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Today: US Taylor Swift Person of the Year. Venezuela oil expansion. Peru Fujimori awaiting release. Uganda keeping fossil fuels. Egypt elections next week. France teenagers’ skills declining. Italy ends Chinese investment. Saudi Arabia Putin visit. And in Japan taxi driver arrested for pigeon hit-and-run.
With Ben Mallett
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Today: US Taylor Swift Person of the Year. Venezuela oil expansion. Peru Fujimori awaiting release. Uganda keeping fossil fuels. Egypt elections next week. France teenagers’ skills declining. Italy ends Chinese investment. Saudi Arabia Putin visit. And in Japan taxi driver arrested for pigeon hit-and-run.
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 then
Mallett. Today is Thursday, theseventh of December twenty twenty three. Starting
in the Americas, US pop singerTaylor Swift has been named Times Person of
(00:26):
the Year for twenty twenty three.The thirty three year old singer songwriter has
been touring the world this year,showcasing songs from across her career. Her
Era's tour has made nine hundred milliondollars in twenty twenty three so far and
(00:46):
will continue to tour Asia, Australia, Europe and the US in twenty twenty
four. Swift is known for songsincluding twenty two, Love Story and Blank
Space. Time magazine has been naminga Person of the Year since nineteen twenty
seven. Former winners include popes,presidents, German chancellors, kings, queens
(01:11):
and emperors. In Venezuela, PresidentNicholas Maduro has said he will permit oil
exploration in an area disputed with Guyana. Venezuela passed a referendum earlier this week
saying they would take control of theregion of Eskibo. Esakibo is currently in
(01:36):
Guyana, which has lodged a formalcomplaint to the UN. Maduro has said
that Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA willbegin to operate along the oil rich Esaquibo
River. In Peru, former presidentAlberto Fujimori is awaiting release from prison.
(02:00):
Fujimori had been serving a twenty fiveyear prison sentence for human rights abuses.
He served as president for ten yearsfrom nineteen ninety having at first been democratically
elected, before seizing power as adictator in nineteen ninety two. Fujimori,
(02:22):
who is now eighty five years old, is a controversial figure in Peruvian politics.
He received a presidential pardon in twentyseventeen, which was overturned by Peru's
courts until this year. Africa,Uganda's energy minister has said it is an
(02:46):
insult for the country to be expectedto phase out fossil fuels. Uganda began
drilling its first commercial oil well thisyear. Energy Minister Ruth Nankabura said there
should be a first in, firstout policy for ending fossil fuel usage,
suggesting Europe should do so first.Uganda has joined a group of countries including
(03:12):
China and Saudi Arabia in rejecting callsfor a phasing out of fossil fuels.
In Egypt, presidential elections will betaking place next week. Former army chief
and current President Abdul Fata Alcisi isexpected to win a third term. The
(03:34):
vote will take place from December tenthto twelfth, with results to be announced
on December eighteenth. Europe. InFrance, a new study says that teenagers
reading and mathematics skills are in declineacross a large number of countries. The
(03:57):
survey was produced by the oe sCD or Organization or Economic Corporation and Development,
based in Paris. The study testedseven hundred thousand fifteen year olds from
eighty two countries owe SEE. TheSecretary General Matthias Corman said there had been
an unprecedented drop in performance Overaurally twentytwenty two assessment saw an unprecedented drop in
(04:26):
performance across the OECD, which isequivalent to half a year's worth of learning
progress in reading in three quarters ofa year's worth in mathematics. Owe SEE.
The Education Director Andrea Schleicher added thatdigital distractions may be to blame.
Could see, you know digital distractionsand that is true out so for as
(04:48):
students in Brazil is a high shareof young people basically feeling anxious distracted by
their digital devices in classrooms. Ithink that's the fact that the decline in
product support. Now we have seenhow important parents are at home and also
in engaging with school, and thathas dropped. All of those things could
(05:10):
have played a role in the decline. Italy has said it is leaving a
Chinese investment scheme. The Belt andthe Road initiative was launched by Xijingping in
twenty thirteen to invest in more thanone hundred and fifty countries. Italy signed
on in twenty nineteen, expecting aboost to its trade with China. Prime
(05:34):
Minister Georgia Maloney has said that therehave been no significant gains for Italy and
it will not be renewing the agreementin twenty twenty four when their current deal
runs out Asia. In Saudi Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived yesterday for
(05:57):
talks with Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salmon. The meeting is expected to cover the
wars in Ukraine and Gaza, aswell as the subject of oil. Russia
and Saudi Arabia are members of theOPEK Group, the organization of the petroleum
exporting countries. Putin also visited theUAE, whose president, Sheik Muhammad bin
(06:24):
Zayed al Nayan, welcomes Putin asa dear friend. And in Japan,
a taxi driver has been arrested forrunning over a pigeon. Fifty year old
at Sushi Ozawa has been accused ofdeliberately driving into a flock of birds.
