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Today: Zelenskyy White House. Bolivia elections. Hamas ceasefire. Pakistan floods. Myanmar elections. Zambia toxic waste. Nigeria boat capsize. Spain wildfires. Ukraine attacks. UK dictionary.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven world news in seven minutes.
I'm niall Moore. Today is Tuesday, the nineteenth of August
twenty twenty five. Today we're starting in the Americas. In
(00:23):
the United States, President Donald Trump has met with the
Ukrainian President Vlodomir Zelenski after Vladimir Putin visited the United
States on Friday. The last time Zelenski met Trump at
the White House in February, the meeting ended with a
public argument. This time, Zelenski was joined by a group
(00:48):
of seven Western leaders, the Prime Minister of the UK,
the French President, the German Chancellor, the Italian Prime Minister,
the Finnish President, the Secretary General of NATO, and the
President of the European Commission. Together they hope to pressure
(01:08):
President Trump to protect Ukraine in any deal that might
be reached with Russia. Before this meeting, Trump had said
that Ukraine would have to make large concessions to Russia
to secure peace. At the time of this podcast, the
leaders had not yet finished their discussion, but both Zelenski
(01:30):
and Trump spoke at a press conference before the meeting.
The war is going to end. When it ends, I
can't tell you, but the war is going to end,
and this gentleman wanted to end, and Vladimir Butin wants
it to end. I think the whole world is tired
of it, and we're going to get it ended. In Bolivia,
(01:51):
the left wing Muvimiento Alsociolismo party has lost a presidential
election for the first time in twenty years. The former
socialist president of Bolivia, Ivo Morales, had told his supporters
not to vote in this election because he wasn't being
(02:12):
allowed to run for a fourth time, something that is
illegal under the Bolivian constitution. As a result, the socialist
candidate received only three point two percent of the vote.
The contest is now between two right wing candidates, Jorhei
Tuto Kiroga and Rodrigo Paz Pereira. They face a final
(02:36):
vote in October Asia. In Egypt, at negotiations in the
city of Cairo, Hamas officials say that they have accepted
a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. As part of
the deal, Hamas will release half of the Israeli hostages
(02:58):
in Gaza who are still in exchange. Israel will release
Palestinian prisoners and commit to a sixty day ceasefire in Pakistan,
at least three hundred and twenty one people have now
been killed by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy
(03:20):
monsoon reigns. Most of the deaths were in Khaiber Paktunkwa,
a mountainous province in northwest Pakistan, where houses, buildings and
vehicles were washed away or buried. In Mayanmar, the military
government has announced the first national elections since they seized
(03:42):
power in a coup in twenty twenty one. The military
overthrew the democratically elected leader Ung Sansu Chi and arrested
members of her party. It's unclear how the elections could
be held nationally, as some parts of Miami are under
the control of armed groups who have been fighting the
(04:04):
military government and who say they won't allow voting in
their areas. Africa, in Zambia, an accident at a copper
mine may have released thirty times more toxic waste into
the environment than was previously reported. In February, a dam
(04:28):
that held back toxic mining waste broke open, releasing the
waste into the Kufue River, a key source of drinking water.
At the time. The Chinese company that owns the mine
Sinometals said that fifty thousand barrels of waste had been released,
(04:48):
but the company that Sinometals hired to investigate the accident
found that the real number was actually more than one
point five million barrels and called it a quote large
scale environmental catastrophe. In Nigeria, a boat carrying fifty people
(05:11):
to a food market in Sokoto State capsized yesterday. Twenty
five people have been found alive so far, rescuers are
still searching for the other twenty five who are missing. Europe,
in Spain, five hundred more soldiers have been deployed to
(05:34):
help fight wildfires in the northeast region of Galicia. There
are now almost two thousand soldiers working alongside firefighters to
tackle twelve different wildfires in the area. These are the
worst wildfires in Spain for twenty years. Fires have already
(05:55):
burned twice as much land in twenty twenty five than
in twenty twenty. The fires have been particularly bad over
the last two weeks because of an intense heat wave
in southern Europe, with temperatures in Spain reaching forty five
degrees celsius. In Ukraine, ten people have been killed in
(06:19):
Russian attacks on the cities of Kharkiv and Zaparija. The
attacks came just hours after Ukrainian President Zelenski arrived in
the United States to discuss a peace deal with President Trump.
Zelensky described Russia's attacks as quote demonstrative and cynical, accusing
(06:41):
Vladimir Putin of deliberately killing civilians on the day of
Zelensky's meeting with Trump, and in the United Kingdom, the
Cambridge Dictionary is officially adding six thousand more words to
the English language, including many from online culture. Words like delulu,
(07:04):
which is short for delusional, a word that describes someone
who denies reality, and broligarchy, which combines bro and oligarchy
to describe rich and powerful tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk.
During August, this podcast is only released on Tuesdays and Fridays,
(07:28):
but we will be back in September five days a week.
If you enjoy sen seven and you'd like to have
access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets, and
world news quizzes, you can become a supporter at senseven
dot org. During August, there is a ten euro discount
(07:50):
on becoming a yearly supporter using the discount code August
twenty twenty five. The next episode will be on Friday
with Stephen Devonchezi have a great day.
