World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 13th August 2024.
Today: Brazil plane crash. US polls. Sudan 'peace' talks. Ghana gold refinery. Ukraine Russia incursion grows. Tanzania opposition arrests. Palestine school hit. South Korea EV fires. France Olympics end.
With Stephen Devincenzi
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Today: Brazil plane crash. US polls. Sudan 'peace' talks. Ghana gold refinery. Ukraine Russia incursion grows. Tanzania opposition arrests. Palestine school hit. South Korea EV fires. France Olympics end.
With Stephen Devincenzi
SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts 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
In August, there is a ten euro discount on joining as a yearly supporter, using the code AUGUST2024
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devinchenzie. Today is Tuesday, the thirteenth of August
twenty twenty four. Starting in the Americas. Today, in Brazil,
(00:22):
investigators are trying to find out why a plane fell
out of the sky on Friday. All sixty two people
on board were killed when the passenger plane crashed close
to Sal Paulo. However, it is still unknown why the
plane fell. In the United States, most recent polls are
(00:48):
showing that Vice President Kamala Harris has moved ahead of
former President Donald Trump in vote share for November's presidential election.
In a rally in Nevada, Harris called for removing taxes
on tips, something which Trump had also suggested he wants
(01:09):
to do.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
And it is my promise to everyone here when I
am president, we will continue our fight for working families
of America, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate
(01:31):
taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
At a rally in Montana, Trump criticized Harris's vice presidential choice,
Tim Walls, over his record as governor of Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
As Minnesota's governor, Tim Walls led riders and ludas burned
down Minneapolis. He signed a bill to give illegal aliens
free healthcare. He abolished Columbus, the order tampons to be
put into voice Better Say.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Africa. Sudan's army leader, General Abdul Fatah al Buran, has
said that Sudan's army will not join peace talks with
the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The army and the
RSF have been at war for more than a year,
and tens of thousands of people have been killed and
(02:29):
millions of people have been displaced. The United States has
said that ceasefire talks will take place in Switzerland this week,
although only the RSF will be represented. General Alburan said
recently quote, we will not retreat, we will not surrender,
and we will not negotiate. The RSF controls most of
(02:54):
southwestern Sudan and the army controls most of northern and
eastern Sudan. Ghana has opened its first ever gold refinery.
Ghana has mined gold for hundreds of years, but has
always exported it to be refined in other countries. Ghanaian
(03:15):
leaders have said that being able to refine gold in
Ghana will help to keep more of the revenue from
the gold industry within Ghana. Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema,
has said that many of its senior leaders have been arrested,
as well as hundreds of supporters. Since taking power in
(03:39):
twenty twenty one, Tanzania's first female president, Samya Suluhu Hassan,
has generally been praised for implementing democratic reforms. However, yesterday,
Amnesty International criticized Hassan for the mass arrests of political
opposition ASIA. In Palestine, Hamas has said that over one
(04:03):
hundred people were killed this weekend in an Israeli air
strike on a school in Gaza. Israel's military has said
that Hamas was using the school as a military command center,
and said that it killed twenty Hamas fighters in the strike.
Israel has told tens of thousands of people in Gaza's
(04:25):
khan Unice area to evacuate because it will be conducting
more strikes on Hamas in karn Unics. Most of the
population of Gaza has been displaced since Israel started its
military campaign in Gaza as a response to the actions
of Hamas on October seventh, when thousands of militants crossed
(04:47):
into Israel and killed one thousand, two hundred people, mostly civilians,
and took two hundred and fifty hostages into Gaza, including children.
According to Hamas, almost forty thousand Palestinians have been killed
since then. In South Korea, officials have held an emergency
(05:08):
meeting because of a rise in fires in electric vehicles.
Last week, a spontaneous fire in an electric Mercedes parked
under a residential building caused a fire that took eight
hours to put out and destroyed or damaged one hundred
and forty other cars. Europe, Ukraine's army has continued to
(05:35):
push into Russia's Kersk region. Ukraine now controls some villages
and the large town of Suja. Videos released from the
Kersk region appear to show Russian convoys being destroyed, possibly
killing hundreds of Russian soldiers that were traveling towards the fighting,
(05:55):
and other videos appear to show hundreds of Russian soldiers surrender.
This is the first time that Russian territory has been
occupied by an invading army since World War II. There
are also reports of Ukrainian forces crossing into Russia's Belgarod region,
which is further south. Russia has ordered the evacuations of
(06:19):
tens of thousands of residents of Kursk and Belgarod regions
and in France. The Olympics finished on Sunday. Both the
United States and China won the most gold medals at
forty each, and the United States won the most total
medals at one hundred and twenty six. The closing ceremony
(06:42):
on Sunday involved the US actor Tom Cruise jumping into
the stadium and taking the Olympic flag off into Paris
on a motorbike as a symbol of handing over to
the next Olympics in twenty twenty eight, which will be
in Los Angeles. On a beach in Los Angeles, rappers
(07:04):
Dr Dre and Snoop Dog were then shown performing together
with the Olympic flag. A big thank you to Mathieu
in France and Yichen in Taiwan for becoming our newest supporters.
If you enjoy sen seven and you'd like to have
access to the transcripts and our weekly worksheets and world
(07:27):
news quiz, you can become a supporter at senseven dot org.
