World News in 7 minutes. Thursday 23rd November 2023
Today: Israel-Palestine temporary ceasefire. Japan Sony sued. Cameroon malaria vaccine. US OpenAI boss returns. Malawi debt relief. Brazil football violence. Finland may close Russian border. Nigeria truck crash. And UK rewards K-Pop band BLACKPINK.
With Ben Mallett
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Today: Israel-Palestine temporary ceasefire. Japan Sony sued. Cameroon malaria vaccine. US OpenAI boss returns. Malawi debt relief. Brazil football violence. Finland may close Russian border. Nigeria truck crash. And UK rewards K-Pop band BLACKPINK.
With Ben Mallett
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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 and Ben Mallett 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):
Good morning. This is send sevenworld news in seven minutes. I'm ben
Mallet. Today is Thursday, thetwenty third of November twenty twenty three,
starting in Asia. In Israel andPalestine, a four day ceasefire has been
(00:26):
agreed between the Israeli government and Hamas. The ceasefire deal has agreed that fifty
Israeli hostages will be released by Hamasover the next four days, and in
return, Israel will release one hundredand fifty jailed Palestinians. Israel and Hamas
(00:48):
will also stop fighting for four daysto allow food, medicine, and fuel
supplies to enter Gaza. Israel hassaid that the ceasefire could be expended if
more hostages are released, with anexpectation that ten Israeli hostages would need to
be released per day. This trucewas mediated by Katar. Both Israel and
(01:14):
Hamas have said that they expect fightingwill continue and that this pause in fighting
does not mark the end of thewar. In Japan, technology company Sony
is facing a six point three billionpound mass lawsuit from the UK. Sony
Interactive Entertainment is the maker of thegaming console the PlayStation. This lawsuit is
(01:42):
on behalf of nearly nine million peoplewho bought games through the digital PlayStation store.
Sony has been accused of abusing itsdominant position and not allowing competition for
purchases. Sony lawyers have said thecase is flawed from start to finish and
should be dismissed. Africa, Cameroonhas received its first shipments of a new
(02:13):
malaria vaccine. The RTSs vaccine isbeing produced by British drugmaker Gskplc. More
than three hundred thousand doses of thevaccine have arrived in Cameroon. This comes
after successful trial programs in Ghana,Kenya and Malawi. Six hundred thousand people
(02:37):
around the world die every year frommalaria. Director General of the World Health
Organization, doctor Gedbresis, has saidthat this vaccine changes the course of public
health history. Maleia has been withus for millenniare and the dream of a
malaria vaccine has been a long heldbut an attainable dream. Today, the
(03:05):
RTSs malaria vaccine, more than thirtyyears in the making, changes the course
of public health history. Using thisvaccine, in addition to existing tools to
prevent malaria, could save tens ofthousands of young lives each year, Malawi
will need nearly one billion dollars indebt relief by twenty twenty seven. That's
(03:32):
according to the International Monetary Fund orIMF. Malawi is one of the world's
poorest countries and currently owes four billiondollars of external debt. Most of this
money is owed to China and India, which have both agreed to restructure the
(03:53):
debt owed to them. The IMFagreed a one hundred and seventy eight million
dollar loane to Malawi last week.In Nigeria, at least seventeen people have
been killed after a truck crash onTuesday. The crash in Takalafia village injured
(04:15):
another two hundred and eight people.Vehicle crashes are common in Nigeria, particularly
at night time, due to poorlylit roads and vehicles the Americas in the
US, co founder and former CEOof open Ai, Sam Altman, will
(04:38):
be returning as the company's CEO.Altman was fired by the open Ai board
of directors last Friday in a shockmove which left many surprised. OpenAI is
the company behind ai chatbot chat GPT. After he was fired, Altman had
(04:59):
a announced he would be joining Microsoft. Microsoft also offered to hire any OpenAI
staff who wanted to leave the company, with hundreds of staff signing an open
letter demanding that Altman was reinstated.Altman returns to his role as CEO with
a new board of directors. InBrazil, a World Cup qualifying football match
(05:28):
between Argentina and Brazil saw Brazilian policeattacking fans with batons. Police intervened after
fighting broke out between the two setsof fans. Footage has emerged showing Brazilian
police rushing at Argentina fans as theythrow stadium seats and other objects. Argentinian
(05:50):
footballer Lionel Messi and members of theBrazil football team stated their concerns about the
violence, saying they were worried families, women and children. The football match
started after a thirty minute delay,with Argentina winning one nil. Europe Finland
(06:15):
is considering closing its entire border withRussia. Finnish Foreign Minister Alina Valtonen says
that more than six hundred immigrants withouttravel documents have illegally arrived in Finland via
Russia. These asylum seekers come froma number of countries in Africa and the
Middle East, such as Syria,Yemen and Somalia. Finland has accused Russia
(06:42):
of deliberately directing asylum seekers into Finland. Russia has denied these claims and said
they will of course respond if theborder is closed. And In the UK,
K pop band Black Pink have receivedOrder of the British Medals during a
meeting with King Charles the third.K pop or Korean pop has become increasingly
(07:08):
popular across the world in recent years. The four singers in all female band
Black Pink joined South Korean President Yunsukyolduring his state visit to the UK.
