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With Stephen Devincenzi.
Today: IDF in Gaza hospitals. Myanmar fighting. Argentina close race. Nepal TikTok ban. US Biden Xi 'dictator'. India tunnel rescue. Ukraine Cameron. Liberia slow results. Malawi Chakwera to stay home.
If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at send7.org/support
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SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.
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(00:00):
Good morning. This is Send sevenWorld News in seven minutes. I'm Stephen
devonchen Z. Today is Friday,the seventeenth of November twenty twenty three.
Starting in Asia. Today, Israel'sarmy is operating inside the Al Shifa Hospital,
(00:24):
Gaza's biggest hospital, which it saysis being used as a military command
center for Hamas. Hundreds of patientsand staff remain in the hospital as Israeli
soldiers search every area. A BBCjournalist sent a report from inside part of
the hospital yesterday, and that reportshowed weapons that it said were found there.
(00:50):
The Israeli Defense Force says that itis now searching tunnels beneath the hospital
and there is ongoing fighting all aroundthe hospital. Hamas denies that there is
a military base there. The WorldHealth Organization has said that it is looking
for ways to evacuate patients from AlShifa Hospital. The body of one of
(01:12):
the Israeli hostages that was captured onOctober the seventh, a mother of five,
was found close to the hospital.Her husband was killed in the family
home before she was taken hostage.Human Rights Watch said yesterday that videos released
by Israel showing weapons found in hospitalsare not enough to justify attacks on hospitals,
(01:36):
which are protected under the laws ofwar. The Palestinian Health Ministry has
said that premature babies are in mortaldanger because there is no electricity in Al
Shifa to power their incubators. TheHealth ministry says that over eleven thousand people
have been killed since October seventh.Yesterday, United Nations Human Rights can missioner
(02:00):
Volka Turk said that the killings ofcivilians cannot be dismissed as collateral damage and
said that more death will cause moreextremism. There has been a breakdown of
the most basic respect for humane values. The killing of so many civilians cannot
be dismissed as collateral damage. Theonly winner of such a war is likely
(02:25):
to be extremism and further extremism.In India, forty construction workers are still
trapped inside a collapsed tunnel, fivedays after part of the tunnel collapsed.
Rescuers are digging a hole to getthe men out, and the men are
(02:45):
believed to have access to food andwater. Nepal has banned TikTok communications.
Minister Riqua Sharma has said that thedecision was made because TikTok was spreading malicious
content and disrupting social harmony. Indiabanned TikTok in twenty twenty. In Mian
(03:06):
Mah, heavy fighting is continuing closeto the border with India between the military
dictatorship and various armed groups. Indiahas said that around five thousand refugees crossed
from Mianmar into India over the lastfew days, but some have already crossed
back into me and Mar. Indiaalso said that forty members of the Burmese
(03:29):
military crossed into India to escape thefighting. Mi and Mah has been ruled
by a military dictatorship since twenty twentyone. Videos released this week by anti
military fighters appeared to show them takinggroups of soldiers as prisoners. America's Argentina
(03:51):
has the second round of its presidentialelection on Sunday. Either Peranist candidate Serkio
Massa or libertarian candidate Milay will beelected president. Opinion polls are showing an
extremely close race. During the finaltelevised debate, Massa criticized Milay for praising
(04:12):
the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was leader of the UK during
the Falklands War. Of nineteen eightytwo. Milay has said that if he
wins, he will abandon the Argentinecurrency, the peso, which has one
of the highest inflation rates in theworld, and Argentina will use the US
dollar instead. In the United States, President Joe Biden met with Chinese President
(04:40):
Shijing Bing yesterday for only the secondtime since Biden has been president. The
US and China have agreed to restarthigh level military communication, which had been
stopped by China since last year whenformer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan,
which China claims as its territory.Relations between the US and China have been
(05:04):
even worse since the US accused Chinaof sending a spy balloon over the United
States earlier this year. Biden saidthat progress has been made. However,
later yesterday, Biden referred to Sheas a dictator, which has not been
reported in Chinese media, which isheavily censored by the Chinese Communist Party.
