World news in 7 minutes. Friday 22nd August 2025.
Today: Israel Gaza offensive. Afghanistan crash. Xi Tibet. Pakistan floods. Indonesia drug toy. Brazil Bolsonaro escape. US AI fear. DRC M23 attacks. Egypt artefacts. Ukraine guarantees. Sweden rolling church.
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Today: Israel Gaza offensive. Afghanistan crash. Xi Tibet. Pakistan floods. Indonesia drug toy. Brazil Bolsonaro escape. US AI fear. DRC M23 attacks. Egypt artefacts. Ukraine guarantees. Sweden rolling church.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Friday, the twenty second
of August twenty twenty five. Starting in Asia today, Israel
(00:21):
is continuing a large offensive into Gaza City and has
said that it will take control of all of the city.
Israel has mobilized tens of thousands of reserve soldiers for
the operation. Earlier this week, Hamas offered to agree to
a ceasefire in which they would release half of the
(00:44):
living hostages that it is still keeping. However, Israel has
not agreed to this and said that it would continue
negotiations for the release of all hostages. According to an
investigation by The Guardian and some other media sources, a
classified Israeli database shows that Israeli military data has listed
(01:08):
eight thousand, nine hundred HAMAS members as being killed or
probably killed. The Guardian has compared this number to the
fifty three thousand deaths recorded by Gaza health officials to
suggest that eighty three percent of people killed in the
war are civilians. In Afghanistan, at least seventy eight people
(01:32):
have died after a bus crashed into a fuel truck.
According to hospital staff and Taliban officials. Chinese President Shijingping
visited Tibet yesterday to mark sixty years since Chinese rule
over Tibet was established. In India, Tibetans living in exile
(01:54):
protested against Chinese rule of Tibet. There are around one
hundred thousand Tibetans living in India, where the Tibetan government
in exile is based and where the spiritual leader, the
Dalai Lama lives. In Pakistan, the number of people who
have died in floods over the last few weeks has
(02:15):
risen to seven hundred and thirty nine according to the
United Nations. Although most of the deaths are from rural areas,
urban areas of Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, have also been flooded.
In Indonesia, a Peruvian woman has been arrested and accused
(02:35):
of trying to smuggle one point four kilograms of cocaine
in a sex toy Americas. In Brazil, police have said
that former president Jair Bolsonaro was planning to travel to
Argentina to avoid being punished in relation to an alleged
(02:57):
kudita in twenty twenty two, after he lost the presidential
election a Supreme Court judge has given Bolsonaro two days
to explain himself. In the United States, most people fear
artificial intelligence taking people's jobs, according to a poll by Reuters.
(03:19):
The survey of thousands of people said that seventy one
percent of respondents were concerned that AI would put people
out of work permanently. Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
at least one hundred and forty civilians were killed by
(03:41):
the M twenty three group during July. According to Human
Rights Watch, M twenty three is a rebel group supported
by Rwanda, which has taken control of large parts of
eastern DRC, including two major cities. Human Rights Watch says
that M twenty three attacked people in at least fourteen
(04:04):
villages and farming areas. In Egypt, there have been major
excavations of ancient artifacts under the sea close to Alexandria.
Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities says that this area used to
be a complete city during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ran
(04:26):
from the third to the first centuries BC until Egypt
was conquered by the Romans europe. European leaders, the United
States and NATO have been In discussions over the last
week about how security guarantees could be given to Ukraine
(04:48):
in the case of a peace deal with Russia, some countries,
including France and the UK, have said that they could
station soldiers in Ukraine as part of security guarantees. However,
yesterday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that this was
unacceptable for Russia. In an interview with Fox News, US
(05:13):
Vice President JD Vance said that European countries should pay
for the lion's share of Ukraine's security no.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Matter what happens, no matter what form this takes, the
Europeans are going to have to take the lion's share
of the burden. It's their continent, it's their security, and
the President's been very clear they're going to have to
step up here.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Poland has said that a Russian drone crashed in Poland yesterday.
In Italy, police have arrested a Ukrainian man who is
suspected of coordinating attacks on the nord Stream pipelines. And
in Sweden, a church has been moved five kilometers on wheels.
(05:59):
The Kuruna Church is one of Sweden's largest wooden buildings
and was built between nineteen O nine, nineteen twelve because
of the expansion of the Kiruna mine. The whole building,
which weighs six hundred and seventy two tons, was lifted
onto wheels and very slowly moved to its new location
(06:23):
over two days, with the whole transportation being broadcast live
on Swedish television. A big thank you to Camilla in Poland,
Awl in Germany and Clara in Chechia for becoming our
newest supporters. Our amazing supporters keep this podcast running and
(06:45):
have access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets
and world news quizzes. We give ten percent of our
profit to highly effective charities. You can become a supporter
at cent seven dot org and and just during August
there is a ten euro discount on becoming a yearly
supporter using the code August twenty twenty five. During August,
(07:10):
this podcast is just being released on Tuesdays and Fridays,
but we will be back five days a week in September.
