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The United States Justice Department is dropping its legal action against Apple saying it is cracking encryption on a smartphone used by one of the radical¹ Islamists who shot dead 14 people in San Bernardino last December. David Lee reports. Following the attacks in San Bernardino, police seized three phones. Two had been destroyed, but one an iPhone was intact. However, that iPhone had been locked with the passcode. The FBI took Apple to court in an attempt to force them to bypass the security on the phone, so it could be accessed. But on the eve of the hearing, the FBI said an outside party had approached them with away to break into the phone without the need for Apple's cooperation. The US government has knowledge of the security vulnerability that in theory weakens Apple devices around the world. To protect its reputation, Apple would no doubt rush to find and fix that flaw.

Police in Washington have charged a man with assault after he allegedly pulled out a deadly weapon and threatened officers on Capitol Hill where congress sits. The suspect Larry Dawson was shot when officer at the Capitol building’s visitor center where security checks on tourists are carried out. Mr. Dawson, who's 66 and from Tennessee, is in hospital in a stable but critical condition. A woman was injured in the incident which police said was not terrorist related. Madeleine Morris and her grandson were evacuated³ from the visitor center. We were completing the tour and we were just hearing suggestions as to where we could go next when all of a sudden people started running and they told us to go, follow them and go into a corner and to sit down and be quiet and not move.

President Obama will hold talks later this week with the leaders of South Korea and Japan to discuss how to respond to what the US called the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear program. The North Korean leader has ordered more nuclear warhead and missile tests. World news on the BBC.

The Brazilian tourism minister Henrique Alves has resigned a day ahead of his party’s confidence vote in President Dilma Rousseff. He's the first minister from the PMDB, the largest party in Ms. Rousseff's government to leave the coalition⁴. The party, as a whole, is due to decide today whether to follow suit. Leaving will increase the likelihood that the president being impeached⁵ for her alleged² role in a corruption⁶ scandal engulfing⁷ the state owned company Petrobras.

Officials in the Philippines and Indonesia say ten Indonesian crew members of a tugboat have been kidnapped by militants⁸ from the Abu Sayyaf group. The Al-Qaeda linked organization which is based in the southern Philippines is demanding a ransom⁹ of about 1 million dollars. The vessel¹⁰ was going from east Calamane town in Indonesia to the Philippines when it was hijacked¹¹ over the weekend.

Scientists in Australia are warning that large parts of the Great Barrier of Reef could die within the next few months because it’s suffering from one of its worst ever episodes of coral bleaching¹². The BBC's John Donnison reports from Sydney. The Great Barrier Reef is considered one of the seven wonders of the natural world. But the studies from Australia’s National Coral Bleaching Taskforce found that in some areas 95% of the reefs are now severely¹³ damaged. On the northern section running between Cairns in Queensland and Papua New Guinea only 4 out of 520 reefs are untouched. Coral bleaching is caused by rising sea temperatures. It can take decades for the coral to recover and persistent¹⁴ warmer waters kill the reefs all together.

A huge fire has engulfed¹⁵ at least two residential¹⁶ tower blocks in the United Arab Emirates city of Ajman. Strong winds fanned the flames causing the fire to jump from one block to another as fire fighters battled to control it. Six people are reported to have been treated for breathing difficulties and minor¹⁷ injuries. BBC news.

美司法部撤销对苹果诉讼，称FBI已成功“解锁”，去年12月，涉案机主在圣博娜迪诺制造枪案，致14人死亡。请听大卫·李的报道。枪案发生后，警方缴获三部手机。两部已遭到损毁，但仍有一部完好无损。但手机处于锁定状态。为获取手机信息，FBI曾迫使苹果为其解锁。就在听证会前夕，FBI称“外部人员”主动协助，破解涉案手机，无需苹果协助。美政府获知苹果手机存在安全漏洞，从理论上讲，全球用户安全恐将受到威胁。为自身声誉，苹果将立即修补自身漏洞。

某男子在国会大厦拔枪袭警，该男子已遭指控。案发当时，游客正在游客中心进行安检，警方将嫌犯拉里·道森击伤。道森来自田纳西，现年66岁，目前正在医院接受治疗，情况稳定但伤势较重。一名女性在事故中受伤，警方称此次枪击并非恐怖袭击。马德琳·毛瑞斯和孙子从中心安全逃离。完成浏览之后，我们听从指示方向行进，人群突然跑动起来，我们跟随向前走，在拐角处坐下，并让我们保持安静不要动。

本周晚些时候，奥巴马将就朝核威胁与日韩领导人展开会晤。近期，朝方领导人称将再次进行核弹头，导弹试射。BBC全球新闻。

在举行罗塞夫政府“信任投票”一天前，巴西旅游部长恩里克·阿尔维斯请辞。作为巴西执政联盟最大政党，阿尔维成为首位辞职的部长级民主运动党成员。民主运动党将于今天决定去留。罗塞夫曾涉嫌参与Petrobras腐败案，若退出执政，罗塞夫弹劾可能性增加。

据菲律宾和印尼官方表示，10名印尼拖船船员遭”阿布萨耶夫“恐怖组织绑架。并索要赎金100万美金，该组织驻扎在菲律宾南部，且与“基地”组织关系密切。上周末，拖船从印尼东部城镇Calamane始发，并在前往菲律宾的航行中遭劫持。

澳大利亚科学家发出警告，因发生有史以来最严重白化现象，大片大堡礁恐将在数月内消失。请听本台记者约翰·丹尼逊从悉尼发回的报道。大堡礁是世界七大自然景观之一。据澳洲“国家珊瑚白化专案组”发现，某些地区“白化”程度已达到95%。从昆士兰凯恩斯到新几内亚北部地区，520处珊瑚只有4处未出现白化。水温升高导致珊瑚白化。珊瑚自行恢复需要数十年，但若水温持续不降，那么珊瑚只有死路一条。

在阿联酋城市阿吉曼，至少两栋居民楼发生大火。强风致火势蔓延到周边房屋，消防人员奋力扑救。有报道称，六人受轻伤且呼吸困难，现已入院治疗。BBC新闻。

1 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

2 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

3 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 impeached   

v.控告（某人）犯罪( impeach的过去式和过去分词 )；弹劾；对（某事物）怀疑；提出异议

参考例句：

• Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

7 engulfing   

adj.吞噬的v.吞没，包住( engulf的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness. 一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了，使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A professional photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house in darkness. 一位职业摄影师把保险丝烧断了使整所房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自辞典例句

8 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

9 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

10 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

11 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

12 bleaching   

漂白法，漂白

参考例句：

• Moderately weathered rock showed more intense bleaching and fissuring in the feldspars. 中等风化岩石则是指长石有更为强烈的变白现象和裂纹现象。
• Bleaching effects are very strong and show on air photos. 退色效应非常强烈，并且反映在航空象片上。

13 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

14 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

15 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

17 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。