During August, there is a ten euro discount for becoming
a yearly supporter. Using the discount Code August twenty twenty four.
During August, we are only releasing two episodes per week,
but don't worry. We will be back Monday to Friday.
(07:48):
In September. The next episode of seven will be on Friday.
Have a great day.
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devinchenzie. Today is Tuesday, the thirteenth of August
twenty twenty four. Starting in the Americas. Today, in Brazil,
(00:22):
investigators are trying to find out why a plane fell
out of the sky on Friday. All sixty two people
on board were killed when the passenger plane crashed close
to Sal Paulo. However, it is still unknown why the
plane fell. In the United States, most recent polls are
(00:48):
showing that Vice President Kamala Harris has moved ahead of
former President Donald Trump in vote share for November's presidential election.
In a rally in Nevada, Harris called for removing taxes
on tips, something which Trump had also suggested he wants
(01:09):
to do.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
And it is my promise to everyone here when I
am president, we will continue our fight for working families
of America, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate
(01:31):
taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
At a rally in Montana, Trump criticized Harris's vice presidential choice,
Tim Walls, over his record as governor of Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
As Minnesota's governor, Tim Walls led riders and ludas burned
down Minneapolis. He signed a bill to give illegal aliens
free healthcare. He abolished Columbus, the order tampons to be
put into voice Better Say.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Africa. Sudan's army leader, General Abdul Fatah al Buran, has
said that Sudan's army will not join peace talks with
the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The army and the
RSF have been at war for more than a year,
and tens of thousands of people have been killed and
(02:29):
millions of people have been displaced. The United States has
said that ceasefire talks will take place in Switzerland this week,
although only the RSF will be represented. General Alburan said
recently quote, we will not retreat, we will not surrender,
and we will not negotiate. The RSF controls most of
(02:54):
southwestern Sudan and the army controls most of northern and
eastern Sudan. Ghana has opened its first ever gold refinery.
Ghana has mined gold for hundreds of years, but has
always exported it to be refined in other countries. Ghanaian
(03:15):
leaders have said that being able to refine gold in
Ghana will help to keep more of the revenue from
the gold industry within Ghana. Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema,
has said that many of its senior leaders have been arrested,
as well as hundreds of supporters. Since taking power in
(03:39):
twenty twenty one, Tanzania's first female president, Samya Suluhu Hassan,
has generally been praised for implementing democratic reforms. However, yesterday,
Amnesty International criticized Hassan for the mass arrests of political
opposition ASIA. In Palestine, Hamas has said that over one
(04:03):
hundred people were killed this weekend in an Israeli air
strike on a school in Gaza. Israel's military has said
that Hamas was using the school as a military command center,
and said that it killed twenty Hamas fighters in the strike.
Israel has told tens of thousands of people in Gaza's
(04:25):
khan Unice area to evacuate because it will be conducting
more strikes on Hamas in karn Unics. Most of the
population of Gaza has been displaced since Israel started its
military campaign in Gaza as a response to the actions
of Hamas on October seventh, when thousands of militants crossed
(04:47):
into Israel and killed one thousand, two hundred people, mostly civilians,
and took two hundred and fifty hostages into Gaza, including children.
According to Hamas, almost forty thousand Palestinians have been killed
since then. In South Korea, officials have held an emergency
(05:08):
meeting because of a rise in fires in electric vehicles.
Last week, a spontaneous fire in an electric Mercedes parked
under a residential building caused a fire that took eight
hours to put out and destroyed or damaged one hundred
and forty other cars. Europe, Ukraine's army has continued to
(05:35):
push into Russia's Kersk region. Ukraine now controls some villages
and the large town of Suja. Videos released from the
Kersk region appear to show Russian convoys being destroyed, possibly
killing hundreds of Russian soldiers that were traveling towards the fighting,
(05:55):
and other videos appear to show hundreds of Russian soldiers surrender.
This is the first time that Russian territory has been
occupied by an invading army since World War II. There
are also reports of Ukrainian forces crossing into Russia's Belgarod region,
which is further south. Russia has ordered the evacuations of
(06:19):
tens of thousands of residents of Kursk and Belgarod regions
and in France. The Olympics finished on Sunday. Both the
United States and China won the most gold medals at
forty each, and the United States won the most total
medals at one hundred and twenty six. The closing ceremony
(06:42):
on Sunday involved the US actor Tom Cruise jumping into
the stadium and taking the Olympic flag off into Paris
on a motorbike as a symbol of handing over to
the next Olympics in twenty twenty eight, which will be
in Los Angeles. On a beach in Los Angeles, rappers
(07:04):
Dr Dre and Snoop Dog were then shown performing together
with the Olympic flag. A big thank you to Mathieu
in France and Yichen in Taiwan for becoming our newest supporters.
If you enjoy sen seven and you'd like to have
access to the transcripts and our weekly worksheets and world
(07:27):
news quiz, you can become a supporter at senseven dot org.
During August, there is a ten euro discount for becoming
a yearly supporter. Using the discount Code August twenty twenty four.
During August, we are only releasing two episodes per week,
but don't worry. We will be back Monday to Friday.
(07:48):
In September. The next episode of seven will be on Friday.
Have a great day.
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