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Today : Hong Kong fire. Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia floods. France military service. Pope trip. Italy fake mother. Nigeria kidnappings. Guinea-Bissau coup. Peru sentence. Mexico Miss Universe investigation. US expensive comic.
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World news in 7 minutes. Friday 28th November 2025
Today : Hong Kong fire. Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia floods. France military service. Pope trip. Italy fake mother. Nigeria kidnappings. Guinea-Bissau coup. Peru sentence. Mexico Miss Universe investigation. US expensive comic.
SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.
Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.
Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.
We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.
You can become a supporter at send7.org/support
€10 off today = BLACKFRIDAY25
Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7
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Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling 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, Juliet Martin and Niall Moore every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use 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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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, It's Black Friday. Just today. You can get ten
euros off becoming a yearly supporter of Sen seven using
the discount code Black Friday twenty five. Good morning, This
is Send seven World News in seven minutes. I'm Stephen
Devin Chenzie. Today is Friday, the twenty eighth of November
(00:23):
twenty twenty five. Starting in Asia today in Hong Kong,
at least eighty three people have died in the apartment
building fires. However, this number is expected to continue to
(00:44):
rise as hundreds of people are still missing. Preliminary reports
say that the fire started on the bamboo scaffolding on
the outside of one tower block in the middle of
the day on Wednesday, and that the fire spread to
six other tower blocks that were also covered in the
(01:05):
bamboo scaffolding and construction netting. At the time of recording
this podcast, fires are still burning in at least one
of the buildings, but the fire department has said that
the situation is now under control. Hong Kong is one
of the last places in the world where bamboo scaffolding
(01:28):
is often used in construction, and it is already in
the process of being phased out because of previous safety problems.
China's President Sijingping offered sympathies to those affected by the fire.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said that over nine
hundred people are in temporary shelters. In a press conference,
(01:52):
Deputy Director of Hong Kong Fire Services Derek Armstrong Chan
said that the fire was spreading both inside and outside
of the buildings, and said that the extreme heat was
making it difficult for firefighters to go inside to rescue people.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Besides, the temperature inside the buildings concerned are very high,
so it's quite difficult for us to enter the building
and go upstairs to conduct firefighting and rescue operation.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Indonesia's capital city, Jakata, is now the most populous city
in the world, according to new data from the United Nations.
Using previous criteria, Japan's capital Tokyo was the most populous city. However,
with the new method of counting, Jakarta is highest with
(02:47):
forty two million people. Bangladesh's capital Dhaka is second with
thirty seven million, and Tokyo is third with thirty three million.
In Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, severe floods are affecting millions
of people. Thailand has said that fifty five people are
(03:07):
now known to have died in the floods. Over the
last few days, drones and helicopters have been used to
drop aid to stranded people. In Indonesia's northern ireland of Sumatra,
sixty one people have died and many more are missing
after a cyclone caused floods and landslides. Europe French presidents
(03:31):
Emmanuel Macran has announced a new voluntary military service of
ten months, mostly aimed at people aged eighteen and nineteen.
Macran said that the scheme was needed because of increasing
threats to France. Volunteers will be paid at least eight
hundred euros a month, with food and accommodation included, and
(03:53):
they will not be deployed outside France. Pope Leo has
started his first in international trip, in which he will
travel to Turkia and Lebanon. In Italy, a man dressed
up as his dead mother in order to continue to
claim her pension. According to Italian media. Various reports say
(04:16):
that the woman died in twenty twenty two, but instead
of reporting her death, the man hid her body in
his home and collected thousands of euros worth of pension.
The police were notified recently after the man dressed as
his mother in order to renew her ID card and
council staff became suspicious Africa. In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu
(04:45):
has declared a nationwide security emergency in relation to recent kidnappings,
especially of school children. Tinubu also said that the police
would recruit twenty thousand more officers. Reutter's nw whose agency
spoke to a boy who was kidnapped by gunman last
week along with three hundred of his classmates. Stephen Samuel,
(05:09):
who was thirteen, escaped after his kidnappers motorbike broke. He
described how the children were made to lie down and
were tied up before being taken and said that as
they were leaving the school, the gunman shot at a
picture of the Virgin Mary.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
When they finished, died in us the dell o sustando.
When we are about to confluence the school, they opened
the office and they removed the George Mary and the
(05:47):
and they should do it with God.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
In Guinea Bissau, the Army has said that General Horta
Naman is now transitional president and that a transition period
would last for one year. On Wednesday, the Guinea Bissau
military removed President Umaro Malo in a coudetat Americas. Peru's
(06:13):
Supreme Court has sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to more
than eleven years in prison for his attempt to dissolve
congress and rule by himself in twenty twenty two, something
often described as a self coup. Earlier this week, another
former president of Peru, Martin Viscarra, was sentenced to fourteen
(06:36):
years in prison for taking bribes while he was a
regional governor in Mexico. The Miss Universe organization, which organizes
beauty competitions, is being investigated in relation to a variety
of crimes. Raoul Rocca, who is the organization president and
(06:56):
owns half of the organization, is being investigated in relationship
to drug and weapons trafficking and stealing fuel. The other
half owner of Miss Universe is the Thai media businesswoman
Jakaphong Jaka Jutatip, who is under investigation for fraud and
(07:16):
In the United States, a comic book has sold for
over nine million dollars, the first ever Superman comic from
nineteen thirty nine by three brothers in their mother's attic
last year and was rated as the best surviving copy
of Superman number one. It's sold at auction for nine
(07:39):
point one two million dollars. A big thank you to
Nicola in Italy and Judith in Uganda for becoming our
newest supporters. Our generous supporters have access to all of
our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and world news quizzes, and
(08:00):
today there is ten euros off becoming a yearly supporter.
