英语新闻:APNews 美联社新闻
2015-08-26
This is AP News Minute.
New video shows police in Australia raiding a cafe where a gunman was holding hostages. The video includes hostages fleeing, armed officers rushing in, a series of (explosions), and a sniper set up in the offices nearby Australian broadcaster Channel 7.
Pakistan has begun 3 days of (mourning) for the 142 people, mostly children who were massacred Tuesday when Taliban gunmen attacked the military-run school.
President Obama is expected to sign a massive tax (package). It will allow banks, retailers, commuters and teachers to keep temporary tax breaks for another year.
And New York's Times Square is getting for new year's eve. The big number 15 for year 2015 arrived in the area and was tested ahead of the famous (countdown) and ball drop.