World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 27th August 2024.
Today: Pakistan attacks. Bangaldesh flooding. Vietnam new officials. Israel Lebanon situation. Sudan dam collapse. Niger kidnappings. West Africa Sanchez visit. Mexico Obrador defends reform. Venezuela journalist released. Chile Atacama flat sinking. US Harris accepts nomination. Italy yacht manslaughter. Germany stabbing. Ukraine Belarus border. Germany mpox vaccines. 56th Notting Hill Festival.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is sen seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin and today is Tuesday, the twenty seventh
of August twenty twenty four. Starting in Asia. In Pakistan,
(00:25):
at least seventy three people have been killed in an
attack by militants on police stations, railway lines and highways
in Baloshistan. Baloshistan is a resource rich area of Pakistan.
Pakistan's Interior Minister, Mussen Nakvi said these attacks are a
(00:46):
well thought out plan to create anarchy in Pakistan. In Bangladesh,
at least twenty three people have died and one point
two four million family have been left stranded after severe flooding.
Five point seven million people are without food, clean water,
(01:08):
medicine and dry clothes. Vietnam's parliament has appointed new senior
officials and will elect a new president in October. In
a meeting yesterday, parliament appointed three new deputy prime ministers,
a new environment minister, and a new justice minister. Israel's
(01:32):
government has said that the situation at its border with
Lebanon is not sustainable. Tens of thousands of people have
been evacuated from their homes on both sides of the border.
Israeli government spokesperson David Menser said the current situation is
not sustainable. Israel will do its duty and return its
(01:55):
population to our sovereign territory Africa. In Sudan, at least
thirty people have been killed in a damn collapse. The
United Nations have said that the number could be much higher.
Twenty villages were destroyed and fifty thousand homes were destroyed
(02:18):
or damaged. Nigeria's police authorities have secured the release of
twenty students who were kidnapped last week. The victims are
medical and dental students who were kidnapped on their way
to a new Goo state. Armed gangs have been kidnapping villages, students,
(02:40):
and motorists for ransom in Nigeria. In West Africa, Spain's
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will begin his second visit of
the year today. Sanchez aims to reduce migration to the
Canary Islands, which has increased by one hundred and fifty
(03:00):
four percent this year. The Americas, Mexico's President Andres Manuel
Lopez Oberrador has defended the judicial reform plan after the
United States ambassador criticized the plan for threatening Mexican democracy.
(03:23):
In Venezuela, a well known journalist has been released after
being arrested on terrorism charges. Carmela Longo worked at the
Ultimas Noticias newspaper and was charged with terrorism and inciting
hatred on Monday. In Chile, the Atacamas Salt Flat is
(03:46):
sinking at a rate of one to two centimeters every
year because of lithium mining. A study by the University
of Chile said subsidence due to irreversible changes inability can
be a very serious problem. Chile is the world's second
largest lithium producer. Lithium is used for electric vehicles and batteries.
(04:14):
United States Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted nomination for
president last week at the end of the Democratic National Congress, and.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
As president, I will never waiver in defense of America's
security and ideals because in the enduring struggle between democracy
and tyranny, I know where I stand and I know
where the United States belongs Europe.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
In Italy, a manslaughter investigation has begun into the deaths
of British billionaire Mike Lynch and six other people in
a yacht last week. Lynch and six others died when
the yacht sank in stormy weather near Sicily. The head
of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Italy, and Brogio Cartaggio,
(05:12):
said the yacht had been hit by a sudden meteorological event,
but it was plausible that manslaughter through negligence had occurred.
In Germany, a man suspected of killing three people in
a stabbing rampage has been taken into custody. The Islamic
(05:33):
State Group claimed responsibility for the attack. Ukraine has asked
Belarus to pull back significant levels of Belarusian forces and
equipment at the border with Ukraine. In a statement, Ukraine's
Foreign ministry said Ukraine has never taken and is not
(05:54):
going to take any unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people.
Germany will donate one hundred thousand MPOX vaccines to African countries.
The World Health Organization has declared EMPOS a public health emergency,
(06:15):
and in the United Kingdom, notting Hill Festival has been
held for the fifty sixth time in London. The festival
began in nineteen fifty nine by Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones
in response to race riots. That's Your World News in
(06:36):
seven minutes. A reminder that during August we only release
episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays, but we will be back
to five days a week in September. Also during August,
you can get a ten yeu ro discount on joining
us as a yearly supporter using the discount code August
(06:59):
twenty twenty four. If you'd like to have access to
the transcripts, worksheets, and our weekly news quiz, you can
become a supporter at zenseven dot org. Have a great
week and we will see you on Friday.