Just go to sendseven dot org and at the checkout
use the discount code Black. Friday twenty five, Got a question,
Send me an email at podcast at sendseven dot org.
Have a great weekend, See you on Monday.
Hi, It's Black Friday. Just today. You can get ten
euros off becoming a yearly supporter of Sen seven using
the discount code Black Friday twenty five. Good morning, This
is Send seven World News in seven minutes. I'm Stephen
Devin Chenzie. Today is Friday, the twenty eighth of November
(00:23):
twenty twenty five. Starting in Asia today in Hong Kong,
at least eighty three people have died in the apartment
building fires. However, this number is expected to continue to
(00:44):
rise as hundreds of people are still missing. Preliminary reports
say that the fire started on the bamboo scaffolding on
the outside of one tower block in the middle of
the day on Wednesday, and that the fire spread to
six other tower blocks that were also covered in the
(01:05):
bamboo scaffolding and construction netting. At the time of recording
this podcast, fires are still burning in at least one
of the buildings, but the fire department has said that
the situation is now under control. Hong Kong is one
of the last places in the world where bamboo scaffolding
(01:28):
is often used in construction, and it is already in
the process of being phased out because of previous safety problems.
China's President Sijingping offered sympathies to those affected by the fire.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said that over nine
hundred people are in temporary shelters. In a press conference,
(01:52):
Deputy Director of Hong Kong Fire Services Derek Armstrong Chan
said that the fire was spreading both inside and outside
of the buildings, and said that the extreme heat was
making it difficult for firefighters to go inside to rescue people.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Besides, the temperature inside the buildings concerned are very high,
so it's quite difficult for us to enter the building
and go upstairs to conduct firefighting and rescue operation.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Indonesia's capital city, Jakata, is now the most populous city
in the world, according to new data from the United Nations.
Using previous criteria, Japan's capital Tokyo was the most populous city. However,
with the new method of counting, Jakarta is highest with
(02:47):
forty two million people. Bangladesh's capital Dhaka is second with
thirty seven million, and Tokyo is third with thirty three million.
In Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, severe floods are affecting millions
of people. Thailand has said that fifty five people are
(03:07):
now known to have died in the floods. Over the
last few days, drones and helicopters have been used to
drop aid to stranded people. In Indonesia's northern ireland of Sumatra,
sixty one people have died and many more are missing
after a cyclone caused floods and landslides. Europe French presidents
(03:31):
Emmanuel Macran has announced a new voluntary military service of
ten months, mostly aimed at people aged eighteen and nineteen.
Macran said that the scheme was needed because of increasing
threats to France. Volunteers will be paid at least eight
hundred euros a month, with food and accommodation included, and
(03:53):
they will not be deployed outside France. Pope Leo has
started his first in international trip, in which he will
travel to Turkia and Lebanon. In Italy, a man dressed
up as his dead mother in order to continue to
claim her pension. According to Italian media. Various reports say
(04:16):
that the woman died in twenty twenty two, but instead
of reporting her death, the man hid her body in
his home and collected thousands of euros worth of pension.
The police were notified recently after the man dressed as
his mother in order to renew her ID card and
council staff became suspicious Africa. In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu
(04:45):
has declared a nationwide security emergency in relation to recent kidnappings,
especially of school children. Tinubu also said that the police
would recruit twenty thousand more officers. Reutter's nw whose agency
spoke to a boy who was kidnapped by gunman last
week along with three hundred of his classmates. Stephen Samuel,
(05:09):
who was thirteen, escaped after his kidnappers motorbike broke. He
described how the children were made to lie down and
were tied up before being taken and said that as
they were leaving the school, the gunman shot at a
picture of the Virgin Mary.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
When they finished, died in us the dell o sustando.
When we are about to confluence the school, they opened
the office and they removed the George Mary and the
(05:47):
and they should do it with God.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
In Guinea Bissau, the Army has said that General Horta
Naman is now transitional president and that a transition period
would last for one year. On Wednesday, the Guinea Bissau
military removed President Umaro Malo in a coudetat Americas. Peru's
(06:13):
Supreme Court has sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to more
than eleven years in prison for his attempt to dissolve
congress and rule by himself in twenty twenty two, something
often described as a self coup. Earlier this week, another
former president of Peru, Martin Viscarra, was sentenced to fourteen
(06:36):
years in prison for taking bribes while he was a
regional governor in Mexico. The Miss Universe organization, which organizes
beauty competitions, is being investigated in relation to a variety
of crimes. Raoul Rocca, who is the organization president and
(06:56):
owns half of the organization, is being investigated in relationship
to drug and weapons trafficking and stealing fuel. The other
half owner of Miss Universe is the Thai media businesswoman
Jakaphong Jaka Jutatip, who is under investigation for fraud and
(07:16):
In the United States, a comic book has sold for
over nine million dollars, the first ever Superman comic from
nineteen thirty nine by three brothers in their mother's attic
last year and was rated as the best surviving copy
of Superman number one. It's sold at auction for nine
(07:39):
point one two million dollars. A big thank you to
Nicola in Italy and Judith in Uganda for becoming our
newest supporters. Our generous supporters have access to all of
our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and world news quizzes, and
(08:00):
today there is ten euros off becoming a yearly supporter.
Just go to sendseven dot org and at the checkout
use the discount code Black. Friday twenty five, Got a question,
Send me an email at podcast at sendseven dot org.
Have a great weekend, See you on Monday.
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