France 24

• "Caravane" de migrants : pourquoi des milliers de Honduriens fuient leur pays
  Quelque 7 000 Centraméricains ont entamé la semaine dernière une marche vers les États-Unis afin d'y trouver refuge. Parmi eux, de nombreux Honduriens fuyant la violence de leur pays, surnommé le …
• Affaire Khashoggi : les dernières révélations turques qui accablent Riyad
  De nouveaux développements dans l'assassinat du journaliste saoudien jamal Khashoggi sont apparus, lundi, à la veille d'un discours très attendu de Recep Tayyip Erdogan, qui entend révéler …
• Chine-Macao-Hong Kong : un pont en eaux troubles
  Un pont long de 55 km entre la Chine continentale, Macao et Hong Kong doit être inauguré mardi 23 octobre. Cet édifice sans équivalent au monde, qui a soulevé de nombreuses controverses, illustre les …
• "La vérité sort de la bouche du cheval", journal d'une prostituée marocaine
  Dans son premier roman, "La vérité sort de la bouche du cheval", l’auteure marocaine Meriem Alaoui livre avec une plume incisive un récit truculent sur la prostitution à Casablanca.
• Tariq Ramadan reconnaît des relations sexuelles "consenties" avec deux femmes l'accusant de viol
  Tariq Ramadan, mis en examen pour le viol de deux femmes avec lesquelles il niait jusqu'ici tout rapport physique, a finalement reconnu lundi devant les juges d'instruction avoir eu avec ell …

BBC News – Africa

• Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins seventh term
  Sub-Saharan Africa's oldest leader is re-elected in polls marred by low turnout and separatist violence.
• Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian separatist leader resurfaces in Israel
  Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu had not been seen since soldiers stormed his home more than a year ago.
• Foreign maids on 'hell' of kafala jobs in Middle East
  Millions of African and Asian women work as maids in the Gulf. They have few rights and abuse is rife.
• Quadruple amputee Alex Lewis to climb Ras Dashen mountain in Ethiopia
  Alex Lewis will attempt to summit Ras Dashen mountain in Ethiopia in January using a special buggy and rock climbing.
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'We all breathe misogyny'
  Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about her family, Africa, misogyny and the adaptation of Americanah.

BBC News – Front Page

• Theresa May says 95% of Brexit deal is done
  The prime minister tells MPs progress is being made, after days of speculation about her job.
• Samantha Eastwood: Man admits murdering midwife after affair
  Samantha Eastwood was found in a shallow grave after being killed by the brother-in-law of her ex-fiancé.
• Ed Farmer inquest: Student died after 'initiation-style' event
  Ed Farmer had been drinking and died in hospital after being found unconscious, an inquest hears.
• Lil Wayne necklace helps art student pay university fees
  The art student was "freaking out" when she was asked to make the rapper a birthday present.
• Amy Schumer uses Meghan pic to announce pregnancy
  The comedian announced the news via a friend's Instagram story, and a photoshopped picture.

BBC News – Entertainment & Arts

• Amy Schumer uses Meghan pic to announce pregnancy
  The comedian announced the news via a friend's Instagram story, and a photoshopped picture.

 

• Former Newsnight editor: 'Stop obsessing about gender'
  John Morrison says a lot has changed since he edited the flagship BBC news programme from 1987-1990.

 

• Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis reboot breaks US box office record
  The slasher is the biggest debut ever for a film with a female lead over 55 years old.

 

• Simon Mayo and Jo Whiley leave Radio 2 Drivetime
  Simon Mayo is leaving Radio 2 altogether after a huge listener backlash to the new Drivetime show.

 

• Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff join Top Gear
  Paddy McGuinness and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff are announced as new hosts of the driving show.

