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The police chief in Charlotte, North Carolina has confirmed a person shot during Black Lives Matter protests just last a few hours has died. Violence has broken out in the US city for a second night after police shot dead a black man yesterday, who his family say was waiting to pick his son up from school.

Syria has hit back at claims it bombed a UN aid convoy¹ as the US demands all war planes over sensitive areas be grounded. Syria's ambassador to the United Nations says the suggestion his government bombed the convoy is part of a filthy² propaganda war.

The prime minister has used his address to the United Nations to champion Australia's border protection policies. Malcolm Turnbull has told the United Nations that the government has exerted control over Australia's borders and stopped people smugglers. He says it has allowed Australia to maintain a large refugee resettlement program — and accept an additional twelve thousand refugees from Syria.

The federal education minister Simon Birmingham has accused the opposition³ of engaging in a corruption⁴ of the Gonski Report and promised to provide a fairer deal for schools. New government analysis suggests that by next year a government school in Tasmania will attract 40 per cent more commonwealth⁵ funding than a similar school in WA.

1 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

2 filthy   

adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的

参考例句：

• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
• You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 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。

5 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。