BBC News: 馬克·埃斯珀出任美國國防部長

BBC news with Aileen McHugh.

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The European Commission’s incoming president Ursula von der Leyen has warned off challenging times ahead as the new British conservative leader Boris Johnson prepares to become prime minister. His promise to take Britain out of the EU by the end of October come what may. Mr. Johnson wants to renegotiate the withdrawal deal agreed by his predecessor but European leaders have said that’s not possible.

歐盟委員會候任主席烏蘇拉·馮·德·萊恩警告稱，在英國保守黨新領(lǐng)袖鮑里斯·約翰遜準(zhǔn)備成為首相之際，未來面臨的挑戰(zhàn)。他承諾無論發(fā)生什么情況，英國都將在10月底脫離歐盟。約翰遜希望重新協(xié)商其前任同意的撤軍協(xié)議，但歐洲領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人表示這是不可能的。

The US Senate has voted to confirm Mark Esper as defense secretary. The post has been vacant for longer than ever before in the Pentagon’s history following the resignation of Jim Mattis last year. Mr. Esper receives support from republican and democratic senators.

美國參議院投票確認(rèn)馬克·埃斯珀為國防部長。自去年吉姆·馬蒂斯(Jim Mattis)辭職以來，這個職位一直空缺。埃斯珀得到了共和黨和民主黨參議員的支持。

Businesses and schools in Venezuela have remained closed following a major power cut. The information minister has urged people to stay at home. Vast areas remain without electricity but power has been restored in the capital Caracas.

委內(nèi)瑞拉大停電之后，商業(yè)和學(xué)校仍然關(guān)閉。信息部長敦促人們呆在家里。大片地區(qū)仍然沒有電力供應(yīng)，但首都加拉加斯已恢復(fù)供電。

Police in Spain are investigating the death of Juan Carlos Márquez, a former executive at Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA. Police said Mr.Márquez had been found hanged in a flat near Madrid on Sunday. Two days earlier, he had appeared in court over his alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme.

西班牙警方正在調(diào)查委內(nèi)瑞拉國有石油公司PDVSA前高管胡安•卡洛斯•馬克斯之死。警方表示，馬克斯周日在馬德里附近的一套公寓被發(fā)現(xiàn)上吊身亡。兩天前，他因涉嫌參與洗錢還出現(xiàn)在法庭上。

A Gambian soldier who was part of an elite guard during the former president Yahya Jammeh’s rule has admitted participation in the execution of around 50 migrants in 2005. Most were from Ghana. Investigators have accused Yahya Jammeh of ordering the killings as he feared the migrants had come to overthrow him.

一名岡比亞士兵曾是前總統(tǒng)葉海亞•賈梅統(tǒng)治期間精銳警衛(wèi)，他承認(rèn)在2005年參與處決了大約50名移民。這些移民大多數(shù)來自加納。調(diào)查人員指控葉海亞•賈梅下令殺戮，葉海亞•賈梅擔(dān)心移民是來推翻他的。

Authorities in Singapore have seized about $50 million worth of elephant ivories and pangolin scales following a tip-off by China. Customs officers in Singapore intercepted about nine tons of ivory which came from nearly 300 African elephants. In the same shipment were 12 tons of pangolin scales.

在中國的舉報下，新加坡當(dāng)局查獲了價值約5000萬美元的大象象牙和穿山甲鱗片。新加坡海關(guān)官員截獲約9噸來自近300頭非洲象的象牙。以及同一批裝運的12噸穿山甲鱗片。

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