World news in 7 minutes. Monday 13th October 2025
Today : Gaza ceasfire holds. Japan coalition. Afghanistan Pakistan fighting. Ukraine attacks. France Lecornu deja vu. Madagascar coup? Seychelles results. Peru Boluarte gone. Venezuela Machado peace prize.
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Today : Gaza ceasfire holds. Japan coalition. Afghanistan Pakistan fighting. Ukraine attacks. France Lecornu deja vu. Madagascar coup? Seychelles results. Peru Boluarte gone. Venezuela Machado peace prize.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devincenzi. Today is Monday, the thirteenth of October
twenty twenty five. Starting in Asia today in Palestine, hundreds
(00:23):
of thousands of people in Gaza have returned to their
homes or the ruins of their homes after a ceasefire
began on Friday. Reports from Gaza appear to show that
the ceasefire is working. There was an increase in aid
deliveries yesterday and there are expected to be bigger increases
(00:44):
in aid deliveries today and tomorrow. Italy's Defense Minister Guido
Crosseto has said that the Rafa border crossing between Egypt
and Gaza would reopen tomorrow but would remain controlled by Israel.
Well Hamas is expected to start to release Israeli hostages today.
(01:06):
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas,
over sixty seven thousand Palestinians have been killed in the
last two years of war. In Egypt, President abdel Fatta
Alcisi and United States President Donald Trump are expected to
host a Gaza peace summit today in the coastal resort
(01:28):
of shame El Shaikh. Leaders from various countries in the region,
and also the UK, Italy, Spain, and France are believed
to be attending. President Trump has said that Israeli hostages
would be released today and that bodies of dead hostages
were being unearthed.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's a great deal for Israel, but it's a great
deal for everybody, for Arabs, for Muslims, for everybody, for
the world. And as you know, on Monday, the hostages
come back. They're getting them now. I mean they're getting
them now. They're and some pretty rough places under earth.
There are some pretty rough places where only a few
(02:08):
people know where they are in some cases. So they're
getting them. And they're also getting the bodies, approximately twenty
eight bodies, and some of those bodies are being unearthed
right now as we speak. I mean they're working on
it right now as we speak.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
In Israel, one of the survivors of the seventh of
October twenty twenty three massacre at a music festival has
killed himself. Roi Shalev survived being shot in the leg
by Hamas attackers at the festival, but his girlfriend and
best friend were murdered in front of him while all
of them were hiding under a car Shalev posted on
(02:48):
social media that he could not go on. More than
three hundred and seventy young people were randomly killed at
the Nova Music festival in Japan. The party Komehito has
said that it is leaving the governing coalition. Last week,
Sanai Takaichi was chosen by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
(03:11):
to be its new leader, and it was expected that
she would become Japan's first ever female prime minister. However,
now it is not clear what will happen, as the
LDP does not have enough votes by itself to confirm
Takaichi as prime minister. Afghanistan's Taliban and Pakistani security forces
(03:35):
have fired heavy weapons at each other along the Afghanistan
Pakistan border. The Taliban have accused Pakistan of conducting air
strikes in Afghan territory, including in the capital Kuble, over
the last few days. Pakistan accuses the Taliban of providing
a launching ground for Islamist militants the carry out attacks
(03:59):
inside Pakistan Europe. In Ukraine, over the last few days,
Russian drone and missile attacks have killed civilians across Ukraine.
On Saturday, two people were killed when an air strike
hit a church in Donnet's region. A seven year old
boy who was killed in his home in Zaparisia region
(04:22):
was the son of a Ukrainian prisoner of war who
spent three years in Russian captivity before only recently being
returned to his family. Attacks on Ukrainian power generation have
cut power in many areas, including in Odessa and in Kiev,
where eight hundred thousand people lost power. In cherni Hip region,
(04:44):
two energy workers were killed when they were targeted by
a drone, according to the Energy Ministry. On Saturday, Ukraine
used drones to hit Russia's Bashneft oil refinery in Ufa,
which is more than one thousand, four hundre andre kilometers
from Ukraine, further than the distance between Paris and Warsaw.
(05:06):
In France, President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sebastian Lecornu as prime
minister on Friday, days after Lecornu resigned and his government collapsed.
Lecornu said that he will aim to bring France a
budget by the end of this year. However, members of
(05:26):
parliament from the right wing Bloc and the left wing
Bloc have said that they plan to vote him out
in a vote of no confidence when possible Africa. In Madagascar,
an elite military group of the Malagasy Army announced that
it had taken control of all of the military and
(05:50):
that it would not be responding to orders from the
president anymore. President Andre Rajealina said that there was currently
an attempt to take power by force. However, at the
time of recording this podcast, it is not clear if
there has been a successful coup. Detat this weekend, soldiers
(06:10):
from the Kapsat Unit joined protesters in the streets. The
Kapsat Unit are the same soldiers that brought President Rajalina
to power in a coup in two thousand and nine.
In Seychelles, opposition leader Patrick Ermini has won the presidential election,
beating current President waval Ramkalawan, who admitted defeat yesterday Americas.
(06:37):
In Peru, President Dina Bolouarte has been removed from power
by Congress after a vote to impeach her. Boloarte has
been described as the world's most unpopular leader, as polls
often showed her having an approval rating of between two
and five percent. The head of Peru's Congress, Jose Jerry,
(07:02):
has been sworn in as transitional president, and Venezuelan opposition
leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
on Friday, with the Norwegian Nobel Committee saying that she
was awarded the prize for her quote tireless work promoting
(07:23):
democratic rights for the people of Venezuela end quote. This
was the moment that Machado was told she had won
the prize.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
You will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Oh my god,
some enormist congratulations to you, Maria.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Oh my god, oh my god.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Well I.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Have no awards. A big thank you to Deborah in
Italy and Manor in France for becoming our newest supporters.