Good morning. This is send seven world news in seven minutes.
I'm niall Moore. Today is Tuesday, the nineteenth of August
twenty twenty five. Today we're starting in the Americas. In
(00:23):
the United States, President Donald Trump has met with the
Ukrainian President Vlodomir Zelenski after Vladimir Putin visited the United
States on Friday. The last time Zelenski met Trump at
the White House in February, the meeting ended with a
public argument. This time, Zelenski was joined by a group
(00:48):
of seven Western leaders, the Prime Minister of the UK,
the French President, the German Chancellor, the Italian Prime Minister,
the Finnish President, the Secretary General of NATO, and the
President of the European Commission. Together they hope to pressure
(01:08):
President Trump to protect Ukraine in any deal that might
be reached with Russia. Before this meeting, Trump had said
that Ukraine would have to make large concessions to Russia
to secure peace. At the time of this podcast, the
leaders had not yet finished their discussion, but both Zelenski
(01:30):
and Trump spoke at a press conference before the meeting.
The war is going to end. When it ends, I
can't tell you, but the war is going to end,
and this gentleman wanted to end, and Vladimir Butin wants
it to end. I think the whole world is tired
of it, and we're going to get it ended. In Bolivia,
(01:51):
the left wing Muvimiento Alsociolismo party has lost a presidential
election for the first time in twenty years. The former
socialist president of Bolivia, Ivo Morales, had told his supporters
not to vote in this election because he wasn't being
(02:12):
allowed to run for a fourth time, something that is
illegal under the Bolivian constitution. As a result, the socialist
candidate received only three point two percent of the vote.
The contest is now between two right wing candidates, Jorhei
Tuto Kiroga and Rodrigo Paz Pereira. They face a final
(02:36):
vote in October Asia. In Egypt, at negotiations in the
city of Cairo, Hamas officials say that they have accepted
a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. As part of
the deal, Hamas will release half of the Israeli hostages
(02:58):
in Gaza who are still in exchange. Israel will release
Palestinian prisoners and commit to a sixty day ceasefire in Pakistan,
at least three hundred and twenty one people have now
been killed by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy
(03:20):
monsoon reigns. Most of the deaths were in Khaiber Paktunkwa,
a mountainous province in northwest Pakistan, where houses, buildings and
vehicles were washed away or buried. In Mayanmar, the military
government has announced the first national elections since they seized
(03:42):
power in a coup in twenty twenty one. The military
overthrew the democratically elected leader Ung Sansu Chi and arrested
members of her party. It's unclear how the elections could
be held nationally, as some parts of Miami are under
the control of armed groups who have been fighting the
(04:04):
military government and who say they won't allow voting in
their areas. Africa, in Zambia, an accident at a copper
mine may have released thirty times more toxic waste into
the environment than was previously reported. In February, a dam
(04:28):
that held back toxic mining waste broke open, releasing the
waste into the Kufue River, a key source of drinking water.
At the time. The Chinese company that owns the mine
Sinometals said that fifty thousand barrels of waste had been released,
(04:48):
but the company that Sinometals hired to investigate the accident
found that the real number was actually more than one
point five million barrels and called it a quote large
scale environmental catastrophe. In Nigeria, a boat carrying fifty people
(05:11):
to a food market in Sokoto State capsized yesterday. Twenty
five people have been found alive so far, rescuers are
still searching for the other twenty five who are missing. Europe,
in Spain, five hundred more soldiers have been deployed to
(05:34):
help fight wildfires in the northeast region of Galicia. There
are now almost two thousand soldiers working alongside firefighters to
tackle twelve different wildfires in the area. These are the
worst wildfires in Spain for twenty years. Fires have already
(05:55):
burned twice as much land in twenty twenty five than
in twenty twenty. The fires have been particularly bad over
the last two weeks because of an intense heat wave
in southern Europe, with temperatures in Spain reaching forty five
degrees celsius. In Ukraine, ten people have been killed in
(06:19):
Russian attacks on the cities of Kharkiv and Zaparija. The
attacks came just hours after Ukrainian President Zelenski arrived in
the United States to discuss a peace deal with President Trump.
Zelensky described Russia's attacks as quote demonstrative and cynical, accusing
(06:41):
Vladimir Putin of deliberately killing civilians on the day of
Zelensky's meeting with Trump, and in the United Kingdom, the
Cambridge Dictionary is officially adding six thousand more words to
the English language, including many from online culture. Words like delulu,
(07:04):
which is short for delusional, a word that describes someone
who denies reality, and broligarchy, which combines bro and oligarchy
to describe rich and powerful tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk.
During August, this podcast is only released on Tuesdays and Fridays,
(07:28):
but we will be back in September five days a week.
If you enjoy sen seven and you'd like to have
access to all of our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets, and
world news quizzes, you can become a supporter at senseven
dot org. During August, there is a ten euro discount
(07:50):
on becoming a yearly supporter using the discount code August
twenty twenty five. The next episode will be on Friday
with Stephen Devonchezi have a great day.
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