World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 17th April 2025.
Today: UK Supreme Court trans. Finland Russia border. China Xi Asia visit. Maldives bans Israelis. Kyrg election delayed. Somalia al Shabaab attack. S Africa pastor rescue. Tunisia school wall collapse. Brazil Heredia asylym. Mexico Ecuador relations. US Biden Social Security. Thai New Year.
With Juliet Martin
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Today: UK Supreme Court trans. Finland Russia border. China Xi Asia visit. Maldives bans Israelis. Kyrg election delayed. Somalia al Shabaab attack. S Africa pastor rescue. Tunisia school wall collapse. Brazil Heredia asylym. Mexico Ecuador relations. US Biden Social Security. Thai New Year.
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
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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, Ben Mallett 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):
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin and today is Thursday, the seventeenth of
April twenty twenty five. Starting in Europe today, in the
(00:25):
United Kingdom, the Supreme Court has ruled that trans women
don't meet the definition of a woman under equality laws.
The ruling says that services for women, including refugees, hospital
wards and sports can exclude trans women. Deputy President of
(00:46):
the Supreme Court Patrick Hodge said, the unanimous decision of
this Court is that the terms women and sex in
the Equality Act twenty ten refer to a biological woman
and biological sex. LGBT plus organizations, including Stonewall, have said
(01:07):
that they are deeply concerned at the widespread harmful implications
of the ruling. Finland will keep its border with Russia
closed until further notice. The land border between Finland and
Russia was closed in twenty twenty three. Finland's government has
(01:28):
accused Russia of quote instrumentalized migration, which Russia denies. The
government has passed an emergency law that allows it to
reject asylum applications from migrants crossing the closed border. Finland
says that it will reopen the border if there is
no longer a serious threat to national security or public order. Asia.
(01:57):
China's President Shijinping is currently visiting Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. Yesterday,
he said he witnessed thirty one agreements with Malaysian Prime
Minister Anwar Ibrahim on areas including trade, transportation and agriculture.
He said, in the face of shocks to the current
(02:20):
international order and economic globalization, our two nations will stand
united with other countries in the region to jointly resist
the undercurrents of geopolitical and camp based confrontation, overcome the
countercurrents of unilateralism and protectionism, and safeguard the promising prospects
(02:43):
for development in our shared Asian home. The Maldives has
banned Israeli passport holders in an amendment to the Immigration Act.
According to the Office of President Mohammad Muizu. The office
says is Rail has committed genocide against Palestinians during the
(03:03):
war in Gaza, and the amendment quote reflects the government's
firm stance in response. Israel has denied accusations of genocide.
Kyrgyzstan's President Sadir Japarov has delayed the date of the
next election. Yesterday, Parliament passed a bill to move the
(03:26):
election to January twenty twenty seven rather than October twenty
twenty six. This means that Japarov would have served a
full six year term. Africa. In Somalia, al Shabab fighters
attacked a strategic town yesterday. According to residents, the group,
(03:51):
which is affiliated with al Qaeda, captured a number of
villages thirty miles from the capital Mogadishu. Last month, the
army recaptured the villages, but yesterday al Shabab attacked Adam Yabal,
which has been used as an army operating base in
(04:11):
South Africa. A kidnapped United States pastor has been rescued
by police. Josh Sullivan was kidnapped by armed men last week. Yesterday,
authority said that he was rescued during a high intensity
shootout where three suspects were killed. In Tunisia, hundreds of
(04:35):
people have been protesting after the wall of a school
collapsed on Monday, killing three students. Two other students were
seriously injured, according to the Civil Defense. Protesters say the
collapse demonstrates the neglect of Tunisia's infrastructure and the economic
(04:56):
and social crisis the Americus. In Brazil, Nadine Heredia, the
wife of former Peruvian president Oyanta Umala, has requested diplomatic
asylum after being sentenced to fifteen years in prison. On Tuesday,
(05:20):
Mexico will not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador. According to
President Claudia Schinbaum. Mexico recalled its diplomats from Ecuador after
the Mexican embassy was raided in twenty twenty four in
order to take former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glass into custody.
(05:43):
Former United States President Joe Biden has made his first
major speech since leaving office to defend social security.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
We know just how much subsecrety matters to people's lives.
Everyone in this room fights for people with disabilities to
rely on social security to survive, to survive. It's just
the physical side. It's the male side. It's the male side.
Make sure folk get the benefits they earn after a
(06:15):
lifetime of hard work. The work they do is more
than just a profession. What you do, it's a calling.
