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Today: Palestine hospital strike. Vietnam typhoon. Indonesia protest. United States S Korea talks. Mexico cartel leader. Botswana health emergency. South Sudan finance minister. France confidence vote. Germany Ukraine security. Russia Ukraine prisoner exchange. Britain Notting Hill carnival.
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Today: Palestine hospital strike. Vietnam typhoon. Indonesia protest. United States S Korea talks. Mexico cartel leader. Botswana health emergency. South Sudan finance minister. France confidence vote. Germany Ukraine security. Russia Ukraine prisoner exchange. Britain Notting Hill carnival.
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Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Niall Moore every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin. Today is Tuesday, the twenty sixth of
August twenty twenty five, starting in Asia. In Palestine, at
(00:27):
least twenty people, including five journalists, have been killed in
an Israeli strike on a hospital. Nasair Hospital in the
Gaza Strip was struck yesterday. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
has said it was a tragic mishap. In a statement,
(00:50):
the Israel Defense Forces said it regrets any harm to
uninvolved individuals and does not target journalists as such. The
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said the strikes represented an open war
against free media with the aim of terrorizing journalists. According
(01:14):
to the syndicate, more than two hundred and forty Palestinian
journalists have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since
October twenty twenty three. Last week, the United Nations declared
a famine in Gaza. Humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said that
(01:36):
the famine was preventable.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It is a famine, the Gaza famine. It is a
famine that we could have prevented. It is a famine
that hits the most vulnerable first. Each with a name,
each with a story. That strips people of dignity, for
it strips them of life, That forces a parent to
(02:04):
choose which child to feed, That forces people to risk
their lives to seek food. It is a famine that
we repeatedly warned of, but that the international media has
not been allowed in to cover the bear witness.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
In Vietnam, Typhoon Kajiki reached wind speeds of one hundred
and sixty six kilometers per hour, according to the Weather Agency.
The typhoon hit Vietnam yesterday, causing power outages, flooding, and
fallen trees. Airports and schools were closed, and about thirty
(02:52):
thousand people had been evacuated by yesterday afternoon, according to
Vietnam's government. In China, the typhoon caused strong winds and
heavy rain on Sunday. In Indonesia, protesters tried to break
into parliament yesterday. They were demonstrating against legislators salaries and benefits,
(03:19):
according to reports. Witnesses reported that police used tear gas
and a water cannon to push protesters back. The Americas.
In the United States, President Donald Trump met with South
Korean President Lie Jai Mung at the White House yesterday.
(03:44):
According to reports, the presidents discussed trade relations and relations
with North Korea. Earlier in the day, Trump had said
he was seeking information about reported raids on churches and
a military base by the South Korean government. Mexican ismael
(04:08):
El Mayo Zambada pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and
running a drug cartel in United States federal court yesterday. Zambada,
who led the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested in July twenty
twenty four. He agreed to plead guilty after the Justice
(04:31):
Department said it would not seek the death penalty. In court,
he said the cartel shipped more than one point five
million kilograms of cocaine under his leadership and that he
ordered rivals to be murdered. He faces a mandatory sentence
of life in prison. Africa, Botswana has declared a public
(05:01):
health emergency. President Duma Boko said the national medical supply
chain has failed, meaning hospitals and clinics have run out
of medicine. The military will oversee emergency distribution and the
Finance Ministry has approved seventeen point four million dollars of
(05:24):
emergency funding. In South Sudan, President Salva Kiir has fired
the finance minister. According to local media, Mariel Dongrin Attair
will be replaced by Athien ding Athien. This is the
seventh replacement since twenty twenty. Europe France's Prime Minister Francois
(05:54):
Bay who will seek a confidence vote in parliament on
the eighth of September. His proposed budget would reduce public
spending by more than forty billion euros. Germany's Vice Chancellor
Lars Klingbail has said that Germany will provide security guarantees
(06:19):
for Ukraine alongside other European countries. He said the ball
is now in Vladimir Putin's court. Russia and Ukraine took
part in an exchange of one hundred and forty six
prisoners on Sunday. According to the Ukrainian military, the United
(06:42):
Arab Emirates mediated and in Britain, notting Hill Carnival was
celebrated over the weekend. The carnival in London is one
of the world's largest street parties. This is its fifty
seventh year, celebrating London's cultural diversity. Influenced by the Windrush
(07:07):
generation of migrants from the Caribbean to Britain between nineteen
forty eight and nineteen seventy one Following World War II.
Supporters of the Carnival have called on the UK Government
to provide financial aid to help it continue to run
(07:29):
That's Your World News in seven minutes during August. This
podcast is only released on Tuesdays and Fridays, 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
(07:53):
news quizzes, you can become a supporter at senseven dot org. August.
