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Today: UK Cameron back. Ukraine battles. Gaza hospitals surrounded. India Diwali smog. Chile Joan Jara. Mexico water restrictions. Liberia election. South Africa parentals leave for parents.
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(00:00):
Good morning. This is seven WorldNews in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devinchenzee.
Today is Tuesday, the fourteenth ofNovember twenty twenty three. Starting in
Europe. Today in the United Kingdom, former Prime Minister David Cameron has been
(00:24):
chosen as the Foreign Secretary by PrimeMinister Rishie Sunak. This is the first
time in over fifty years that aformer prime minister has been given a government
job. Because Cameron is not amember of Parliament, he has been made
a member of the House of Lordsin order to take the position. Lord
(00:47):
Cameron said yesterday that he hoped thathis years of experience will help face the
challenges of this difficult time. Iknow it's not usual for a prime minister
to come in this way, butI believe in public service. The Prime
Minister asked me to do this job, and it's a time where we have
some daunting challenges as a country,the conflict in the Middle East, the
(01:11):
war in Ukraine, and of courseI hope that six years as Prime Minister,
eleven years leading the Conservative Party givesme some useful experience and contacts or
relationships and knowledge that I can helpthe Prime Minister to make sure we build
our alliances, we build partnerships withour friends, we deter our enemies,
(01:34):
and we keep our country strong.In Ukraine, there is heavy fighting continuing
around the eastern city of Avdivka,which Russia's army is trying to capture from
Ukraine. Russia's army has probably madesmall advances to the north and south of
Avdivka, which is in the Donetskregion. In Kassan City, three civilians
(01:57):
were killed by Russian artillery fire acrossthe Danipro River yesterday. According to Governor
Alexander Prokodin, Ukraine appears to beslowly expanding the territory it controls on the
eastern side of the dani Pro Riverin Kerson, which has been occupied by
Russia since the start of the fullscale invasion last year. In an interview
(02:22):
with the Associated Press yesterday, Latvia'sPresident Edgar Rinkevich said that Ukraine is the
key to the world's security and saidthat Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to invade
Ukraine because he thought that NATO andthe West were not serious. I do
(02:43):
have some feeling that mister Putin decidedto attack Ukraine because he saw Afghanistan he
saw some other instances where he hada feeling that NATO the West probably is
not going to be serious. Now. I would say that Ukraine is currently
(03:06):
this line of defense in order tostop not only Russia but also other challengers
the current international system Asia. InPalestine, the Israeli army has reached the
gates of Gaza's biggest hospital, AlShifa. Thousands of people evacuated the hospital
(03:28):
yesterday despite heavy fighting between the IDFand Hamas militants around the hospital. Hundreds
of people are still inside. Gaza'sHealth ministry says that over eleven thousand people
have been killed in Gaza since Octoberseventh. Israel's army says that Hamas fight
using civilian clothes despite owning uniforms,so that the Israeli army finds it more
(03:53):
difficult to know who is Hamas andwho is a civilian, and so that
if they are killed, they arecounted as civilian casualties. IDF spokesman Richard
Hecht released a video yesterday talking aboutfighting in the area of Shati and said
that Israel is at war with Hamas, not the people of Gaza. We
(04:15):
are currently operating in the Shati areain northern Gaza. Let me be clear.
Our wars with Hamas it is notwith the people of Gaza. For
the past weeks, we have repeatedlytold the people of Shati to leave the
area. We have sent millions oftext messages, dropped leaflets and sent messages
(04:40):
through the media again and again.Shati is a key Ramas stronghold. From
Ideaf intelligence, we know that thearea is teeming with terrorists. The Ramas
is embedded in civilian buildings, thatthere is a wide underground network of tunnels.
There's an entire city under Shati,one they dedicated to terrorism. In
(05:02):
India, fireworks are believed to havemade air pollution even worse over the last
few days. Fireworks are a commonway of celebrating Divali, the festival of
Light. In the capital Delhi.Firecrackers ground based fireworks have been banned,
however, they are still widely beingused, according to local media Americas.
(05:30):
In Mexico's capital, Mexico City,restrictions on water use have been increased because
of a drought. The Kutzmala watersystem, which is made of three reservoirs
and serves twenty million people, issignificantly lower than it should be at this
time of year. Some homes inMexico City are experiencing lower water pressure,
(05:55):
and authorities have said that the restrictionscould last for months. In Chile,
Joan Hara, the widow of singerVictor Hara, has died aged ninety six.
Victor Hara was a singer and leftwing activist who was murdered during the
Kuditta of Augusto Pinoccee in nineteen seventythree. By coincidence, the man who
(06:18):
has been found guilty of murdering VictorHara, Pedro Barrientos, is expected to
be extradited to Chile next week fromthe United States, where he has lived
for over thirty years. Africa,Liberia is holding the second round of its
(06:39):
presidential election today, with former footballerpresident George Weyer facing opposition leader Joseph Boacai.
The election is expected to be veryclose, as in the first round
last month, both Weya and Boacaireceived around forty three percent of vote.
And South Africa will become the firstAfrican country to offer parental leave to men
(07:05):
as well as women. Until now, mothers were entitled to four months or
parental leave, and the father orother partner was only given ten days.
A High court has said that insteadparents will be able to choose how to
divide their four months between them.That's your world news for today. If
(07:29):
you enjoy this podcast, then pleaseshare it with one person who you think
will like it. In your podcastapp, click on the share button.