The band was the first K popgroup to headline a major UK music festival
when they sang at the Bst HydePark Festival last summer. That's your World
(07:31):
News in seven minutes. If youenjoy this podcast, please leave a review
or a rating in your podcast app. I'm Ben Mallett. Tomorrow you will
be with the lovely Juliette Martin.Have a great day.
Good morning. This is send sevenworld news in seven minutes. I'm ben
Mallet. Today is Thursday, thetwenty third of November twenty twenty three,
starting in Asia. In Israel andPalestine, a four day ceasefire has been
(00:26):
agreed between the Israeli government and Hamas. The ceasefire deal has agreed that fifty
Israeli hostages will be released by Hamasover the next four days, and in
return, Israel will release one hundredand fifty jailed Palestinians. Israel and Hamas
(00:48):
will also stop fighting for four daysto allow food, medicine, and fuel
supplies to enter Gaza. Israel hassaid that the ceasefire could be expended if
more hostages are released, with anexpectation that ten Israeli hostages would need to
be released per day. This trucewas mediated by Katar. Both Israel and
(01:14):
Hamas have said that they expect fightingwill continue and that this pause in fighting
does not mark the end of thewar. In Japan, technology company Sony
is facing a six point three billionpound mass lawsuit from the UK. Sony
Interactive Entertainment is the maker of thegaming console the PlayStation. This lawsuit is
(01:42):
on behalf of nearly nine million peoplewho bought games through the digital PlayStation store.
Sony has been accused of abusing itsdominant position and not allowing competition for
purchases. Sony lawyers have said thecase is flawed from start to finish and
should be dismissed. Africa, Cameroonhas received its first shipments of a new
(02:13):
malaria vaccine. The RTSs vaccine isbeing produced by British drugmaker Gskplc. More
than three hundred thousand doses of thevaccine have arrived in Cameroon. This comes
after successful trial programs in Ghana,Kenya and Malawi. Six hundred thousand people
(02:37):
around the world die every year frommalaria. Director General of the World Health
Organization, doctor Gedbresis, has saidthat this vaccine changes the course of public
health history. Maleia has been withus for millenniare and the dream of a
malaria vaccine has been a long heldbut an attainable dream. Today, the
(03:05):
RTSs malaria vaccine, more than thirtyyears in the making, changes the course
of public health history. Using thisvaccine, in addition to existing tools to
prevent malaria, could save tens ofthousands of young lives each year, Malawi
will need nearly one billion dollars indebt relief by twenty twenty seven. That's
(03:32):
according to the International Monetary Fund orIMF. Malawi is one of the world's
poorest countries and currently owes four billiondollars of external debt. Most of this
money is owed to China and India, which have both agreed to restructure the
(03:53):
debt owed to them. The IMFagreed a one hundred and seventy eight million
dollar loane to Malawi last week.In Nigeria, at least seventeen people have
been killed after a truck crash onTuesday. The crash in Takalafia village injured
(04:15):
another two hundred and eight people.Vehicle crashes are common in Nigeria, particularly
at night time, due to poorlylit roads and vehicles the Americas in the
US, co founder and former CEOof open Ai, Sam Altman, will
(04:38):
be returning as the company's CEO.Altman was fired by the open Ai board
of directors last Friday in a shockmove which left many surprised. OpenAI is
the company behind ai chatbot chat GPT. After he was fired, Altman had
(04:59):
a announced he would be joining Microsoft. Microsoft also offered to hire any OpenAI
staff who wanted to leave the company, with hundreds of staff signing an open
letter demanding that Altman was reinstated.Altman returns to his role as CEO with
a new board of directors. InBrazil, a World Cup qualifying football match
(05:28):
between Argentina and Brazil saw Brazilian policeattacking fans with batons. Police intervened after
fighting broke out between the two setsof fans. Footage has emerged showing Brazilian
police rushing at Argentina fans as theythrow stadium seats and other objects. Argentinian
(05:50):
footballer Lionel Messi and members of theBrazil football team stated their concerns about the
violence, saying they were worried families, women and children. The football match
started after a thirty minute delay,with Argentina winning one nil. Europe Finland
(06:15):
is considering closing its entire border withRussia. Finnish Foreign Minister Alina Valtonen says
that more than six hundred immigrants withouttravel documents have illegally arrived in Finland via
Russia. These asylum seekers come froma number of countries in Africa and the
Middle East, such as Syria,Yemen and Somalia. Finland has accused Russia
(06:42):
of deliberately directing asylum seekers into Finland. Russia has denied these claims and said
they will of course respond if theborder is closed. And In the UK,
K pop band Black Pink have receivedOrder of the British Medals during a
meeting with King Charles the third.K pop or Korean pop has become increasingly
(07:08):
popular across the world in recent years. The four singers in all female band
Black Pink joined South Korean President Yunsukyolduring his state visit to the UK.
The band was the first K popgroup to headline a major UK music festival
when they sang at the Bst HydePark Festival last summer. That's your World
(07:31):
News in seven minutes. If youenjoy this podcast, please leave a review
or a rating in your podcast app. I'm Ben Mallett. Tomorrow you will
be with the lovely Juliette Martin.Have a great day.
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