World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 30th October 2025
Today : Ukraine crimes against humanity. France partial guilt. Slovenia resignations. Korea Trump Xi. Israel Gaza airstrikes. Sudan RSF attacks. Tanzania election protests. Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba Melissa. Brazil raid. US monkeys.
SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list 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, Juliet Martin and Niall Moore every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, 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 daily news 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.
Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.
For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org
Today : Ukraine crimes against humanity. France partial guilt. Slovenia resignations. Korea Trump Xi. Israel Gaza airstrikes. Sudan RSF attacks. Tanzania election protests. Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba Melissa. Brazil raid. US monkeys.
SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list 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, Juliet Martin and Niall Moore every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, 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 daily news 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.
Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.
For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devincenzi. Today is Thursday, the thirtieth of October
twenty twenty five. Starting in Europe today in Ukraine, a
(00:22):
United Nations Human Rights Commission has said that the Russian
Army is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by
deliberately targeting civilians. The commission documented hundreds of cases of
Russian drone pilots targeting civilians in and around the city
(00:42):
of Kussan in southern Ukraine. Herson is one of the
regions of Ukraine that Russia declared was part of Russia
in twenty twenty two. However, the Russian Army only controls
part of it and doesn't control the capital city, Cursson.
The UN Commission said that the attacks were clearly intentional
(01:04):
and included dropping grenades on people walking down the street
or in their gardens, attacking ambulances and fire brigades, and
drones hovering near burning buildings waiting to attack firemen when
they arrive. Because of the attacks, some parts of Hurson
City now have anti drone netting in Russia. Ukraine has
(01:27):
destroyed a dam in Russia's Belgarod region, close to the
part of Ukraine's Northern Kharkiv region where Russian forces control
some territory after crossing the border last year. The BBC
has reported that the dam was destroyed on the weekend,
and there are reports that some Russian soldiers on the
(01:48):
Ukrainian side of the border have been separated from their units.
In France, two people suspected of stealing jewelry from the
Louver Museum two weeks ago have partially admitted guilt, according
to Paris prosecutor Law Becour. In Slovenia, both the Interior
(02:10):
Minister and the Justice minister have resigned after a man
died outside a nightclub, with Prime Minister Robert Golob warning
people against ethnic hatred. The forty eighty year old man
died after being beaten up by men of Roma background
in the city of novor Misto. The two ministers said
(02:31):
that they were partially responsible for a rise in violence
in southeast Slovenia Asia. In South Korea, United States President
Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Shijingping today at
the APEX Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Meeting. Trump has been
(02:53):
on a tour of Asia over the last week, stopping
in Japan and Malaysia, where he met with many Asian
lee is. China and the US have been in a
trade and tariff war since Trump regained the presidency this year.
Also at the APEC meeting, rm from the South Korean
boy band BTS spoke about the benefits of mixing cultures.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Kpop's shining success is proved that cultural diversity and creativity
are the greatest human potential, a force with no borders,
no limits growth.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed one hundred and four
people on Tuesday, according to Gaza health officials. Israel has
said that these strikes were in response to Hamas violations
of the ceasefire agreement made three weeks ago. Israel has
said that it has restarted enforcing the ceasefire Africa. In Sudan,
(03:56):
the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group have attacked and shot
men attempting to leave the city of Alfascir. According to
a Reuter's report referencing witnesses. This weekend, the city of
Alfacier was captured by the RSF after around a year
and a half of a siege in which people were
(04:17):
not able to get in and out. Aid groups have
said that the RSF may target people based on their ethnicity,
as they have been accused of doing throughout Sudan's civil war,
in which the RSF has been fighting Sudan's army for
two and a half years. In Tanzania, violent protests were
(04:39):
reported yesterday in the capital Dada Salam during the general
election day. Rights groups have said that the elections are
not free and fair as both main opposition parties have
been banned and there is no widespread recognition of any
other candidate for president other than current President Samyat Suluhu Hassan.
(05:01):
The BBC reported that a hospital had recently accepted many
wounded people, and Chief of Police Camellius wam Budha said
that a curfew would be in place from six pm
and that people should stay inside. The Internet monitoring organization
net Blocks said that the internet had been completely cut
(05:23):
off in Tanzania yesterday. Americas, in he T forty people
are reported to have died because of flooding caused by
Hurricane Melissa. In Jamaica, seventy seven percent of the country
was left without power yesterday after Hurricane Melissa passed through
(05:44):
Jamaica on Tuesday. Melissa traveled over Cuba and the Bahamas yesterday,
where hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. Melissa
has now been recorded as the third strongest hurricane to
ever hit the Caribbean the strongest hurricane to ever hit Jamaica.
In Brazil, the death toll from a police and special
(06:07):
forces raid on a drug gang operating in favelas in
Rio de Janeiro has risen. Police have confirmed one hundred
and nineteen deaths, including four police officers. However, other groups
have put the number at one hundred and thirty two.
