World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 11 November 2025.
Today: Uganda Kenyan activists. Mali Islamists. US shutdown vote. Brazil COP30. India Delhi explosion. India Delhi pollution. Philippines Typhoon. Poland Russian agent. France Sarkozy. UK BBC. Spain language study.
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Today: Uganda Kenyan activists. Mali Islamists. US shutdown vote. Brazil COP30. India Delhi explosion. India Delhi pollution. Philippines Typhoon. Poland Russian agent. France Sarkozy. UK BBC. Spain language study.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Nile Moore. Today is Tuesday, the eleventh of November
twenty twenty five. Today we're starting in Africa. In Uganda,
(00:21):
two political activists from Kenya have been released after more
than a month in detention. On October the third, Bob
and Jagi and Nicholas Oil, were arrested in Uganda while
on their way to a political event hosted by Bobby Wine,
a former pop star who is running to be president
(00:42):
of Uganda. Eye witnesses said they saw Bob and Jagi
and Nicholas or Yu be abducted by armed men, but
at the time Ugandan officials did not say where they
were taken to. Now, the Ugandan President Yuwari Musaveni admitted
that they were arrested by his security forces and released
(01:06):
after diplomatic discussions with Kenyan political leaders. So I'm Kenyan
leaders rang and I said I should either put them
in the Yeri or Handenbach. The African Union has called
for international help in Mali, where Islamist militants are blocking
(01:30):
access to fuel and kidnapping foreigners. In October, the Malian
government announced it was closing all schools and universities for
two weeks because the Jamat Nuzrat al Islam While muslamin
Islamist group who are connected to al Qaeda, were attacking
fuel tankers that try to enter the country. In the
(01:53):
last few weeks, foreigners in Mali have been kidnapped by
the group, who use the ransom money to fund their
operations in West Africa. In a statement yesterday, the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission, Mahmud Ali Yusuf, called for
quote enhanced cooperation, intelligence sharing and sustained support for Mali
(02:17):
and other countries in the Sahel region like Nijer and
Berkina Faso, which are also under attack from the Islamist
jihadis group Jamat Nuzrat al Islam Jua muslamin Americas. In
the United States, the Senate has taken the first steps
(02:39):
towards ending the US government's shutdown. Six weeks ago. Government
funding was cut off because the Republican and Democrat parties
could not agree on a bill to fund government services.
A funding bill could not move ahead without sixty of
one hundred votes in the Senate. Now, eight Democrat senators
(03:01):
have voted with Republicans to pass the bill, meaning it
will now be debated and voted on in the House
of Representatives. In Brazil, the COP thirty Climate Summit has
begun in the city of Belem. When opening the summit,
Brazil's COP thirty President Andre Correa do Lago said this
(03:24):
would be the quote COP of truth because the increase
in climate disasters around the world makes the effects of
climate change impossible to ignore. Asia. In India, eight people
have been killed and several injured, according to police officials,
(03:45):
after a car exploded in the capital city Delhi. The
explosion happened near the Red Fort, a famous tourist attraction.
It's currently unclear what caused the explosion, but police and
security offices have been put on high alert also in India.
(04:05):
In Delhi, dozens of people were detained on Sunday while
protesting against air pollution. Delhi has some of the worst
air quality in the world thanks to pollution dust and
smoke from farmers burning crop stubble in nearby states. It
has been particularly bad over the past three weeks, with
(04:27):
pollution measured as twenty to thirty times higher than the
World Health Organization's safe limit. Protesters gathered to demand that
the government does more to improve air quality in the city.
Around eighty people were arrested at the protest but later released.
(04:48):
In the Philippines, typhoon Fung Wong has moved away from
the country and is now over the South China Sea,
heading towards Taiwan. Ioint four million people were evacuated before
the typhoon hit the Philippines because of fears over flooding
and wind damage. In the end, the damage has been
(05:11):
less serious than was feared. Two people unknown to have died,
compared with nearly two hundred people who died during Typhoon Kalmeagi,
which hit the Philippines last week Europe. In Poland, a
Russian activist who claimed to be working for the Russian
(05:31):
opposition has admitted he was actually working for Russia's main
security agency, the FSB. Igor Rogov moved to Poland in
twenty twenty two, but before that was working with Russian
opposition groups like Alexei Navalni's Anti Corruption Foundation. Rogov was
(05:53):
arrested in Poland in twenty twenty four in connection with
an explosive package found by the authorities. According to court documents,
he admitted to authorities that he has been working for
the FSB for several years in forming on the Russian
opposition activists he came into contact with. In France, former
(06:18):
president Nicholas Sarkozi has been released from prison and will
serve the rest of his five year sentence under house arrest.
Sarkozi was jailed last month for accepting illegal funds from
Libya's former leader Muammar Gadaffi for his two thousand seven
presidential campaign. Sarkozi spent his time in prison in solitary confinement.
(06:45):
He told a Paris court that his three weeks in
jail had been grueling and a nightmare, but praised prison
staff for their humanity. Judges agreed to release him under
strict cons including bands on leaving France or contacting anyone
linked to his case. In the United Kingdom, United States
(07:12):
President Donald Trump has said that he will sue the
BBC for one billion dollars. Trump says that a BBC
program edited video to make it look like he told
his supporters to riot during the attack on the US
Capitol in twenty twenty one. The head of the BBC,
(07:36):
Tim Davey and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness
have both resigned. In a statement yesterday, Turness defended BBC
journalists as quote hard working people who strive for impartiality.
And In Spain, a new study has shown that speaking
(07:59):
more than one language could slow down the process of aging.
