World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 11th December 2025.
Today: Argentina congress. Chile presidential polls. Brazil China space lab. Venezuela Nobel speech. Ukraine elections. Russia US nuclear treaty. Morocco building collapse. Benin Togo coup suspect. China Japan radar dispute. South Korea religious probe. UNESCO Italian cuisine.
With Juliet Martin
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Today: Argentina congress. Chile presidential polls. Brazil China space lab. Venezuela Nobel speech. Ukraine elections. Russia US nuclear treaty. Morocco building collapse. Benin Togo coup suspect. China Japan radar dispute. South Korea religious probe. UNESCO Italian cuisine.
With Juliet Martin
SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts 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
Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7
Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.
We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us!
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, Niall Moore and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts, 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 stories 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, this is Stephen. I have a favor to ask you.
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our survey or questionnaire. It is about your experience with
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(00:24):
just go to sendseven dot org and click survey. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliette Martin and today is Thursday, the eleventh of
December twenty twenty five, starting in the Americas. Yesterday, Argentina
(00:55):
began a series of legislative sessions with the new president,
Javier Malay, wants Congress to approve the national budget, new
mining regulations, and labor tax and criminal code reforms. Unions
have criticized the proposed labor reform. In Chile, far right
(01:21):
candidate Jose Antonio Cast is leading the presidential polls. Cast
would be the most conservative leader of Chile since the
military dictatorship of Agosto Pinochet between nineteen seventy three and
nineteen ninety. According to commentators, Brazil and China have started
(01:46):
building a joint laboratory project for space technologies. The two
countries are working on a major telescope project. Two telescope
projects between China and Chile and China and Argentina have
been paused since United States President Donald Trump took office.
(02:08):
The Chinese technology firm said the radio telescope is designed
to help study the structure of the universe and dark energy.
It is expected to be complete in twenty twenty six.
Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Mashadow said that
(02:32):
democracies must be prepared to fight for freedom during her
acceptance speech. My Shadow was due to attend the awards
ceremony in Norway, but could not reach Oslo in time
after secretly leaving Venezuela to try to attend.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
All on behalf of a Manaizman people.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Once again, I want to thank the Norwegian Novel Committee
for these in me recognition to the fight of our
people for democracy and freedom. We feel very emotional and
very honored, and.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
That's why I'm very sad. I'm very sorry to tell
you that I won't be able to arriving time for
the ceremony, but I will be in Oslow and on
my way to Oslaw right now here.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelenski has said he is prepared to
hold elections within sixty to ninety days if European allies
and the United States secure the vote. Zelinski's presidential term
expired last year, but elections are not allowed during wartime.
(03:56):
This follows comments by United States President Donald Trump suggesting
that Ukraine's political situation is not a democracy anymore. Russia
has said it is waiting for a formal answer from
the United States on the New Start Treaty. The nuclear
(04:17):
treaty expires on the fifth of February. In September, Russian
President Vladimir Putin offered to maintain the treaty for a year. Africa.
In Morocco, at least twenty two people have been killed
and sixteen have been injured when two buildings collapsed in
(04:41):
the city of Fez, According to reports. The Fez prosecutor
said an investigation is underway. This was one of the
worst building collapses in Morocco since twenty ten. Morocco's Housing
Secretary of State adib Ben Ibrahim Had has said that
around thirty eight thousand, eight hundred buildings in the country
(05:06):
are at risk of collapse. In Togo, the alleged leader
of a failed coup in Benin is seeking refuge, according
to Reuters. Reports say that Beninese government officials are demanding
his extradition. On Sunday, soldiers claimed they had deposed Benin's President,
(05:29):
Patrice Talan, but the armed forces suppressed the attempt. Asia
China has been criticized by the United States for the
first time for targeting Japanese military aircraft with radars during
a training exercise. The State Department said the actions by
(05:54):
China were not conducive to regional peace and stability. These
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jaiqun has said that China's training
activities were in line with international law and that we
hope that the international community can tell right from wrong
(06:15):
and not be hoodwinked by the Japanese side. South Korea's
President Li Xiai Mung has called for an investigation into
any links between religious groups and politics. Lee said that
ministers are working on ways to disband religious groups that
(06:36):
medle in politics and do strange things with illegal funds,
and the United Nations Cultural Agency UNESCO has designated Italy's
national cuisine as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The UNESCO panel
(06:58):
vote took place in New Dead and the decision was
announced yesterday. The Hindu festival of Devali and swimming pool
culture in Iceland were also added to the heritage list.
Italian Prime Minister Jiorghia Maloney said, this is a distinction
(07:18):
that can only make us proud. It gives us a
powerful tool to further enhance our products and protect them
more effectively from imitations and unfair competition. That's your world
news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please
(07:38):
tell your friends about us. You can get in touch
with us in a voice message at senseven dot org
or by sending an email to podcast at senseven dot org.
