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Today: Trump Putin Alaska. Argentina hospital deaths. Bolivia election. Ukraine Russian infiltration. Serbia protests. Spain fire. Norway Stoltenberg Trump call. Israel Al-Jazeera killing. India Kashmir floods. Kenya BBC investigation. Mali manuscripts.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Chenzi. Today is Friday, the fifteenth of
August twenty twenty five, starting in the Americas. Today, in
(00:21):
the United States, President Donald Trump is expected to meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Alaska. The last time
that Putin met a US president in the United States
was George Bush eighteen years ago. The first time that
Putin met any US president in the US was Bill
(00:43):
Clinton in the year two thousand. Earlier this week, Trump
suggested that a deal would be reached which involved Russia
and Ukraine swapping some territories. We're going to get some back.
We're going to get some uh if some switched, there'll
be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.
(01:06):
After this, Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski said that Ukraine would
not agree to any land swap, saying that this goes
against Ukraine's constitution. Since then, European leaders held many talks
before holding a joint conversation with Trump on Wednesday, in
which Zelenski was also present. Various media reports say that
(01:30):
Trump agreed to five red lines set out by Ukraine.
And European countries, which are that there must be a
ceasefire before full peace talks. Talks about territorial changes must
start from the current front lines. The US must be
involved in security guarantees for Ukraine, and there should be
(01:53):
more sanctions on Russia if the Alaska summit is not successful. Yesterday,
Trump said that he was expecting another summit soon involving
Putin and also Zelenski. However, this is something that Putin
has recently rejected. In Argentina, it is believed that almost
one hundred people died after being hospitalized and given the
(02:17):
drug fentanyl, which had been contaminated with bacteria. According to
the Buenos Aidris Herald newspaper, eighty seven deaths have been
confirmed and another nine are suspected. Fentanyl is a drug
used for extreme pain relief, often for surgery. Investigations into
(02:39):
a contaminated batch of fentanyl started in May, when nine
people were confirmed to have died of bacterial infections after
being given the fentanyl. Bolivia has a general election on Sunday.
President Luis Abse has chosen not to run again for
(03:00):
the presidency. Former president Ebon Moralis has told people not
to vote in the election as a protest against the
fact that he is barred from running again because of
term limits Europe. In Ukraine, there are multiple reports, including
(03:21):
drone video which appears to show Russian soldiers wearing civilian
clothes to infiltrate the city of Prokrofsk. Over the last week,
there have been reports from many war journalists and also
war maps that suggest that Russia made fast breakthroughs across
Ukrainian front lines around the city of Pokrovsk. However, yesterday
(03:45):
President Vladimir Zelenski said that the situation was under control.
Soldiers disguising themselves as civilians is generally considered a war crime.
In Spain, there have been many wildfires in different areas
over the last few days and three people are known
to have died. Italy, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania
(04:11):
have also been fighting forest fires. In Serbia, there has
been violence between rival protesters over the last few nights.
Since last year, there have been ongoing anti corruption protests
across Serbia. However, there are reports of these protesters clashing
with supporters of the government on Tuesday and Wednesday nights
(04:35):
in Belgrade. In Norway media has reported that US President
Donald Trump made an unplanned call to Finance Minister Jens
Stoltenberg to tell him that he wanted to win the
Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Norway. Dargan's Neeringsliv,
(04:55):
which is one of the biggest newspapers in Norway, said
that Trump had called Stoltenberg when he was walking down
the street to talk to him about the Nobel Peace Prize.
Stoltenberg was previously Prime Minister and the head of NATO Asia.
Israel has confirmed that it deliberately killed Al Jazeera journalist
(05:20):
Annas al Sharif in a strike on Sunday. The Israeli
military said that al Sharif was a terrorist in charge
of firing rockets and he was posing as a journalist
for Al Jazeera. The IDF also released photos of al
Sharif with former Hamas leader Yaya Sinwar. Three other Al
(05:43):
Jazeera journalists were also killed in the strike. United Nations
Secretary General Antonio Guteres condemned the attack and said that
there must be an independent investigation. In Indian Administered Kashmir, at
least thirty seven people have done and more than two
hundred people are missing after sudden floods and mudslides. Many
(06:06):
of the victims are believed to be Hindu pilgrims, as
the floods have affected small communities on a popular pilgrimage
route Africa. Kenya's government has rejected a BBC investigation which
claimed to show underage girls working as prostitutes with the
(06:28):
help of older women. Two BBC investigators pretended to be
sex workers in order to infiltrate the sex trade in
the town of Mai Mayu. Speaking in parliament, Interior Minister
Kipchumba Muckaman said that the investigation was fake because the
girls were not under age but were pretending to be children,
(06:52):
and said that the BBC had paid the girls that
appeared in the BBC documentary and in Mali, hundreds of
ancient manuscripts have been returned to the city of Timbukti
after they were secretly smuggled out of the city during
an occupation by Islamist jihadists in twenty twelve. Jihadists destroyed
(07:16):
around four thousand manuscripts. However, hundreds were taken out of
the city by being hidden in bags of rice and
other things. The Timbukti Manuscripts are a collection of writings
from Mali that are from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries.
That's your world news in seven minutes during August. This
(07:39):
podcast is just being released on Tuesdays and Fridays, but
we will be back five days a week in September.
A massive thank you to Quinto in Italy, Gunta in Germany,
and Leroong in the United States for becoming our newest supporters.
Our incredible supporters have access to all of our transcripts,
(08:01):
vocabulary lists, worksheets, and world news quizzes, and just during August,
there is a ten euro discount on becoming a yearly
supporter using the code August twenty twenty five. You can
become a supporter at sendseven dot org. If you haven't
listened yet, there was a bonus episode released yesterday in
(08:22):
which I answer listeners questions, so go back and listen
to that. The next episode will be with niall Moore
on Tuesday. Have a great weekend.
