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Five contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination 1 in the United States have been holding their first debate ahead of next year's race for the White House. The frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, and the independent senator, Bernie Sanders, were involved in the heated exchanges over US policy on Syria, gun laws and economy. Also taking part in the debate were two former state governors and a former senator. Politic 2 analyst 3 Mark P gave his impression of how the main candidates are doing. "I think Hillary Clinton is holding her own. She is the first runner. She seemed poised 4, she seemed fresh. She didn't seem as old as she really is, and nobody here is really attempted in her armor. Bernie Sanders is going to do well politically, that is, in the two primaries that come first, I were of two counters and no answer."

美国民主党五名总统竞争提名候选人已经为明年总统竞选举行第一次辩论。领先者希拉里?克林顿和独立参议员伯尼?桑德斯,针对美国在叙利亚政治、经济、以及武器等方面的政策进行了激烈的辩论。两位前州长和前参议员也参加了辩论。政治分析师马克对主要竞选人的做法给出了评价。“我认为希拉里·克林顿独具一格。她是领跑者。她似乎泰然自若并且十分年轻。她与她真实的年纪并不相符,这里没有人是真正想要与她竞争。伯尼桑德斯在政治上会做得很好,也就是说,在两个领先者中，这是首要的,这两名竞选者不相上下。”

The Israeli government has given police the power to seal off parts of East Jerusalem in response to surging attacks by Palestinians in recent days. It's said the authorities could also demolish 5 the homes of Palestinians who attacked Israelis and take away their right to live in Jerusalem. Jessica M has the details. "Israel Security Cabinet approved the new measures at a late-night meeting after three Israelis were killed in Jerusalem on Tuesday. These were the latest in a serious of attacks that have taken place in the city and elsewhere in Israel in recent weeks. The upset in violence follows increased tensions over visits to the alleged 6 mosques 7 compound. The US Secretary of State John Kerry said he will travel to the region in the next few days to try and calm the situation. Israeli Cabinet will meet and consider further measures on Wednesday afternoon."

以色列政府给了警方封锁东耶路撒冷地区的权利，来应对最近几天暴涨的巴勒斯坦人的袭击在。据说当局也可以拆除攻击以色列的巴勒斯坦人的房屋并剥夺他们居住在耶路撒冷的权利。杰西卡为您进行详细报道。“周三三名以色列人在耶路撒冷丧生后，以色列安全内阁召开深夜会议批准了新措施。最近几周在以色列各城市发生了一系列的袭击事件。令人担心的是随着暴力事件而来的不断升级的紧张局势。美国国务卿约翰·克里说,他将在未来几天前往该地区为平息局势做出努力。周三下午以色列内阁将会召开会议并考虑采取进一步措施。

The chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, Tjibbe Joustra, has told the reporters he believes the missile which brought down Malaysia Airline's flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine was controlled by Russian-backed rebels. Mr Joustra said the borders of the area were fluctuating at the time, the Pro-Russion rebels were in charge.

荷兰安全委员会主席Tjibbe Joustra告诉记者他认为在乌克兰东部击落马来西亚航空公司MH17航班的导弹是由俄罗斯反对派控制的。Joustra先生说该地区的边界是十分混乱, Pro-Russion叛军控制着该地区。

The German chancellor 8 Angela Merkel has come on to a new fire from her own party for her welcoming policy towards migrants and refugees, the party has proposed setting up transit 9 camps of the border to hold migrants while asylum 10 applications were processed. From Berlin, Jenny H. "Already this year, more than half a million people have sought asylum in Germany. It's estimated that nearly 40% of the migrants come from the Balkans and have little prospect 11 of being grounded asylum here. Mrs Merkel's Conservative Party plans to create transit camps where asylum-seekers could be help for a few days and then deported 12. Those behind the proposal insist that they're permissible 13 on the EU law, but Mrs Merkel faces strong resistance from her coalition 14 partners. Social Democratic MPs described the plans as 'impractical 15 and inhuman 16'."

由于她备受欢迎的在移民及难民方面的政策，德国总理安格拉?默克尔在所在党派又一次受到抨击，她所在的党派提出了为在边境等待庇护申请办理的难民设立临时营地的方案。珍妮从柏林发来报道。“今年,超过一百万人来到德国寻求庇护。据估计,近40%的移民来自巴尔干半岛并有希望在这里受到庇佑。默克尔的保守党计划修建临时营地,寻求庇护者可以在这里停留几天然后离开。支持提议的那些坚持认为欧盟法律允许他们的行为,但默克尔面临着她联盟伙伴的强烈反对。社会民主党议员称该计划即不切实际的又不人道。”

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The Pentagon has said it's time for American-trained forces in Iraq to retake the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants 17. A spokesman said 52 airstrikes against IS positions in the past ten days had prepared the troops for a final push.

美国表示, 到了在伊拉克的美国军队从伊斯兰国家的激进分子手中夺回拉马迪市的时候了。一位发言人说在过去十天里的五十二次空袭为部队最后一战做了准备。

The shop once sold the NO.1 crime gun dealer 18 in America has been ordered to pay nearly six million dollars in compensation to two police officers severely 19 wounded by a weapon illegally bought of the store. A jury in Milwaukee decided 20 that the Badge Guns should have realized that a man buying a firearm from them in 2009 intended to pass it on to the teenager at his side. The teenager went on to shoot the two officers when they stopped him riding his bike on the pavement.

美国一家向犯罪枪支经销商出售枪支的商店被责令向因商店非法出售的枪支而受重伤的两名警察支付近六百万美元的赔偿。密尔沃基陪审团认为商店主人应该意识到2009年从他们那里购买武器的男人有意将手枪给青少年。两名警官阻止他在人行道上骑自行车时，少年向警察开枪。

Three explosions have hit the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 21 a number of people. Unconfirmed reports blame suicide bombers 22. The city is frequently attacked by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

三起爆炸袭击了尼日利亚北部城市迈杜古里,造成多人死亡。未经证实的报道谴责自杀式炸弹袭击者。这座城市经常受到伊斯兰组织博科圣地的袭击。

The British literature awards, the Man Booker Prize, has been won by the Jamaican author Marlon James for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings 23. The book, which centers on the real life attempt to kill the Reggae singer Bob Marley, explores Jamaican politics and gang culture in the 1970s and 80s. Speaking after the announcement, Marlon James explained why he'd drawn 24 inspiration from Reggae music. "The Reggae singers, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, were the first recognized of the voice coming out of our mouths, was a legitimate 25 voice for fiction and a legitimate voice for poetry. That the song of market woman can speak poetry."

英国文学奖项,布克奖,由牙买加马龙·詹姆斯《七杀戮简史》获得。这本书主要讲述了现实生活将雷鬼歌手鲍勃·马利杀死的故事，它探索了牙买加二十世纪八九十年代初的政治和帮派文化。在公告后,马龙·詹姆斯解释了为什么他的灵感来自雷鬼音乐。“雷鬼歌手鲍勃·马利,彼得胡说,使我们首次被认可的声音，在诗歌与小说中是合法的。是一首市井女人会诗歌的歌曲，

The acclaimed 26 BBC journalist has died of cancer. She was 64. She reported on events around the world, including Myanmar, North Korea, and Syria, and won awards for her work uncovering human rights abuses and political corruption 27.

一位备受欢迎的BBC记者因癌症死亡，享年六十四岁。她在世界各地采访，报道，包括缅甸、朝鲜和叙利亚。因披露侵犯人权和政治腐败获奖。