Contents
Unit 1 Hurricane Irma 1
Unit 2 Catalonia Referendum 13
Unit 3 Las Vegas Shooting 25
Unit 4 California Wildfi res 37
Unit 5 Zimbabwe Takeover 49
Unit 6 North Korea Missile 61
Unit 7 Jerusalem 73
Unit 8 Iran Protests 85
Unit 9 US Government Shutdown 97
Unit 10 Europe’s Big Freeze 109
Unit 11 Spy Poisoning 119
Unit 12 Trade War 131
Unit 13 Iran Nuclear Deal 143
Unit 14 Trump-Kim Summit 155
Unit 15 World Cup 167

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