The next episode will be with Juliet's on Tuesday. Have
a great weekend,
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Friday, the twenty second
of August twenty twenty five. Starting in Asia today, Israel
(00:21):
is continuing a large offensive into Gaza City and has
said that it will take control of all of the city.
Israel has mobilized tens of thousands of reserve soldiers for
the operation. Earlier this week, Hamas offered to agree to
a ceasefire in which they would release half of the
(00:44):
living hostages that it is still keeping. However, Israel has
not agreed to this and said that it would continue
negotiations for the release of all hostages. According to an
investigation by The Guardian and some other media sources, a
classified Israeli database shows that Israeli military data has listed
(01:08):
eight thousand, nine hundred HAMAS members as being killed or
probably killed. The Guardian has compared this number to the
fifty three thousand deaths recorded by Gaza health officials to
suggest that eighty three percent of people killed in the
war are civilians. In Afghanistan, at least seventy eight people
(01:32):
have died after a bus crashed into a fuel truck.
According to hospital staff and Taliban officials. Chinese President Shijingping
visited Tibet yesterday to mark sixty years since Chinese rule
over Tibet was established. In India, Tibetans living in exile
(01:54):
protested against Chinese rule of Tibet. There are around one
hundred thousand Tibetans living in India, where the Tibetan government
in exile is based and where the spiritual leader, the
Dalai Lama lives. In Pakistan, the number of people who
have died in floods over the last few weeks has
(02:15):
risen to seven hundred and thirty nine according to the
United Nations. Although most of the deaths are from rural areas,
urban areas of Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, have also been flooded.
In Indonesia, a Peruvian woman has been arrested and accused
(02:35):
of trying to smuggle one point four kilograms of cocaine
in a sex toy Americas. In Brazil, police have said
that former president Jair Bolsonaro was planning to travel to
Argentina to avoid being punished in relation to an alleged
(02:57):
kudita in twenty twenty two, after he lost the presidential
election a Supreme Court judge has given Bolsonaro two days
to explain himself. In the United States, most people fear
artificial intelligence taking people's jobs, according to a poll by Reuters.
(03:19):
The survey of thousands of people said that seventy one
percent of respondents were concerned that AI would put people
out of work permanently. Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
at least one hundred and forty civilians were killed by
(03:41):
the M twenty three group during July. According to Human
Rights Watch, M twenty three is a rebel group supported
by Rwanda, which has taken control of large parts of
eastern DRC, including two major cities. Human Rights Watch says
that M twenty three attacked people in at least fourteen
(04:04):
villages and farming areas. In Egypt, there have been major
excavations of ancient artifacts under the sea close to Alexandria.
Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities says that this area used to
be a complete city during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ran
(04:26):
from the third to the first centuries BC until Egypt
was conquered by the Romans europe. European leaders, the United
States and NATO have been In discussions over the last
week about how security guarantees could be given to Ukraine
(04:48):
in the case of a peace deal with Russia, some countries,
including France and the UK, have said that they could
station soldiers in Ukraine as part of security guarantees. However,
yesterday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that this was
unacceptable for Russia. In an interview with Fox News, US
(05:13):
Vice President JD Vance said that European countries should pay
for the lion's share of Ukraine's security no.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Matter what happens, no matter what form this takes, the
Europeans are going to have to take the lion's share
of the burden. It's their continent, it's their security, and
the President's been very clear they're going to have to
step up here.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Poland has said that a Russian drone crashed in Poland yesterday.
In Italy, police have arrested a Ukrainian man who is
suspected of coordinating attacks on the nord Stream pipelines. And
in Sweden, a church has been moved five kilometers on wheels.
(05:59):
The Kuruna Church is one of Sweden's largest wooden buildings
and was built between nineteen O nine, nineteen twelve because
of the expansion of the Kiruna mine. The whole building,
which weighs six hundred and seventy two tons, was lifted
onto wheels and very slowly moved to its new location
(06:23):
over two days, with the whole transportation being broadcast live
on Swedish television. A big thank you to Camilla in Poland,
Awl in Germany and Clara in Chechia for becoming our
newest supporters. Our amazing supporters keep this podcast running and
(06:45):
have access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets
and world news quizzes. We give ten percent of our
profit to highly effective charities. You can become a supporter
at cent seven dot org and and just during August
there is a ten euro discount on becoming a yearly
supporter using the code August twenty twenty five. During August,
(07:10):
this podcast is just being released on Tuesdays and Fridays,
but we will be back five days a week in September.
The next episode will be with Juliet's on Tuesday. Have
a great weekend,
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