Project 3: Teamwork: News Bulletin

News bulletin

Iñigo: Good morning I´m Iñigo Lowe, here to bring you the latest headlines from around the world.

Here in the studio with us is Blanca Pardo, who will be informing you of the latest national news. So, tell us, what is happening in the country?

Blanca: The social crisis increases by the addition of the public transports sector to the multiple demonstrations that have been taking place in the whole country, the union leader has stated that the reason for them joining the other sectors who are also on strike is their rejection to the new law A605 that was going to be approved today, and implicates a reduction in the worker’s salary, as well as reduction in staff, and the abolition of extra payments such as Christmas’s.

We’ve also been informed that the sector will be on strike until the law A605 is dismissed.

We’ll inform you of any changes.

Changing the subject, we’ve been informed that yesterday a thousand kilo tuna grounded in La playa de Las Conchas, in San Sebastian, where it died shortly after, due to lack of oxygen. The vice-president of the association for the study and conservation of the oceans wildlife has stated that the specimen was a common red tuna, which had probably got to weigh a ton because of the increasing levels of contamination in the oceans that had caused a mutation in the animal’s growth gland.

The vice-president of the association has also said that the animal’s body would be moved to the national biology museum to further investigate what caused the ground of the animal, as well as to confirm the reason for it’s unusual size.

Iñigo: Conflicts between Israel and Gaza have not diminished in the last months, drawing the attention of the whole world. Luis Cabrero, reporting on international news, talks about this ongoing problem:

Luis: A Palestinian man has been killed and another injured by Israeli army gunfire in the northern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, medical sources said. The Israeli army declined to comment on the incident. This reminds us of major military offensives launched by Israel against the Gaza Strip between November 14 and 21, 2012, which left over 160 Palestinians, including many women and children, dead and about 1,200 others injured.

And also, in the International News:

Obama signals end of Afghan war, promising to speed up handover.

Signaling a virtual end to a 12-year-old Afghan war, US President Barack Obama today promised to speed up handover of combat operations to Afghan forces, gave a go ahead for talks with Taliban and laid the groundwork with the Afghan president for a small troop presence in the country post 2014.

“By the end of next year, America’s war in Afghanistan will be over,” Obama announced in a radio address to the nation, after meeting with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai.

Iñigo: In other news, the city of London has hosted the international art exposition which is held every year in different cities around the world. Thousands of art lovers have been streaming into the country to admire the never-before-seen Leonardo Da Vinci´s pictures, which had been hidden to the public for years. But last year these pieces of art where bought by a famous bank manager and brought to light.

This event has entailed an important income to the city, which was in fact going through a moment of economic difficulty.

And finally, Javier Serrano will be giving us the latest sport news. So, what is happening?

Javier: Today we have breaking news; Messi has turned out to be injured due to a strong tackle received by Pepe during the Barça-Real Madrid. The player will be one month without being able to play and the FIFA will punish the player Pepe with five matches of suspension.

In other sports, today began the Great Prize of Formula 1, in the race track of Montmeló. Fernando Alonso has obtained the second best time in the fast lap around the race track, behind Michael Schumacher, which grants him the second position in opening line. Tomorrow we will be able to see the results of the race.

In the world of the basketball, we have the results of yesterday´s match between the Lakers and the Chicago Bulls, with an incredible victory of the Lakers. The result was 86 to 55, and the man of the match was Pau Gasol, who scored a total of 29 points and left us with some of the best plays of the match.

Iñigo: Now we will move onto the national weather. Our expert meteorologist, Blanca Pardo, explains:

Blanca: This year we’re having an unusually hot and dry winter. The temperatures will keep stable which means we won’t need coats or scarfs yet.

As we can see the maximum temperatures in the whole country will be around 25-27 degrees, reaching 30 in the southwest of the peninsula.

Regarding the minimum temperatures, they will be above 10 degrees in the whole peninsula; excluding the southwest, where they will be higher, and almost reaching 18 degrees. In Castilla y León the minimum temperatures are estimated to be less than 6 degrees.

Iñigo: So, this is all for today. We will be bringing you the top news on the day every day. Be sure to tune in at the right time tomorrow. Good-bye for now!

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