Have a great day, See youtomorrow.
Good morning. This is seven WorldNews in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devinchenzee.
Today is Tuesday, the fourteenth ofNovember twenty twenty three. Starting in
Europe. Today in the United Kingdom, former Prime Minister David Cameron has been
(00:24):
chosen as the Foreign Secretary by PrimeMinister Rishie Sunak. This is the first
time in over fifty years that aformer prime minister has been given a government
job. Because Cameron is not amember of Parliament, he has been made
a member of the House of Lordsin order to take the position. Lord
(00:47):
Cameron said yesterday that he hoped thathis years of experience will help face the
challenges of this difficult time. Iknow it's not usual for a prime minister
to come in this way, butI believe in public service. The Prime
Minister asked me to do this job, and it's a time where we have
some daunting challenges as a country,the conflict in the Middle East, the
(01:11):
war in Ukraine, and of courseI hope that six years as Prime Minister,
eleven years leading the Conservative Party givesme some useful experience and contacts or
relationships and knowledge that I can helpthe Prime Minister to make sure we build
our alliances, we build partnerships withour friends, we deter our enemies,
(01:34):
and we keep our country strong.In Ukraine, there is heavy fighting continuing
around the eastern city of Avdivka,which Russia's army is trying to capture from
Ukraine. Russia's army has probably madesmall advances to the north and south of
Avdivka, which is in the Donetskregion. In Kassan City, three civilians
(01:57):
were killed by Russian artillery fire acrossthe Danipro River yesterday. According to Governor
Alexander Prokodin, Ukraine appears to beslowly expanding the territory it controls on the
eastern side of the dani Pro Riverin Kerson, which has been occupied by
Russia since the start of the fullscale invasion last year. In an interview
(02:22):
with the Associated Press yesterday, Latvia'sPresident Edgar Rinkevich said that Ukraine is the
key to the world's security and saidthat Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to invade
Ukraine because he thought that NATO andthe West were not serious. I do
(02:43):
have some feeling that mister Putin decidedto attack Ukraine because he saw Afghanistan he
saw some other instances where he hada feeling that NATO the West probably is
not going to be serious. Now. I would say that Ukraine is currently
(03:06):
this line of defense in order tostop not only Russia but also other challengers
the current international system Asia. InPalestine, the Israeli army has reached the
gates of Gaza's biggest hospital, AlShifa. Thousands of people evacuated the hospital
(03:28):
yesterday despite heavy fighting between the IDFand Hamas militants around the hospital. Hundreds
of people are still inside. Gaza'sHealth ministry says that over eleven thousand people
have been killed in Gaza since Octoberseventh. Israel's army says that Hamas fight
using civilian clothes despite owning uniforms,so that the Israeli army finds it more
(03:53):
difficult to know who is Hamas andwho is a civilian, and so that
if they are killed, they arecounted as civilian casualties. IDF spokesman Richard
Hecht released a video yesterday talking aboutfighting in the area of Shati and said
that Israel is at war with Hamas, not the people of Gaza. We
(04:15):
are currently operating in the Shati areain northern Gaza. Let me be clear.
Our wars with Hamas it is notwith the people of Gaza. For
the past weeks, we have repeatedlytold the people of Shati to leave the
area. We have sent millions oftext messages, dropped leaflets and sent messages
(04:40):
through the media again and again.Shati is a key Ramas stronghold. From
Ideaf intelligence, we know that thearea is teeming with terrorists. The Ramas
is embedded in civilian buildings, thatthere is a wide underground network of tunnels.
There's an entire city under Shati,one they dedicated to terrorism. In
(05:02):
India, fireworks are believed to havemade air pollution even worse over the last
few days. Fireworks are a commonway of celebrating Divali, the festival of
Light. In the capital Delhi.Firecrackers ground based fireworks have been banned,
however, they are still widely beingused, according to local media Americas.
(05:30):
In Mexico's capital, Mexico City,restrictions on water use have been increased because
of a drought. The Kutzmala watersystem, which is made of three reservoirs
and serves twenty million people, issignificantly lower than it should be at this
time of year. Some homes inMexico City are experiencing lower water pressure,
(05:55):
and authorities have said that the restrictionscould last for months. In Chile,
Joan Hara, the widow of singerVictor Hara, has died aged ninety six.
Victor Hara was a singer and leftwing activist who was murdered during the
Kuditta of Augusto Pinoccee in nineteen seventythree. By coincidence, the man who
(06:18):
has been found guilty of murdering VictorHara, Pedro Barrientos, is expected to
be extradited to Chile next week fromthe United States, where he has lived
for over thirty years. Africa,Liberia is holding the second round of its
(06:39):
presidential election today, with former footballerpresident George Weyer facing opposition leader Joseph Boacai.
The election is expected to be veryclose, as in the first round
last month, both Weya and Boacaireceived around forty three percent of vote.
And South Africa will become the firstAfrican country to offer parental leave to men
(07:05):
as well as women. Until now, mothers were entitled to four months or
parental leave, and the father orother partner was only given ten days.
A High court has said that insteadparents will be able to choose how to
divide their four months between them.That's your world news for today. If
(07:29):
you enjoy this podcast, then pleaseshare it with one person who you think
will like it. In your podcastapp, click on the share button.
Have a great day, See youtomorrow.
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