World News in 7 minutes. Tuesday 28th November 2023
Today: Israel Hamas truce extended. New Zealand new government. Vietnam Japan relation. Poland trucker blockade. UK investment announcement. France mayor X. Kenya privatisation. Sierra Leone attacks. Angola diamond project. US trafficking trial. Cuba sanctions crippling. NASA jet.
With Juliet Martin
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Today: Israel Hamas truce extended. New Zealand new government. Vietnam Japan relation. Poland trucker blockade. UK investment announcement. France mayor X. Kenya privatisation. Sierra Leone attacks. Angola diamond project. US trafficking trial. Cuba sanctions crippling. NASA jet.
With Juliet Martin
If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at send7.org/support
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SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells 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, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to 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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(00:00):
Good morning. This is send sevenwild news in seven minutes. I'm Juliet
Martin and today is Tuesday, thetwenty eighth of November twenty twenty three.
(00:21):
Starting in Asia and Oceania, Katarhas announced that the truce between Israel and
Hamas has been extended by two days. A spokesperson said an agreement has been
reached to extend the humanitarian pause foran additional two days in the Gaza Strip.
(00:44):
The truce will now end on Wednesdaynight. New Zealand's new government has
been sworn in the right of centerNational Party has formed a coalition with Act
New Zealand and New Zealand First,and is expected to start working on new
(01:04):
policies next week. They're expected tolift the ban on oil and gas exploration,
create a new Central Bank mandate,and reduce the use of the Maori
language. New Zealand has had aleft wing government for the last six years.
(01:26):
Vietnam and Japan have upgraded their relationsto the highest level. Vietnamese President
Vo Van Thwong announced that Vietnam andJapan had created a comprehensive strategic partnership yesterday.
He said this is an important event, opening a new chapter in the
(01:48):
Vietnam Japan Relation. Vietnam's other comprehensivestrategic partners include China, India, Russia,
South Korea, and the UNI,United States Europe. In Poland,
truckers and farmers have begun a blockadeto one of the main border crossings with
(02:13):
Ukraine. This is part of aprotest involving thousands of lorries. The farmers
and truckers say that Ukrainian companies areoffering cheaper prices and transporting goods across the
European Union. The protest began onthe sixth of November to demand a permit
system for Ukrainian truckers entering the EuropeanUnion. United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
(02:43):
has announced thirty six point eight billiondollars in investment in Britain. We are
setting about making this the best placein the world to invest and do business
now. I'm unashamedly proud of Britainand there is a growing momentum right here
in the UK right now. InFrance, the mayor of Paris and Idelgo
(03:08):
has announced that she is leaving thesocial media platform X formerly Twitter. She
called X a gigantic global sewer andsaid that it destroys democracies by spreading misinformation.
Twitter was bought by billionaire Elon Muskin twenty twenty two and rebranded as
(03:31):
x Idalgo said this platform and itsowner intentionally exacerbates tensions and conflicts Africa.
Kenya is aiming to privatize major companies. Stakes will be made available in eleven
(03:52):
companies, including the state oil pipeline, according to the Finance Ministry. The
ministry said privatization and restructuring is gearedtowards the government's efforts for fiscal consolidation and
spurring economic development. In Sierra Leone, twenty people have been killed and nearly
(04:15):
two thousand inmates escaped during attacks onlocations including a military barracks and a prison
on Sunday, The government said thatrenegade soldiers were responsible for the attacks.
President Julius Mahda Bieou said that mostof the leaders of the attacks have been
(04:36):
arrested and an investigation has been launched. Angola has started one of the world's
largest diamond mining projects. The LueleDiamond Deposit contains an estimated six hundred and
twenty eight million carrots of diamonds.According to reuters. The project will cost
(05:00):
six hundred million dollars, aiming toprocess twelve million tons of or per year
once fully operational the Americas. Inthe United States, a trial will focus
on possible links between drug trafficking andVenezuela's military. Venezuelan Carlos Ornze is accused
(05:26):
of paying millions of dollars in bribesto military leaders to protect cocaine traveling from
Colombia to the United States. Hehas pleaded not guilty to three counts of
narcotics importation, conspiracy, and criminalweapons possession. According to the European Union,
(05:49):
United States sanctions on Cuba are worseningthe human rights situation. Human Rights
Envoy Aiman Gilmore said that some actionssharply curtail financial transactions, tourism and trade.
It's hurting the human rights situation becauseit hurts people on the ground.
(06:11):
He said the people who are impactedare ordinary Cuban citizens who have difficulty accessing
food, medicines, and NASA isdeveloping a jet that aims to travel faster
than the speed of sound. TheX fifty nine would be almost twice as
(06:32):
fast as the Concord jet, butwould reduce the dangerous sonic boom, which
is caused by traveling faster than thespeed of sound to a sonic thump.