 

BBC News – Technology

• US teen is new Tetris world champion
  A 16-year-old boy from California has won the grand final of the Classic Tetris World Championship
• Five things to know about Red Dead Redemption 2
  The hotly anticipated video game is released this week.
• New York police body-worn cameras recalled after explosion
  Police in New York are told to stop using some body-worn cameras out of "an abundance of caution".
• YouTube pours money into how-to videos
  The video site will spend $20million (£15m) developing educational and how-to content.
• Asteroid pioneers: The team who put rovers on a space rock
  Japan's space agency Hayabusa-2 spacecraft is the first one to place robot rovers on an asteroid's surface.

BBC News – Science & Environment

• 'Super-sized' mice threaten seabird colonies with extinction
  Overgrown mice are killing millions of chicks on the remote Gough Island in the South Atlantic.
• Anti-plastic focus 'dangerous distraction' from climate change
  Riverford vegetable box boss says more focus should be on cutting carbon, not demonising plastic.
• Blast-off for BepiColombo on mission to Mercury
  Europe and Japan celebrate the successful launch of a quest to visit the closest planet to the Sun.
• Legendary team's 1921 Everest album
  Newly digitised pictures shine light on the first British reconnaissance trip to Everest, in 1921.
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Gazing monkeys image wins
  Two snub-nosed monkeys sitting on a stone is the top shot at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.

BBC News – Education & Family

• Spending plans must not ignore children, government told
  The government is being urged to put the interests of children at the heart of its financial plans.
• Does it matter what degree grade you get?
  There might be twice as many first-class degrees – but how relevant is that to job-hunting students?
• University 'grade inflation' to be tackled as first-class degrees rise
  A new rating system will consider how students are graded, as the number of first-class degrees soars.
• Lil Wayne necklace helps art student pay university fees
  The art student was "freaking out" when she was asked to make the rapper a birthday present.
• Pupils sent wrong school entrance exam results
  Two grammar schools in Gloucester blame a 'technical error' for some pupils being told they had passed.

BBC News – Health

• Vegetarian meat substitutes 'exceeding salt limits'
  One brand of meat-free "bacon" is saltier than Atlantic seawater, according to Action on Salt's report.
• Why to be wary of eating 'pink' lamb
  The Food Standards Agency says hundreds of people have become ill after eating the undercooked meat.
• Philip Morris accused of hypocrisy over anti-smoking ad
  Philip Morris says its campaign is "an important next step" in its aim to stop selling cigarettes.
• 'Treatment may extend advanced breast cancer survival'
  Combining a drug with hormone therapy may extend the lives of some women with advanced breast cancer.
• Infected blood victims' support payments 'must increase'
  Victims of the NHS scandal have written to the health secretary asking for an immediate increase in support.

BBC News – Africa

• Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins seventh term
  Sub-Saharan Africa's oldest leader is re-elected in polls marred by low turnout and separatist violence.
• Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian separatist leader resurfaces in Israel
  Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu had not been seen since soldiers stormed his home more than a year ago.
• Foreign maids on 'hell' of kafala jobs in Middle East
  Millions of African and Asian women work as maids in the Gulf. They have few rights and abuse is rife.
• Quadruple amputee Alex Lewis to climb Ras Dashen mountain in Ethiopia
  Alex Lewis will attempt to summit Ras Dashen mountain in Ethiopia in January using a special buggy and rock climbing.
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'We all breathe misogyny'
  Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about her family, Africa, misogyny and the adaptation of Americanah.

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BBC News – Politics

• MPs accuse government of complacency over 'fake news' on Facebook
  The UK government must take urgent action to protect democracy from disinformation, a committee of MPs says.
• Street harassment 'relentless' for women and girls
  MPs call on the government to act, saying the failure to tackle harassment "normalised" it for girls.
• Theresa May says 95% of Brexit deal is done
  The prime minister tells MPs progress is being made, after days of speculation about her job.
• Theresa May: 'Be careful about language' on Brexit
  The PM speaks out after one colleague said she would be "knifed" and one suggested she "bring her own noose".
• Spending plans must not ignore children, government told
  The government is being urged to put the interests of children at the heart of its financial plans.

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