Tuesday 12th August 2025. Colombia Uribe dies. Brazil da Silva Putin talks. Nigeria church attack case. Chad Masra sentenced...

World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 12th August 2025.
Today: Colombia Uribe dies. Brazil da Silva Putin talks. Nigeria church attack case. Chad Masra sentenced. Ethiopia airport. UK protesters arrested. France nuclear jellyfish. Australia Palestinian State. S Korea Vietnam cooperation. Nepal peak fees.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven world News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliette Martin and today is Tuesday, the twelfth of
August twenty twenty five, starting in the Americas. In Colombia,

(00:27):
Senator Miguel Uribe, who planned to run in twenty twenty
six's presidential election, has died after being shot in the
head at a campaign event two months ago. United States
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States stands

(00:48):
in solidarity with his family the Colombian people, both in
mourning and demanding justice for those responsible. Six people are
under arrest over the attack. In Brazil, President Luis Initio
Lula da Silva spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday,

(01:14):
according to the Presidential Palace. The palace said the leaders
discussed peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine and their cooperation
in the Bricks Group of countries Africa. In Nigeria, five

(01:35):
men have been arraigned in the case surrounding an attack
on a Catholic church in twenty twenty two, where at
least fifty people were killed and over one hundred wounded.
The five suspects have been charged under Nigeria's terrorism law.

(01:56):
They pleaded not guilty to The charges will start on
the nineteenth of August. In Chad, former Prime Minister and
opposition leader Success Mazra has been sentenced to twenty years
in prison. He was convicted of disseminating racist and xenophobic

(02:21):
messages that incited violence. According to Reuters, Ethiopia will receive
five hundred million dollars from the African Development Bank towards
its new airport, which is due to be complete in
twenty twenty nine. With four runways, it is expected to

(02:45):
be Africa's largest airport Europe. In the United Kingdom, more
than four hundred and sixty six people were arrested at
a protest against the ban on Pro Palestine group Palestine
Action at the weekend. Palestine Action was banned under anti

(03:10):
terrorism legislation in July, making it a crime to be
a member of the group. In France, four nuclear reactors
were closed down on Sunday due to a massive swarm
of jellyfish in the cooling systems. According to EDF, the

(03:34):
Grevelin power plant is cooled by a canal. According to reports,
the presence of jellyfish is likely to be due to
rising water temperatures caused by global warming Asia and Oceania.

(03:54):
Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations
General Assembly in September. Prime Minister Anthony Albanize said the
recognition will depend on commitments by the Palestinian authority. He
said a two state solution is humanity's best hope to

(04:17):
break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and
to bring an end to the conflict, suffering and starvation
in Gaza.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
Today, I can confirm that at the eightieth Session of
the United Nations General Assembly in September, Australia will recognize
the state of Palestine. Australia will recognize the ride of
the Palestinian people to a state of their own, predicated
on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority.

(04:51):
We will work with the international community to make this
right a reality.

Speaker 1 (04:57):
Canada and Britain have both said they will recognize a
Palestinian state at the General Assembly. New Zealand is also
considering recognition, according to the Foreign Ministry. South Korea and
Vietnam have agreed to deepen economic cooperation. According to General

(05:21):
Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam to Lam. The
countries agreed to increase trade to one hundred and fifty
billion dollars by twenty thirty. He said. Our countries agreed
that about ten thousand Korean companies operating in Vietnam contribute

(05:41):
to Vietnam's economic development and mutually beneficial cooperation between the
two countries. The talks came after United States tariffs of
fifteen percent on South Korean exports and twenty percent on
Vietnamese exports came into effect, and Nepal will waive the

(06:07):
fees to climb nearly one hundred peaks in the northwestern
Himalayas for two years. There are four hundred and ninety
one peaks that can be climbed in Nepal, but twenty
five of them are the most popular, including Mount Everest.
The Tourism Department said the decision aims to encourage climbers

(06:31):
to explore the smaller peaks in more remote areas. The
permit fee to climb Everest will increase to fifteen thousand
dollars in September. That's Your World News in seven minutes
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(06:56):
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(07:18):
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twenty twenty five. The next episode will be on Friday
with Stephen Devin Chenzi. Have a great day,