the coming days. World news from the BBC.

　　United Nations aid agencies have warned that refugees from Syria should not be diminised inthe wave of Paris attack. Some reports said one of the attackers entered Europe by posing as aSyrian refugee. Several European politicians have already called for an end to migration. Aplane carrying more than 100 Syrian refugees has arrived in UK. It was the first such flightsince the British government steps up its efforts to take in particularly vulnerable refugeesfrom camps and countries like Jordan and Lebanon. 20,000 would be brought to the UK overthe next 5 years.

　　A black man who was shot on Sunday by police in the US city of Minneaplois has died. Here isNick Bryant. Jamar clark has been on a life-support machine after being shot in an apparentscuffle with police on the early Sunday morning. Officers have been called to the scene over analleged assault in northern Minneaplois and claimed they found 24-year old into fury withparamedics who are trying to help the victim. According to the police, they try to clam Jamarclark down but the shot was fired at least once during the struggle. The officers were notwearing body-cameras. And police declined to say whether the shooting was caught onsurveillance video or film from police car.

　　The governor of the American state of Louisiana Bobby Jindal has become the latest to dropout of the race for the Republican nomination for the presidency. Speaking on FOX news, Mr.Jindal acknowledged that it was not his time. He struggled to raise campaign funds and remainlower opinion polls. He is the 3rd Republican to give up.

　　The Brazilian mining company Samarco has said two of the dams it uses to hold waste waterfrom iron production are damaged and could collapse. One of the company's reservoirs haveburst earlier this month flooding dozens of homes in southeastern state of Minas Gerais. 11people were killed.

　　1.bombardment n.轰炸

　　例句：The city has been flattened by heavy artillerybombardments.

　　城市已被猛烈的炮火夷为平地。

　　2.national adj/n.国人

　　例句：A Sri-Lankan-born British national.

　　出生于斯里兰卡的英国国民

　　3.hamper v/n.阻碍

　　例句：The bad weather hampered rescue operations.

　　恶劣的天气阻碍了救援工作的进行。

　　4.presidency n.总统职位

　　例句：Britain will support him as a candidate for the presidency of the organisation.

　　英国会支持他竞选这个组织的主席职位。

　　5.kick-off n.开球

　　例句：The kick-off is at 1.30.

　　开赛时间是1点30分。

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