World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 20th November 2025.
Today: Ukraine drone attack. Poland consulate closure. North Macedonia nightclub trial. United States Epstein files. Canada space funding. Chile Patagonia deaths. Japan fire. Vietnam floods landslides. New Zealand drug ban. Tunisia doctor strike. Egypt village reconstruction.
With Juliet Martin
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Today: Ukraine drone attack. Poland consulate closure. North Macedonia nightclub trial. United States Epstein files. Canada space funding. Chile Patagonia deaths. Japan fire. Vietnam floods landslides. New Zealand drug ban. Tunisia doctor strike. Egypt village reconstruction.
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, 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):
Good morning. This is sen seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin and today is Thursday, the twentieth of
November twenty twenty five. We start in Europe today in Ukraine,
(00:29):
at least twenty five people have been killed in a
drone and missile attack that hit apartment buildings. According to officials,
Russia fired four hundred and seventy six drones and forty
eight missiles at Ukraine. According to reports, around eighty people
(00:52):
were injured and energy and transport infrastructure was hit. Russia
denies deliberately targeting civilians. Poland will close its last Russian consulate.
It will also deploy thousands of soldiers to protect infrastructure.
(01:15):
This follows an explosion on the railway line from Warsaw
at the weekend. Foreign Minister Radislav Sikorski said the incident
was not only an act of sabotage, but also an
act of state terrorism. Russia has said it regrets Poland's decision.
(01:39):
In North Macedonia, the trial over the nightclub fire in
March began yesterday. More than thirty people are accused of
public safety offenses related to the incident, which killed sixty
three people. The accused faith sentence is between ten years
(02:02):
and life in prison. The Americas, the United States Justice
Department will release files from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein
within thirty days following a Congress vote. Congress voted almost
(02:25):
unanimously to make the documents public. They could include information
on convicted sex offender Epstein's activities, including socializing with President
Donald Trump and other powerful figures. United States Attorney General
Pam Bondi announced that the files would be released and
(02:49):
said the Justice Department would ensure maximum transparency.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
So we have released thirty three thousand, over thirty three
thousand Epstein documents to the Hill and will continue to
follow the law and to have maximum transparency. Also, we
will always encourage all victims to come forward.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Canada will increase its funding to the European Space Agency
by five hundred and twenty eight point five million Canadian dollars,
ten times more than its previous investments. The money will
be spent over three to five years on projects including
(03:35):
satellite communications, earth observation, space exploration, positioning, navigation and timing,
and space situational awareness. In Chile, five tourists have died
in the Torres del Pane National Park in Patagonia. The
(03:57):
tourists had become lost in a snowstorm, which caused white
out conditions and wind speeds over one hundred and twenty
miles per hour Asia and Oceania. In Japan, more than
one hundred and seventy buildings have been destroyed and one
(04:22):
person has been killed in a fire in Oua City.
This is the largest fire in a Japanese city in
almost fifty years. It has burned forty eight thousand, nine
hundred square meters, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
(04:42):
The cause of the fire is being investigated. In Vietnam,
at least eight people have been killed in floods and
landslides caused by torrential rain. According to the government, since
the weekend, more than one one hundred millimeters of rain
(05:03):
has fallen in some areas. The thuds could also damage
the coffee harvest. The government warned. New Zealand will ban
new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people.
Doctors will no longer be able to prescribe the drugs
(05:25):
for gender dysphoria or incongruence from the nineteenth of December.
Critics say the ban could damage the lives and well
being of transgender people Africa. In Tunisia, thousands of doctors
went on strike yesterday. They are demanding higher pay and
(05:51):
say that the health system is in danger of collapsing.
Protesters gathered near parliament holding signs that said dignity for
doctors and save our hospitals. They say doctors have low wages,
outdated equipment and a shortage of essential supplies. And in Egypt,
(06:16):
restorers are reconstructing a historic village in the capital Cairo.
