Report 1:

1. European leaders will be discussing Britain's future relationship with the EU in meetings
with the British prime minister.
2. European leaders will not be discussing Britain's future relationship with the EU in
meetings with the British prime minister.
3. European leaders will be starting the process of Britain leaving the EU in meetings with
the British prime minister.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron will face European leaders at an emergency
meeting in Brussels shortly for the first time since Britain voted to leave the EU. The leaders
of Germany, France and Italy have said there will be no talks on Britain's future relationship
with the EU until the government in London triggers the formal legal mechanism to leave.

Report 2:

1. America's nuclear defences are using very modern technology.

2. America's nuclear defences are using outdated technology.
3. America's nuclear defences have recently improved their technology.

The US government Accountability Office says it's concerned that many federal activities,
including the country's nuclear arsenal, urgently need to upgrade outdated technologies. It
said Pentagon systems helping to coordinate the strategic deterrent, such as intercontinental
ballistic missiles and nuclear bombers rely on 40-year-old computers and floppy disks.

Report 3:

1. People all over the world have been meeting in public to remember the victims of a
gun attack.
2. People in Orlando have been meeting in public to remember the victims of a gun attack.
3. President Obama has visited Britain, France and Canada to remember the victims of the
Orlando gun attack.

Vigils have been held in Orlando to honour the 49 victims of the attack. A senior imam told
people at the gathering that Muslims stood united against what he called "the ideology of
hatred, doom and destruction."There have also been tributes in countries including Britain,
France and Canada. President Obama will travel to Florida on Thursday.

Report 4:

1. Will Smith and Lennox Lewis starred in a film about Muhammad Ali’s life.
2. Will Smith and Lennox Lewis will carry Muhammad Ali’s coffin at his funeral.
3. Muhammad Ali was nominated for an Oscar in 2001.

It’s been announced that the Hollywood star Will Smith and the former world heavyweight
boxing champion Lennox Lewis will be pallbearers at Muhammad Ali’s funeral. Smith
played Ali in the 2001 movie of the same name, earning an Oscar nomination and becoming
a family friend.

Report 5:
1. Researchers say there are only 2,000 types of plants left in the world.
2. Researchers have discovered 2,000 types of new plants but also say many are at risk.
3. Researchers say 2,000 plants are at risk of dying out.

A new report on the state of the world's plants says that more than 2,000 new species were
discovered last year alone including a three-metre-tall orchid and a sprawling insect-eating
sundew plant from Brazil. But the researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens in London
warned that a fifth of all plants were at risk of extinction – vulnerable to climate
change, habitat loss or disease.

Report 6:

a) Leicester City won the English Premier League because they have an expensive group of
players.
b) Leicester City won the English Premier League despite having an inexpensive group
of players.
c) Elvis Presley has been found alive in the English city of Leicester.

Leicester City Football Club, whose entire squad cost less than a single player at some of its
better-known rivals, have won the English Premier League. Leicester were 5000-
1 outsiders to win at the start of the season, meaning bookmakers considered it more likely
that Elvis Presley would be found alive.

Report 7:

a) The Chernobyl disaster 30 years ago was caused by radioactive material blowing from
Belarus and northern Europe.
b) The Chernobyl disaster 30 years ago was caused by overheating of nuclear fuel in the
nuclear power station.
c) The Chernobyl disaster 30 years ago was caused by an explosion in the nuclear power
station's roof.

Ukraine has been holding ceremonies to mark the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl, the world's
worst nuclear accident. A meltdown in the plant's reactor in April 1986 blew off the roof and
sent a cloud of radioactive material across Ukraine's borders into neighbouring Belarus and
across a swathe of northern Europe. Relatives of those who died held candlelight vigils at
several churches.

Report 8:

a) A copy of an ancient Syrian arch will be displayed in London.

b) An ancient Syrian arch will be displayed in London for the first time.
c) An ancient Syrian arch will be uncovered in London today.

A replica of the 2,000-year-old Arch of Triumph, destroyed by the Islamic State group in the
ancient Syrian city of Palmyra last year, will be unveiled in London today. The replica has
been built from marble with a computer-controlled drill programmed with 3D images of the
original. The group behind the project, the Institute for Digital Archaeology, hopes the
technology can be used to rebuild parts of Palmyra, which has been recaptured by
government troops.

