World news in 7 minutes. Friday 17th October 2025
Today : Ukraine power cuts. Zelensky-Trump-Putin. France PM survives. Switzerland Nestle cuts. Sweden Greta detention. Pakistan Afghanistan truce. India no oil. Bolivia election. US Venezuela CIA. Kenya disruptions. Seychelles tortoises.
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Today : Ukraine power cuts. Zelensky-Trump-Putin. France PM survives. Switzerland Nestle cuts. Sweden Greta detention. Pakistan Afghanistan truce. India no oil. Bolivia election. US Venezuela CIA. Kenya disruptions. Seychelles tortoises.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Friday, the seventeenth of
October twenty twenty five, starting in Europe today. In Ukraine,
(00:24):
there were power cuts in all parts of the country
yesterday after repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Ukrainian
President Voladimir Zelenski will visit the United States today, where
he is expected to make the case for the US
to give Tomahawk long range missiles to Ukraine to use
(00:47):
against Russia. However, yesterday, Trump said that he had held
a two hour phone call with Russian President of Vladimir Putin,
in which he said great pro progress was made and
said that he would meet President Putin in Hungary, without
saying when. Trump also said that he and Putin spent
(01:10):
a long time talking about trade between Russia and the
US when the war is over. In France, Prime Minister
Sebastia Lecornu survived two votes of no confidence yesterday. Lecornu
has won temporary support from the center left Socialist Party
(01:30):
after promising to suspend pension reforms until after the twenty
twenty seven election. Fifteen French and British human rights organizations
are creating a legal challenge against a recent agreement by
France and the UK to swap asylum seekers in an
(01:52):
attempt to dissuade people from illegally crossing from France to
England in small votes. France has agreed to accept the
return of some migrants who enter the UK in this
way in return for the UK accepting the same number
of asylum seekers residing in France. Until now, twenty six
(02:15):
people have been swapped. The human rights organizations say that
the deal does not provide the correct guarantees to asylum
seekers and is disrespectful of human dignity. Swiss multinational food
company Nesley has said that it will cut sixteen thousand
(02:36):
jobs around the world, representing almost six percent of its
two hundred and seventy seven thousand employees. Nesley's stock price
rose eight percent yesterday after this news was released. Swedish
activist Greta Tunberg has said that she was beaten, kicked
(02:56):
and threatened with being gassed while in Israeli detention. Talking
to the Swedish newspaper often Bladdit, Tunberg said that her
treatment was nothing compared to the thousands of Palestinians who
are held without trial by Israel. She also showed her bag,
which had been covered in graffiti, including the words whar
(03:21):
greta the Jewish star of David and a penis Asia.
India's Foreign ministry has denied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has spoken to US President Donald Trump about India stopping
buying Russian oil. Trump said that in a phone call
(03:45):
on Wednesday, Modi said that India will stop buying Russian oil.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Now. We were not happy with him buying oil from
Russia because that lets Russia continue on with this ridiculous
war where they've lost a million and air of people.
By the way, Russia's lost a mina and people soldiers.
Mostly this is a war that should have never started.
But it's a war that Russia should have won in
the first week and they're going into the fourth year
(04:11):
and I want to see it stop. So I was
not happy that India was buying oil. And he assured
me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia.
That's a big stop. And he's assured me there will
be no oil purchased from Russia. I don't know, Maybe
that's a breaking story. Can I say that, would you
say there will be no oil? He's not buying his
oil from Russia. It's started, you know. He can't do
(04:31):
it immediately. It's a little bit of a process. But
the process is going to be over with soon.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Pakistan and Afghanistans Taliban have agreed to a temporary two
day ceasefire after a week of fighting across the border,
which has killed around one hundred people. Both Pakistan and
the Taliban said that the other side had requested the ceasefire.
Over the last few days, there have been long qu
(05:00):
of trucks waiting to cross the border. America's Bolivia has
the second round of its presidential election on Sunday. Opinion
polls show a close race between the conservative former president
Jorge Kiroga and the Christian Democratic Party candidate Senator Rodrigo
(05:22):
Paz Pereda. United States President Donald Trump has confirmed authorizing
CIA operations in Venezuela. Since August. The Trump administration has
offered fifty million dollars as a reward for information leading
to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Madudo. Africa, in Kenya,
(05:48):
there were disruptions in the capital Nairobi yesterday by people
mourning the death of former Prime Minister, democracy advocate and
opposition leader ryler Of. There was a ceremony at Nairobi
International Airport to receive the body of Odinga, who was
being treated in India when he died on Wednesday, and
(06:12):
President William Ruto joined the ceremony at the airport. However,
thousands of people stormed the airport, delaying the normal functioning
of the airport for two hours. Odinga's body was taken
to the Nairobi Nyayo National Stadium where police used tear
gas to disperse large crowds that had broken down a
(06:35):
gate to get into the stadium. Last night. There were
reports that four people died in the chaos. On Wednesday,
Deputy President Kituri Kindiki said that there would be a
state funeral for Dinga today. However, it is not clear
if that is still happening. And in Seychelles, a conservation
(06:58):
effort to protect al Dabra giant tortoises is being considered
a success. The Aldabra giant tortoise is classified as a
vulnerable species and only lives in the Seychelles Islands. For
the first time, conservationists have incubated aldabra eggs and thirteen
(07:21):
baby giant tortoises have hatched and are now eating bananas
and leaves. They might grow to over two hundred and
fifty kilograms and they could live for over one hundred years.