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Chenzi. Today is Friday, the fifteenth of
August twenty twenty five, starting in the Americas. Today, in
(00:21):
the United States, President Donald Trump is expected to meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Alaska. The last time
that Putin met a US president in the United States
was George Bush eighteen years ago. The first time that
Putin met any US president in the US was Bill
(00:43):
Clinton in the year two thousand. Earlier this week, Trump
suggested that a deal would be reached which involved Russia
and Ukraine swapping some territories. We're going to get some back.
We're going to get some uh if some switched, there'll
be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.
(01:06):
After this, Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski said that Ukraine would
not agree to any land swap, saying that this goes
against Ukraine's constitution. Since then, European leaders held many talks
before holding a joint conversation with Trump on Wednesday, in
which Zelenski was also present. Various media reports say that
(01:30):
Trump agreed to five red lines set out by Ukraine.
And European countries, which are that there must be a
ceasefire before full peace talks. Talks about territorial changes must
start from the current front lines. The US must be
involved in security guarantees for Ukraine, and there should be
(01:53):
more sanctions on Russia if the Alaska summit is not successful. Yesterday,
Trump said that he was expecting another summit soon involving
Putin and also Zelenski. However, this is something that Putin
has recently rejected. In Argentina, it is believed that almost
one hundred people died after being hospitalized and given the
(02:17):
drug fentanyl, which had been contaminated with bacteria. According to
the Buenos Aidris Herald newspaper, eighty seven deaths have been
confirmed and another nine are suspected. Fentanyl is a drug
used for extreme pain relief, often for surgery. Investigations into
(02:39):
a contaminated batch of fentanyl started in May, when nine
people were confirmed to have died of bacterial infections after
being given the fentanyl. Bolivia has a general election on Sunday.
President Luis Abse has chosen not to run again for
(03:00):
the presidency. Former president Ebon Moralis has told people not
to vote in the election as a protest against the
fact that he is barred from running again because of
term limits Europe. In Ukraine, there are multiple reports, including
(03:21):
drone video which appears to show Russian soldiers wearing civilian
clothes to infiltrate the city of Prokrofsk. Over the last week,
there have been reports from many war journalists and also
war maps that suggest that Russia made fast breakthroughs across
Ukrainian front lines around the city of Pokrovsk. However, yesterday
(03:45):
President Vladimir Zelenski said that the situation was under control.
Soldiers disguising themselves as civilians is generally considered a war crime.
In Spain, there have been many wildfires in different areas
over the last few days and three people are known
to have died. Italy, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania
(04:11):
have also been fighting forest fires. In Serbia, there has
been violence between rival protesters over the last few nights.
Since last year, there have been ongoing anti corruption protests
across Serbia. However, there are reports of these protesters clashing
with supporters of the government on Tuesday and Wednesday nights
(04:35):
in Belgrade. In Norway media has reported that US President
Donald Trump made an unplanned call to Finance Minister Jens
Stoltenberg to tell him that he wanted to win the
Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Norway. Dargan's Neeringsliv,
(04:55):
which is one of the biggest newspapers in Norway, said
that Trump had called Stoltenberg when he was walking down
the street to talk to him about the Nobel Peace Prize.
Stoltenberg was previously Prime Minister and the head of NATO Asia.
Israel has confirmed that it deliberately killed Al Jazeera journalist
(05:20):
Annas al Sharif in a strike on Sunday. The Israeli
military said that al Sharif was a terrorist in charge
of firing rockets and he was posing as a journalist
for Al Jazeera. The IDF also released photos of al
Sharif with former Hamas leader Yaya Sinwar. Three other Al
(05:43):
Jazeera journalists were also killed in the strike. United Nations
Secretary General Antonio Guteres condemned the attack and said that
there must be an independent investigation. In Indian Administered Kashmir, at
least thirty seven people have done and more than two
hundred people are missing after sudden floods and mudslides. Many
(06:06):
of the victims are believed to be Hindu pilgrims, as
the floods have affected small communities on a popular pilgrimage
route Africa. Kenya's government has rejected a BBC investigation which
claimed to show underage girls working as prostitutes with the
(06:28):
help of older women. Two BBC investigators pretended to be
sex workers in order to infiltrate the sex trade in
the town of Mai Mayu. Speaking in parliament, Interior Minister
Kipchumba Muckaman said that the investigation was fake because the
girls were not under age but were pretending to be children,
(06:52):
and said that the BBC had paid the girls that
appeared in the BBC documentary and in Mali, hundreds of
ancient manuscripts have been returned to the city of Timbukti
after they were secretly smuggled out of the city during
an occupation by Islamist jihadists in twenty twelve. Jihadists destroyed
(07:16):
around four thousand manuscripts. However, hundreds were taken out of
the city by being hidden in bags of rice and
other things. The Timbukti Manuscripts are a collection of writings
from Mali that are from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries.
That's your world news in seven minutes during August. This
(07:39):
podcast is just being released on Tuesdays and Fridays, but
we will be back five days a week in September.
A massive thank you to Quinto in Italy, Gunta in Germany,
and Leroong in the United States for becoming our newest supporters.
Our incredible supporters have access to all of our transcripts,
(08:01):
vocabulary lists, worksheets, and world news quizzes, and just during August,
there is a ten euro discount on becoming a yearly
supporter using the code August twenty twenty five. You can
become a supporter at sendseven dot org. If you haven't
listened yet, there was a bonus episode released yesterday in
(08:22):
which I answer listeners questions, so go back and listen
to that. The next episode will be with niall Moore
on Tuesday. Have a great weekend.
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