World News in 7 minutes. Monday 4th December 2023
Today: Gaza war continues. Islamist attacks in Philippines, Pakistan, France. Japan reactor. Peru protests. Ukraine Russia war crimes. Kenya Green powerhouse. Euro inflation down. And the golden mole is back!
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Today: Gaza war continues. Islamist attacks in Philippines, Pakistan, France. Japan reactor. Peru protests. Ukraine Russia war crimes. Kenya Green powerhouse. Euro inflation down. And the golden mole is back!
InglesPodcast (interview with Stephen) : https://www.inglespodcast.com/
Thinking in English podcast : https://thinkinginenglish.blog/
If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at send7.org/support
Supporters can read the transcripts at send7.org/transcripts
Supporters can try our weekly news quiz at send7.org/quiz
With Stephen Devincenzi
Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7
Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.
SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells 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, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to 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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(00:00):
Hi. Before today's news, Iwant to recommend you another great podcast again.
It is called Thinking in English,and I know some of you listen
already. Every episode is about twentyminutes long and comes with a free transcript
and vocabulary list. Episodes cover awide range of topics related to current affairs,
(00:23):
science, politics, economics, philosophy, and language learning. Episodes are
released every Monday. Tom from Thinkingin English has told me that today's episode
will be about William Shakespeare and howmany words he actually invented, So you
can find that by searching in yourpodcast app for Thinking in English. Good
(00:46):
morning, this is seven world newsin seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devin Chenzie.
Today is Monday, the fourth ofDecember twenty twenty three. Starting in
Asia today. In Palestine, Israelhas restarted bombing many parts of Gaza after
(01:11):
a ceasefire ended on Friday. Israeland Hamas blamed each other for breaking the
ceasefire. Gaza's Hamas run health ministryhas said that over fifteen thousand Palestinians have
been killed in the last two months. Much of the bombing in the last
two days has been in the khanUnice area of southern Gaza. Israel says
(01:34):
that it told people to leave thearea by dropping leaflets and sending text messages.
United States Vice President Kamala Harris saidthis weekend that too many Palestinian civilians
were being killed. Too many innocentPalestinians have been killed. Frankly, the
scale of civilian suffering and the imagesand videos coming from Gaza are devastating.
(02:00):
French President Emmanuel Macran said yesterday thatIsrael's plan to completely destroy Hamas could lead
to a decade of war. IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel does
not want to hurt Palestinian civilians.Yemens who the rebels have again said that
(02:20):
they have attacked Israeli cargo ships inthe Red Sea, and Israel has again
said that these ships were not Israeli. The United States has said that it
is investigating reports that a US warshipmay have also been attacked. In Pakistan,
men with guns attacked a bus,killing eight passengers and injuring many others
(02:44):
on Saturday. No group has claimedresponsibility for this attack. However, Islamist
jihadist groups such as the Pakistani Talibanoften attack people in North Pakistan Japan has
opened the world's biggest operational new clearfusion reactor. Nuclear fusion is being investigated
(03:04):
around the world as a possible permanent, renewable source of energy. In the
Philippines, a bombing at a Christianmass has killed four people and injured many
others in the southern region of Mindanao. Filipino media has not shown any group
claim responsibility for this attack. However, in the south of the Philippines,
(03:27):
jihadist Islamist groups have often targeted civilians. Also in the Philippines and also in
the Mindanow region, there were earthquakeson Saturday and Sunday which have caused one
death and some people are missing Americas. In Peru, there were large anti
government protests this weekend. There havebeen continuous protests in Peru since December last
(03:53):
year, when elected President Pedro Castillowas removed from office after he attempted to
dissolve Congress and his vice president,Dina Bouluadte was sworn in as the new
president. In the United States,member of Congress George Santos has been expelled
(04:13):
in a vote in the House ofRepresentatives. In the two hundred and thirty
four years that the House of Representativeshas existed. This is only the sixth
time that a member has been votedout. Santos is facing twenty three criminal
charges, including financial crimes. However, he is also known to have continuously