Good morning. This is sen seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin and today is Tuesday, the twenty seventh
of August twenty twenty four. Starting in Asia. In Pakistan,
(00:25):
at least seventy three people have been killed in an
attack by militants on police stations, railway lines and highways
in Baloshistan. Baloshistan is a resource rich area of Pakistan.
Pakistan's Interior Minister, Mussen Nakvi said these attacks are a
(00:46):
well thought out plan to create anarchy in Pakistan. In Bangladesh,
at least twenty three people have died and one point
two four million family have been left stranded after severe flooding.
Five point seven million people are without food, clean water,
(01:08):
medicine and dry clothes. Vietnam's parliament has appointed new senior
officials and will elect a new president in October. In
a meeting yesterday, parliament appointed three new deputy prime ministers,
a new environment minister, and a new justice minister. Israel's
(01:32):
government has said that the situation at its border with
Lebanon is not sustainable. Tens of thousands of people have
been evacuated from their homes on both sides of the border.
Israeli government spokesperson David Menser said the current situation is
not sustainable. Israel will do its duty and return its
(01:55):
population to our sovereign territory Africa. In Sudan, at least
thirty people have been killed in a damn collapse. The
United Nations have said that the number could be much higher.
Twenty villages were destroyed and fifty thousand homes were destroyed
(02:18):
or damaged. Nigeria's police authorities have secured the release of
twenty students who were kidnapped last week. The victims are
medical and dental students who were kidnapped on their way
to a new Goo state. Armed gangs have been kidnapping villages, students,
(02:40):
and motorists for ransom in Nigeria. In West Africa, Spain's
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will begin his second visit of
the year today. Sanchez aims to reduce migration to the
Canary Islands, which has increased by one hundred and fifty
(03:00):
four percent this year. The Americas, Mexico's President Andres Manuel
Lopez Oberrador has defended the judicial reform plan after the
United States ambassador criticized the plan for threatening Mexican democracy.
(03:23):
In Venezuela, a well known journalist has been released after
being arrested on terrorism charges. Carmela Longo worked at the
Ultimas Noticias newspaper and was charged with terrorism and inciting
hatred on Monday. In Chile, the Atacamas Salt Flat is
(03:46):
sinking at a rate of one to two centimeters every
year because of lithium mining. A study by the University
of Chile said subsidence due to irreversible changes inability can
be a very serious problem. Chile is the world's second
largest lithium producer. Lithium is used for electric vehicles and batteries.
(04:14):
United States Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted nomination for
president last week at the end of the Democratic National Congress, and.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
As president, I will never waiver in defense of America's
security and ideals because in the enduring struggle between democracy
and tyranny, I know where I stand and I know
where the United States belongs Europe.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
In Italy, a manslaughter investigation has begun into the deaths
of British billionaire Mike Lynch and six other people in
a yacht last week. Lynch and six others died when
the yacht sank in stormy weather near Sicily. The head
of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Italy, and Brogio Cartaggio,
(05:12):
said the yacht had been hit by a sudden meteorological event,
but it was plausible that manslaughter through negligence had occurred.
In Germany, a man suspected of killing three people in
a stabbing rampage has been taken into custody. The Islamic
(05:33):
State Group claimed responsibility for the attack. Ukraine has asked
Belarus to pull back significant levels of Belarusian forces and
equipment at the border with Ukraine. In a statement, Ukraine's
Foreign ministry said Ukraine has never taken and is not
(05:54):
going to take any unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people.
Germany will donate one hundred thousand MPOX vaccines to African countries.
The World Health Organization has declared EMPOS a public health emergency,
(06:15):
and in the United Kingdom, notting Hill Festival has been
held for the fifty sixth time in London. The festival
began in nineteen fifty nine by Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones
in response to race riots. That's Your World News in
(06:36):
seven minutes. A reminder that during August we only release
episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays, but we will be back
to five days a week in September. Also during August,
you can get a ten yeu ro discount on joining
us as a yearly supporter using the discount code August
(06:59):
twenty twenty four. If you'd like to have access to
the transcripts, worksheets, and our weekly news quiz, you can
become a supporter at zenseven dot org. Have a great
week and we will see you on Friday.
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