A big thank you to Alexandra in Germany for becoming
our newest supporter. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd
(07:44):
like to help to support us and have access to
our daily transcripts and vocabulary lists, and our weekly worksheets
and world news quizzes, then you can become a supporter
at seven dot org give ten percent of our profit
to the world's most effective charities. Have a great weekend
(08:06):
and we will see you on Monday.
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Friday, the seventeenth of
October twenty twenty five, starting in Europe today. In Ukraine,
(00:24):
there were power cuts in all parts of the country
yesterday after repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Ukrainian
President Voladimir Zelenski will visit the United States today, where
he is expected to make the case for the US
to give Tomahawk long range missiles to Ukraine to use
(00:47):
against Russia. However, yesterday, Trump said that he had held
a two hour phone call with Russian President of Vladimir Putin,
in which he said great pro progress was made and
said that he would meet President Putin in Hungary, without
saying when. Trump also said that he and Putin spent
(01:10):
a long time talking about trade between Russia and the
US when the war is over. In France, Prime Minister
Sebastia Lecornu survived two votes of no confidence yesterday. Lecornu
has won temporary support from the center left Socialist Party
(01:30):
after promising to suspend pension reforms until after the twenty
twenty seven election. Fifteen French and British human rights organizations
are creating a legal challenge against a recent agreement by
France and the UK to swap asylum seekers in an
(01:52):
attempt to dissuade people from illegally crossing from France to
England in small votes. France has agreed to accept the
return of some migrants who enter the UK in this
way in return for the UK accepting the same number
of asylum seekers residing in France. Until now, twenty six
(02:15):
people have been swapped. The human rights organizations say that
the deal does not provide the correct guarantees to asylum
seekers and is disrespectful of human dignity. Swiss multinational food
company Nesley has said that it will cut sixteen thousand
(02:36):
jobs around the world, representing almost six percent of its
two hundred and seventy seven thousand employees. Nesley's stock price
rose eight percent yesterday after this news was released. Swedish
activist Greta Tunberg has said that she was beaten, kicked
(02:56):
and threatened with being gassed while in Israeli detention. Talking
to the Swedish newspaper often Bladdit, Tunberg said that her
treatment was nothing compared to the thousands of Palestinians who
are held without trial by Israel. She also showed her bag,
which had been covered in graffiti, including the words whar
(03:21):
greta the Jewish star of David and a penis Asia.
India's Foreign ministry has denied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has spoken to US President Donald Trump about India stopping
buying Russian oil. Trump said that in a phone call
(03:45):
on Wednesday, Modi said that India will stop buying Russian oil.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Now. We were not happy with him buying oil from
Russia because that lets Russia continue on with this ridiculous
war where they've lost a million and air of people.
By the way, Russia's lost a mina and people soldiers.
Mostly this is a war that should have never started.
But it's a war that Russia should have won in
the first week and they're going into the fourth year
(04:11):
and I want to see it stop. So I was
not happy that India was buying oil. And he assured
me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia.
That's a big stop. And he's assured me there will
be no oil purchased from Russia. I don't know, Maybe
that's a breaking story. Can I say that, would you
say there will be no oil? He's not buying his
oil from Russia. It's started, you know. He can't do
(04:31):
it immediately. It's a little bit of a process. But
the process is going to be over with soon.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Pakistan and Afghanistans Taliban have agreed to a temporary two
day ceasefire after a week of fighting across the border,
which has killed around one hundred people. Both Pakistan and
the Taliban said that the other side had requested the ceasefire.
Over the last few days, there have been long qu
(05:00):
of trucks waiting to cross the border. America's Bolivia has
the second round of its presidential election on Sunday. Opinion
polls show a close race between the conservative former president
Jorge Kiroga and the Christian Democratic Party candidate Senator Rodrigo
(05:22):
Paz Pereda. United States President Donald Trump has confirmed authorizing
CIA operations in Venezuela. Since August. The Trump administration has
offered fifty million dollars as a reward for information leading
to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Madudo. Africa, in Kenya,
(05:48):
there were disruptions in the capital Nairobi yesterday by people
mourning the death of former Prime Minister, democracy advocate and
opposition leader ryler Of. There was a ceremony at Nairobi
International Airport to receive the body of Odinga, who was
being treated in India when he died on Wednesday, and
(06:12):
President William Ruto joined the ceremony at the airport. However,
thousands of people stormed the airport, delaying the normal functioning
of the airport for two hours. Odinga's body was taken
to the Nairobi Nyayo National Stadium where police used tear
gas to disperse large crowds that had broken down a
(06:35):
gate to get into the stadium. Last night. There were
reports that four people died in the chaos. On Wednesday,
Deputy President Kituri Kindiki said that there would be a
state funeral for Dinga today. However, it is not clear
if that is still happening. And in Seychelles, a conservation
(06:58):
effort to protect al Dabra giant tortoises is being considered
a success. The Aldabra giant tortoise is classified as a
vulnerable species and only lives in the Seychelles Islands. For
the first time, conservationists have incubated aldabra eggs and thirteen
(07:21):
baby giant tortoises have hatched and are now eating bananas
and leaves. They might grow to over two hundred and
fifty kilograms and they could live for over one hundred years.
A big thank you to Alexandra in Germany for becoming
our newest supporter. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd
(07:44):
like to help to support us and have access to
our daily transcripts and vocabulary lists, and our weekly worksheets
and world news quizzes, then you can become a supporter
at seven dot org give ten percent of our profit
to the world's most effective charities. Have a great weekend
(08:06):
and we will see you on Monday.
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