(04:34):
lied during his career, including lyingabout working in finance, studying at some
universities, saying that his mother waskilled from the effects of the September eleventh
terrorist attacks, and saying that hisgrandparents were killed in the Holocaust. None
of this was true Europe. InFrance, a German tourist was killed and
(05:00):
two other people were injured on Saturdayin a stabbing attack that President Immanuel Macran
has described as a terrorist attack.The attacker has been arrested, and French
police have described him as a Frenchmanof Iranian origin who shouted aller akba as
he attacked people and told them thathe was motivated by the killings of Muslims
(05:26):
in Afghanistan and Palestine. He haspreviously spent four years in prison for planning
an Islamist attack. In the Eurozone, inflation has fallen to two point four
percent, the lowest rate since Julytwenty twenty one. Germany's inflation was even
lower at two point three percent.Financial analysts are now expecting interest rates of
(05:49):
the European Central Bank to be loweredat the beginning of next year. Ukraine
has said that Russia has committed awar crime by executing two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers
that were trying to surrender. Avideo posted on telegram on Saturday appeared to
show two Ukrainian soldiers walking out ofa shelter with their hands up and then
(06:15):
lying on the ground before being shotby Russian soldiers. Killing soldiers who are
trying to surrender is a war crimeaccording to the Geneva Conventions. In March,
a video showing the execution of Ukrainiansoldier Alexander Matsyevsky was widely circulated,
in which Matsyevsky is seen calmly sayingSlava Ukaramya or glory to Ukraine, before
(06:40):
being shot dead in Georgia's capital city, Tabilisi. A statue of Matsyevsky was
unveiled in September. Africa, KenyanPresident William Ruto has said that Africa needs
to transform into a green energy powerhouse. Recent floods in Kenya are largely blamed
(07:01):
on climate change, Speaking at theCOP twenty eight conference in the United Arab
Emirates, Ruto said that Africa hasgreat potential for growth and said that climate
change does not care about political boundaries. Climate change does not respect artificial distinctions,
traditional boundaries or all antagonisms. Instead, it should unite us against a
(07:28):
shared Bordalis challenge. And in SouthAfrica, a species of mole has been
found that was previously thought to beextinct. Researchers have said that the Dewinton
golden mole has not been officially seenfor over eighty years. The small mole
(07:49):
is blind but has extremely good hearingand eats insects in the sand on the
west coast of South Africa. Abig thank you to Yasamin in Turkia,
George in Hungary and Giovanni in Italyfor becoming our newest supporters. They now
(08:11):
have access to the transcripts of everyepisode and our weeklynews quiz aten seven dot
org listeners. I was very luckyto be a guest on another podcast recently.
Ingless podcast is an English learning podcastfrom Spain, but the interview is
entirely in English, so anyone shouldenjoy it. I spoke to the host
(08:33):
Craig about learning English with the news, the future of the news, news
bias, and some other things.There is a link to that in the
episode notes of this episode. I'mStephen devin chen Z. Tomorrow you will
be with Juliette Martin. Have agreat day.
Hi. Before today's news, Iwant to recommend you another great podcast again.
It is called Thinking in English,and I know some of you listen
already. Every episode is about twentyminutes long and comes with a free transcript
and vocabulary list. Episodes cover awide range of topics related to current affairs,
(00:23):
science, politics, economics, philosophy, and language learning. Episodes are
released every Monday. Tom from Thinkingin English has told me that today's episode
will be about William Shakespeare and howmany words he actually invented, So you
can find that by searching in yourpodcast app for Thinking in English. Good
(00:46):
morning, this is seven world newsin seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devin Chenzie.
Today is Monday, the fourth ofDecember twenty twenty three. Starting in
Asia today. In Palestine, Israelhas restarted bombing many parts of Gaza after
(01:11):
a ceasefire ended on Friday. Israeland Hamas blamed each other for breaking the
ceasefire. Gaza's Hamas run health ministryhas said that over fifteen thousand Palestinians have
been killed in the last two months. Much of the bombing in the last
two days has been in the khanUnice area of southern Gaza. Israel says
(01:34):
that it told people to leave thearea by dropping leaflets and sending text messages.
United States Vice President Kamala Harris saidthis weekend that too many Palestinian civilians
were being killed. Too many innocentPalestinians have been killed. Frankly, the
scale of civilian suffering and the imagesand videos coming from Gaza are devastating.