There is a ten euro discount on becoming a yearly
supporter using the discount code August twenty twenty five. Thank
you to Mattias in Germany, Beatrice in Switzerland and Silva
(08:16):
in France for becoming our newest supporters. The next episode
will be on Friday with Stephen Devin Chenzi. Have a
great day,
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin. Today is Tuesday, the twenty sixth of
August twenty twenty five, starting in Asia. In Palestine, at
(00:27):
least twenty people, including five journalists, have been killed in
an Israeli strike on a hospital. Nasair Hospital in the
Gaza Strip was struck yesterday. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
has said it was a tragic mishap. In a statement,
(00:50):
the Israel Defense Forces said it regrets any harm to
uninvolved individuals and does not target journalists as such. The
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said the strikes represented an open war
against free media with the aim of terrorizing journalists. According
(01:14):
to the syndicate, more than two hundred and forty Palestinian
journalists have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since
October twenty twenty three. Last week, the United Nations declared
a famine in Gaza. Humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said that
(01:36):
the famine was preventable.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It is a famine, the Gaza famine. It is a
famine that we could have prevented. It is a famine
that hits the most vulnerable first. Each with a name,
each with a story. That strips people of dignity, for
it strips them of life, That forces a parent to
(02:04):
choose which child to feed, That forces people to risk
their lives to seek food. It is a famine that
we repeatedly warned of, but that the international media has
not been allowed in to cover the bear witness.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
In Vietnam, Typhoon Kajiki reached wind speeds of one hundred
and sixty six kilometers per hour, according to the Weather Agency.
The typhoon hit Vietnam yesterday, causing power outages, flooding, and
fallen trees. Airports and schools were closed, and about thirty
(02:52):
thousand people had been evacuated by yesterday afternoon, according to
Vietnam's government. In China, the typhoon caused strong winds and
heavy rain on Sunday. In Indonesia, protesters tried to break
into parliament yesterday. They were demonstrating against legislators salaries and benefits,
(03:19):
according to reports. Witnesses reported that police used tear gas
and a water cannon to push protesters back. The Americas.
In the United States, President Donald Trump met with South
Korean President Lie Jai Mung at the White House yesterday.
(03:44):
According to reports, the presidents discussed trade relations and relations
with North Korea. Earlier in the day, Trump had said
he was seeking information about reported raids on churches and
a military base by the South Korean government. Mexican ismael
(04:08):
El Mayo Zambada pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and
running a drug cartel in United States federal court yesterday. Zambada,
who led the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested in July twenty
twenty four. He agreed to plead guilty after the Justice
(04:31):
Department said it would not seek the death penalty. In court,
he said the cartel shipped more than one point five
million kilograms of cocaine under his leadership and that he
ordered rivals to be murdered. He faces a mandatory sentence
of life in prison. Africa, Botswana has declared a public
(05:01):
health emergency. President Duma Boko said the national medical supply
chain has failed, meaning hospitals and clinics have run out
of medicine. The military will oversee emergency distribution and the
Finance Ministry has approved seventeen point four million dollars of
(05:24):
emergency funding. In South Sudan, President Salva Kiir has fired
the finance minister. According to local media, Mariel Dongrin Attair
will be replaced by Athien ding Athien. This is the
seventh replacement since twenty twenty. Europe France's Prime Minister Francois
(05:54):
Bay who will seek a confidence vote in parliament on
the eighth of September. His proposed budget would reduce public
spending by more than forty billion euros. Germany's Vice Chancellor
Lars Klingbail has said that Germany will provide security guarantees
(06:19):
for Ukraine alongside other European countries. He said the ball
is now in Vladimir Putin's court. Russia and Ukraine took
part in an exchange of one hundred and forty six
prisoners on Sunday. According to the Ukrainian military, the United
(06:42):
Arab Emirates mediated and in Britain, notting Hill Carnival was
celebrated over the weekend. The carnival in London is one
of the world's largest street parties. This is its fifty
seventh year, celebrating London's cultural diversity. Influenced by the Windrush
(07:07):
generation of migrants from the Caribbean to Britain between nineteen
forty eight and nineteen seventy one Following World War II.
Supporters of the Carnival have called on the UK Government
to provide financial aid to help it continue to run
(07:29):
That's Your World News in seven minutes during August. This
podcast is only released on Tuesdays and Fridays, 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
(07:53):
news quizzes, you can become a supporter at senseven dot org. August.
There is a ten euro discount on becoming a yearly
supporter using the discount code August twenty twenty five. Thank
you to Mattias in Germany, Beatrice in Switzerland and Silva
(08:16):
in France for becoming our newest supporters. The next episode
will be on Friday with Stephen Devin Chenzi. Have a
great day,
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