BBC News Summary Listening Comprehension 25/03/2024

1. BBC News with Julie Candler. President Emmanuel Macron of France has warned Russia against trying to exploit Friday's deadly militant attack on a Moscow concert venue to blame Ukraine. The Islamic State Group has said it carried out the attack, in which at least 137 people were killed. The Kremlin has refused to comment on the ISIS claim.
2. The Ukrainian Air Force says it has shot down two Russian ballistic missiles aimed at the Capitol Kiev, but officials said falling debris landed on several districts injuring at least five people.
3. The European Commission is investigating Apple, Google and Meta, accusing the tech giants of unfair practices. The probe will examine the Apple and Google App Store rules. It will also assess whether Facebook owner Metta gives enough choice to users over the use of personal data for advertising.
4. The British government is expected to link China to cyber attacks on the UK's electoral commission, that compromised personal data of millions of voters. The attacks took place in 2021.
5. The aircraft manufacturer Bowieck has announced that its chief executive, Dave Calhoun, will step down by the end of 2024, Boeing has been facing heavy scrutiny over safety and quality issues.
6. The executive of the crypto currency firm Binance, who'd been arrested in Nigeria, has escaped custody. Nadim Angawala, who's a British Kenyan national, and the company's regional manager for Africa, is suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation into the activities of Binance in Nigeria.
7. Malawi has declared a state of disaster over a severe drought that is affecting most of the country. It comes less than a month after Zambia made a similar move.
8. The former Brazil and Barcelona footballer, DaniAlves, who was convicted of rape last month, has paid 1 million euros in bail and can leave prison pending his appeal.
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Vocabulary focus

• "BBC News with Julie Candler. President Emmanuel Macron of France has warned Russia against trying to exploit Friday's deadly militant attack on a Moscow concert venue to blame Ukraine. The Islamic State Group has said it carried out the attack, in which at least 137 people were killed. The Kremlin has refused to comment on the ISIS claim."
• to warn sb. against sth.
• to exploit sb. or sth. for gain
• a militant attack on sb. or sth.
• to blame sb. for sth.
• to carry out an attack
• to comment on sb. or sth.
• to refuse to do sth.
• "The Ukrainian Air Force says it has shot down two Russian ballistic missiles aimed at the capital, Kiev, but officials said falling debris landed on several districts injuring at least five people."
• to shoot down a missile
• a ballistic missile
• to aim sth. at sb. or sth.
• falling debris
• to land on sb. or sth.
• to injure people
• at least x people
• "The European Commission is investigating Apple, Google and Meta, accusing the tech giants of unfair practices. The probe will examine the Apple and Google App Store rules. It will also assess whether Facebook owner Metta gives enough choice to users over the use of personal data for advertising."
• to investigate sb. for sth.
• to accuse sb. of sth.
• unfair practices
• the probe, to probe sb. or sth.
• to assess sb. or sth.
• to assess whether sb. or sth. did sth.
• to give a choice to sb. over sth.
• the use of personal data
• "The British government is expected to link China to cyber attacks on the UK's electoral commission, that compromised personal data of millions of voters. The attacks took place in 2021.2
• to expect sb. of doing sth.
• to expect sb. to do sth.
• to link sb. to sth.
• cyber attacks
• an attack on sb. or sth.
• personal data
• to compromise personal data
• millions of voters
• for sth. to take place
• "The aircraft manufacturer Beoing has announced that its chief executive, Dave Calhoun, will step down by the end of 2024, Boeing has been facing heavy scrutiny over safety and quality issues."
• aircraft manufacturer
• to announce sth
• to step down from a position
• to do sth. by the end of (date)
• to face scrutiny over sth.
• safety and quality issues
• "The executive of the crypto currency firm Binance, who'd been arrested in Nigeria, has escaped custody. Nadim Angawala, who's a British Kenyan national, and the company's regional manager for Africa, is suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation into the activities of Binance in Nigeria."
• executive of x company
• who has/had been arrested for sth.
• to escape from custody
• a British-Kenyan national
• a regional manager of x company
• to suspect sb. of sth.
• to be suspected of sth. or doing sth.
• an ongoing criminal investigation
• an investigation into the activities of x
• "Malawi has declared a state of disaster over a severe drought that is affecting most of the country. It comes less than a month after Zambia made a similar move."
• a state of disaster
• to declare a state of disaster over sth.
• a severe drought
• sth. affecting most of the country
• x comes less than (time period) after (event)
• to make a move
• to make a similar move to sb. else
• "The former Brazil and Barcelona footballer, Dani Alves, who was convicted of rape last month, has paid 1 million euros in bail and can leave prison pending his appeal."
• a former (profession)
• the former footballer
• to convict sb. of a crime
• to be convicted of a crime
• x, who was convicted of rape, ..
• to pay (amount9 in bail
• to leave prison pending an appeal