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Today: Afghanistan cricketers. North Korean defector. Hong Kong plane crash. Nigeria protests. Morocco Gen Z protests. US Amazon Web Services. US Trump Ukraine. Bolivia President. Luxembourg EU gas. UK blindness treatment.
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Today: Afghanistan cricketers. North Korean defector. Hong Kong plane crash. Nigeria protests. Morocco Gen Z protests. US Amazon Web Services. US Trump Ukraine. Bolivia President. Luxembourg EU gas. UK blindness treatment.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm nile More. Today is Tuesday, the twenty first of
October twenty twenty five. Today we're starting in Asia. Afghanistan's
(00:21):
cricket Association has said that three cricketers were killed in
Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan on Friday, and because of that,
Afghanistan will not send a team to play in the
twenty twenty International Competition next month. A North Korean soldier
(00:43):
has defected to South Korea by crossing the heavily guarded
demilitarized zone that separates the two countries. It is rare
that North Korean soldiers defect to the South by crossing
the demilitarized zone, with most who defect doing so by
traveling through China. In Hong Kong, two airport security workers
(01:08):
were killed when a cargo plane skidded off of a
runway and hit their vehicle before crashing into the sea.
Officials say an investigation is underway to find out why
the plane turned off course. Africa, in Nigeria, protesters gathered
(01:32):
in Abuja to demand the release of a separatist leader,
Nanamdi Karnu. Karnu is the leader of a group called
the Indigenous People of Biafra or IPOB. IPOB want independence
for an area of land in southeastern Nigeria that they
(01:52):
call the Biafran Nation. The Nigerian government have outlawed IPOB
and have held old Nunamdi Krnu in prison since twenty
twenty one, charging him with terrorism. Karnu's trial is due
to begin on Thursday. The protest by his supporters was
(02:13):
broken up by police using tear gas. Dozens of protesters
were arrested. In Morocco, the government has responded to gen
Z protests by promising social and political reforms. The protests,
led by young people, began last month when eight pregnant
(02:35):
women died in a hospital in the city of Agadir
Because protesters say the government has not invested in healthcare,
spending money instead on stadiums for the twenty thirty World Cup. Now,
the government has said they will increase investment in healthcare
(02:56):
and education, and also may make it easier for young
people to enter politics, for example, by paying for seventy
five percent of a political campaign if the candidate is
under the age of thirty five Americas. In the United States,
(03:19):
Amazon's cloud computing company Amazon Web Services experienced a global
outage yesterday. Websites, businesses, and games around the world use
Amazon Web Services to host their platforms. More than one
thousand companies were affected by the outage, including popular games
(03:43):
like Fortnite and roadblocks, social media sites like Reddit and Snapchat,
as well as online banking services. Also in the United States,
President Donald Trump has told Ukrainian President Voladimir z Elei
to give up Ukrainian territory to Russia in order to
(04:04):
secure a peace deal. Four weeks ago, Trump said that
he thought Ukraine could regain all of its territory, but now,
following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump
says that Ukraine should give up most of the Donbas region,
which is currently held by Russia. Let it be cut
(04:26):
the way it is. It's cut up right now. I
think seventy eight percent of the land is already taken
by Russia. You'll leave it the way it is right now.
They can negotiate something later on down the line. But
I said cut and stop at the battle. I go home,
stop fighting, stop killing people. In Bolivia, the Centrist senator
(04:48):
Rodrigo Paz has been elected as president. It is the
first time in twenty years that Bolivia has elected a
president who is not from the Socialist party Movement for Socialism.
Bolivia is currently in a difficult economic crisis, including high
inflation and shortages of fuel, for which people blame the
(05:13):
current Movement for Socialism government. The two candidates for president
were Rodrigo Paz, who is seen as a moderate politician,
and Jorge Tuto Kiroga, who is seen as right wing.
Rodrigo Paz has promised to bring quote capitalism for all
(05:33):
to Bolivia, meaning free market economics plus social programs to
help the poorest in Bolivian society. Europe, in Luxembourg, the
energy ministers of European Union countries have agreed to stop
importing Russian gas by the end of twenty twenty seven.
(05:58):
Before Russia invaded you Ukraine in twenty twenty two, forty
five percent of the EU's gas came from Russia, although
that has fallen to twelve percent. By continuing to import
Russian gas, the EU is effectively helping to fund Russia's
invasion of Ukraine. Hungary and Slovakia, which use a lot
(06:23):
of Russian gas and oil, are the only EU countries
to oppose the agreement. However, the agreement only needs fifteen
of twenty seven EU countries to agree in order to pass.
And in the United Kingdom, doctors in London say a
(06:44):
new I implant has helped blind patients read again. The
Prima device is a two millimeter microchip placed inside the eye.
Patients wear special glasses with a tiny camera and a
small computer to send images to the chip and then
(07:04):
to the brain. In a trial of thirty eight people
in five European countries, eighty four percent who were blind
in that eye were able to read letters, numbers and
words again. Mahi Mukett, a surgeon at the Moorefield's Eye
Hospital in London, called the Prima device a quote new
(07:27):
era for treating blindness. That's your world news in seven minutes.
