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First story we're explaining today is how the mysterious disappearance1 of a journalist is having ripple2 effects around the world. Jamal Khashoggi is a columnist3 for the Washington Post. He's been living in Washington, D.C. He's originally from Saudi Arabia and he used to be an advisor4 to the Saudi government. But he became critical of that government and wrote critical columns about it in the Post. On October 2nd, Khashoggi was Istanbul, Turkey. He was visiting the Saudi Consulate5 there to get paperwork that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancee. That's the last time he was seen.
Turkish officials say Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi's home country that he had criticized is responsible for his disappearance and possibly his murder.
Saudi Arabia's government says it hasn't been involved in any way in Khashoggi's disappearance and says he left the Saudi Consulate on the afternoon he visited it. But while Saudi Arabia and Turkey have formed a team to investigate, international pressure's been heating up. U.S. President Donald Trump6 has threatened severe punishment for Saudi Arabia if it's government is found to be responsible for Khashoggi's murder. Saudi Arabia's government says it would respond to any action against it with even greater action.
Britain, France and Germany are also pushing Saudi Arabia for answers related to Khashoggi's disappearance. With all this going on a significant event just took place involving the U.S. and Turkey. Andrew Brunson was released from a Turkish prison. He's an American pastor7 who'd lived and worked in Turkey for more than 23 years but he was arrested in March 2016 and accused of being involved in a failed coup8 in Turkey. American officials and activists9 said Pastor Brunson was innocent and was arrested mainly because of his Christian10 faith. He returned to the U.S. over the weekend.
President Trump says the timing11 of Brunson's release during the international tensions over Khashoggi's disappearance was strictly12 coincidental and that the U.S. made no deal with Turkey for Brunson's return. He said the U.S. greatly appreciated the release and that it could lead to good, perhaps great relations between the U.S. and Turkey.
Stateside, his attention will be on Florida and southern Georgia this week when the President visits some of the areas damaged by Hurricane Michael.
He's issued a Major Disaster Declaration for Florida. That will add Federal funding to the state and local relief efforts. At least 18 deaths have been blamed on the storm. Hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity five days after Michael made landfall. In some areas, residents expect it to take years before they're back to normal.
1 disappearance | |
n.消失,消散,失踪 | |
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n.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进 | |
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3 columnist | |
n.专栏作家 | |
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4 advisor | |
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者 | |
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5 consulate | |
n.领事馆 | |
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6 trump | |
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭 | |
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7 pastor | |
n.牧师,牧人 | |
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8 coup | |
n.政变;突然而成功的行动 | |
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9 activists | |
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 ) | |
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10 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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11 timing | |
n.时间安排,时间选择 | |
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12 strictly | |
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地 | |
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