Report 9:
a) Brazilian politicians have officially declared their president is guilty of a crime.
b) Brazilian politicians have voted to make a formal statement saying their president is guilty
of a crime.
c) Brazilian President Rousseff is guilty of impeachment.

A Brazilian congressional committee has recommended the impeachment of President

Dilma Rousseff. After stormy debate that lasted all day, the committee voted by 38 votes to 27
in favour of impeachment. The lower house of Congress will consider the matter within the
next week. President Rousseff has condemned the moves as a political coup.

Report 10:

a) Documents from Mossack Fonseca reveal it has customers from North Korea.
b) Documents from North Korea reveal is has links with a Panamanian legal firm.
c) Documents from the US Treasury show it has blacklisted North Korean companies.

Documents from the Panamanian legal firm at the heart of a huge data leak, Mossack
Fonseca, show it has clients from Syria and North Korea who were blacklisted by US
Treasury sanctions. They include companies linked to North Korea's nuclear weapons
programme and a close relative of Syria's president.

Report 11:

a) The Great Barrier Reef will die in the next few months.
b) Sections of the Great Barrier Reef could die in the next few months.
c) The Great Barrier Reef is being affected by a previously unknown effect.

Scientists in Australia are warning that large parts of the Great Barrier Reef could die within
the next few months because it's suffering from one of its worst ever episodes of coral
bleaching.

Report 12:

a) The FBI might no longer need Apple's help to unlock a gunman's phone.
b) The FBI has decided to take Apple to court to force the company to help to unlock a
gunman's phone.
c) Apple has agreed to help the FBI in an investigation.

The US Justice Department says the FBI may have found a way to unlock the mobile phone
of the San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, and has won a postponement of its
court case against the manufacturer Apple.The department had wanted to force Apple to
unlock the phone to help the investigation.

Report 13:

a) Bank robbers broke into and stole $100m from the national bank of Bangladesh.
b) Organised thieves used the internet to steal $100m from a commercial bank in Bangladesh.
c) Organised thieves used the internet to steal $100m from the national bank of
Bangladesh.

The head of the central bank in Bangladesh has resigned after hackers stole more than
$100m from the country's foreign currency reserves in an audacious cyber heist that's hugely
embarrassed the government. Unknown hackers breached the computer systems of the
central bank in Bangladesh and transferred the money to casinos in the Philippines in early
February.

Report 14:

a) Maria Sharapova has been banned from playing tennis after drugs were found in her body.
b) One of Maria Sharapova's sponsors has stopped employing her after drugs were
found in her body.
c) Maria Sharapova has denied using banned drugs after a banned substance was found in her
body.

The sportswear company Nike says it's suspending its relationship with the Russian tennis
star Maria Sharapova after she announced that she'd failed a drugs test at this year's
Australian Open. Nike said it would await the outcome of an investigation. Sharapova earlier
said she had tested positive for meldonium, a drug used to treat blood flow restriction, and
had failed to notice that the tennis authorities had moved it to the list of banned substances
last December. She said that she had let her fans down.

Report 15:

a) Authorities are coming back to Calais to continue the work of destroying migrants'
temporary homes.
b) Authorities are coming to Calais to begin the work of destroying migrants' temporary
homes.
c) Authorities are planning to destroy homes in Calais which are too close to the jungle.

Demolition teams are due to return to the French port of Calais shortly
to dismantle more makeshift shelters in the migrant camp known as the 'Jungle'. During the
night there were clashes between police and migrants trying to reach Britain.

Report 16:

a) Engineers cut off a canal in Delhi following protests by members of the Jat community.
b) A canal in Delhi was repaired during protests by members of the Jat community.
c) A canal in Delhi is being repaired following protests by members of the Jat
community.

Water supplies are beginning to be restored in the Indian capital, Delhi, following protests
which had left 10 million people cut off. Engineers are working to repair a canal which was
damaged during violent protests by members of the Jat community.

Report 17:

a) The singer Taylor Swift has won two Grammy awards.

b) The singer Taylor Swift has become the first singer to win an art award twice.
c) The singer Taylor Swift has become the first woman to win album of the year twice.