(02:00):
French President Emmanuel Macran said yesterday thatIsrael's plan to completely destroy Hamas could lead
to a decade of war. IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel does
not want to hurt Palestinian civilians.Yemens who the rebels have again said that
(02:20):
they have attacked Israeli cargo ships inthe Red Sea, and Israel has again
said that these ships were not Israeli. The United States has said that it
is investigating reports that a US warshipmay have also been attacked. In Pakistan,
men with guns attacked a bus,killing eight passengers and injuring many others
(02:44):
on Saturday. No group has claimedresponsibility for this attack. However, Islamist
jihadist groups such as the Pakistani Talibanoften attack people in North Pakistan Japan has
opened the world's biggest operational new clearfusion reactor. Nuclear fusion is being investigated
(03:04):
around the world as a possible permanent, renewable source of energy. In the
Philippines, a bombing at a Christianmass has killed four people and injured many
others in the southern region of Mindanao. Filipino media has not shown any group
claim responsibility for this attack. However, in the south of the Philippines,
(03:27):
jihadist Islamist groups have often targeted civilians. Also in the Philippines and also in
the Mindanow region, there were earthquakeson Saturday and Sunday which have caused one
death and some people are missing Americas. In Peru, there were large anti
government protests this weekend. There havebeen continuous protests in Peru since December last
(03:53):
year, when elected President Pedro Castillowas removed from office after he attempted to
dissolve Congress and his vice president,Dina Bouluadte was sworn in as the new
president. In the United States,member of Congress George Santos has been expelled
(04:13):
in a vote in the House ofRepresentatives. In the two hundred and thirty
four years that the House of Representativeshas existed. This is only the sixth
time that a member has been votedout. Santos is facing twenty three criminal
charges, including financial crimes. However, he is also known to have continuously
(04:34):
lied during his career, including lyingabout working in finance, studying at some
universities, saying that his mother waskilled from the effects of the September eleventh
terrorist attacks, and saying that hisgrandparents were killed in the Holocaust. None
of this was true Europe. InFrance, a German tourist was killed and
(05:00):
two other people were injured on Saturdayin a stabbing attack that President Immanuel Macran
has described as a terrorist attack.The attacker has been arrested, and French
police have described him as a Frenchmanof Iranian origin who shouted aller akba as
he attacked people and told them thathe was motivated by the killings of Muslims
(05:26):
in Afghanistan and Palestine. He haspreviously spent four years in prison for planning
an Islamist attack. In the Eurozone, inflation has fallen to two point four
percent, the lowest rate since Julytwenty twenty one. Germany's inflation was even
lower at two point three percent.Financial analysts are now expecting interest rates of
(05:49):
the European Central Bank to be loweredat the beginning of next year. Ukraine
has said that Russia has committed awar crime by executing two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers
that were trying to surrender. Avideo posted on telegram on Saturday appeared to
show two Ukrainian soldiers walking out ofa shelter with their hands up and then
(06:15):
lying on the ground before being shotby Russian soldiers. Killing soldiers who are
trying to surrender is a war crimeaccording to the Geneva Conventions. In March,
a video showing the execution of Ukrainiansoldier Alexander Matsyevsky was widely circulated,
in which Matsyevsky is seen calmly sayingSlava Ukaramya or glory to Ukraine, before
(06:40):
being shot dead in Georgia's capital city, Tabilisi. A statue of Matsyevsky was
unveiled in September. Africa, KenyanPresident William Ruto has said that Africa needs
to transform into a green energy powerhouse. Recent floods in Kenya are largely blamed
(07:01):
on climate change, Speaking at theCOP twenty eight conference in the United Arab
Emirates, Ruto said that Africa hasgreat potential for growth and said that climate
change does not care about political boundaries. Climate change does not respect artificial distinctions,
traditional boundaries or all antagonisms. Instead, it should unite us against a
(07:28):
shared Bordalis challenge. And in SouthAfrica, a species of mole has been
found that was previously thought to beextinct. Researchers have said that the Dewinton
golden mole has not been officially seenfor over eighty years. The small mole
(07:49):
is blind but has extremely good hearingand eats insects in the sand on the
west coast of South Africa. Abig thank you to Yasamin in Turkia,
George in Hungary and Giovanni in Italyfor becoming our newest supporters. They now
(08:11):
have access to the transcripts of everyepisode and our weeklynews quiz aten seven dot
org listeners. I was very luckyto be a guest on another podcast recently.
Ingless podcast is an English learning podcastfrom Spain, but the interview is
entirely in English, so anyone shouldenjoy it. I spoke to the host
(08:33):
Craig about learning English with the news, the future of the news, news
bias, and some other things.There is a link to that in the
episode notes of this episode. I'mStephen devin chen Z. Tomorrow you will
be with Juliette Martin. Have agreat day.
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