World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 18th November 2025.
Today: Nigeria kidnapping. DRC mine. Ukraine France jets. UK immigration. Poland sabotage. Chile elections. Ecuador referendum. US Epstein files. Bangladesh Hasina death sentence. Saudi Arabia pilgrimage crash. Pakistan vaccines.
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Today: Nigeria kidnapping. DRC mine. Ukraine France jets. UK immigration. Poland sabotage. Chile elections. Ecuador referendum. US Epstein files. Bangladesh Hasina death sentence. Saudi Arabia pilgrimage crash. Pakistan vaccines.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Morning. This is seven World News in seven minutes. I'm Nilmore.
Today is Tuesday, the eighteenth of November twenty twenty five.
Today we're starting in Africa. In Nigeria, armed men have
(00:22):
kidnapped twenty five girls from a school in the northwestern
Kebe State. At three am on Monday morning, a gang
of armed men attacked the Government Girl's Comprehensive Secondary School.
According to police, they quote engaged police personnel on duty
in a gun duel before climbing over the fence and
(00:46):
taking the students from their beds. The gunmen then forced
the students to walk into nearby bushland. Local police say
they have sent military police and vigilante units to the
area to look for the kidnapped girls. The vice principal
at the school, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, was killed while trying
(01:07):
to protect the students. In the Democratic Republic of Congo,
at least thirty two people have died after a bridge
collapsed at the Kalando cobalt mine in the south of
the country. According to the DRC's government mining agency, miners
who were not meant to be there tried to force
(01:29):
their way in. Soldiers guarding the mine responded by firing
warning shots. Panicked miners then rushed across the bridge, causing
it to collapse. Europe Ukraine has signed a deal with
France to buy one hundred fighter jets over the next
(01:51):
ten years, as well as radar, drones and air defense systems.
French President Emmanuel Macron called it a quote historic deal
and a new step forward for France's relationship with Ukraine.
The United Kingdom has announced strict new rules for asylum seekers.
(02:16):
The new rules are designed to make it easier for
the UK to deport illegal immigrants and to reduce the
number of asylum seekers in the country. The UK's immigration
policy is set by the Home Secretary Shabanamahmod, who has
called changing immigration policy quote a moral mission because illegal
(02:39):
migration is quote tearing our country apart. The Polish government
has blamed two acts of sabotage on a railway line
running between Poland and Ukraine on quote a foreign state.
On Sunday, two incidents were reported. The first an explosion,
(03:01):
which Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said was quote likely
intended to blow up a train. The second incident was
damaged to an overhead power cable which forced a passenger
train to make an emergency stop. The Polish government has
not said who it blames for the incidents, but Prime
(03:23):
Minister Tusk called it quote an unprecedented act of sabotage
aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens. Americas,
Chile's presidential election will go to a runoff vote in
December after no single candidate won a clear victory in
(03:47):
the first round of voting. In the second round of
voting next month, voters will choose between the two candidates
who got the most votes this time, Jeanette Hare from
the Munist party and Jose Antonio Caste, who is from
the far right. In Ecuador, voters have said no to
(04:09):
a proposal to allow foreign military bases in the country.
The United States did once have a military base on
Ecuador's Pacific coast, but in two thousand and eight, the
Equatorian government forced it to close. Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa
(04:29):
campaigned in favor of the US once again opening a
military base in the country, arguing that having US soldiers
in the country would help Ecuador tackle drug gangs responsible
for a dramatic increase in violence in recent years. In
(04:50):
the United States, President Donald Trump has said that Republicans
in the House of Representatives should vote to release the
so called Epstein files. President Trump has previously tried to
prevent the files from being released, calling them a quote
democrat hoax. Now, in a social media post, Trump has
(05:15):
said they should be released because quote, we have nothing
to hide Asia. In Bangladesh, the former Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
In July twenty twenty four, students across Bangladesh protested against
(05:41):
a rule that reserved thirty percent of government jobs for
the relatives of military veterans. The protests continued for weeks
and turned very violent, as Sheik Hassena allegedly ordered her
security forces to stop the protest by shooting them. Ultimately,
(06:03):
the protesters were successful and Herssina was forced to flee
to India. Now, a court in the Bangladeshi capital Daka
has sentenced Hassina to death for committing quote crimes against
humanity by her order to use drones, helicopters and lethal
(06:23):
weapons against the student protesters. Hassina, who is still in India,
responded to the sentence by saying, quote, let them announce
whatever verdict they want. It doesn't matter to me. Alah
gave me this life and only he can end it.
I will still serve my people. This is the moment
(06:47):
the court in Dhaka announced its verdict on shake Hasina.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
For all these three counts, we have decided to inflict
her with only one sentence.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
In Saudi Arabia, forty five pilgrims from India have died
after the bus taking them from the Islamic holy city
of Mecca to the city of Medina caught fire. The
Indian pilgrims were from the city of Hyderabad in the
Indian state of Telangana. They had traveled to Saudi Arabia
(07:38):
for the Umrah pilgrimage, which is a shorter version of Hajj,
the largest Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca and Pakistan has begun
a two week mission to vaccinate more than fifty seven
million children against measles, rubella, and polio. To help with
(07:59):
the effort, the World Health Organization trained more than one
hundred and forty thousand health workers to support vaccination teams
and reach millions of children around the country. That's your
world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast,
please tell your friends to find simple English news daily
(08:24):
in their podcast app. I'm niall Moore. Tomorrow you will
be with Stephen Devincenzi. Have a great day.