The singer Taylor Swift has won this year's album of the year Grammy for 1989 during
the lavish awards ceremony in Los Angeles. She's the first female artist to win that award
twice.

Report 18:
a) Police in Hong Kong have shot protestors after officers cleared people selling things in
the street.
b) Police in Hong Kong have used weapons on protestors after officers cleared people
selling things in the street.
c) Police in Hong Kong have used weapons on protestors after officers cleared a
demonstration.

Police in Hong Kong have used batons and pepper spray in clashes with protestors after
officers tried to clear street vendors from a road in the Mong Kok area. The protestors threw
bricks and other objects at the police who made 24 arrests. Police said 48 officers were hurt.

Report 19:

a) The Rio Olympics will be cancelled because the World Health Organisation says the the
Zika virus is an international emergency.
b) Pregnant women will be banned from attending the Rio Olympics after a World Health
Organisation assessment.
c) The government of Brazil says the Rio Olympics will go ahead despite a World
Health Organisation assessment.

Brazil says there's no risk that the Olympic Games in Rio will be cancelled despite the World
Health Organisation's assessment that the spread of the Zika virus constitutes an
international public health emergency. A spokesman for President Dilma Rousseff said the
lives of athletes and spectators would not be endangered, though pregnant women should not
attend.

Report 20:

a) British author Beatrix Potter has written a new children's book.

b) A children's book, written by Beatrix Potter a hundred years ago, has been found.
c) A Peter Rabbit book, written by Beatrix Potter a hundred years ago, has been found.

A lost story by one of Britain's best loved children's authors, Beatrix Potter, is to
be published for the first time – more than a hundred years after it was written. The Tale of
Kitty-in-Boots, a black cat that leads a double life, was discovered in an exercise book in the
writer's archive at the Victoria and Albert museum in London.Written in 1914, it includes
some of her best-loved animal characters – Peter Rabbit and the hedgehog, Mrs.Tiggy-
winkle.

Repoert 21:

a) The Chinese economy is getting smaller.

b) The Chinese economy is getting bigger at a slower speed than before.
c) The Chinese economy is only affecting China.

The Chinese economy grew by 6.9% last year. It's the slowest rate of growth for the world's
second largest economy in 25 years. Concerns about the health of the Chinese economy,
including shrinking foreign and domestic demand and the depreciation of its currency, has
contributed to sharp falls on global markets.

Report 22:
a) A lightbulb which uses much less energy than an older model has been developed
by scientists in the US.
b) A lightbulb which uses much less energy than an older model has gone on sale in the US.
c) A lightbulb which uses slightly less energy than an older model has been developed by
scientists in the US.

Researchers in the United States say they've developed a technique that can significantly
improve the efficiency of the traditional incandescent lightbulb. They say they've
built prototypes that are already three times more efficient than standard incandescent bulbs.

Report 23:

a) US President Obama is using Congress to pass laws to make gun control stronger.
b) US President Obama has made gun control stronger.
c) US President Obama is using special powers to make gun control stronger.

The White House has given details of President Obama's plans to tighten gun controls in the
US. It says all gun sellers will have to be registered and must carry out background
checks on buyers. After years of fierce opposition, President Obama has decided
to bypass Congress and introduce the measures through a series of executive orders.

Report 24:

a) A group of Japanese ships has started a journey to kill whales as part of an international
scientific programme.
b) A group of Japanese ships has started a journey to kill whales, which is illegal
according to an international court.
c) A Japanese ship has started a journey to kill whales, which is illegal according to an
international court.

Japan's whaling fleet has set sail this morning for the Antarctic with a plan to kill hundreds of
whales. A year ago, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that Japan's so-
called scientific whaling programme is neither scientific nor legal.

Report 25:

a) The new Star Wars film includes many actors who performed in the first series of
films 30 years ago.
b) The actors who appeared in the original Star Wars films now play robots and
stormtroopers.
c) The new Star Wars film includes many actors who have not appeared in a movie for 30
years.