(05:29):
A reporter asked if Biden would callShe a dictator, and Biden said he
is. Europe. In Germany,Turkish President recipteb Urdugan will meet Chancellor Olaf
Schultz today since the October seventh attacksin Israel, in which Hamas deliberately killed
(05:49):
Israeli civilians, including women and children, and took many civilians as hostages.
Most European leaders have spoken about Hamasas terrorists. However, Erdogan has said
that Hamas are not terrorists but arefreedom fighters. Erdergan has accused Israel of
being fascist, which Schultz has describedas absurd. In Germany, about one
(06:15):
point five million people have Turkish citizenship, and Turkish is the second most common
language in Germany. In Ukraine,United Kingdom Foreign Minister, the former Prime
Minister David Cameron visited President Volodimir Zelenskiyesterday. He said that the UK was
ready to support Ukraine in every wayfor as long as needed. What I
(06:36):
want to say by being ESK isthat we will intingusically belase the moral support,
the diplomatic support, the economic force, but above all the military support.
But you need not just this yearand next year, but that long
it takes. Africa. In Liberia, it is still not clear who won
(06:57):
the presidential election that took place onWednesday. At the time of recording this
podcast, eighty seven percent of voteshad been declared and opposition candidate Joseph Boacai
had a one percent lead over currentPresident George ware And. In Malawi,
President Lazarus Chaquera has suspended foreign travelfor himself and other government officials. Chaquera
(07:26):
said that he was taking tough measuresto heal Malawi's economy and announced a series
of budget cuts, including a fiftypercent cut on fuel allowances for government officials
and a ban on all state paidforeign travel, including for himself. A
big thank you to Nuncio in Italyand Andrea also in Italy for becoming our
(07:51):
newest supporters. If you'd like tohelp to support us, have access to
the transcripts of every episode and playour weekly news quiz, then you can
become a supporter at senseven dot org. I'm Stephen Devinchenzi. Have a great
weekend and I will see you onMonday.
Good morning. This is Send sevenWorld News in seven minutes. I'm Stephen
devonchen Z. Today is Friday,the seventeenth of November twenty twenty three.
Starting in Asia. Today, Israel'sarmy is operating inside the Al Shifa Hospital,
(00:24):
Gaza's biggest hospital, which it saysis being used as a military command
center for Hamas. Hundreds of patientsand staff remain in the hospital as Israeli
soldiers search every area. A BBCjournalist sent a report from inside part of
the hospital yesterday, and that reportshowed weapons that it said were found there.
(00:50):
The Israeli Defense Force says that itis now searching tunnels beneath the hospital
and there is ongoing fighting all aroundthe hospital. Hamas denies that there is
a military base there. The WorldHealth Organization has said that it is looking
for ways to evacuate patients from AlShifa Hospital. The body of one of
(01:12):
the Israeli hostages that was captured onOctober the seventh, a mother of five,
was found close to the hospital.Her husband was killed in the family
home before she was taken hostage.Human Rights Watch said yesterday that videos released
by Israel showing weapons found in hospitalsare not enough to justify attacks on hospitals,
(01:36):
which are protected under the laws ofwar. The Palestinian Health Ministry has
said that premature babies are in mortaldanger because there is no electricity in Al
Shifa to power their incubators. TheHealth ministry says that over eleven thousand people
have been killed since October seventh.Yesterday, United Nations Human Rights can missioner
(02:00):
Volka Turk said that the killings ofcivilians cannot be dismissed as collateral damage and
said that more death will cause moreextremism. There has been a breakdown of
the most basic respect for humane values. The killing of so many civilians cannot
be dismissed as collateral damage. Theonly winner of such a war is likely
(02:25):
to be extremism and further extremism.In India, forty construction workers are still
trapped inside a collapsed tunnel, fivedays after part of the tunnel collapsed.