The research, conducted by the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain
and Language, found that people who spoke more than one
language were generally more youthful than people who only spoke one.
(08:19):
That's your world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy
this podcast, please tell your friends to find simple English
news daily in their podcast app. I'm nil more. Tomorrow
you will be with Stephen Devinchenzi. Have a great day.
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Nile Moore. Today is Tuesday, the eleventh of November
twenty twenty five. Today we're starting in Africa. In Uganda,
(00:21):
two political activists from Kenya have been released after more
than a month in detention. On October the third, Bob
and Jagi and Nicholas Oil, were arrested in Uganda while
on their way to a political event hosted by Bobby Wine,
a former pop star who is running to be president
(00:42):
of Uganda. Eye witnesses said they saw Bob and Jagi
and Nicholas or Yu be abducted by armed men, but
at the time Ugandan officials did not say where they
were taken to. Now, the Ugandan President Yuwari Musaveni admitted
that they were arrested by his security forces and released
(01:06):
after diplomatic discussions with Kenyan political leaders. So I'm Kenyan
leaders rang and I said I should either put them
in the Yeri or Handenbach. The African Union has called
for international help in Mali, where Islamist militants are blocking
(01:30):
access to fuel and kidnapping foreigners. In October, the Malian
government announced it was closing all schools and universities for
two weeks because the Jamat Nuzrat al Islam While muslamin
Islamist group who are connected to al Qaeda, were attacking
fuel tankers that try to enter the country. In the
(01:53):
last few weeks, foreigners in Mali have been kidnapped by
the group, who use the ransom money to fund their
operations in West Africa. In a statement yesterday, the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission, Mahmud Ali Yusuf, called for
quote enhanced cooperation, intelligence sharing and sustained support for Mali
(02:17):
and other countries in the Sahel region like Nijer and
Berkina Faso, which are also under attack from the Islamist
jihadis group Jamat Nuzrat al Islam Jua muslamin Americas. In
the United States, the Senate has taken the first steps
(02:39):
towards ending the US government's shutdown. Six weeks ago. Government
funding was cut off because the Republican and Democrat parties
could not agree on a bill to fund government services.
A funding bill could not move ahead without sixty of
one hundred votes in the Senate. Now, eight Democrat senators
(03:01):
have voted with Republicans to pass the bill, meaning it
will now be debated and voted on in the House
of Representatives. In Brazil, the COP thirty Climate Summit has
begun in the city of Belem. When opening the summit,
Brazil's COP thirty President Andre Correa do Lago said this
(03:24):
would be the quote COP of truth because the increase
in climate disasters around the world makes the effects of
climate change impossible to ignore. Asia. In India, eight people
have been killed and several injured, according to police officials,
(03:45):
after a car exploded in the capital city Delhi. The
explosion happened near the Red Fort, a famous tourist attraction.
It's currently unclear what caused the explosion, but police and
security offices have been put on high alert also in India.
(04:05):
In Delhi, dozens of people were detained on Sunday while
protesting against air pollution. Delhi has some of the worst
air quality in the world thanks to pollution dust and
smoke from farmers burning crop stubble in nearby states. It
has been particularly bad over the past three weeks, with
(04:27):
pollution measured as twenty to thirty times higher than the
World Health Organization's safe limit. Protesters gathered to demand that
the government does more to improve air quality in the city.
Around eighty people were arrested at the protest but later released.
(04:48):
In the Philippines, typhoon Fung Wong has moved away from
the country and is now over the South China Sea,
heading towards Taiwan. Ioint four million people were evacuated before
the typhoon hit the Philippines because of fears over flooding
and wind damage. In the end, the damage has been
(05:11):
less serious than was feared. Two people unknown to have died,
compared with nearly two hundred people who died during Typhoon Kalmeagi,
which hit the Philippines last week Europe. In Poland, a
Russian activist who claimed to be working for the Russian
(05:31):
opposition has admitted he was actually working for Russia's main
security agency, the FSB. Igor Rogov moved to Poland in
twenty twenty two, but before that was working with Russian
opposition groups like Alexei Navalni's Anti Corruption Foundation. Rogov was
(05:53):
arrested in Poland in twenty twenty four in connection with
an explosive package found by the authorities. According to court documents,
he admitted to authorities that he has been working for
the FSB for several years in forming on the Russian
opposition activists he came into contact with. In France, former
(06:18):
president Nicholas Sarkozi has been released from prison and will
serve the rest of his five year sentence under house arrest.
Sarkozi was jailed last month for accepting illegal funds from
Libya's former leader Muammar Gadaffi for his two thousand seven
presidential campaign. Sarkozi spent his time in prison in solitary confinement.
(06:45):
He told a Paris court that his three weeks in
jail had been grueling and a nightmare, but praised prison
staff for their humanity. Judges agreed to release him under
strict cons including bands on leaving France or contacting anyone
linked to his case. In the United Kingdom, United States
(07:12):
President Donald Trump has said that he will sue the
BBC for one billion dollars. Trump says that a BBC
program edited video to make it look like he told
his supporters to riot during the attack on the US
Capitol in twenty twenty one. The head of the BBC,
(07:36):
Tim Davey and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness
have both resigned. In a statement yesterday, Turness defended BBC
journalists as quote hard working people who strive for impartiality.
And In Spain, a new study has shown that speaking
(07:59):
more than one language could slow down the process of aging.
The research, conducted by the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain
and Language, found that people who spoke more than one
language were generally more youthful than people who only spoke one.
(08:19):
That's your world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy
this podcast, please tell your friends to find simple English
news daily in their podcast app. I'm nil more. Tomorrow
you will be with Stephen Devinchenzi. Have a great day.
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