Today's Headlines:

Fifa president contract in Panama Papers

Discovery might stop Sydney railway

War-wounded dog gets medal

Transcript:

The new president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, is the latest prominent name to emerge from the Panama Papers. He's said to have approved a contract for TV rights a decade ago while he was at UEFA with two businessmen, who since have been indicted on corruption charges. UEFA is European football's governing body. Officials there say the organisation did nothing wrong. 

The discovery of thousands of indigenous artefacts on a section of Sydney's new light rail line has prompted calls for construction at the site to be halted. More than 20,000 artefacts have been found in the excavation pits in the city's East. The items include spearheads and cutting tools – many of which have never been seen before.

A military dog who lost a leg when sniffing out a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has been honoured at a ceremony in London. Lucca was employed by the US military but on her last day of duty, she lost her front leg when a bomb went off.

Words and phrases and definitions:

prominent
important, well known

prompted
brought about, caused

honoured
publicly praised for doing something good

Exercise:

Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.

prominent / prompted / honoured

1. Ten years ago today Africa lost one of its most __________musicians, Malian guitarist and singer Ali Farka Toure, who died after a battle with cancer.

2. British doctors and nurses involved in the fight against the world's worst outbreak of Ebola have been __________by Queen Elizabeth.

3. A rise in diabetes has__________ the government to start a healthy-eating campaign.

Answers:

1. Ten years ago today Africa lost one of its most prominent musicians, Malian guitarist and singer Ali Farka Toure, who died after a battle with cancer.

2. British doctors and nurses involved in the fight against the world's worst outbreak of Ebola have been honoured by Queen Elizabeth.

3. A rise in diabetes has prompted the government to start a healthy-eating campaign.