Rescuers are digging a hole to getthe men out, and the men are
(02:45):
believed to have access to food andwater. Nepal has banned TikTok communications.
Minister Riqua Sharma has said that thedecision was made because TikTok was spreading malicious
content and disrupting social harmony. Indiabanned TikTok in twenty twenty. In Mian
(03:06):
Mah, heavy fighting is continuing closeto the border with India between the military
dictatorship and various armed groups. Indiahas said that around five thousand refugees crossed
from Mianmar into India over the lastfew days, but some have already crossed
back into me and Mar. Indiaalso said that forty members of the Burmese
(03:29):
military crossed into India to escape thefighting. Mi and Mah has been ruled
by a military dictatorship since twenty twentyone. Videos released this week by anti
military fighters appeared to show them takinggroups of soldiers as prisoners. America's Argentina
(03:51):
has the second round of its presidentialelection on Sunday. Either Peranist candidate Serkio
Massa or libertarian candidate Milay will beelected president. Opinion polls are showing an
extremely close race. During the finaltelevised debate, Massa criticized Milay for praising
(04:12):
the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was leader of the UK during
the Falklands War. Of nineteen eightytwo. Milay has said that if he
wins, he will abandon the Argentinecurrency, the peso, which has one
of the highest inflation rates in theworld, and Argentina will use the US
dollar instead. In the United States, President Joe Biden met with Chinese President
(04:40):
Shijing Bing yesterday for only the secondtime since Biden has been president. The
US and China have agreed to restarthigh level military communication, which had been
stopped by China since last year whenformer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan,
which China claims as its territory.Relations between the US and China have been
(05:04):
even worse since the US accused Chinaof sending a spy balloon over the United
States earlier this year. Biden saidthat progress has been made. However,
later yesterday, Biden referred to Sheas a dictator, which has not been
reported in Chinese media, which isheavily censored by the Chinese Communist Party.
(05:29):
A reporter asked if Biden would callShe a dictator, and Biden said he
is. Europe. In Germany,Turkish President recipteb Urdugan will meet Chancellor Olaf
Schultz today since the October seventh attacksin Israel, in which Hamas deliberately killed
(05:49):
Israeli civilians, including women and children, and took many civilians as hostages.
Most European leaders have spoken about Hamasas terrorists. However, Erdogan has said
that Hamas are not terrorists but arefreedom fighters. Erdergan has accused Israel of
being fascist, which Schultz has describedas absurd. In Germany, about one
(06:15):
point five million people have Turkish citizenship, and Turkish is the second most common
language in Germany. In Ukraine,United Kingdom Foreign Minister, the former Prime
Minister David Cameron visited President Volodimir Zelenskiyesterday. He said that the UK was
ready to support Ukraine in every wayfor as long as needed. What I
(06:36):
want to say by being ESK isthat we will intingusically belase the moral support,
the diplomatic support, the economic force, but above all the military support.
But you need not just this yearand next year, but that long
it takes. Africa. In Liberia, it is still not clear who won
(06:57):
the presidential election that took place onWednesday. At the time of recording this
podcast, eighty seven percent of voteshad been declared and opposition candidate Joseph Boacai
had a one percent lead over currentPresident George ware And. In Malawi,
President Lazarus Chaquera has suspended foreign travelfor himself and other government officials. Chaquera
(07:26):
said that he was taking tough measuresto heal Malawi's economy and announced a series
of budget cuts, including a fiftypercent cut on fuel allowances for government officials
and a ban on all state paidforeign travel, including for himself. A
big thank you to Nuncio in Italyand Andrea also in Italy for becoming our
(07:51):
newest supporters. If you'd like tohelp to support us, have access to
the transcripts of every episode and playour weekly news quiz, then you can
become a supporter at senseven dot org. I'm Stephen Devinchenzi. Have a great
weekend and I will see you onMonday.
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