World news in 7 minutes. Friday 19th September 2025
Today : Russia Navalny poisoned. Ukraine hits oil. France strikes. UK Trump visit. Gaza no services. Timor-Leste no cars. China soup wee. Libya boat. Zambia magic. US Kimmel. Peru ancient dolphin.
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Today : Russia Navalny poisoned. Ukraine hits oil. France strikes. UK Trump visit. Gaza no services. Timor-Leste no cars. China soup wee. Libya boat. Zambia magic. US Kimmel. Peru ancient dolphin.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good morning. This is send seven world news in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Friday, the nineteenth of
September twenty twenty five. Starting in Europe today, the widow
(00:22):
of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni says that two laboratories
outside of Russia have shown that Navalni was poisoned. Navalni
died in prison last year after choosing to return to
Russia in twenty twenty one, after previously almost dying from
being poisoned in twenty twenty and receiving treatment in Germany.
(00:46):
Russian authorities said that Navalni died suddenly last year in
a prison in the Arctic Circle. However, Navalni's wife, Julia Navagner,
has now said that biological samples of naval His body
were secretly smuggled out of Russia and have shown that
Navalni was poisoned. Ukraine said yesterday that its drones have
(01:10):
hit major oil refineries in Russia's Volgograd region, in southern
Russia and in bash Kortustan, which is one thousand, five
hundred kilometers from Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday
that over seven hundred thousand Russian soldiers are currently fighting
in Ukraine. In the United Kingdom, United States President Donald
(01:34):
Trump has finished his official state visit meeting with Prime
Minister Sakir Starma yesterday, after being with the King earlier
this week. At a press conference, a journalist asked Trump
what advice he would give Starma in order to stop
illegal immigration. Trump said that he had advised Starma to
(01:56):
use the military.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I I told the prime ministers stop it. And it
doesn't matter if you call out the military. It doesn't
matter what means you use, but it's going to destroy.
It destroys countries from within.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
In France, hundreds of thousands of people joined protests across
the country yesterday organized by trade unions. Demonstrators called for
a reversal of budget cuts and for a tax system
that taxes big companies more and working people less. There
was mass disruption across France yesterday as many types of
(02:34):
public sector workers went on strike, including in transport, hospitals,
and schools. Also in France, a painting by Spanish artist
Pablo Picasso, which has not been shown to the public
since World War II, is going on auction. Bust of
A Woman with a flowery Hat was completed in nineteen
(02:57):
forty three during the Nazi occupy of France and was
bought and kept in a private collection since nineteen forty four.
The painting will be sold at auction next month Asia.
In Palestine, internet and phone services were cut in the
Gaza Strip yesterday as Israel continues its ground offensive into
(03:22):
Gaza City. According to Al Jazeera, forty eight Gazans were
killed by Israeli air strikes and gunfire yesterday, mostly in
Gaza City. Israel also launched air strikes on southern Lebanon
yesterday on what it said were Hesbona sites. In timor Leste,
(03:43):
a plan to give parliamentarians free cars has been withdrawn
after large protests against it. Members of the Timorise Parliament
earn thirty six thousand dollars a year, which is more
than ten times at the average salary in Timor Leste.
In both Nepal and Indonesia, they have been large protests
(04:05):
against the salaries and privileges of politicians. Recently. In China,
two teenagers have been ordered to pay two point two
million yuan around two hundred and sixty thousand euros for
urinating in a soup. The two seventeen year olds posted
(04:27):
a video online of them urinating in the restaurant kitchen
when they weren't drunk. A court in Shanghai awarded the
restaurant chain Heidi Lau two million yuan for reputational damage
and more money for equipment losses, cleaning and legal costs. Africa,
(04:49):
close to Libya, sixty one people are expected to have
died after a refugee boat sank earlier this week. According
to the International Organized for Migration, only thirteen people survived,
most of them were refugees from Sudan. Senegal has said
that on Tuesday it stopped a wooden boat carrying one
(05:12):
hundred and twelve people that was probably aiming to reach
Spain's Canary Islands. In Zambia, two men have been convicted
of planning to kill the president using witchcraft. The two
men were arrested in December, with authorities reporting that they
(05:33):
had items used for magic. The men have received two
years in jail for their attempt to kill President Hykande Hichilema,
who Human Rights Watch has accused of intimidating opposition politicians,
activists and journalists Americas in the United States, the popular
(05:57):
late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live has been taken off
air because of comments that Jimmy Kimmel made about the
assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. In Monday's show, Kimmel
said that President Trump and his supporters were trying to
characterize the assassin as being on the left, when actually
(06:19):
he was more like them. Kimmel also criticized Trump's response
to the murder and said that Trump's way of mourning
Kirk was like how a child mourns a dead goldfish.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
So mill Rowe's over the weekend with the Maga gang
desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
as anything other than one of them, and everything they
can to score political points from it.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Democrats have called the cancelation of Kimmel's show censorship and
say that the government is suppressing free speech. And in Peru,
paleontologists have shown that they have found the fossilized skeleton
of an ancient creature similar to a dolphin. The skeleton
(07:06):
was found in the desert south of Lima, which was
once part of the Pacific Ocean and the remains are
believed to be around ten million years old. And speaking
of ten million, this week this podcast Simple English News
Daily passed ten million downloads. Sent seven was started in
(07:28):
twenty twenty and this is the one thousand, three hundred
and sixty sixth episode. The top ten countries that people
listen from at the moment are Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, France, Poland, Brazil,
the US, Turkia, Taiwan and Cechia. Thank you for taking
us over ten million downloads, and a big thank you
(07:51):
to Suzanne in Germany for becoming our newest supporter. If
you would like to help to support SEN seven and
have access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets
and world news quizzes, you can become a supporter at
senseven dot org. We give ten percent of our profit
(08:13):
to extremely effective charities. Have a great weekend, see you
on Monday.