You can also help us by completing the survey at
senseven dot org. I'm Juliet Martin. Tomorrow you will be
with Stephen Devinchon's to have a great day.
Hi, this is Stephen. I have a favor to ask you.
If you have five minutes, please could you fill out
our survey or questionnaire. It is about your experience with
seven podcast and about how we can make it better
in the future. Five people who complete the survey will
receive a Send seven coffee mug. To complete the survey,
(00:24):
just go to sendseven dot org and click survey. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliette Martin and today is Thursday, the eleventh of
December twenty twenty five, starting in the Americas. Yesterday, Argentina
(00:55):
began a series of legislative sessions with the new president,
Javier Malay, wants Congress to approve the national budget, new
mining regulations, and labor tax and criminal code reforms. Unions
have criticized the proposed labor reform. In Chile, far right
(01:21):
candidate Jose Antonio Cast is leading the presidential polls. Cast
would be the most conservative leader of Chile since the
military dictatorship of Agosto Pinochet between nineteen seventy three and
nineteen ninety. According to commentators, Brazil and China have started
(01:46):
building a joint laboratory project for space technologies. The two
countries are working on a major telescope project. Two telescope
projects between China and Chile and China and Argentina have
been paused since United States President Donald Trump took office.
(02:08):
The Chinese technology firm said the radio telescope is designed
to help study the structure of the universe and dark energy.
It is expected to be complete in twenty twenty six.
Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Mashadow said that
(02:32):
democracies must be prepared to fight for freedom during her
acceptance speech. My Shadow was due to attend the awards
ceremony in Norway, but could not reach Oslo in time
after secretly leaving Venezuela to try to attend.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
All on behalf of a Manaizman people.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Once again, I want to thank the Norwegian Novel Committee
for these in me recognition to the fight of our
people for democracy and freedom. We feel very emotional and
very honored, and.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
That's why I'm very sad. I'm very sorry to tell
you that I won't be able to arriving time for
the ceremony, but I will be in Oslow and on
my way to Oslaw right now here.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelenski has said he is prepared to
hold elections within sixty to ninety days if European allies
and the United States secure the vote. Zelinski's presidential term
expired last year, but elections are not allowed during wartime.
(03:56):
This follows comments by United States President Donald Trump suggesting
that Ukraine's political situation is not a democracy anymore. Russia
has said it is waiting for a formal answer from
the United States on the New Start Treaty. The nuclear
(04:17):
treaty expires on the fifth of February. In September, Russian
President Vladimir Putin offered to maintain the treaty for a year. Africa.
In Morocco, at least twenty two people have been killed
and sixteen have been injured when two buildings collapsed in
(04:41):
the city of Fez, According to reports. The Fez prosecutor
said an investigation is underway. This was one of the
worst building collapses in Morocco since twenty ten. Morocco's Housing
Secretary of State adib Ben Ibrahim Had has said that
around thirty eight thousand, eight hundred buildings in the country
(05:06):
are at risk of collapse. In Togo, the alleged leader
of a failed coup in Benin is seeking refuge, according
to Reuters. Reports say that Beninese government officials are demanding
his extradition. On Sunday, soldiers claimed they had deposed Benin's President,
(05:29):
Patrice Talan, but the armed forces suppressed the attempt. Asia
China has been criticized by the United States for the
first time for targeting Japanese military aircraft with radars during
a training exercise. The State Department said the actions by
(05:54):
China were not conducive to regional peace and stability. These
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jaiqun has said that China's training
activities were in line with international law and that we
hope that the international community can tell right from wrong
(06:15):
and not be hoodwinked by the Japanese side. South Korea's
President Li Xiai Mung has called for an investigation into
any links between religious groups and politics. Lee said that
ministers are working on ways to disband religious groups that
(06:36):
medle in politics and do strange things with illegal funds,
and the United Nations Cultural Agency UNESCO has designated Italy's
national cuisine as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The UNESCO panel
(06:58):
vote took place in New Dead and the decision was
announced yesterday. The Hindu festival of Devali and swimming pool
culture in Iceland were also added to the heritage list.
Italian Prime Minister Jiorghia Maloney said, this is a distinction
(07:18):
that can only make us proud. It gives us a
powerful tool to further enhance our products and protect them
more effectively from imitations and unfair competition. That's your world
news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please
(07:38):
tell your friends about us. You can get in touch
with us in a voice message at senseven dot org
or by sending an email to podcast at senseven dot org.
You can also help us by completing the survey at
senseven dot org. I'm Juliet Martin. Tomorrow you will be
with Stephen Devinchon's to have a great day.
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