If you enjoy this podcast, please tell your friends to
find Simple English news daily in their podcast app. I'm nilmore.
Tomorrow you will be with Stephen Devinchenzi have a great day.
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm nile More. Today is Tuesday, the twenty first of
October twenty twenty five. Today we're starting in Asia. Afghanistan's
(00:21):
cricket Association has said that three cricketers were killed in
Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan on Friday, and because of that,
Afghanistan will not send a team to play in the
twenty twenty International Competition next month. A North Korean soldier
(00:43):
has defected to South Korea by crossing the heavily guarded
demilitarized zone that separates the two countries. It is rare
that North Korean soldiers defect to the South by crossing
the demilitarized zone, with most who defect doing so by
traveling through China. In Hong Kong, two airport security workers
(01:08):
were killed when a cargo plane skidded off of a
runway and hit their vehicle before crashing into the sea.
Officials say an investigation is underway to find out why
the plane turned off course. Africa, in Nigeria, protesters gathered
(01:32):
in Abuja to demand the release of a separatist leader,
Nanamdi Karnu. Karnu is the leader of a group called
the Indigenous People of Biafra or IPOB. IPOB want independence
for an area of land in southeastern Nigeria that they
(01:52):
call the Biafran Nation. The Nigerian government have outlawed IPOB
and have held old Nunamdi Krnu in prison since twenty
twenty one, charging him with terrorism. Karnu's trial is due
to begin on Thursday. The protest by his supporters was
(02:13):
broken up by police using tear gas. Dozens of protesters
were arrested. In Morocco, the government has responded to gen
Z protests by promising social and political reforms. The protests,
led by young people, began last month when eight pregnant
(02:35):
women died in a hospital in the city of Agadir
Because protesters say the government has not invested in healthcare,
spending money instead on stadiums for the twenty thirty World Cup. Now,
the government has said they will increase investment in healthcare
(02:56):
and education, and also may make it easier for young
people to enter politics, for example, by paying for seventy
five percent of a political campaign if the candidate is
under the age of thirty five Americas. In the United States,
(03:19):
Amazon's cloud computing company Amazon Web Services experienced a global
outage yesterday. Websites, businesses, and games around the world use
Amazon Web Services to host their platforms. More than one
thousand companies were affected by the outage, including popular games
(03:43):
like Fortnite and roadblocks, social media sites like Reddit and Snapchat,
as well as online banking services. Also in the United States,
President Donald Trump has told Ukrainian President Voladimir z Elei
to give up Ukrainian territory to Russia in order to
(04:04):
secure a peace deal. Four weeks ago, Trump said that
he thought Ukraine could regain all of its territory, but now,
following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump
says that Ukraine should give up most of the Donbas region,
which is currently held by Russia. Let it be cut
(04:26):
the way it is. It's cut up right now. I
think seventy eight percent of the land is already taken
by Russia. You'll leave it the way it is right now.
They can negotiate something later on down the line. But
I said cut and stop at the battle. I go home,
stop fighting, stop killing people. In Bolivia, the Centrist senator
(04:48):
Rodrigo Paz has been elected as president. It is the
first time in twenty years that Bolivia has elected a
president who is not from the Socialist party Movement for Socialism.
Bolivia is currently in a difficult economic crisis, including high
inflation and shortages of fuel, for which people blame the
(05:13):
current Movement for Socialism government. The two candidates for president
were Rodrigo Paz, who is seen as a moderate politician,
and Jorge Tuto Kiroga, who is seen as right wing.
Rodrigo Paz has promised to bring quote capitalism for all
(05:33):
to Bolivia, meaning free market economics plus social programs to
help the poorest in Bolivian society. Europe, in Luxembourg, the
energy ministers of European Union countries have agreed to stop
importing Russian gas by the end of twenty twenty seven.
(05:58):
Before Russia invaded you Ukraine in twenty twenty two, forty
five percent of the EU's gas came from Russia, although
that has fallen to twelve percent. By continuing to import
Russian gas, the EU is effectively helping to fund Russia's
invasion of Ukraine. Hungary and Slovakia, which use a lot
(06:23):
of Russian gas and oil, are the only EU countries
to oppose the agreement. However, the agreement only needs fifteen
of twenty seven EU countries to agree in order to pass.
And in the United Kingdom, doctors in London say a
(06:44):
new I implant has helped blind patients read again. The
Prima device is a two millimeter microchip placed inside the eye.
Patients wear special glasses with a tiny camera and a
small computer to send images to the chip and then
(07:04):
to the brain. In a trial of thirty eight people
in five European countries, eighty four percent who were blind
in that eye were able to read letters, numbers and
words again. Mahi Mukett, a surgeon at the Moorefield's Eye
Hospital in London, called the Prima device a quote new
(07:27):
era for treating blindness. That's your world news in seven minutes.
If you enjoy this podcast, please tell your friends to
find Simple English news daily in their podcast app. I'm nilmore.
Tomorrow you will be with Stephen Devinchenzi have a great day.
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