VOA60の文字起こし (2020/1/13〜1/17)

Jan 17, 2020

Iran's top leader says his country will not give in to American pressure. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke at Friday Prayers in Tehran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy refuses to accept his prime minister's resignation after the release of a recording in which the official questions the president's knowledge of economics.

Chinese president Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar for a two-day visit.

And, Japan's minister of the environment becomes the first cabinet minister to take extended time off from his job after becoming a father.

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* resignation: 辞任

* cabinet minister: 閣僚

Jan 16, 2020

Hong Kong's leader says the "one country, two systems" plan could continue past 2047 if loyalty to Beijing is upheld.

In Lebanon, riot police and protesters clashed in Beirut on Wednesday for a second night. At least 35 people were injured.

In France, large protests against planned changes to France's retirement system are held in Paris and other cities. A mass transportation strike is in its 43rd day.

And in Australia, heavy rains cause flooding in parts of the east coast, after months of dry weather and destructive wildfires.

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* loyalty: 忠誠

* upheld: 支える

* riot police: 機動隊, riot: 暴動

Jan 15, 2020

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announces his government will resign. The move permits President Vladimir Putin to make changes to the constitution that could extend his power.

In Syria, opposition activists say at least 15 people died after Syrian government warplanes hit an industrial area in Idlib.

In Lebanon, demonstrators in Beirut demand the release of 59 protesters arrested Tuesday night outside the Central Bank.

And in Cambodia, the trial of opposition leader Kem Sokha charged with treason begins in Phnom Penh. He denies the charge.

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* resign: 辞任する

Jan 14, 2020

Iran announces arrests for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger airplane. President Hassan Rouhani warns that those responsible will be punished. He called the act an unforgivable mistake.

In Sudan, an official says security forces have contained an armed protest from within the country's security service.

Floods and severe winter weather have killed more than 130 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days.

And in northwestern China, officials say a bus fell through a collapsed road, killing at least six people.

Jan 13, 2020

Security forces in Tehran fired tear gas into a crowd of demonstrators Sunday. The Iranians were protesting their military's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane last week.

In the Philippines, officials ordered hundreds of thousands of people near Manila to leave after the Taal volcano exploded on Sunday. Officials warn of more explosions.

Al-Shabab extremists killed three teachers in an attack in eastern Kenya.

And Britain's Queen Elizabeth announces she will permit Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle to live in Canada part-time.

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* extremist: 過激論者