That's your world news in seven minutes. A big thank you to Klein in
Spain, Jean in Belgium, andUrsula in Sweden for becoming our newest supporters.
(06:58):
If you'd like to help support thepodcast and have access to the transcripts
of every episode and our weekly newsquiz, then go to sendseven dot org.
I'm Juliette Martin. Tomorrow you willbe with Stephen Devin Chenzie. Have
a great day.
Good morning. This is send sevenwild news in seven minutes. I'm Juliet
Martin and today is Tuesday, thetwenty eighth of November twenty twenty three.
(00:21):
Starting in Asia and Oceania, Katarhas announced that the truce between Israel and
Hamas has been extended by two days. A spokesperson said an agreement has been
reached to extend the humanitarian pause foran additional two days in the Gaza Strip.
(00:44):
The truce will now end on Wednesdaynight. New Zealand's new government has
been sworn in the right of centerNational Party has formed a coalition with Act
New Zealand and New Zealand First,and is expected to start working on new
(01:04):
policies next week. They're expected tolift the ban on oil and gas exploration,
create a new Central Bank mandate,and reduce the use of the Maori
language. New Zealand has had aleft wing government for the last six years.
(01:26):
Vietnam and Japan have upgraded their relationsto the highest level. Vietnamese President
Vo Van Thwong announced that Vietnam andJapan had created a comprehensive strategic partnership yesterday.
He said this is an important event, opening a new chapter in the
(01:48):
Vietnam Japan Relation. Vietnam's other comprehensivestrategic partners include China, India, Russia,
South Korea, and the UNI,United States Europe. In Poland,
truckers and farmers have begun a blockadeto one of the main border crossings with
(02:13):
Ukraine. This is part of aprotest involving thousands of lorries. The farmers
and truckers say that Ukrainian companies areoffering cheaper prices and transporting goods across the
European Union. The protest began onthe sixth of November to demand a permit
system for Ukrainian truckers entering the EuropeanUnion. United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
(02:43):
has announced thirty six point eight billiondollars in investment in Britain. We are
setting about making this the best placein the world to invest and do business
now. I'm unashamedly proud of Britainand there is a growing momentum right here
in the UK right now. InFrance, the mayor of Paris and Idelgo
(03:08):
has announced that she is leaving thesocial media platform X formerly Twitter. She
called X a gigantic global sewer andsaid that it destroys democracies by spreading misinformation.
Twitter was bought by billionaire Elon Muskin twenty twenty two and rebranded as
(03:31):
x Idalgo said this platform and itsowner intentionally exacerbates tensions and conflicts Africa.
Kenya is aiming to privatize major companies. Stakes will be made available in eleven
(03:52):
companies, including the state oil pipeline, according to the Finance Ministry. The
ministry said privatization and restructuring is gearedtowards the government's efforts for fiscal consolidation and
spurring economic development. In Sierra Leone, twenty people have been killed and nearly
(04:15):
two thousand inmates escaped during attacks onlocations including a military barracks and a prison
on Sunday, The government said thatrenegade soldiers were responsible for the attacks.
President Julius Mahda Bieou said that mostof the leaders of the attacks have been
(04:36):
arrested and an investigation has been launched. Angola has started one of the world's
largest diamond mining projects. The LueleDiamond Deposit contains an estimated six hundred and
twenty eight million carrots of diamonds.According to reuters. The project will cost
(05:00):
six hundred million dollars, aiming toprocess twelve million tons of or per year
once fully operational the Americas. Inthe United States, a trial will focus
on possible links between drug trafficking andVenezuela's military. Venezuelan Carlos Ornze is accused
(05:26):
of paying millions of dollars in bribesto military leaders to protect cocaine traveling from
Colombia to the United States. Hehas pleaded not guilty to three counts of
narcotics importation, conspiracy, and criminalweapons possession. According to the European Union,
(05:49):
United States sanctions on Cuba are worseningthe human rights situation. Human Rights
Envoy Aiman Gilmore said that some actionssharply curtail financial transactions, tourism and trade.
It's hurting the human rights situation becauseit hurts people on the ground.
(06:11):
He said the people who are impactedare ordinary Cuban citizens who have difficulty accessing
food, medicines, and NASA isdeveloping a jet that aims to travel faster
than the speed of sound. TheX fifty nine would be almost twice as
(06:32):
fast as the Concord jet, butwould reduce the dangerous sonic boom, which
is caused by traveling faster than thespeed of sound to a sonic thump.
That's your world news in seven minutes. A big thank you to Klein in
Spain, Jean in Belgium, andUrsula in Sweden for becoming our newest supporters.
(06:58):
If you'd like to help support thepodcast and have access to the transcripts
of every episode and our weekly newsquiz, then go to sendseven dot org.
I'm Juliette Martin. Tomorrow you willbe with Stephen Devin Chenzie. Have
a great day.
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