BBC Radio 4: Mastertapes special: Paul McCartney. “In this filmed version of Mastertapes, Paul McCartney talks to John Wilson about his career and answers questions from the audience at Maida Vale studios.” (Video, 46 minutes, 24 May 2016)
In case you prefer the audio version without video, it’s available here.
Draw My Life: Marie Curie. (YouTube, 5 minutes)
Egypt: Ship detects signals from crashed EgyptAir black box. “Investigators say signals emanating from one of EgyptAir flight MS084’s black boxes have been picked up. Sixty-six people were killed when the Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19.”
Natural Disasters: Authorities on high alert after heavy rains swamp southern Germany. “Several towns and cities in southern Bavaria have been inundated following incessant rains. Around 250 children in Triftern were trapped in school after flooding cut them off from the rest of the town.”
Deutschland: Dorf in Niederbayern von Hochwasser eingeschlossen. “Am 1. Juni beginnt meteorologisch der Sommer. Aber die Sonne macht sich rar über Deutschland. Stattdessen heftiger Regen und Unwetter. Besonders schlimm trifft es jetzt Niederbayern.”
Germany: Hamburg jogger wearing weight vest mistaken for terrorist. “Hamburg was on high alert after a passerby mistook a runner wearing a weight vest for a suicide bomber, police have said. A witness alerted officials after he saw the man enter a building.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Streit um Mathe-Abitur: Denken darf hier nur der Taschenrechner.
“Ein stumpfsinniger Stresstoleranztest: Niedersachsens Kultusministerium muss die Mathe-Klausuren der Abiturienten neu bewerten. Wie man es besser macht, zeigen die Finnen. Ein Gastbeitrag.” Von Hans-Jürgen Bandelt und Hans-Jürgen Matschull. “Hans-Jürgen Bandelt ist Professor für Mathematik an der Universität Hamburg, Hans-Jürgen Matschull lehrt Mathematik und Physik am Lichtenberg-Gymnasium in Cuxhaven.”
Deutsche Welle: Exclusive: Boko Haram victim tells DW of captivity near Chibok girls. “Christina Ijabla was held kidnapped by Boko Haram for two years. She told DW about life in an Islamist militant prison camp and how she had seen the elusive Chibok girls whose seizure sparked international outrage.”
Deutsche Welle: Boko-Haram-Geisel: “Und dann wurde sie vor unseren Augen erschossen”. “Fast zwei Jahre lang wurde Christina Ijabla von Boko Haram festgehalten, dann gelang ihr die Flucht. Im exklusiven DW-Interview erzählt sie von der Gefangenschaft – und vom Schicksal der entführten Chibok-Schülerinnen.”
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