With a march past of stormtroopers and the robots C3PO and R2D2 rolling down the red
carpet, the seventh Star Wars film has had its world premiere in Hollywood. The movie,
The Force Awakens, stars many of the actors who appeared in the original science
fiction trilogy, more than 30 years ago.

Report 26:

a) The use of some vehicles has been banned in Beijing because the air pollution is at a
dangerous level.
b) Driving has been made illegal in Beijing because the air pollution is at a dangerous level.
c) There's a state of emergency in Beijing because the air pollution is at a dangerous level.

Severe restrictions are in force in Beijing to limit air pollution after the city declared a red
alert for the first time. Half the city's vehicles have been banned from the roads.

Report 27:

a) An organisation in India has banned the new James Bond film.

b) An organisation in India has removed large parts of the new James Bond film.
c) An organisation in India has decided the new James Bond film contains too much
kissing.

India's film censors have ruled that long kissing scenes in the new James Bond film Spectre
are not suitable for the country's audiences. The Mumbai-based Central Board of Film
Certification has made cuts to two scenes from the movie.

Report 28:

a) The authorities in Belgium are certain that a terrorist attack will happen.
b) The authorities in Belgium are expecting a terrorist attack.
c) The police are looking for people who committed a terrorist attack in Belgium.

The Belgian capital Brussels remains on high alert for possible attacks with most facilities
shut for a third day running and soldiers patrolling the streets. Police are still hunting
several suspects, including Salah Abdeslam, who's thought to have been involved in the Paris
attacks. Sixteen people were arrested on Sunday night.

Report 29:

a) Anti-terrorist police are looking for the brother of a man who died while committing
some of the Paris attacks.
b) Anti-terrorist police have arrested the brother of a man who died while committing some
of the Paris attacks.
c) Anti-terrorist police are looking for the brother of a man who escaped the police after
committing some of the Paris attacks.

Anti-terrorist police have carried out raids across France as the investigation into the Paris
Islamist attacks continues. One of the men being hunted is Salah Abdeslam, a brother of one
of the suicide attackers. The Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has warned that there is a danger
of more attacks in the coming days.

Report 30:

a) The existing government of Myanmar has won the country's election.

b) The leader of the National League for Democracy says her party has won the election.
c) The leader of the National League for Democracy has suggested her party has won
the election.

The main opposition party in Myanmar, the National League for Democracy, says in some
areas in Sunday's election, it won 80% of the vote. Although only a few results have
been officially announced, the party's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, hinted at victory.
Report 31:

a) People's mistakes were not the cause of the Russian plane crash, according to the plane's
owners.
b) Something from outside the aircraft caused a Russian plane to crash in Egypt,
according to the plane's owners.
c) The plane's owners said that a problem with the tail caused it to crash.

The Russian airline whose plane crashed in the Sinai with the loss of 224 lives has said
that external forces were the only possible reason for the disaster. At a news conference in
Moscow, a senior official of the airline Metrojet ruled out a technical fault and pilot error.
He acknowledged that there had been damage to the plane's tail before it took off from Egypt
but said the damage had been repaired.

Report 32:

a) The World Health Organisation has published a report about red meat and cancer.
b) The World Health Organisation has published a report which says red meat causes cancer.
c) The World Health Organisation will publish a report on research about red meat and
cancer.

The World Health Organisation is due to publish a report today on whether some kinds of
meat can increase the risk of cancer. The WHO's agency for research on cancer has been
reviewing evidence on red and processed meats.

Report 33:

a) Migrants travelling to Western Europe through the Balkan states have become
delayed due to new rules.
b) Migrants travelling to Croatia have become delayed by new rules in Western Europe.
c) Migrants travelling to Western Europe have become delayed due to new Croatian
rules.

Tension is building among thousands of migrants heading north through the Balkan states as
their route to Western Europe becomes stalled by new controls. Croatia had asked its
northern neighbour Slovenia to accept 5,000 migrants daily, but Slovenia said it would take
only half that number. The move has led to a build-up of people on Croatia's border with
Slovenia. Buses crammed with people are also backed up further south in Serbia.

Report 34:

a) Researchers hope the stem cells will mend bones which are broken.
b) Researchers hope the stem cell treatment will result in brittle bone disease causing less
suffering.
c) Researchers hope the stem cell treatment will effectively reduce diseases in the womb.