They are dismantling houses and rebuilding them with historic materials
in a neighborhood under the Citadel, which is more than
eight hundred years old. The project aims to build livable
(06:39):
homes from those that had been destroyed. That's your world
news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please
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 sunseven dot org.
(07:04):
I'm at Juliet Martin tomorrow. You will be with Stephen Devinchenzi.
Have a great day.
Good morning. This is sen seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin and today is Thursday, the twentieth of
November twenty twenty five. We start in Europe today in Ukraine,
(00:29):
at least twenty five people have been killed in a
drone and missile attack that hit apartment buildings. According to officials,
Russia fired four hundred and seventy six drones and forty
eight missiles at Ukraine. According to reports, around eighty people
(00:52):
were injured and energy and transport infrastructure was hit. Russia
denies deliberately targeting civilians. Poland will close its last Russian consulate.
It will also deploy thousands of soldiers to protect infrastructure.
(01:15):
This follows an explosion on the railway line from Warsaw
at the weekend. Foreign Minister Radislav Sikorski said the incident
was not only an act of sabotage, but also an
act of state terrorism. Russia has said it regrets Poland's decision.
(01:39):
In North Macedonia, the trial over the nightclub fire in
March began yesterday. More than thirty people are accused of
public safety offenses related to the incident, which killed sixty
three people. The accused faith sentence is between ten years
(02:02):
and life in prison. The Americas, the United States Justice
Department will release files from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein
within thirty days following a Congress vote. Congress voted almost
(02:25):
unanimously to make the documents public. They could include information
on convicted sex offender Epstein's activities, including socializing with President
Donald Trump and other powerful figures. United States Attorney General
Pam Bondi announced that the files would be released and
(02:49):
said the Justice Department would ensure maximum transparency.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
So we have released thirty three thousand, over thirty three
thousand Epstein documents to the Hill and will continue to
follow the law and to have maximum transparency. Also, we
will always encourage all victims to come forward.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Canada will increase its funding to the European Space Agency
by five hundred and twenty eight point five million Canadian dollars,
ten times more than its previous investments. The money will
be spent over three to five years on projects including
(03:35):
satellite communications, earth observation, space exploration, positioning, navigation and timing,
and space situational awareness. In Chile, five tourists have died
in the Torres del Pane National Park in Patagonia. The
(03:57):
tourists had become lost in a snowstorm, which caused white
out conditions and wind speeds over one hundred and twenty
miles per hour Asia and Oceania. In Japan, more than
one hundred and seventy buildings have been destroyed and one
(04:22):
person has been killed in a fire in Oua City.
This is the largest fire in a Japanese city in
almost fifty years. It has burned forty eight thousand, nine
hundred square meters, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
(04:42):
The cause of the fire is being investigated. In Vietnam,
at least eight people have been killed in floods and
landslides caused by torrential rain. According to the government, since
the weekend, more than one one hundred millimeters of rain
(05:03):
has fallen in some areas. The thuds could also damage
the coffee harvest. The government warned. New Zealand will ban
new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people.
Doctors will no longer be able to prescribe the drugs
(05:25):
for gender dysphoria or incongruence from the nineteenth of December.
Critics say the ban could damage the lives and well
being of transgender people Africa. In Tunisia, thousands of doctors
went on strike yesterday. They are demanding higher pay and
(05:51):
say that the health system is in danger of collapsing.
Protesters gathered near parliament holding signs that said dignity for
doctors and save our hospitals. They say doctors have low wages,
outdated equipment and a shortage of essential supplies. And in Egypt,
(06:16):
restorers are reconstructing a historic village in the capital Cairo.
They are dismantling houses and rebuilding them with historic materials
in a neighborhood under the Citadel, which is more than
eight hundred years old. The project aims to build livable
(06:39):
homes from those that had been destroyed. That's your world
news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please
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 sunseven dot org.
(07:04):
I'm at Juliet Martin tomorrow. You will be with Stephen Devinchenzi.
Have a great day.
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