BBC News:美共和黨阻撓奧巴馬提名新大法官 或失參議院控制權

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President Obama has rejected calls by Republican members of the Senate to leave their nomination of a new supreme court judge to his successor. Mr. Obama said he would name a candidate to replace justice Antonia Scalia, who died on Saturday, and the Senate would either approve the nomination or reject it. The president called on his political opponents in Washington to overcome the hostility that prevented basic work from getting done. That fact that, it's that hard, that we are even discussing, this is, I think, a measure of how unfortunately the parliament rancor in Washington has prevented us from getting basic work done. And this would be a good moment for us to rise above that.

美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬拒絕了參議院共和黨的要求，提名新的最高法院法官為繼任者。奧巴馬稱將任命候選人接替大法官安東寧·斯卡利亞。思卡利亞于上周六去世。參議院可批轉該提名亦可駁回。奧巴馬在白宮呼吁政治對手不要阻止基本工作的進行，要克服敵意。“討論這些很艱難，我認為議會的不滿已經(jīng)阻止了基本工作的進行?，F(xiàn)在討論這些時機剛好。”

US and Cuba have signed a deal restoring commercial flights for the first time in more than 50 years. The agreement comes as the White House is contemplating a possible presidential trip to Cuba. Will G is in Havana. There can be little done that the pace of the thaw between the US and Cuba is quickening in president Obama's last year in office. And this signing of a memorendum of understanding on commecial flights between the old enemies is a good example of that new impetus. Up to 110 daily flights from US to Cuba can begin under the new plan. 20 a day to the capital Havana, and 10 to each of the other international airports on the island. This arrangement signifies more than just a new beginning for our civil aviation relationship, said the US transport secretary Antony Fox after signing the deal. It represents a critically important milestone in the US's continued efforts to engage with Cuba and normalize our relations.

時隔半個多世紀之后，美國和古巴簽署雙邊通航協(xié)議，恢復兩國之間的商業(yè)航班。協(xié)議簽署之后奧巴馬考慮到古巴進行訪問。此次恢復定期航班服務也是美國和古巴2014年底宣布恢復建交以來取得的重大突破。在奧巴馬卸任之前，奧巴馬當局也急切的希望和古巴之間建立貿易與外交關系。此次協(xié)議簽署對于美國和古巴來說，今天具有歷史性的意義。根據(jù)協(xié)議，兩國可以各自經(jīng)營每日不多于20班來回哈瓦那至美國的航班，以及每日不多于10班來自美國至古巴其他9個國際機場的班機。美國交通部部長安東尼•福克斯表示此次協(xié)議簽署是兩國名航關系的新開始，這表示美國致力與古巴一起完成兩國關系正常化這個重要的里程碑。

The UN says the Syrian government has a duty to allow humanitarian aid to all areas under siege. Syria has approved aid deliveries to 7 sieged areas, but the UN special envoy S said the UN had to have access to all Syrians in need. Our diplomatic correspondent James Robins reports. This is an increasingly tense week after key world powers including Russia agreed to work towards a partial ceasefire in Syria. But neither the Syrian government nor opposition forces were involved, and the UN envoy S is meeting Syria's foreign minister in Damas, trying to persuade his government to stop fighting, and allow unhindered humanitarian access to all besieged areas. There are signs that aid will be allowed in some beseeged areas over the next few days, but it is hard to see an end to the fighting.

聯(lián)合國稱敘利亞有責任將讓所有被包圍地區(qū)接受人道主義援助。敘利亞已經(jīng)批準7個被圍困地區(qū)接受援助，但是聯(lián)合國駐敘利亞特使稱聯(lián)合國必須有渠道幫助所有的需要的敘利亞公民。請聽我們的外交記者杰姆斯·羅賓斯為您帶來詳細報道。俄羅斯等世界強國等同意在敘利亞部分地區(qū)停火之后，本周局勢越發(fā)緊張。但是敘利亞政府以及反對武裝并未參與，聯(lián)合國特使會見敘利亞外交部長，試圖勸阻停止對抗，允許被包圍地區(qū)接受人道主義援助。有跡象表明，在接下來幾天，部分被包圍地區(qū)將接受援助，但是戰(zhàn)斗合適結束尚不知曉。

The UN says it's investigating new allegations that its peacekeepers sextually abuse children in the Central African Republic. A UN spokesman said 4 children were reportedly abused by peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2014 and 2015. For more than a decade, UN peacekeeping missions in Africa have been tarnished by such scandals. This is world news from the BBC.

中非共和國聯(lián)合國維和部隊再爆性侵兒童丑聞，聯(lián)合國稱已經(jīng)對此展開調查。聯(lián)合國發(fā)言人稱據(jù)報道2014年和2015年，剛果共和國有4名兒童遭到維和部隊性侵。聯(lián)合國維和部隊已在非洲十余年，性侵丑聞不斷。您正在收聽的是BBC全球新聞。