In the first clinical trial of its kind, doctors are to inject stem cells into foetuses in the womb
in an attempt to combat a rare and incurable condition that causes bones to fracture easily.
Researchers hope the cells will reduce the symptoms of brittle bone disease.

Report 35:
a) A species of mammal has been found which helps explain how dinosaurs died out.
b) A species of animal has been found which explains evolution.
c) A species of mammal has been found which helps explain how mammals changed fast
after dinosaurs died out.

Scientists say they've found a new species that sheds light on the rapid evolution
of mammals after the extinction of the dinosaurs. The creature, named Kimbetopsalis after
an area of New Mexico, lived about 65 million years ago, and looked similar to a beaver.

Report 36:

a) Catalonia has become an independent state separate from the rest of Spain.
b) People who want Catalonia to be independent say they now have the authority to try
to separate from Spain.
c) The Spanish government has agreed to have a national vote to decide if Catalonia should
become an independent state.

Catalan separatist parties say their victory in regional elections gives them a mandate to
seek independence from Spain, even though they won less than 50 percent of the overall vote.
The leader of the main separatist alliance, Artur Mas, says he would now push for the
creation of an independent state. But Madrid has ruled out a referendum on independence.

Report 37:

a) The new prime minister has to pay back $100bn to Greece's creditors immediately.
b) The new prime minister has to make changes to Greece's economy soon.
c) The new prime minister was elected on condition he'd pay back Greece's creditors soon.

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is beginning work in forming a new government
after his Syriza party was returned to office in a snap general election. His immediate
challenge is to implement economic reforms which were a condition for Greece receiving a
$100bn bailout from international creditors in July.

Report 38:
a) Egyptian security forces have deliberately attacked and killed a group of soldiers.
b) Egyptian security forces have deliberately attacked and killed a group of tourists. c)
Egyptian security forces have attacked and killed a group of tourists by mistake.

Egyptian security forces have attacked a tourist convoy in a desert region after mistaking the
visitors for militants. Egypt says 12 people were killed, including Mexican tourists. The
Egyptian government says the convoy had entered a restricted area near the Libyan border.

Report 39:

a) Germany is spending $6bn on building new homes for asylum seekers.

b) Germany will build homes for new migrants arriving in the country.
c) Germany's temporary relaxation of EU laws has caused a humanitarian crisis.

The German government has announced a $6bn action plan to cope with a record influx of
migrants. The measures include speeding up asylum procedures and building homes for new
arrivals. The government says that by temporarily relaxing EU migration laws over the
weekend it’s averted a humanitarian crisis. he flow of people heading for Europe shows no
sign of easing. A Greek ferry carrying about 2,000 migrants from the island of Lesbos has
arrived at the port of Piraeus near Athens.

Report 40:

a) Syrian officials say the historic Baalshamin temple in Syria was destroyed by jihadists
2,000 years ago.
b) Syrian officials have detonated explosives at the Baalshamin temple before Islamic State
militants could do it.
c) Syrian officials say Islamic State militants used explosives to destroy the Baalshamin
temple.

Islamic State militants have destroyed one of Syria's major cultural treasures – the
Baalshamin temple in the ancient city of Palmyra. Syrian officials say the
jihadists detonated explosives around the structure which dates back 2,000 years. The blast
also damaged some of the city's famed Roman columns.

Report 41:

a) The new book shows you how to purify water by adding copper and silver nanoparticles.
b) The new book's pages are contaminated with copper and silver nanoparticles.
c) The new book's pages are used as filters which can clean dirty water.

Researchers in the United States have designed an instruction book on how to purify water,
with the pages themselves doubling as water filters. Tests show that when ripped out, the
pages, which are impregnated with copper or silver nanoparticles, killed almost all of the
bacteria counts in contaminated water.

Report 42:

a) An unarmed black teenager has been shot dead at a rally in the US state of Missouri.
b) Two people have been killed after shooting at each other during a rally in the US state of
Missouri.
c) People have started shooting guns at a rally in the US state of Missouri.

