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BBC News with Jonathan Izard.

The head of US Congressional Committee on Intelligence says he has seen no evidence of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump¹'s presidential election campaign last year. Speaking to Fox News, the Committee Chairman Devin Nunes also said there was no evidence that the former President Barack Obama had ordered wiretap surveillance of Trump Tower. On Monday, the Director of the FBI James Comey appears before the Intelligence Committee to answer evidence about whether Russia interfered² in the election.

The Social Democrats³ in Germany have elected the former European Parliament President Martin Schulz as party leader to take on their senior coalition⁴ partners, the Christian⁵ Democrats, in the election in September. Mr. Schulz attacked Chancellor⁶ Angela Merkel's plans to cut taxes and welfare programs while boosting defense⁷ spending and pledged to resist anyone trying to drive a wedge between Germany and the European Union.

Syrian government forces have been engaged in fierce clashes with rebels on the eastern edge of Damascus. Syrian state media said militants⁸ from faction⁹ linked to Al-Qaeda used secret tunnels to launch the surpriseattack.

The Brazilian President Michel Temer is holding emergency meetings with his ministers, foreign ambassadors and meat producers to discuss the country's meat industry crisis. On Friday, federal police agents closed three meat packing plants and arrested executives after discovering they had been selling rotten produce for many years.

The Hindu hardline leader has tried to reassure¹⁰ religious minorities in India's biggest state Uttar Pradesh after being sworn in as Chief Minister. Yogi Adityanath said his top priorities would be good governance and development for all.

The one-million-dollar Global Teacher Prize has been won by a Canadian who teaches in a school in the Arctic which can only be reached by air. Maggie MacDonnell set up life skills programs, a fitness center, and a community kitchen for her students. At the awards ceremony in Dubai, she said she wanted to address the high levels of youth suicides in her community.

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美国国会情报委员会负责人表示，他没有发现证据表明去年总统竞选期间俄罗斯与唐纳德·特朗普互相串通。接受福克斯新闻采访时，该委员会主席努尼斯(Devin Nunes)还表示，没有证据表明奥巴马总统曾下令监控特朗普大厦。周一，FBI局长詹姆斯·科米(JamesComey)前往情报委员会，回答关于俄罗斯是否干预选举的问题。

德国社会民主党选举前欧洲议会主席舒尔茨(Martin Schulz)为党魁，在9月份的选举中挑战他们的高级联盟伙伴，基督民主党。舒尔茨抨击了默克尔总理削减税收和福利项目却增加国防支出的计划，承诺反对试图挑拨德国和欧盟之间关系的任何人。

叙利亚政府军在大马士革东部与叛军发生了激烈冲突。叙利亚国家媒体称，与基地组织有关的一个派系的激进分子使用秘密隧道发动突然袭击。

巴西总统与内阁部长，外国大使和肉制品生产商召开紧急会议，讨论全国肉制品行业危机。周五，联邦警方发现几家工厂多年来出售腐烂的肉制品之后关闭了三家肉制品包装厂，逮捕了他们的管理人员。

印度教强硬派领袖宣誓就职首席部长后试图安抚印度最大的北方邦宗教少数派。约吉·阿迪亚纳斯(Yogi Adityanath)表示，他的当务之急是努力执政，促进发展。

价值100万美元的全球教师奖由一名加拿大教师获得，她在北极一所学校任教，只能乘坐飞机到达这里。麦克唐奈(Maggie MacDonnell)为学生设立了求生技能课，训练中心和社区厨房。在迪拜的颁奖典礼上，她表示，她希望能解决她所在地区高水平的自杀率。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 interfered   

v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 )；调停；妨碍；干涉

参考例句：

• Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

7 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

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 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

10 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。