Simple English News Daily

Simple English News Daily

Simple English News Daily is a 7-minute podcast which tells today’s news in clear, simple, British English. Start your day by listening to 7 minutes of the most important stories from everywhere in the world. With SEND7, you can stay up-to-date with world news, and improve your English at the same time. SEND7 is aimed at intermediate and advanced English learners and teachers, and people with English as a second language, as well as native English speakers who want a fast, daily summary of world events! The podcast is released Monday to Friday. SEND7 in an acronym for Simple English News Daily, in 7 minutes. Stephen Devincenzi, from the UK, started SEND7 in 2020, and hosts most episodes. Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin are also British, and host some episodes. For more information, or to contact us, go to www.send7.org The Simple English News Daily podcast is free, and is supported by generous listeners, who receive access to the transcripts and a vocabulary list of every episode, and our weekly worksheets and world news quiz. To become a supporter and have access to the transcripts, worksheets and quiz, go to www.send7.org/support Get your daily news and improve your English listening, in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee, with SEND7.

Episodes

May 1, 2025 8 mins
World news in 7 minutes. Friday 2nd May 2025.

Today: Ukraine US deal. Romania election. Turkiye protests. US shuffle. Brazil Collor prison. Chile arrests. Somalia Taiwan problem. Uganda oppression. Israel Syria bombing. New Zealand storm. Japan snake stops trains.

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World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 1st May 2025.

Today: Spain grid solar. Sweden teenager detained. Russia N Korea bridge. Cuba Ferrer arrested. US El Salvadoran detainee. US Trump 100 days. Nigeria new commander. Sudan acting PM. India caste census. Australia alleged mushroom murder. Scotland Greenpeace Trump. 

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World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 30th April 2025.

Today: Canada Liberals win. Spain Portugal power on. Sweden shooting. France Russia cyberattack. Brazil data centres. Nigeria, Kenya, jihadist attacks. Ghana gold smuggling. Pakistan India conflict. Nepal Everest permits. Indian record smasher.

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World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 29th April 2025.

Today: Spain, Portugal power cut. France grandpa robbers. Canada election. Mexico screwworm. India Pakistan shooting. Yemen prison hit. North Korea admits. Malawi Tanzana trade war. South Africa tools.


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World news in 7 minutes. Monday 28th April 2025.

Today: Canada election. Vancouver attack. Greenland not for sale. Brazil president prison. Vatican funeral. Trump Zelensky. Iran port explosion. Israel Lebanon strike. Korea Moon ribery. DRC Rwanda talks. Ghana Meta lawsuit. And The London Marathon.


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This is a bonus episode, from English Learning For Curious Minds.

Part 1 was released last Saturday - titled "Vladimir Putin - Russia's Modern Tsrar"

Part 3 will be released next Saturday.

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In part two of this three-part mini-series on Putin & Poison, we’ll explore the chilling tale of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent poisoned in London with a rare radioactive substance.


We’ll learn about the bold accusations he ...
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World news in 7 minutes. Friday 25th April 2025.

Today: Ukraine Russia attack. No deal. Vatican funeral. DRC M23 peace. India Pakistan feud. US Trump crypto. Abbas against Hamas. Ecuador no recount. Cote d'Ivoire election denial.  And a male contraception.

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World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 24th April 2025. 

Today: Germany Afghan flights. UK Ukraine peace talks. Vatican Pope mourning. Ivory Coast Thiam ruling. S Africa Zondi dies. Vietnam trade agreements. Australia defence spending. Brazil officials suspended. US Weinstein retrial. US Trump Powell relations. Kenyan Kipyegon record. 

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World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 23rd April 2025.

Today: India shooting. Israel Gaza. Australia votes. Spain defence budget. Russia Ukraine talks. Vatican Pope funeral.US Harvard sues. Argentina peso OK. Ethiopia funding cut. Guinea Bissau drunk chimps.

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World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 22nd April 2025.

Today: Pope dies. France Kardashian trial. Colombia yellow fever. El Salvador US congress. US Hegseth chat. DRC boat disaster. South Sudan capture. Yemen bombing. Israel admits wrongdoing. And elderly smartphone users.

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World news in 7 minutes. Monday 21st April 2025.

Today: Sudan camp escape. Tunisia mass trial. Russia-Ukraine no ceasefire. Israel-Hamas no ceasefire.Canada US changed. Pakistan KFC protests. Ecuador attack. US Houthis. Pope Easter. Welcome to the world. 

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This is a bonus episode, from English Learning For Curious Minds.

Part 2 and 3 will be released on the following two Saturdays.

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In this episode, we will explore Vladimir Putin’s unlikely journey from a rat-catching streetfighter to the modern-day tsar of Russia.

We’ll look at his rise to power, some of the accusations about what it took to get there, the key decisions that have defined his 25-year rule, and question how histor...
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World news in 7 minutes. Friday 18th April 2025.

Today: Von der Leyen "No more West". Italy cable car accident. France prison attacks. Ukraine drone attacks. Sweden cheap lifesaver. California sues US. El Salvador no release. Argentina WW2 pilot. Israeli airstrikes. Russia Taliban ok. Somalia airstrikes. Tanzania good diet.

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World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 17th April 2025.

Today: UK Supreme Court trans. Finland Russia border. China Xi Asia visit. Maldives bans Israelis. Kyrg election delayed. Somalia al Shabaab attack. S Africa pastor rescue. Tunisia school wall collapse. Brazil Heredia asylym. Mexico Ecuador relations. US Biden Social Security. Thai New Year.

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World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 16th April 2025.

Today: Sudan two years. Kenya ant smuggling. El Salvador no return. Peru corruption. China US accusation. Japan Sony costs. Ukraine Chinese soldiers. Russia journalists prison. And a millennial saint. 

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World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 15th April 2025.

Today: Hungary anti-LGBT. EU leaders Ukraine. Ecuador Noboa in. Peru Llosa. China Xi trip. Israel hospital strike. Zimbabwe white compensation. Algeria France rift. Katy in space.

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World news in 7 minutes. Monday 14th April 2025.

Today: Ukraine Russia Sumy bombing. UK prison attack. Spain floods. Argentina IMF. US China trade war. Ecuador, Gabon elections. Palestine no food, water. Australia IVF accident. South Sudan USAID deaths. Bojo ostrich attack.

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April 12, 2025 22 mins
Stephen talks to Melisa from Turkiye about the ongoing protests.

Melisa IG: https://www.instagram.com/eece.melissa/

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World news in 7 minutes. Friday 11th April 2025.

Today: Dominican funerals. Colombia song violation. US tariffs war. South Korea Syria relations. Yemen bombing. Sudan migration. Gabon election. Morocco hack. Ukraine POWs. Italy Prada Versace. UK Universal.

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World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 10th April 2025.

Today: US Trump lowers tariffs. Dominican Republic nightclub collapse. US Africa adviser Congo. Germany coalition. EU response tariffs. Spain-China relationship. China tariffs complaint. Hong Kong social worker sentenced. Pakistan surplus energy. Tanzania opposition leader. Tunisia protests. German Herzog Lifetime Achievement.

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