That's just a profession.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
And in Thailand, Thai New Year was celebrated on Sunday.
The song Cran Water Festival represents renewal, cleansing and a
fresh start. That's your world news in seven minutes. If
you enjoy this podcast, please tell your friends about us.
(06:47):
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. I'm Juliet Martin. Tomorrow
you will be with Stephen Devin Chenzi. Have a great day.
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin and today is Thursday, the seventeenth of
April twenty twenty five. Starting in Europe today, in the
(00:25):
United Kingdom, the Supreme Court has ruled that trans women
don't meet the definition of a woman under equality laws.
The ruling says that services for women, including refugees, hospital
wards and sports can exclude trans women. Deputy President of
(00:46):
the Supreme Court Patrick Hodge said, the unanimous decision of
this Court is that the terms women and sex in
the Equality Act twenty ten refer to a biological woman
and biological sex. LGBT plus organizations, including Stonewall, have said
(01:07):
that they are deeply concerned at the widespread harmful implications
of the ruling. Finland will keep its border with Russia
closed until further notice. The land border between Finland and
Russia was closed in twenty twenty three. Finland's government has
(01:28):
accused Russia of quote instrumentalized migration, which Russia denies. The
government has passed an emergency law that allows it to
reject asylum applications from migrants crossing the closed border. Finland
says that it will reopen the border if there is
no longer a serious threat to national security or public order. Asia.
(01:57):
China's President Shijinping is currently visiting Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. Yesterday,
he said he witnessed thirty one agreements with Malaysian Prime
Minister Anwar Ibrahim on areas including trade, transportation and agriculture.
He said, in the face of shocks to the current
(02:20):
international order and economic globalization, our two nations will stand
united with other countries in the region to jointly resist
the undercurrents of geopolitical and camp based confrontation, overcome the
countercurrents of unilateralism and protectionism, and safeguard the promising prospects
(02:43):
for development in our shared Asian home. The Maldives has
banned Israeli passport holders in an amendment to the Immigration Act.
According to the Office of President Mohammad Muizu. The office
says is Rail has committed genocide against Palestinians during the
(03:03):
war in Gaza, and the amendment quote reflects the government's
firm stance in response. Israel has denied accusations of genocide.
Kyrgyzstan's President Sadir Japarov has delayed the date of the
next election. Yesterday, Parliament passed a bill to move the
(03:26):
election to January twenty twenty seven rather than October twenty
twenty six. This means that Japarov would have served a
full six year term. Africa. In Somalia, al Shabab fighters
attacked a strategic town yesterday. According to residents, the group,
(03:51):
which is affiliated with al Qaeda, captured a number of
villages thirty miles from the capital Mogadishu. Last month, the
army recaptured the villages, but yesterday al Shabab attacked Adam Yabal,
which has been used as an army operating base in
(04:11):
South Africa. A kidnapped United States pastor has been rescued
by police. Josh Sullivan was kidnapped by armed men last week. Yesterday,
authority said that he was rescued during a high intensity
shootout where three suspects were killed. In Tunisia, hundreds of
(04:35):
people have been protesting after the wall of a school
collapsed on Monday, killing three students. Two other students were
seriously injured, according to the Civil Defense. Protesters say the
collapse demonstrates the neglect of Tunisia's infrastructure and the economic
(04:56):
and social crisis the Americus. In Brazil, Nadine Heredia, the
wife of former Peruvian president Oyanta Umala, has requested diplomatic
asylum after being sentenced to fifteen years in prison. On Tuesday,
(05:20):
Mexico will not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador. According to
President Claudia Schinbaum. Mexico recalled its diplomats from Ecuador after
the Mexican embassy was raided in twenty twenty four in
order to take former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glass into custody.
(05:43):
Former United States President Joe Biden has made his first
major speech since leaving office to defend social security.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
We know just how much subsecrety matters to people's lives.
Everyone in this room fights for people with disabilities to
rely on social security to survive, to survive. It's just
the physical side. It's the male side. It's the male side.
Make sure folk get the benefits they earn after a
(06:15):
lifetime of hard work. The work they do is more
than just a profession. What you do, it's a calling.
That's just a profession.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
And in Thailand, Thai New Year was celebrated on Sunday.
The song Cran Water Festival represents renewal, cleansing and a
fresh start. That's your world news in seven minutes. If
you enjoy this podcast, please tell your friends about us.
(06:47):
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. I'm Juliet Martin. Tomorrow
you will be with Stephen Devin Chenzi. Have a great day.
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