If you would like to help to support us and
have access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets
and world news quizzes, then you can become a supporter
(08:20):
at seven dot org. Tomorrow you'll be with Niall Moore.
Have a great day.
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devincenzi. Today is Monday, the thirteenth of October
twenty twenty five. Starting in Asia today in Palestine, hundreds
(00:23):
of thousands of people in Gaza have returned to their
homes or the ruins of their homes after a ceasefire
began on Friday. Reports from Gaza appear to show that
the ceasefire is working. There was an increase in aid
deliveries yesterday and there are expected to be bigger increases
(00:44):
in aid deliveries today and tomorrow. Italy's Defense Minister Guido
Crosseto has said that the Rafa border crossing between Egypt
and Gaza would reopen tomorrow but would remain controlled by Israel.
Well Hamas is expected to start to release Israeli hostages today.
(01:06):
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas,
over sixty seven thousand Palestinians have been killed in the
last two years of war. In Egypt, President abdel Fatta
Alcisi and United States President Donald Trump are expected to
host a Gaza peace summit today in the coastal resort
(01:28):
of shame El Shaikh. Leaders from various countries in the region,
and also the UK, Italy, Spain, and France are believed
to be attending. President Trump has said that Israeli hostages
would be released today and that bodies of dead hostages
were being unearthed.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's a great deal for Israel, but it's a great
deal for everybody, for Arabs, for Muslims, for everybody, for
the world. And as you know, on Monday, the hostages
come back. They're getting them now. I mean they're getting
them now. They're and some pretty rough places under earth.
There are some pretty rough places where only a few
(02:08):
people know where they are in some cases. So they're
getting them. And they're also getting the bodies, approximately twenty
eight bodies, and some of those bodies are being unearthed
right now as we speak. I mean they're working on
it right now as we speak.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
In Israel, one of the survivors of the seventh of
October twenty twenty three massacre at a music festival has
killed himself. Roi Shalev survived being shot in the leg
by Hamas attackers at the festival, but his girlfriend and
best friend were murdered in front of him while all
of them were hiding under a car Shalev posted on
(02:48):
social media that he could not go on. More than
three hundred and seventy young people were randomly killed at
the Nova Music festival in Japan. The party Komehito has
said that it is leaving the governing coalition. Last week,
Sanai Takaichi was chosen by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
(03:11):
to be its new leader, and it was expected that
she would become Japan's first ever female prime minister. However,
now it is not clear what will happen, as the
LDP does not have enough votes by itself to confirm
Takaichi as prime minister. Afghanistan's Taliban and Pakistani security forces
(03:35):
have fired heavy weapons at each other along the Afghanistan
Pakistan border. The Taliban have accused Pakistan of conducting air
strikes in Afghan territory, including in the capital Kuble, over
the last few days. Pakistan accuses the Taliban of providing
a launching ground for Islamist militants the carry out attacks
(03:59):
inside Pakistan Europe. In Ukraine, over the last few days,
Russian drone and missile attacks have killed civilians across Ukraine.
On Saturday, two people were killed when an air strike
hit a church in Donnet's region. A seven year old
boy who was killed in his home in Zaparisia region
(04:22):
was the son of a Ukrainian prisoner of war who
spent three years in Russian captivity before only recently being
returned to his family. Attacks on Ukrainian power generation have
cut power in many areas, including in Odessa and in Kiev,
where eight hundred thousand people lost power. In cherni Hip region,
(04:44):
two energy workers were killed when they were targeted by
a drone, according to the Energy Ministry. On Saturday, Ukraine
used drones to hit Russia's Bashneft oil refinery in Ufa,
which is more than one thousand, four hundre andre kilometers
from Ukraine, further than the distance between Paris and Warsaw.
(05:06):
In France, President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sebastian Lecornu as prime
minister on Friday, days after Lecornu resigned and his government collapsed.
Lecornu said that he will aim to bring France a
budget by the end of this year. However, members of
(05:26):
parliament from the right wing Bloc and the left wing
Bloc have said that they plan to vote him out
in a vote of no confidence when possible Africa. In Madagascar,
an elite military group of the Malagasy Army announced that
it had taken control of all of the military and
(05:50):
that it would not be responding to orders from the
president anymore. President Andre Rajealina said that there was currently
an attempt to take power by force. However, at the
time of recording this podcast, it is not clear if
there has been a successful coup. Detat this weekend, soldiers
(06:10):
from the Kapsat Unit joined protesters in the streets. The
Kapsat Unit are the same soldiers that brought President Rajalina
to power in a coup in two thousand and nine.
In Seychelles, opposition leader Patrick Ermini has won the presidential election,
beating current President waval Ramkalawan, who admitted defeat yesterday Americas.
(06:37):
In Peru, President Dina Bolouarte has been removed from power
by Congress after a vote to impeach her. Boloarte has
been described as the world's most unpopular leader, as polls
often showed her having an approval rating of between two
and five percent. The head of Peru's Congress, Jose Jerry,
(07:02):
has been sworn in as transitional president, and Venezuelan opposition
leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
on Friday, with the Norwegian Nobel Committee saying that she
was awarded the prize for her quote tireless work promoting
(07:23):
democratic rights for the people of Venezuela end quote. This
was the moment that Machado was told she had won
the prize.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
You will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Oh my god,
some enormist congratulations to you, Maria.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Oh my god, oh my god.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Well I.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Have no awards. A big thank you to Deborah in
Italy and Manor in France for becoming our newest supporters.
If you would like to help to support us and
have access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets
and world news quizzes, then you can become a supporter
(08:20):
at seven dot org. Tomorrow you'll be with Niall Moore.
Have a great day.
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