Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: In the News:
This is the BBC 1 minute news with Teatime Titbits 26.07.2018. Unfortunately they updated the news 1 hour ago and so these items of vocabulary are not all relevant anymore. But what the hell, here’s the link to the updated news anyway.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/10462520/one-minute-world-news
5 words you may (already) know
victim = Opfer
investigation = Untersuchung (to be underway = im Gange sein)
lead = führen
opponent = Gegner syn: supporter = Fürworter
tariff = Zoll
5 words you need to know
devastation = Verheerungen
arson = Brandstiftung
ballot = Stimmzettel
vote rigging = Wahlbetrug
subsidy = Subvention
5 nice to know
to rule out = etw ausschließen
to exceed = überschreiten
to allege = Hier = unterstellen/vorwerfen
to reject claims = Behauptungen zurückweisen
to head sth (war/dispute) off = etw abwenden