World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 15th October 2025
Today : Madagascar army control. Cameroon opposition. Kenya bow and arrow. Israel aid limit. Singapore caning. Mexico floods. Venezuela Norway closure. Trump Indonesian affairs. Ukraine UN attack. Germany pensioners work. Italy explosion. And a secret tunnel.
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Today : Madagascar army control. Cameroon opposition. Kenya bow and arrow. Israel aid limit. Singapore caning. Mexico floods. Venezuela Norway closure. Trump Indonesian affairs. Ukraine UN attack. Germany pensioners work. Italy explosion. And a secret tunnel.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Wednesday, the fifteenth of
October twenty twenty five. Starting in Africa. Today, Madagascar's military
(00:23):
has said that it has taken control of the country. Yesterday,
the Madagascar parliament voted to impeach President Andre Rajalina, and
Colonel Michael Randrianarina, the leader of the elite Capsat military unit,
said that they had taken power. President Rajelina said that
(00:45):
he is sheltering in a safe place, without saying exactly
where he is. In an address yesterday which was broadcast
on Facebook, Ragelina said that a group of military personnel
and politicians planned to assassinate him. Some of Rajealina's closest
allies are known to have flown to Mauritius, which might
(01:07):
be where Ragealina is. Before the start of this coup
on Sunday, there had been three weeks of large protests
demanding the resignation of Ragelina. Cameroon's opposition leader Isa Chiroma
claimed to have won the presidential election yesterday, despite official
(01:28):
results not being published yet. Chiroma wrote on social media
that President Paul Bier should accept defeat. Bia is ninety
two and has been president since nineteen eighty two. Democracy
monitoring groups generally consider Cameroon's elections to be staged and fake.
(01:50):
In Kenya, a policeman working outside the president's official residence
has died after being shot by a bow and arrow.
Police have said that a fifty six year old man
was arrested. Asia. Israel has limited the amount of AID
(02:11):
that can enter Gaza, saying that Hamas has violated the
ceasefire agreement by not releasing the dead bodies of around
twenty eight hostages. On Monday, Hamas gave back only four bodies,
saying that it was difficult to find and retrieve the
other bodies. Last night, Hamas said that it would give
(02:32):
four more bodies. Israel said yesterday that only three hundred
AID trucks would be allowed to enter Gaza, which they
said was about half of the agreed number. Singapore is
considering a change in law that would allow caning as
a punishment for scammers and people who manage scammers. Caning
(02:55):
is a punishment where people are hit with a hard stick. Generally,
kaning is used as a punishment in Singapore for violent
offenses and drug offenses. However, it can be given for
other crimes Americas. In Mexico, the number of people known
(03:16):
to have died in floods has risen to sixty five,
with another sixty five people missing. The government has said
floods and landslides are continuing in central and eastern Mexico.
Venezuela has closed its embassy in Norway, a few days
after Venezuela's top opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, was awarded
(03:40):
the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Norway. Norway's
Foreign ministry said that the Venezuelan embassy did not give
a reason for its closure. United States President Donald Trump
appeared to be talking to Indonesian President Praboo Subianto about
Trump Organization business matters during the peace conference in Egypt
(04:05):
on Monday. A microphone close to Trump and Subianto picked
up part of their conversation, in which Subianto asks to
meet with either Eric Trump or Donald Trump Junior, Trump's
two sons, who now run the Trump Organization. Trump said
that he will get Eric to call Subianto. The Trump
(04:28):
Organization opened its first golf course in Indonesia earlier this year,
and the Trump website says that another hotel and golf
course will open soon on the island of Bali Europe.
In Ukraine, the United Nations has said that Russia attacked
United Nations vehicles in the southern Hrsan region yesterday. In
(04:53):
a press release, the UN said that four of its
humanitarian trucks were attacked by Russian forces, despite the trucks
being clearly marked as being un humanitarian aid trucks. They
also said that the attacks were made by first person
view drones, which should allow the attacker to choose what
(05:15):
they attack. Despite the vehicles being damaged, the personnel were
not injured. In Ukraine's Hrson region, there are reports almost
every day of civilians being targeted by drones, which some
media has referred to as a human safari At a
NATO meeting in Slovenia, NATO head Mark Rutter said that
(05:38):
Russia's military was struggling in Ukraine and said that Russia
has almost ended its presence in the Mediterranean Sea, commenting
on a Russian submarine which came to the surface close
to France a few days ago, apparently because of technical
problems In.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Twenty twenty two, Russia thought it could crush you Blane
within days. In the fourth year of its brutal war,
Russia is struggling to advance. Russia's military is stretched there
and elsewhere. Its Mediterranean Task Force was once a mix
of surface ships, submarines and supports vessels. Now in effect.
(06:22):
There is hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean left.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
In Germany, pensioners who continue to work will have a
tax free allowance of two thousand euros per month starting
from January. The plan was an election campaign pledge from
Chancellor Friedrich Mertz. It is intended to encourage older people
(06:49):
to continue to work in order to address the problem
of there being a lack of workers caused by there
being less young people entering the workforce than older people retiring.
In Italy, three police officers were killed yesterday in an
explosion at a house in which they were attempting to
(07:11):
evict people. The police have said that they believe the
explosion was intentional. And also in Italy, a secret tunnel
at the Colisseum has been opened to the public for
the first time. The Commodus Passage, named after Emperor Commodus
allowed emperors to walk into the arena without having to
(07:35):
walk through the audience. A big thank you to Madeo
in Italy for becoming our newest supporter. If you'd like
to help to support us and have access to our
daily transcripts and vocabulary lists, and our weekly worksheets and
world news quiz, then you can become a supporter at
(07:57):
send seven dot org. Tomorrow will be with Nile more.
