BBC News, with Maria Marshall.

The US secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is stepping down after less than 2 years in the job. Sources say his resignation is by mutual agreement with president Obama. Janell Brian reports from Washington.

President Obama had warm praised that Chuck Hagel a personal friend for many years. He extolled Mr. Hagel’s relationship with the American troops who knew that he is a Vietnam War veteran. He like then had experienced the dirt and mud of combat but not mentioned what’s the reason for Mr. Hagel’s resignation. Insiders say he failed to penetrate the president’s tight knit foreign policy team and was a doubt with the White House on how to tackle the growing threats from Islamic State and the civil war in Syria.

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that real and substantial progress has been made in the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program, but the significant points of disagreement remained. Mr. Kerry spoke, after today’s self-posed deadline for a deal was extended for 7 months. Jamie Bone reports from Vienna.

All sides here in Vienna wanted a deal. None of them were prepared to walk away from a negotiation they expected was difficult. The reason is that the alternative might in the end turn out to be a war. Israel has threatened many times to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. The US Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking just before he left the airport, was highly positive about the progress that has been made. He said they will all be fools to give up now without an agreement to meet again and keep talking.

Nigeria’s highest Islamic authority has bitterly criticized the country’s military, accusing soldiers of running away from attacks by the Islamist group Bokha Haram. The body which is headed by the Saint of Saocrotol said Nigerian sovereignty was under threat from the Jihadists. Our Nigeria correspondent Will Rose reports from Negus.

In a strongly worded letter, the organization representing Nigeria’s Muslim community condemned what he called the heinous attacks by Bokha Haram and called on the government to protect civilians. The Jammatu Nasro Islam or JNI, accused soldiers of running away from attacks, abandoning their weapons to the insurgents and later returning to terrorized population with road blockers and house searches. There had been numerous reports on solders’ fleeing rather than fighting Bokha Haram.

The Russian president Vladmir Putin has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Georgia’s breakaway region of Napazia which has sparked angry reaction from Georgia. The deal will reportedly see Russia invest 260 million dollars in Napazia by the end of 2017 and create joint Russian and Napazin military forces. Georgia’s foreign minister denounced the move as a step towards the annexation of Napazia by Russia. The signing of the deal comes days after tens of thousands of Georgians took part in a rally against the planned agreement.

World News, from the BBC.

The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that women are equal to men. Mr. Erdogan told a women’s conference in Istanbul that Islam defined women as mothers. Something he said feminists did not accept.

You can not claim that men and women are equal as their natures are different. In the work place, you can not treat a man and a pregnant woman in the same way. You can not make a mother who has to breastfeed her child equal to a man. You can not make women do everything men do like the communist regimes did. This is against her delicate nature.

The authorities in the US state of Missouri are preparing to announce whether a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager will be indited. A lawyer for the teenager’s family has confirmed that the ground jury considering the case has reached a verdict. The shooting of Michael Brown in the Saint Louise suburb of Fugusin in the August sparked days of violent clashes. A 30-day state of emergency was declared last week throughout of Missouri ahead of the announcement.

In Libya, an unidentified jet has carried out 2 air strikes on the only the airport still serving the capital, Tripoli. Libyan television said fights have now resumed after being redirected or canceled. From Tripoli, Warnagy Wald reports.

Airport authorities and witnesses said 2 air strikes hit Tripoli’s Matigar airbase, closed to the runway being used for the commercial flights. There have been no reports on casualties. For weeks, the Libyan army and other forces loyal to them have been threatening to bomb M airbase in the capital where the rivals are based. No one has officially claimed responsibility for the air strikes. A commander of the Libyan Donemalicia forces who controlled the capital, described the air strikes as a proactive move and blamed it on the forces under the command of the retired general, Halif Hafter who sits in eastern Libya.

BBC News.

 

詞匯解析

penetrate

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

v.滲透；看穿；穿透；了解；（情報(bào)人員的）滲透

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用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

The University Chinese training should penetrate the humanity consciousness

大學(xué)語文教育應(yīng)滲透人文精神

The organization was penetrated and the survivors fled.

該組織遭到滲透，幸存者已逃逸了。

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substantial

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.大量的；堅(jiān)固的；實(shí)質(zhì)的；可觀的

n.本質(zhì)；重要部份

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

New economic development policies led to substantial and rapid growth.

新的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展政策帶來了快速和大量的增長。

Substantial profits accrue when sales take off.

當(dāng)銷售額突飛猛進(jìn)之后，可觀的利潤就開始自然累積。

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bitterly

英漢解釋

adv.殘酷地；痛苦地

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用作副詞 (adv.)

It is bitterly cold today.

今天冷得很。

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numerous

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.為數(shù)眾多的；許多

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

The Earth is only one of the numerous planets in the universe.

地球只是宇宙中眾多星球中的一個(gè)。

Numerous interruptions have prevented me from finishing my work.

我屢遭攪擾以致工作未能完成。

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invest

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.投資；投入

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用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

I won't invest my money in his company.

我不會把我的錢投資到他的公司。

Everyone should invest some time in community service.

每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該花些時(shí)間在社區(qū)服務(wù)上。

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delicate

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.微妙的；精美的；纖細(xì)的；脆弱的；敏銳的；美味的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

The scientist needs some delicate instruments.

這位科學(xué)家需要一些精密的儀器。

They are the most delicate morsels.

這些確是最好吃的部分。

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suburb

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.郊區(qū)

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

They proposed setting up a school in the suburb.

他們建議在這個(gè)郊區(qū)成立一所學(xué)校。

Do not you think it would be nice to live in the suburb?

難道你不認(rèn)為住在郊區(qū)是件好事嗎？

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