compromising

It's just terrible. I assume it is Chinese espionage as "i" reported.

The Westminster honeytrap mystery is even stranger than we thought
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68796369

Words
point the finger at
nefarious
compromising
confined
proximity - proximity-based app
gratification < gratify
journo < journalist
stall
modus operandi
unsolicited
explicit
fractious
heady
1922 Committee

sexual words - not for exam
flirtatious
hook-up
orgy

This article doesn't specify the criminal but it explains what had been happened
But this is true.
[quote]And there is no doubt that more sophisticated scams will come their way soon.[unquote]

prohibitive

This is a same as the Post Office scandal. BBC revealed the problem 10 years ago, but it is still continuing.

English test scandal: students renew fight to clear names after 10 years - 11 February 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/11/english-test-scandal-students-renew-fight-to-clear-names-after-10-years

Word
parallel
[Collins]2 If there are parallels between two things, they are similar in some ways.
draw parallels with / draw a parallel between the two
the case has drawn parallels with the Post Office Horizon scandal
prohibitive
destitution
bemused
proxy
fraudulent
resit
implausible <> plausible
penalise v < penal adj < penalty n
unfold
revoke

The Post Office scandal recalled this similar issue.
Student visa system fraud exposed in BBC investigation - 10 February 2014
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-26024375

Now I understand that UK Home Office stopped using TOEIC as the language qualification test for UK VISA. I might be right not selected TOEIC for my English study, but I still cannot find the reason why they also eliminated Cambridge English Test at the same time. I'm sceptical about Cambridge.

one iota

This is funny.

Awkward moment Jacob Rees Mogg is schooled by farmer on realities of Brexit
https://www.indy100.com/politics/jacob-rees-mogg-farmer-brexit

Word
school [verb]
get off to a start / get off to the best start
whatsoever - none whatsoever
iota - one iota / an iota [quote]It hasn’t benefitted British agriculture one iota
captive market [Collins]A captive market is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things
CAP - Common Agricultural Policy
foodstuff
rinse [uk slang] [wiktionary] To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
turf - someone's turf
unwavering
spark ridicule

Well done the farmer, but I didn't know that Brexit caused serious damage on agriculture and food industry.
This article should be categorised as gossip, but what the farmer said was the result of the Brexit.

artery 2

I'm revising the post titled artery.
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/cambridge2017/e/0f9209481b05c439bf96079ac7004a4c

I found this article has been completely updated compared with which I posted on 14th January.
The URL is same but the title and the content have been changed significantly.

[URL] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67972796
[Now] UK will back words with actions against Houthis in Yemen - Cameron
[Then]UK had no choice but to strike Houthis - Cameron

The new content is not a summary of the Telegraph article. Now it is a brief account of BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme. It's not just a revision, a complete swap.
I knew The Guardian put remarks when the article is revised, but it looks that BBC doesn't mention revision of the articles.

Anyway, artery is not a word from the article. It is quoted from the original Telegraph article.

We’ve sent an unambiguous message to the Houthis: your attacks have to stop
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/13/unambiguous-message-to-houthis-your-attacks-have-to-stop/

[quote]The Red Sea is one of the major arteries of international trade: some 15 per cent of the world’s shipping passes through the narrow strait dividing Africa from Asia. [unquote]

[Collins]Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body.
[Collins]Your veins are the thin tubes in your body through which your blood flows towards your heart.

artery

It looks the debut of Lord Cameron as the Foreign Secretary.

UK had no choice but to strike Houthis - Cameron
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67972796
The article is just a summary of the article of the Telegraph.
I cannot find the map of the important trade routes in the Telegraph article. Taiwan.

Word. not so many
unambiguous <>ambiguous
navigation - the freedom of navigation - this is the original meaning
paramount adjective - accent
retaliation < retaliate
strait - Bab al-Mandab Strait （wiki: Bab-el-Mandeb）this is the strait of Dire Straits. It seems sure is that he Strait looks extremely narrow on the map.

Word - Telegraph
weigh B2 I'm familiar with the word, but don't remember.
[Collins]If you weigh the facts about a situation, you consider them very carefully before you make a decision, especially by comparing the various facts involved.
forensically < forensic it's a criminal word, but it is used in the article as[Collins]Forensic means relating to the legal profession.
impunity > with impunity phrase[Collins]If you say that someone does something with impunity, you disapprove of the fact that they are not punished for doing something bad.
malign - pronunciation. adjective. words beginning with "mal" look always evil. Aw, that is true [Collins]Mal- is added to words in order to form new words which describe things that are bad or unpleasant, or that are unsuccessful or imperfect.
arteries < artery this is a very important word. I may picked this in the blog before.

I'm not sure if the article is wrote by himself or his staff, but its structure is 5W1H type of writing. It can be referable.
Why
But why us?
But why now?
What’s next?

The war is not only Israel-Gaza war.
It's not pleasant that the situation requires extra cost to spend for the transport between Europe and Japan. The diversion also causes negative impacts, such as global warming, increase of defence budget in Japan.
I don't want to be embroiled in the dispute whose script has been written by Israel.