There's been an outbreak of gunfire in the city of Ferguson in the US state of Missouri
towards the end of a rally to remember an unarmed black teenager, shot dead by a white
policeman a year ago. Two people were shot in an exchange of fire. One person was
seriously wounded.

Report 43:

a) The new test can help people who have not yet developed pancreatic cancer.
b) The new test can find signs of pancreatic cancer before the disease is very advanced.
c) The new test can help 90% of people who have developed pancreatic cancer.

Scientists in England and Spain have developed an inexpensive test which they believe could
be used to detect the early stages of pancreatic cancer. The test checks for three proteins in
the urine and has proved more than 90% accurate so far.

Report 44:
a) Turkey has said it will use land troops if Syrian Kurdish fighters attack IS.
b) Turkey has said it will not use land troops but it might work with Syrian Kurdish
fighters.
c) Turkey has said it will not use land troops if Syrian Kurdish fighters attack IS.

The Turkish prime minister has ruled out the deployment of ground forces in Syria to fight
Islamic State militants. Ahmet Davutoglu said last week's decision to launch air strikes
against IS positions could "change the game", as he put it. Mr Davutoglu said that Ankara
was prepared to work with Syrian Kurdish forces, provided they posed no threat to Turkey.
However one Kurdish group in Syria – the Kurdish Protection Units – says Turkish tanks
have shelled a village it controls close to the border.

Report 45:

a) Fifa has held an election to choose its new leader

b) The Fifa president Sepp Blatter has announced his resignation
c) Fifa will decide a date for the election of their new leader

The head of world football's governing body Fifa has held talks with senior officials ahead
of a planned meeting on Monday, at which a date is expected to be set for a leadership
election. Sepp Blatter announced last month that he would step down weeks after the
dramatic arrests in Zurich in early May of senior members of the organisation.

Report 46:
a) Eurozone leaders have agreed not to offer Greece a bailout of up to US$95bn.
b) Eurozone leaders have agreed to give Greece a bailout of up to US$95bn.
c) Greece is going to have a fight with Eurozone leaders over another bailout deal.

Eurozone leaders have agreed unanimously to offer Greece a third bailout deal after
a marathon summit in Brussels. The European Council president Donald Tusk said
everything was now ready for serious reform and financial support for Greece. Athens will
have to implement tax rises, pension cuts, changes to labour laws and have a dedicated debt
repayment fund. In return, a bailout of up to US$95bn will be available over the next three
years. The Greek Prime Minister, Alexi Tsipras, said Greece had fought a good fight to the
end but now face difficult decisions.

Report 47:

a) It's believed the resignation of Greece's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis will help
towards finding a solution to the country's debt crisis.
b) Greece's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has resigned because the people of Greece
voted against the terms of a financial bailout.
c) The resignation of Greek Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras might help secure a solution to the
country's financial crisis.

Within hours after the people of Greece voted against the terms of a financial bailout, the
country's combative finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, has resigned. He said he'd been
made aware that some Eurozone members didn't want him at ministerial meetings and,
because of that, the Greek Prime Minister, Alexi Tsipras, felt his resignation would help
secure a new deal. Eurozone ministers have been giving their reaction to the Greek vote. The
German economy minister, Sigmar Gabriel, accused the government in Athens of leading the
Greek people down a path of abandonment and hopelessness. The French finance minister,
Michel Sapin, called on the Greek government to make new proposals for a deal
with creditors. Chancellor Merkel of Germany will meet the French president, Francois
Hollande, later today to discuss the crisis, and there'll be a summit of Eurozone leaders on
Tuesday.

Report 48:

a) The Solar Impulse has had to make an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean.
b) The Solar Impulse is exactly halfway through its journey across the Pacific Ocean from
Japan to Hawaii.
c) The Solar Impulse is crossing the Pacific Ocean and is unable to land until it gets to
Hawaii.

The team behind a solar-powered plane, which is aiming to fly around the world, say
it's past the point of no return on the longest leg of its journey. The Solar Impulse is
crossing the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Hawaii – a journey that will take five days.
It's risky because there's nowhere to land in an emergency.

Report 49:

a) Taylor Swift is going to pay technology company Apple for using her music for a three-
month trial period.
b) Technology company Apple has agreed to pay musicians for a trial period for songs that
customers download.
c) Technology company Apple is going to pay artists for their music during a three-
month trial period.