This is the deadliest police raid in the history of Brazil,
and the police have said that it was planned for
(06:29):
months and that two hundred and fifty kilograms of drugs
and hundreds of guns were seized. And in the United States,
authorities are searching for three monkeys after a truck carrying
them overturned. People in Mississippi have been warned not to
go near the reesus monkeys as they could be aggressive.
(06:51):
That's your World News in seven minutes. Do you know
someone else that might like this podcast, Please tell them
about it. See tomorrow. Have a great day. Und nd
bom
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devincenzi. Today is Thursday, the thirtieth of October
twenty twenty five. Starting in Europe today in Ukraine, a
(00:22):
United Nations Human Rights Commission has said that the Russian
Army is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by
deliberately targeting civilians. The commission documented hundreds of cases of
Russian drone pilots targeting civilians in and around the city
(00:42):
of Kussan in southern Ukraine. Herson is one of the
regions of Ukraine that Russia declared was part of Russia
in twenty twenty two. However, the Russian Army only controls
part of it and doesn't control the capital city, Cursson.
The UN Commission said that the attacks were clearly intentional
(01:04):
and included dropping grenades on people walking down the street
or in their gardens, attacking ambulances and fire brigades, and
drones hovering near burning buildings waiting to attack firemen when
they arrive. Because of the attacks, some parts of Hurson
City now have anti drone netting in Russia. Ukraine has
(01:27):
destroyed a dam in Russia's Belgarod region, close to the
part of Ukraine's Northern Kharkiv region where Russian forces control
some territory after crossing the border last year. The BBC
has reported that the dam was destroyed on the weekend,
and there are reports that some Russian soldiers on the
(01:48):
Ukrainian side of the border have been separated from their units.
In France, two people suspected of stealing jewelry from the
Louver Museum two weeks ago have partially admitted guilt, according
to Paris prosecutor Law Becour. In Slovenia, both the Interior
(02:10):
Minister and the Justice minister have resigned after a man
died outside a nightclub, with Prime Minister Robert Golob warning
people against ethnic hatred. The forty eighty year old man
died after being beaten up by men of Roma background
in the city of novor Misto. The two ministers said
(02:31):
that they were partially responsible for a rise in violence
in southeast Slovenia Asia. In South Korea, United States President
Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Shijingping today at
the APEX Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Meeting. Trump has been
(02:53):
on a tour of Asia over the last week, stopping
in Japan and Malaysia, where he met with many Asian
lee is. China and the US have been in a
trade and tariff war since Trump regained the presidency this year.
Also at the APEC meeting, rm from the South Korean
boy band BTS spoke about the benefits of mixing cultures.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Kpop's shining success is proved that cultural diversity and creativity
are the greatest human potential, a force with no borders,
no limits growth.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed one hundred and four
people on Tuesday, according to Gaza health officials. Israel has
said that these strikes were in response to Hamas violations
of the ceasefire agreement made three weeks ago. Israel has
said that it has restarted enforcing the ceasefire Africa. In Sudan,
(03:56):
the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group have attacked and shot
men attempting to leave the city of Alfascir. According to
a Reuter's report referencing witnesses. This weekend, the city of
Alfacier was captured by the RSF after around a year
and a half of a siege in which people were
(04:17):
not able to get in and out. Aid groups have
said that the RSF may target people based on their ethnicity,
as they have been accused of doing throughout Sudan's civil war,
in which the RSF has been fighting Sudan's army for
two and a half years. In Tanzania, violent protests were
(04:39):
reported yesterday in the capital Dada Salam during the general
election day. Rights groups have said that the elections are
not free and fair as both main opposition parties have
been banned and there is no widespread recognition of any
other candidate for president other than current President Samyat Suluhu Hassan.
(05:01):
The BBC reported that a hospital had recently accepted many
wounded people, and Chief of Police Camellius wam Budha said
that a curfew would be in place from six pm
and that people should stay inside. The Internet monitoring organization
net Blocks said that the internet had been completely cut
(05:23):
off in Tanzania yesterday. Americas, in he T forty people
are reported to have died because of flooding caused by
Hurricane Melissa. In Jamaica, seventy seven percent of the country
was left without power yesterday after Hurricane Melissa passed through
(05:44):
Jamaica on Tuesday. Melissa traveled over Cuba and the Bahamas yesterday,
where hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. Melissa
has now been recorded as the third strongest hurricane to
ever hit the Caribbean the strongest hurricane to ever hit Jamaica.
In Brazil, the death toll from a police and special
(06:07):
forces raid on a drug gang operating in favelas in
Rio de Janeiro has risen. Police have confirmed one hundred
and nineteen deaths, including four police officers. However, other groups
have put the number at one hundred and thirty two.
This is the deadliest police raid in the history of Brazil,
and the police have said that it was planned for
(06:29):
months and that two hundred and fifty kilograms of drugs
and hundreds of guns were seized. And in the United States,
authorities are searching for three monkeys after a truck carrying
them overturned. People in Mississippi have been warned not to
go near the reesus monkeys as they could be aggressive.
(06:51):
That's your World News in seven minutes. Do you know
someone else that might like this podcast, Please tell them
about it. See tomorrow. Have a great day. Und nd
bom
Popular Podcasts
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.