Morning. This is seven World News in seven minutes. I'm Nilmore.
Today is Tuesday, the eighteenth of November twenty twenty five.
Today we're starting in Africa. In Nigeria, armed men have
(00:22):
kidnapped twenty five girls from a school in the northwestern
Kebe State. At three am on Monday morning, a gang
of armed men attacked the Government Girl's Comprehensive Secondary School.
According to police, they quote engaged police personnel on duty
in a gun duel before climbing over the fence and
(00:46):
taking the students from their beds. The gunmen then forced
the students to walk into nearby bushland. Local police say
they have sent military police and vigilante units to the
area to look for the kidnapped girls. The vice principal
at the school, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, was killed while trying
(01:07):
to protect the students. In the Democratic Republic of Congo,
at least thirty two people have died after a bridge
collapsed at the Kalando cobalt mine in the south of
the country. According to the DRC's government mining agency, miners
who were not meant to be there tried to force
(01:29):
their way in. Soldiers guarding the mine responded by firing
warning shots. Panicked miners then rushed across the bridge, causing
it to collapse. Europe Ukraine has signed a deal with
France to buy one hundred fighter jets over the next
(01:51):
ten years, as well as radar, drones and air defense systems.
French President Emmanuel Macron called it a quote historic deal
and a new step forward for France's relationship with Ukraine.
The United Kingdom has announced strict new rules for asylum seekers.
(02:16):
The new rules are designed to make it easier for
the UK to deport illegal immigrants and to reduce the
number of asylum seekers in the country. The UK's immigration
policy is set by the Home Secretary Shabanamahmod, who has
called changing immigration policy quote a moral mission because illegal
(02:39):
migration is quote tearing our country apart. The Polish government
has blamed two acts of sabotage on a railway line
running between Poland and Ukraine on quote a foreign state.
On Sunday, two incidents were reported. The first an explosion,
(03:01):
which Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said was quote likely
intended to blow up a train. The second incident was
damaged to an overhead power cable which forced a passenger
train to make an emergency stop. The Polish government has
not said who it blames for the incidents, but Prime
(03:23):
Minister Tusk called it quote an unprecedented act of sabotage
aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens. Americas,
Chile's presidential election will go to a runoff vote in
December after no single candidate won a clear victory in
(03:47):
the first round of voting. In the second round of
voting next month, voters will choose between the two candidates
who got the most votes this time, Jeanette Hare from
the Munist party and Jose Antonio Caste, who is from
the far right. In Ecuador, voters have said no to
(04:09):
a proposal to allow foreign military bases in the country.
The United States did once have a military base on
Ecuador's Pacific coast, but in two thousand and eight, the
Equatorian government forced it to close. Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa
(04:29):
campaigned in favor of the US once again opening a
military base in the country, arguing that having US soldiers
in the country would help Ecuador tackle drug gangs responsible
for a dramatic increase in violence in recent years. In
(04:50):
the United States, President Donald Trump has said that Republicans
in the House of Representatives should vote to release the
so called Epstein files. President Trump has previously tried to
prevent the files from being released, calling them a quote
democrat hoax. Now, in a social media post, Trump has
(05:15):
said they should be released because quote, we have nothing
to hide Asia. In Bangladesh, the former Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
In July twenty twenty four, students across Bangladesh protested against
(05:41):
a rule that reserved thirty percent of government jobs for
the relatives of military veterans. The protests continued for weeks
and turned very violent, as Sheik Hassena allegedly ordered her
security forces to stop the protest by shooting them. Ultimately,
(06:03):
the protesters were successful and Herssina was forced to flee
to India. Now, a court in the Bangladeshi capital Daka
has sentenced Hassina to death for committing quote crimes against
humanity by her order to use drones, helicopters and lethal
(06:23):
weapons against the student protesters. Hassina, who is still in India,
responded to the sentence by saying, quote, let them announce
whatever verdict they want. It doesn't matter to me. Alah
gave me this life and only he can end it.
I will still serve my people. This is the moment
(06:47):
the court in Dhaka announced its verdict on shake Hasina.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
For all these three counts, we have decided to inflict
her with only one sentence.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
In Saudi Arabia, forty five pilgrims from India have died
after the bus taking them from the Islamic holy city
of Mecca to the city of Medina caught fire. The
Indian pilgrims were from the city of Hyderabad in the
Indian state of Telangana. They had traveled to Saudi Arabia
(07:38):
for the Umrah pilgrimage, which is a shorter version of Hajj,
the largest Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca and Pakistan has begun
a two week mission to vaccinate more than fifty seven
million children against measles, rubella, and polio. To help with
(07:59):
the effort, the World Health Organization trained more than one
hundred and forty thousand health workers to support vaccination teams
and reach millions of children around the country. That's your
world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast,
please tell your friends to find simple English news daily
(08:24):
in their podcast app. I'm niall Moore. Tomorrow you will
be with Stephen Devincenzi. Have a great day.
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