One pigeon died, reportedly from shock. Because pigeons are not a game animal,
(06:49):
Azawa has been accused of breaking wildlifeprotection laws. The taxi driver was
reported saying roads upper people. It'sup to the pigeon to avoid cars.
That's your world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please
leave a review or a rating inyour podcast app. I'm then Mallet.
(07:13):
Tomorrow you will be with Stephen DevinChenzi. Have a great day.
Good morning. This is send sevenworld news in seven minutes. I'm then
Mallett. Today is Thursday, theseventh of December twenty twenty three. Starting
in the Americas, US pop singerTaylor Swift has been named Times Person of
(00:26):
the Year for twenty twenty three.The thirty three year old singer songwriter has
been touring the world this year,showcasing songs from across her career. Her
Era's tour has made nine hundred milliondollars in twenty twenty three so far and
(00:46):
will continue to tour Asia, Australia, Europe and the US in twenty twenty
four. Swift is known for songsincluding twenty two, Love Story and Blank
Space. Time magazine has been naminga Person of the Year since nineteen twenty
seven. Former winners include popes,presidents, German chancellors, kings, queens
(01:11):
and emperors. In Venezuela, PresidentNicholas Maduro has said he will permit oil
exploration in an area disputed with Guyana. Venezuela passed a referendum earlier this week
saying they would take control of theregion of Eskibo. Esakibo is currently in
(01:36):
Guyana, which has lodged a formalcomplaint to the UN. Maduro has said
that Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA willbegin to operate along the oil rich Esaquibo
River. In Peru, former presidentAlberto Fujimori is awaiting release from prison.
(02:00):
Fujimori had been serving a twenty fiveyear prison sentence for human rights abuses.
He served as president for ten yearsfrom nineteen ninety having at first been democratically
elected, before seizing power as adictator in nineteen ninety two. Fujimori,
(02:22):
who is now eighty five years old, is a controversial figure in Peruvian politics.
He received a presidential pardon in twentyseventeen, which was overturned by Peru's
courts until this year. Africa,Uganda's energy minister has said it is an
(02:46):
insult for the country to be expectedto phase out fossil fuels. Uganda began
drilling its first commercial oil well thisyear. Energy Minister Ruth Nankabura said there
should be a first in, firstout policy for ending fossil fuel usage,
suggesting Europe should do so first.Uganda has joined a group of countries including
(03:12):
China and Saudi Arabia in rejecting callsfor a phasing out of fossil fuels.
In Egypt, presidential elections will betaking place next week. Former army chief
and current President Abdul Fata Alcisi isexpected to win a third term. The
(03:34):
vote will take place from December tenthto twelfth, with results to be announced
on December eighteenth. Europe. InFrance, a new study says that teenagers
reading and mathematics skills are in declineacross a large number of countries. The
(03:57):
survey was produced by the oe sCD or Organization or Economic Corporation and Development,
based in Paris. The study testedseven hundred thousand fifteen year olds from
eighty two countries owe SEE. TheSecretary General Matthias Corman said there had been
an unprecedented drop in performance Overaurally twentytwenty two assessment saw an unprecedented drop in
(04:26):
performance across the OECD, which isequivalent to half a year's worth of learning
progress in reading in three quarters ofa year's worth in mathematics. Owe SEE.
The Education Director Andrea Schleicher added thatdigital distractions may be to blame.
Could see, you know digital distractionsand that is true out so for as
(04:48):
students in Brazil is a high shareof young people basically feeling anxious distracted by
their digital devices in classrooms. Ithink that's the fact that the decline in
product support. Now we have seenhow important parents are at home and also
in engaging with school, and thathas dropped. All of those things could
(05:10):
have played a role in the decline. Italy has said it is leaving a
Chinese investment scheme. The Belt andthe Road initiative was launched by Xijingping in
twenty thirteen to invest in more thanone hundred and fifty countries. Italy signed
on in twenty nineteen, expecting aboost to its trade with China. Prime
(05:34):
Minister Georgia Maloney has said that therehave been no significant gains for Italy and
it will not be renewing the agreementin twenty twenty four when their current deal
runs out Asia. In Saudi Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived yesterday for
(05:57):
talks with Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salmon. The meeting is expected to cover the
wars in Ukraine and Gaza, aswell as the subject of oil. Russia
and Saudi Arabia are members of theOPEK Group, the organization of the petroleum
exporting countries. Putin also visited theUAE, whose president, Sheik Muhammad bin
(06:24):
Zayed al Nayan, welcomes Putin asa dear friend. And in Japan,
a taxi driver has been arrested forrunning over a pigeon. Fifty year old
at Sushi Ozawa has been accused ofdeliberately driving into a flock of birds.
One pigeon died, reportedly from shock. Because pigeons are not a game animal,
(06:49):
Azawa has been accused of breaking wildlifeprotection laws. The taxi driver was
reported saying roads upper people. It'sup to the pigeon to avoid cars.
That's your world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please
leave a review or a rating inyour podcast app. I'm then Mallet.
(07:13):
Tomorrow you will be with Stephen DevinChenzi. Have a great day.
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