The technology giant Apple has agreed to pay musicians for songs played on its new
music streaming service after singer Taylor Swift threatened to boycott it over the issue.
She condemned Apple's decision not to pay artists during a three-month free trial periodit's
offering its customers.

Report 50:

a) The Queen and senior members of the royal family are introducing some new laws to
commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta.
b) The Queen and senior members of the royal family are going to a ceremony to
celebrate the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John, 800 years ago.
c) The Queen and senior members of the royal family are sealing a scroll originally made by
King John, 800 years ago.

Here in Britain, events are getting underway to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna
Carta – the document that introduced some of the key rights enjoyed in modern
democracies. The Queen and senior members of the royal family will be attending a
ceremony in the meadows at Runnymede, where the scroll was sealed by King John in 1215.

Report 51:

a) A new report has shown that greenhouse gas emissions by China will end in 10 years' time.
b) A new report has forecast that China will produce the world's biggest emission of
greenhouse gases in five years' time.
c) A new report predicts China is going to reduce its emission of greenhouse gas earlier
than expected.
A new study of China's greenhouse gas emissions suggest they could start to decline within
the next 10 years. The research by the London School of Economics indicates that the fall
could happen five years earlier than forecast. Despite being the World's leading carbon
polluter, China is also the biggest investor in solar, wind and nuclear power.

Report 52:

a) Smoking has been made illegal in Beijing. Similar laws have been passed previously.
b) Smoking has been made illegal in some places in Beijing. It's the first time this type of law
has been tried.
c) Smoking has been made illegal in some places in Beijing. Similar laws have been
passed previously.

A smoking ban has come into force at all indoor public places in the Chinese capital,
Beijing. It will be supervised by thousands of inspectors and fines will be imposed in venues
that don't comply. Previous bans in the capital have not been successful.

Report 53:

a) Scientists have found women who take paracetamol during pregnancy tend to give birth
to boys.
b) Scientists have discovered mice implanted with paracetamol are unable to reproduce.
c) Scientists have warned that boys born by women who took paracetamol during
pregnancy may have problems reproducing later in their life.

Scientists in Britain say the study of the effects of paracetamol in mice suggest that women
who use the painkiller extensively during pregnancy might damage the reproductive
health of their unborn sons. The scientists used mice implanted with human foetal tissue
to mimic pregnancy. Those given paracetamol for seven days had much lower levels of
testosterone.

Report 54:

a) Fishermen in Indonesia are asking for more resources to help rescue drowning migrants.
b) Many migrants are heading for Indonesia but fishermen there say they have been
told not to help them if they get into trouble.
c) Migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh are drowning and the Indonesian government
want fishermen to save them.

There are reports of more boats filled with migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh heading
towards Indonesia. Jakarta's warned that it's running out of resources to care for the large
numbers who have already arrived in recent days. Fishermen in the Indonesian port of Langsa
have told the BBC that they've been warned by officials not to rescue migrants even if
they're drowning.

Report 55:

a) Scientists have discovered that some animal mummies from ancient Egypt are just
cloth with no remains of the animal inside.
b) Scientists have discovered there is more under the cloths of mummified animals than just
the animal.
c) Scientists have discovered that religious people in ancient Egypt demanded they were
given mummified animals as gifts.
British scientists studying animal mummies from ancient Egypt have discovered that many
of them are little more than bundles of cloth. Mummified animals were used as religious
offerings and researchers believe Egyptian mummy makers may have struggled to keep up
with demand.

Report 56:

a) An American company is planning to sell car batteries charged with energy from the sun
which will change the way the world uses energy.
b) An American company is making plans to sell batteries charged with energy from the
sun which will be able to provide enough power for a whole house or company and
change the way the world uses energy.
c) An American company is making plans to sell solar panels which will be able to power
houses and cars and change the way the world uses electricity.

The US electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors has announced plans to sell battery
technology capable of powering individual homes and businesses. The batteries use
energy drawn from solar panels. Tesla's billionaire founder, Elon Musk, said they'll allow
homeowners to go off the electric grid and will change the way the world uses energy.