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BBC News with Sue Montgomery.
The United States has told Iran it's time to consider extending Monday's deadline for a deal on Tehran's nuclear program. Officials say the Secretary of State, John Kerry, made the proposal to Iran's Foreign Minister during negotiations in Vienna. Earlier, starkly different signals emerged from the talks. Here’s our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports. “Rumors about success and failure are spinning around the hotel where the talks are happening. These talks are a combination of a lot of work since a temporary agreement in Geneva a year ago. Then Israel was threatening to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. That deal sTOPped what appeared to be an inexorable slide to war. Time is limited, though. Hardliners in Tehran and Washington D.C. will try to sabotage any agreement. Both see no reason to dilute their mutual suspicion.”
The family of the Iranian-British woman Ghonchen Ghavami, who was jailed for trying to watch a man's volleyball match in Tehran, says that she has been released on bail. Ms Ghavami was arrested in June during a protest outside a stadium where the national volleyball team was about to play Italy. Her brother Iman told the BBC he spoke to his sister after she left prison. “She sounded happy she was relieved that she was released from the jail. Actually she was saying that the conditions were absolutely horrific, but she was happy that she was released. She was suffering from intestinal problems, so she will have to have a full medical checkup tomorrow morning, and if she is really suffering from any serious health conditions.”
The Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto says that security forces have pursued al-Shabab militants to camp inside Somalia, following their attack on a bus in which 28 civilians died. Mr. Ruto said dozens of militants have been killed. “Following the Mandera bus attack, our security forces initiated emergency action. They subsequently managed to identify, follow and strike the perpetrators of these senseless murders. Two successful operations in the hideouts of the perpetrators of the Mandera executions were swiftly carried out across the border. Our retaliatory action left in its train more than 100 fatalities.” Al-Shabab later issued a statement denying there had been any military response from Kenya.
An Israeli policeman has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a Palestinian teenager during a demonstration. The officer is accused of deliberately switching his robber bullets for live round. The 17-year-old victim died after being shot in the chest. The indictment said the policeman deliberately aimed at the boy's torso. Television footage suggests that neither he, nor another teenager who was killed, posed an immediate threat.
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Police in the U.S. city of Cleveland have shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in a playground who's been waving around what turned out to be a fake gun. David Willis reports. “Police say the boy had the fake gun, which re百度竞价推广bled a 百度竞价推广i-automatic pistol in his waistband. Officers were called to a local park after receiving a call that he was pointing it at people and scaring them. When the boy failed to obey an order to raise his hands, one of the officers fired two shots. There was no physical confrontation and the boy made no verbal threat to the officers. The boy was hit in the stomach and taken to hospital in a serious condition. He died there later. It's been reported that an orange safety indicators, which indicates that the toy was a fake, had been removed from the barrel.”
The polls have closed after Tunisia's first presidential election since the 2011 revolution that triggered the Arab Spring across the region. The voting was peaceful. Here's Alan Johnston. “Before their revolution, Tunisians could only have dreamt of a day such as this, the chance to vote in a free and fair election for their president. Early indication suggested that a veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi who is very likely to emerge with most votes. He campaigned on a promise to bring the sort of economic and political stability that many Tunisians would like to see. But he may be forced into a second round run-off possibly by the current interim President and human rights campaigner Moncef Marzouki.”
There has been a volcanic eruption on an island in the Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa. There are few details so far, but the Prime Minister Jose Maria das Neves said 1,000 residents, who live close to the volcano's crater on the island of Fogo, had been ordered to leave their homes. Some 37,000 people live on the sides of the volcano which last erupted in 1995.
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词语分析
persist
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
v.坚持；执意；继续；持续
参考例句
用作动词
They persist with the agricultural reform, despite opposition from the farmers.
他们不考虑农民反对,仍继续进行农业改革。
The cold weather will persist for the rest of the week.
这种寒冷的天气将持续到本周末。
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refuge
困难程度：3星常用词语，属常用6000词
英汉讲解
n.避难；避难所；庇护
v.庇护；避难
参考例句
用作名词
They took refuge in a cave yesterday.
他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的。
用作动词
Drug traffickers refuged in these border areas.
毒品贩子在这类边界区域躲避。
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alarm
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
n.警报；警报器；惊恐
vt.警告；使惊恐；向 ... 报警
参考例句
用作名词
The proceedings were interrupted by the fire alarm.
会议的进程被失火警报打断了。
用作及物动词
Alarm everyone quickly because the house is full of smoke.
快警告大伙,屋子理都是烟。
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entertain
困难程度：3星常用词语，属常用6000词
英汉讲解
v.娱乐；使感兴趣；招待；考虑；抱有；容纳
参考例句
用作动词
We were all entertained by his humorous stories.
他的幽默故事使大家大伙都非常高兴。
The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.
人类的灵魂是可以容纳所有的，它毫不偏袒地同意互相对立的感情和互相矛盾的建议。
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condemn
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
vt.谴责；判刑
参考例句
用作及物动词
We must not condemn her on pure supposition.
大家不可以单凭猜测就谴责她。
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resolution
困难程度：4星核心词语，属常用3000词
英汉讲解
n.决心；决定；解决；决议；坚决；分辨率
参考例句
用作名词
Making resolution on new year's day is a custom that still prevail.
在新年这一天下决心是一个依旧时尚的风俗。
The early experiments were done with low resolution.
早期的实验都是在低分辨率的条件下进行的。
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barrier
困难程度：3星常用词语，属常用6000词
英汉讲解
n.栅栏；障碍物；屏障
参考例句
用作名词
Heavy duties on imports and exports are a barrier to international trade.
进出口的高关税是国际贸易的障碍。
The Sahara Desert is a natural barrier between north and central Africa.
撒哈拉沙漠是北非与中非之间的天然屏障。
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feature
困难程度：5星基本词语，属常用1000词
英汉讲解
n.特点；特点；相貌；特写；故事片
vt.以 ... 为特点
vi.起要紧用途
参考例句
用作名词
Their candor is a very pleasing feature.
他们的坦白是非常愉快的特点。
用作及物动词
This restaurant seems to feature vegetarian dishes.
这家餐厅好像以素菜为其特点。
用作不及物动词
Jazz and Blues feature prominently in the magazine.
爵士和蓝调在杂志中占要紧篇幅。
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