BBC News: 美國女兵裸照丑聞丑聞驚動美軍高層

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The United Nations has renewed its warning of the scale of the humanitarian crisis facing four countries in Africa and the Middle East, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen. Its Chief Humanitarian Coordinator Stephen O'Brien said more than 20 million people were at risk of starvation and famine.

聯(lián)合國再次發(fā)出警告，稱索馬里、南蘇丹、尼日利亞和也門已經(jīng)面臨嚴重的人道主義危機。聯(lián)合國人道事務(wù)主任奧布萊恩表示，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)有超過2000萬人面臨饑餓和饑荒。

The US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said his Department will not tolerate the behavior of military personnel who appeared to be sharing nude photographs of their female colleagues on social media. Mr. Mattis condemned what he described as an egregious violation of the Department's values.

美國國防部部長馬蒂斯表示，國防部不能容忍任何軍事人員在社交媒體上分享女同事的裸照。馬蒂斯譴責到，這種行為嚴重的違反了國防部的價值觀念。

Volkswagen has pleaded guilty in an American court to three criminal charges linked to the diesel emissions scandal. The plea is part of a deal with the US Justice Department. Volkswagen has admitted that for a six-year period, vehicles were fitted with illegal software to disguise high levels of pollution.

大眾集團在美國就排放門事件正式向美國司法部門認罪，據(jù)了解，美國司法部在排放門丑聞事件調(diào)查過程中指控大眾集團犯有三項重罪。大眾承認在過去6年間，在車載電腦中安裝一種可用于尾氣測試非法軟件，隱瞞真實排放情況

Iraq says it’s found no evidence that Islamic State fighters have used chemical weapons in the battle for Mosul. Earlier this month, the UN said 12 people had been treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in the city.

伊拉克稱，尚未發(fā)現(xiàn)證據(jù)證明，伊斯蘭國武裝分子在摩蘇爾戰(zhàn)爭中使用化學武器。在本月初，聯(lián)合國表示，在摩蘇爾可能接觸過化學武器的12人已經(jīng)治愈。

Many hundreds of people, members of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and their supporters, have marched through Washington to protest against the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. Native American tribes say leaks from the oil pipeline will pollute water supplies and endanger sites they consider sacred.

成千上萬的示威人員，以及來自立巖蘇族部落的成員和他們的支持者們在華盛頓街道舉行示威游行，反對達科他輸油管道。美原住民表示，石油管道泄露會污染水資源，并威脅他們視為神圣的地方。

The Venezuelan authorities have found the decomposing bodies of three people inside a prison that was closed five months ago after a riot. They believe the remains belong to three inmates reported missing when prisoners were transferred to other jails.

委內(nèi)瑞拉當局表示，在一所監(jiān)獄里發(fā)現(xiàn)了3具腐爛的尸體，而這所監(jiān)獄由于發(fā)生暴亂事件而在5個月前關(guān)閉。委內(nèi)瑞拉官員認為，這3具尸體是當時移至其他監(jiān)獄的失蹤人員的尸體。

The American author Robert James Waller has died at the age of 77. His romantic novel, the Bridges of Madison County became a bestseller after it'd been made into a film with Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. BBC News.

美國作家羅伯特·詹姆斯·沃勒去世,享年77歲。他的浪漫小說《廊橋遺夢》改編的電影由梅麗爾·斯特里普、克林特·伊斯特伍德主演。之后，這部小說廣為暢銷。