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The militant group Islamic State has released video footage that appears to show the beheading of the Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who was kidnapped in Syria in October. From Jordan Kevin Connolly has the latest.
The Japanese government says it's working to verify the grim video which purports to show the murder of the journalist Kenji Goto. But the picture has very strong resemblance to images released when other hostages held by Islamic State were beheaded. The group had set a deadline of sunset on Thursday for a deal in which it said it would release Mr Goto in return for the freedom of Sajida al-Rishawi, an al-Qaeda bomber in a Jordanian jail. The militants are known to have communicated directly with Mr Goto's wife by e-mail, and she had pleaded publicly for his life to be spared. But now it seems that those pleas were ignored.
The leader of Spain's left-wing party Podemos has addressed tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in central Madrid. Pablo Iglesias praised the ally Greek party Syriza, which won power on a promise to end economic austerity. Mr Iglesias declared that the wind of change was starting to blow through Europe.
"Today we have the dream of a better country, but we haven't filled the square to keeping dreaming. We're here to make our dreams come true in 2015. Dreams have to be pushed, and this year we're going to fight to make the political change arrive. This year we're starting on something new. This is the year of change. And this year we're going to beat the Partido Popular in the elections."
The march was the biggest show of public support so far for a movement that is less than a year old. Podemos leads some opinion polls ahead of an election due this year.
Rival European politicians have been outlining their different positions on how to bring Greece's debt situation under control. The Greek finance minister is travelling to France, where he'll be seeking a sympathetic ear from the centre-left government in his attempts to renegotiate the terms of Greece's bailout. But the European Parliament president described as "irresponsible" the Greek decision to shun the current team of debt negotiators.
The former head of Columbia's secret police, Maria del Pilar Hurtado, has been detained in Panama after turning herself over to the authorities. She's been flown to Bogota and is due to appear in court. Leonardo Rocha reports. Maria del Pilar Hurtado gave herself up to the Columbian authorities in Panama hours after Interpol issued an arrest warrant for her on Friday. She had been on the run for more than four years. Ms Hurtado has been accused of illegally spying on opponents of the former Columbian President Alvaro Uribe. Those allegedly targeted include politicians, judges and even the head of Columbia's Supreme Court. Columbia's intelligence agency is directly answerable to the president, but Mr Uribe, who's now a senator, has denied any involvement.
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As heavy fighting continues in eastern Ukraine the latest efforts to end the violence have failed. The representative for Ukraine at the talks in Belarus told journalists that there had been no agreement because the pro-Russian separatists refused to discuss a ceasefire. Earlier the Russian government said President Putin had discussed the crisis in a phone call with his French counterpart Francois Hollande and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
An online campaign in Britain aimed at raising a few hundred dollars for a disabled pensioner who was mugged in front of his home has raised more than 100,000 pounds or 200,000 dollars in donations. Jonathan Blake reports.
Alan Barnes suffered a broken collarbone when he was attacked and had since been afraid to return home. When local beautician Katie Cutler read about what had happened she set up an online fund to help him find somewhere new to live. The target was 500 pounds. By this morning the total was 55,000 pounds. Now that has more than doubled to 120,000 and counting. More than 9,000 people have donated money. Mr Barnes has described the response as "unbelievable".
An Egyptian court has banned the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas and listed it as a terrorist organisation. Hamas is the dominant force in Gaza. And Egyptian officials allege that weapons are smuggled from the territory into northern Sinai, where Cairo is battling an insurgency. The banning order came days after Islamist militants killed more than 30 people in coordinated attacks on military and police targets in the peninsula.
In the first quarterfinal of football's Africa Cup of Nations, the Democratic Republic of Congo have beaten their smaller neighbours Congo 4-2. All six goals came in the second half that was as thrilling as the first half was dull. Congo seemed to have the game wrapped up at 2-0 only for the DRC to mount a storming comeback.
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词汇解析
massive
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
英汉解释
adj.巨大的；大量的；大规模的；大范围的；严重的
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
The soldier suffered a massive haemorrhage and died soon after.
那个战士经受了大量出血的痛苦，不久便去世了。
The wedding got massive media coverage.
婚礼得到大众传播媒介的广泛报道。
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geology
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
英汉解释
n.地质学；（某地区的）地质情况；地质学的著作
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
I know only a few streaks about geology.
我对地质学只是略知一二。
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structure
难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.结构；构造；建筑物
vt.构造；建造；组织
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
Most linguists would say they were concerned primarily with the structure of languages.
大多数语言学家都会说，他们主要研究各种语言的结构。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
It is thought to have been the planet's tallest human-made structure for more than four millennia.
在四千万年的历史长河中，它被认为是地球上由人类建造的最高的建筑。
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ability
难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.能力；才能
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
This is a task well within your ability.
这完全是你力所能及的工作。
He shows exceptional ability in solving problems.
他处理问题才干过人。
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emphasize
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
英汉解释
vt.强调；着重；使突出
参考例句
用作及物动词 (vt.)
We cannot emphasize too much the importance of learning English.
我们再怎样强调学英文的重要性也不为过。
I would like to emphasize that we are ready to meet the management at any time.
我想着重指出，我们愿意在任何时候与管理部门会谈。
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vertical
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
英汉解释
adj.垂直的；纵向的；顶点的
n.垂直物；垂直的位置
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
The northern face of the mountain is almost vertical.
这座山向北的一面几乎是垂直的。
用作名词 (n.)
The angles refer to the polar view angle, i.e. the angle measured from the vertical.
角涉及到极面观的角，例如垂直物上测量的角。
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predict
难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词
英汉解释
v.预言；预报；预知；预测
参考例句
用作动词 (v.)
It is virtually impossible to predict the future accurately.
精确预言未来的事实际上是办不到的。
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