Good morning. This is send seven world news in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Friday, the nineteenth of
September twenty twenty five. Starting in Europe today, the widow
(00:22):
of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni says that two laboratories
outside of Russia have shown that Navalni was poisoned. Navalni
died in prison last year after choosing to return to
Russia in twenty twenty one, after previously almost dying from
being poisoned in twenty twenty and receiving treatment in Germany.
(00:46):
Russian authorities said that Navalni died suddenly last year in
a prison in the Arctic Circle. However, Navalni's wife, Julia Navagner,
has now said that biological samples of naval His body
were secretly smuggled out of Russia and have shown that
Navalni was poisoned. Ukraine said yesterday that its drones have
(01:10):
hit major oil refineries in Russia's Volgograd region, in southern
Russia and in bash Kortustan, which is one thousand, five
hundred kilometers from Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday
that over seven hundred thousand Russian soldiers are currently fighting
in Ukraine. In the United Kingdom, United States President Donald
(01:34):
Trump has finished his official state visit meeting with Prime
Minister Sakir Starma yesterday, after being with the King earlier
this week. At a press conference, a journalist asked Trump
what advice he would give Starma in order to stop
illegal immigration. Trump said that he had advised Starma to
(01:56):
use the military.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I I told the prime ministers stop it. And it
doesn't matter if you call out the military. It doesn't
matter what means you use, but it's going to destroy.
It destroys countries from within.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
In France, hundreds of thousands of people joined protests across
the country yesterday organized by trade unions. Demonstrators called for
a reversal of budget cuts and for a tax system
that taxes big companies more and working people less. There
was mass disruption across France yesterday as many types of
(02:34):
public sector workers went on strike, including in transport, hospitals,
and schools. Also in France, a painting by Spanish artist
Pablo Picasso, which has not been shown to the public
since World War II, is going on auction. Bust of
A Woman with a flowery Hat was completed in nineteen
(02:57):
forty three during the Nazi occupy of France and was
bought and kept in a private collection since nineteen forty four.
The painting will be sold at auction next month Asia.
In Palestine, internet and phone services were cut in the
Gaza Strip yesterday as Israel continues its ground offensive into
(03:22):
Gaza City. According to Al Jazeera, forty eight Gazans were
killed by Israeli air strikes and gunfire yesterday, mostly in
Gaza City. Israel also launched air strikes on southern Lebanon
yesterday on what it said were Hesbona sites. In timor Leste,
(03:43):
a plan to give parliamentarians free cars has been withdrawn
after large protests against it. Members of the Timorise Parliament
earn thirty six thousand dollars a year, which is more
than ten times at the average salary in Timor Leste.
In both Nepal and Indonesia, they have been large protests
(04:05):
against the salaries and privileges of politicians. Recently. In China,
two teenagers have been ordered to pay two point two
million yuan around two hundred and sixty thousand euros for
urinating in a soup. The two seventeen year olds posted
(04:27):
a video online of them urinating in the restaurant kitchen
when they weren't drunk. A court in Shanghai awarded the
restaurant chain Heidi Lau two million yuan for reputational damage
and more money for equipment losses, cleaning and legal costs. Africa,
(04:49):
close to Libya, sixty one people are expected to have
died after a refugee boat sank earlier this week. According
to the International Organized for Migration, only thirteen people survived,
most of them were refugees from Sudan. Senegal has said
that on Tuesday it stopped a wooden boat carrying one
(05:12):
hundred and twelve people that was probably aiming to reach
Spain's Canary Islands. In Zambia, two men have been convicted
of planning to kill the president using witchcraft. The two
men were arrested in December, with authorities reporting that they
(05:33):
had items used for magic. The men have received two
years in jail for their attempt to kill President Hykande Hichilema,
who Human Rights Watch has accused of intimidating opposition politicians,
activists and journalists Americas in the United States, the popular
(05:57):
late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live has been taken off
air because of comments that Jimmy Kimmel made about the
assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. In Monday's show, Kimmel
said that President Trump and his supporters were trying to
characterize the assassin as being on the left, when actually
(06:19):
he was more like them. Kimmel also criticized Trump's response
to the murder and said that Trump's way of mourning
Kirk was like how a child mourns a dead goldfish.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
So mill Rowe's over the weekend with the Maga gang
desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
as anything other than one of them, and everything they
can to score political points from it.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Democrats have called the cancelation of Kimmel's show censorship and
say that the government is suppressing free speech. And in Peru,
paleontologists have shown that they have found the fossilized skeleton
of an ancient creature similar to a dolphin. The skeleton
(07:06):
was found in the desert south of Lima, which was
once part of the Pacific Ocean and the remains are
believed to be around ten million years old. And speaking
of ten million, this week this podcast Simple English News
Daily passed ten million downloads. Sent seven was started in
(07:28):
twenty twenty and this is the one thousand, three hundred
and sixty sixth episode. The top ten countries that people
listen from at the moment are Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, France, Poland, Brazil,
the US, Turkia, Taiwan and Cechia. Thank you for taking
us over ten million downloads, and a big thank you
(07:51):
to Suzanne in Germany for becoming our newest supporter. If
you would like to help to support SEN seven and
have access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets
and world news quizzes, you can become a supporter at
senseven dot org. We give ten percent of our profit
(08:13):
to extremely effective charities. Have a great weekend, see you
on Monday.
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