Monday 22nd September 2025. State of Palestine. Europe delays. Russian incursions. Brazil mosquito factory. Germany Oktoberfest...

World news in 7 minutes. Monday 22nd September 2025

Today : State of Palestine. Europe delays. Taliban release. Philippines, Netherlands protests. Russian incursions. Brazil mosquito factory. Germany Oktoberfest. US mask ban. Kenya British soldier. Egypt bracelet. Rwanda bikes.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good morning. This is seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenze. Today is Monday, the twenty second
of September twenty twenty five. Starting in Asia today. The

(00:22):
state of Palestine was officially recognized by the United Kingdom, Portugal,
Australia and Canada yesterday, bringing the total number of countries
recognizing Palestine to one hundred and fifty one, more than
three quarters of the world's countries. UK Prime Minister Sir

(00:44):
Kir Starmer said yesterday that the recognition of the state
of Palestine is a pledge to Palestinian and Israelis that
there can be a better future.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
We recognize the state of Israel more than seventy five
years ago as a homeland for the Jewish people. Today
we join over one hundred and fifty countries who recognize
a Palestinian state, also a pledge to the Palestinian and
Israeli people that there can be a better future.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
French President Emmanuel Macran is expected to announce France's recognition
of a state of Palestine today. Israel dropped more leaflets
over Gaza City this weekend, telling people to leave as
ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza City. Lebanon's health ministry
said yesterday that an Israeli strike killed five people, including

(01:45):
three children, when a car and a motorbike were hit
by a drone in southern Lebanon. Israel acknowledged the strike,
saying that it killed a Hesbola member and regretted that
others were killed. Afghanistan's Taliban have released an elderly British
couple who were kept in prison for over seven months

(02:07):
without published charges. In the Philippines, there were anti corruption
protests this weekend, with protesters fighting with police and starting
fires in Manila. Europe. Across Europe, flights were delayed and
canceled this weekend because of a cyber attack on a

(02:31):
provider of boarding systems at some airports, including London Heathrow,
the busiest airport in Europe. Berlin Brandenberg Airport, Brussels Airport
and two airports in Ireland were also affected. Collins Aerospace
said that its software had been disrupted, and British and

(02:53):
German cyber defense authorities have said that they are investigating.
Estonia called for a consultation with other NATO members after
it said that three Russian fighter planes entered Estonian airspace
for twelve minutes. On Friday, Italy, Finland and Sweden sent

(03:14):
jets to follow the Russian jets. On September tenth, many
Russian drones entered Poland's airspace, and a few days later
one Russian drone entered Romanian airspace. Yesterday, Germany sent jets
to follow a Russian plane that was flying over the
Baltic Sea with its radio communications switched off. In the Netherlands,

(03:39):
there were right wing anti immigration protests on Saturday in
the Hague, with some protesters clashing with police. Next week,
the Netherlands will hold a general election, which comes less
than two years after the last election because of the
collapse of the right wing coalition government. In Germany, around

(04:01):
six or seven million people are expected to visit the
city of Munich over the next two weeks for the
Octoberfest folk festival, most famous for its beer hauls. The
beer is all brewed in Munich and is generally sold
in large one liter glasses known as a mass, which

(04:23):
this year cost around fifteen euros each Americas. In the
United States, the state of California has banned most law
enforcement offices from wearing masks before signing the bill, Governor
Gavin Newsom said to Immigration and Customs enforcement or ICE offices,

(04:49):
what are you afraid of?

Speaker 3 (04:51):
ICE unmasked? What are you afraid of? What are you
afraid of?

Speaker 2 (04:58):
What is afraid of?

Speaker 3 (05:05):
You're going to go out, You're going to do enforcement.
Provide an ID That's what's agency you represent. Provide us
basic information that all local law enforcement is required to provide.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
A Brazilian biofactory is aiming to protect one hundred and
forty million people from Dengi fever. According to an interview
with Reuter's news agency. The Walbito do Brasil plant opened
two months ago in the city of Kurdi, Chiba, and
breeds mosquitos infected with a bacteria which stops them from

(05:45):
transmitting dengi. Last year, almost six three hundred people died
of DENGI in Brazil, the worst year on record. The
company says that it will protect seven million people every
six months. Africa. Kenyan media and the British newspaper The

(06:07):
Sunday Times have revealed the name of the former British
soldier accused of murdering a Kenyan woman in twenty twelve.
Kenya has released an arrest warrant for Robert James Perkis,
who served at a British Army base at the time,
and Kenya is seeking extradition, meaning that they are asking

(06:28):
the United Kingdom to send Perkis to Kenya to stand trial.
Egypt's Interior Ministry has said that a three thousand year
old gold bracelet which was stolen from a museum has
been melted down for the gold. A special committee found

(06:49):
that the stolen bracelet was sold to a specialist who
sold it to a silver trader, who sold it to
a workshop owner who sold it to a gold smelter
who melted the bracelet with other items. And Rwanda is
hosting the Bicycle Road World Championships this week. This is

(07:13):
the first time that the competition is held in Africa.
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