Have a great day.
Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Wednesday, the fifteenth of
October twenty twenty five. Starting in Africa. Today, Madagascar's military
(00:23):
has said that it has taken control of the country. Yesterday,
the Madagascar parliament voted to impeach President Andre Rajalina, and
Colonel Michael Randrianarina, the leader of the elite Capsat military unit,
said that they had taken power. President Rajelina said that
(00:45):
he is sheltering in a safe place, without saying exactly
where he is. In an address yesterday which was broadcast
on Facebook, Ragelina said that a group of military personnel
and politicians planned to assassinate him. Some of Rajealina's closest
allies are known to have flown to Mauritius, which might
(01:07):
be where Ragealina is. Before the start of this coup
on Sunday, there had been three weeks of large protests
demanding the resignation of Ragelina. Cameroon's opposition leader Isa Chiroma
claimed to have won the presidential election yesterday, despite official
(01:28):
results not being published yet. Chiroma wrote on social media
that President Paul Bier should accept defeat. Bia is ninety
two and has been president since nineteen eighty two. Democracy
monitoring groups generally consider Cameroon's elections to be staged and fake.
(01:50):
In Kenya, a policeman working outside the president's official residence
has died after being shot by a bow and arrow.
Police have said that a fifty six year old man
was arrested. Asia. Israel has limited the amount of AID
(02:11):
that can enter Gaza, saying that Hamas has violated the
ceasefire agreement by not releasing the dead bodies of around
twenty eight hostages. On Monday, Hamas gave back only four bodies,
saying that it was difficult to find and retrieve the
other bodies. Last night, Hamas said that it would give
(02:32):
four more bodies. Israel said yesterday that only three hundred
AID trucks would be allowed to enter Gaza, which they
said was about half of the agreed number. Singapore is
considering a change in law that would allow caning as
a punishment for scammers and people who manage scammers. Caning
(02:55):
is a punishment where people are hit with a hard stick. Generally,
kaning is used as a punishment in Singapore for violent
offenses and drug offenses. However, it can be given for
other crimes Americas. In Mexico, the number of people known
(03:16):
to have died in floods has risen to sixty five,
with another sixty five people missing. The government has said
floods and landslides are continuing in central and eastern Mexico.
Venezuela has closed its embassy in Norway, a few days
after Venezuela's top opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, was awarded
(03:40):
the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Norway. Norway's
Foreign ministry said that the Venezuelan embassy did not give
a reason for its closure. United States President Donald Trump
appeared to be talking to Indonesian President Praboo Subianto about
Trump Organization business matters during the peace conference in Egypt
(04:05):
on Monday. A microphone close to Trump and Subianto picked
up part of their conversation, in which Subianto asks to
meet with either Eric Trump or Donald Trump Junior, Trump's
two sons, who now run the Trump Organization. Trump said
that he will get Eric to call Subianto. The Trump
(04:28):
Organization opened its first golf course in Indonesia earlier this year,
and the Trump website says that another hotel and golf
course will open soon on the island of Bali Europe.
In Ukraine, the United Nations has said that Russia attacked
United Nations vehicles in the southern Hrsan region yesterday. In
(04:53):
a press release, the UN said that four of its
humanitarian trucks were attacked by Russian forces, despite the trucks
being clearly marked as being un humanitarian aid trucks. They
also said that the attacks were made by first person
view drones, which should allow the attacker to choose what
(05:15):
they attack. Despite the vehicles being damaged, the personnel were
not injured. In Ukraine's Hrson region, there are reports almost
every day of civilians being targeted by drones, which some
media has referred to as a human safari At a
NATO meeting in Slovenia, NATO head Mark Rutter said that
(05:38):
Russia's military was struggling in Ukraine and said that Russia
has almost ended its presence in the Mediterranean Sea, commenting
on a Russian submarine which came to the surface close
to France a few days ago, apparently because of technical
problems In.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Twenty twenty two, Russia thought it could crush you Blane
within days. In the fourth year of its brutal war,
Russia is struggling to advance. Russia's military is stretched there
and elsewhere. Its Mediterranean Task Force was once a mix
of surface ships, submarines and supports vessels. Now in effect.
(06:22):
There is hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean left.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
In Germany, pensioners who continue to work will have a
tax free allowance of two thousand euros per month starting
from January. The plan was an election campaign pledge from
Chancellor Friedrich Mertz. It is intended to encourage older people
(06:49):
to continue to work in order to address the problem
of there being a lack of workers caused by there
being less young people entering the workforce than older people retiring.
In Italy, three police officers were killed yesterday in an
explosion at a house in which they were attempting to
(07:11):
evict people. The police have said that they believe the
explosion was intentional. And also in Italy, a secret tunnel
at the Colisseum has been opened to the public for
the first time. The Commodus Passage, named after Emperor Commodus
allowed emperors to walk into the arena without having to
(07:35):
walk through the audience. A big thank you to Madeo
in Italy for becoming our newest supporter. If you'd like
to help to support us and have access to our
daily transcripts and vocabulary lists, and our weekly worksheets and
world news quiz, then you can become a supporter at
(07:57):
send seven dot org. Tomorrow will be with Nile more.
Have a great day.
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