World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 26th November 2025
Today : Sudan truce? Nigeria rescues. Ethiopia volcano. US Comey no case. Brazil Bolsonaro jail. Afghanistan Pakistan strike. Thailand floods. Ukraine Russian strikes. France National Rally. Estonia ancient gum.
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Today : Sudan truce? Nigeria rescues. Ethiopia volcano. US Comey no case. Brazil Bolsonaro jail. Afghanistan Pakistan strike. Thailand floods. Ukraine Russian strikes. France National Rally. Estonia ancient gum.
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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 (00:01):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devincenzi. Today is Wednesday, the twenty sixth of
November twenty twenty five. Starting in Africa today. In Sudan, Hahmeddi,
(00:23):
the head of the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces,
has said that his forces would enter a three month
humanitarian truce. The United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates proposed a plan two weeks ago for
a three month ceasefire and peace talks. The head of
(00:45):
Sudan's Army, General Abdul Fada al Buran, has criticized the
fact that the United Arab Emirates would be part of
the peace process because of many claims that the UAE
supports the rsaf F. Sudan's army and the RSF have
been fighting since April twenty twenty three. In Nigeria, twenty
(01:08):
four schoolgirls who were kidnapped last week have been rescued,
according to President Bola Tinubu. Some people who were abducted
from a church have also been rescued. Still missing are
approximately two hundred and fifty pupils and twelve teachers who
were kidnapped from another school last week in Kebe State.
(01:32):
Originally about three hundred were kidnapped, but about fifty escaped.
Nigeria's government has said that the security forces are searching
for the kidnapped children. In Ethiopia, the highly Goobi volcano
is erupting for the first time in recorded history. Ash
clouds from the eruption have traveled over the Red Sea,
(01:56):
over Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia, and even as far
as Pakistan and India, where some flights were canceled yesterday
because of the ash clouds Americas. In the United States,
a judge has dismissed cases against former FBI Director James
(02:19):
Comy and current Attorney General of New York, Letitia James.
The judge said that President Donald Trump's appointment of his
former personal lawyer, Lindsay Halligan as interim U S attorney
was unlawful. Trump chose Halligan to be US attorney after
(02:40):
the previous attorney refused to bring charges against Comy after
an investigation had found no evidence against him. Comy and
Halligan both say that the cases against them are politically
motivated because they were previously involved in cases against President Trump,
who for them to be prosecuted. In a video released
(03:03):
on social media, said that what the Department of Justice
has become under Donald Trump is heartbreaking.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I'm grateful that the court end a case against me,
which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence, and
a reflection of what the Department of Justice has become
under Donald Trump, which is heartbreaking. This case mattered to
me personally, obviously, but it matters most because a message
has to be sent that the President of the United
(03:32):
States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his
political enemies. I don't care what your politics are, you
have to see that as fundamentally Unamerican and a threat
to the rule of law that keeps all of us free.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
In Brazil, former president Jayi Bolsonaro has been ordered to
start to serve his twenty seven year prison sentence after
running out of time for appeals. Bolsonaro was found guilty
of attempting a kudhita to stop the transfer of power
after he lost the twenty twenty two presidential election in
(04:09):
a plan which supposedly also involved killing President Lula da Silva.
Bosonardo will begin his prison sentence in a bedroom at
a police base in Brazilia Asia. Afghanistan's Taliban has said
that a Pakistani air strike killed nine children yesterday in
(04:32):
a border area. Pakistan has not commented on the attack,
but generally justifies its attacks into Afghanistan by saying that
the Taliban is allowing militant Pakistani groups to operate from Afghanistan.
In Thailand, floods have killed thirteen people in the southern provinces.
(04:53):
According to the Disaster Management Agency, over two million people
have been affected by the floods. Also in Thailand, a
woman has been found alive inside a coffin at a
temple where the coffin had been brought for cremation. According
to the Associated Press, the brother of the woman had
(05:16):
said that she was unresponsive for two days before he
had placed her in the coffin and driven to the temple.
She was then heard knocking on the inside of the
coffin and was taken to hospital. Europe, Russian drones and
missiles hit civilian areas in Ukraine yesterday, including in the
(05:39):
capital Kiev, where at least seven people were killed. According
to Ukrainian authorities. Two Russian drones entered Romanian airspace yesterday
with German and Romanian fighter jets following the drones, with
one crashing deep inside Romania. One Russian drone entered Moldova's
(06:00):
airspace and crashed into a house without exploding. The death
toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building
in the western city of Turnopil last week has risen
to thirty four after days of rescue efforts, with six
people still missing. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said
(06:21):
that a Polish seven year old girl was killed. Russian
authorities have said that three people were killed in the
Russian port city of Taganrog by a Ukrainian drone. Ukraine's
military said that it had targeted a drone factory. In France,
an opinion poll of one thousand people carried out last
(06:42):
week found that the far right National Rally would win
the next presidential election. Jordan Bardella is expected to be
the presidential candidate for the National Rally in twenty twenty seven,
after Marine Lepen was barred from seeking public office for
five years after she was found guilty of mishandling European
(07:04):
Parliament funds to pay National Front staff. In the opinion
poll by Odoxa Bardella was found to receive around thirty
five percent of votes in the first round and to
be able to win the second round against any other candidate,
including left wing leader Jean Luke Melochan and centrist former
(07:25):
prime ministers Gabrielle Attal and Eduard Philippe. And in Estonia,
evidence of ancient chewing gum has been found. Researchers at
the University of tATu say that teeth marks and traces
of saliva have been found in tar from the birch tree.
(07:47):
DNA from the saliva showed that the Chua was probably
a girl with brown hair and brown eyes who lived
around ten thousand, five hundred years ago. A massive thank
you to Marcus in Germany, Kerman in Spain and Jakob
(08:07):
in Poland for becoming our newest supporters. You can join
them in helping to support this podcast and gaining access
to our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and world news quizzes.
Go to senseven dot org tomorrow you will be with
Juliette Martin. Have a great day.
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Stephen Devincenzi. Today is Wednesday, the twenty sixth of
November twenty twenty five. Starting in Africa today. In Sudan, Hahmeddi,
(00:23):
the head of the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces,
has said that his forces would enter a three month
humanitarian truce. The United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates proposed a plan two weeks ago for
a three month ceasefire and peace talks. The head of
(00:45):
Sudan's Army, General Abdul Fada al Buran, has criticized the
fact that the United Arab Emirates would be part of
the peace process because of many claims that the UAE
supports the rsaf F. Sudan's army and the RSF have
been fighting since April twenty twenty three. In Nigeria, twenty
(01:08):
four schoolgirls who were kidnapped last week have been rescued,
according to President Bola Tinubu. Some people who were abducted
from a church have also been rescued. Still missing are
approximately two hundred and fifty pupils and twelve teachers who
were kidnapped from another school last week in Kebe State.
(01:32):
Originally about three hundred were kidnapped, but about fifty escaped.
Nigeria's government has said that the security forces are searching
for the kidnapped children. In Ethiopia, the highly Goobi volcano
is erupting for the first time in recorded history. Ash
clouds from the eruption have traveled over the Red Sea,
(01:56):
over Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia, and even as far
as Pakistan and India, where some flights were canceled yesterday
because of the ash clouds Americas. In the United States,
a judge has dismissed cases against former FBI Director James
(02:19):
Comy and current Attorney General of New York, Letitia James.
The judge said that President Donald Trump's appointment of his
former personal lawyer, Lindsay Halligan as interim U S attorney
was unlawful. Trump chose Halligan to be US attorney after
(02:40):
the previous attorney refused to bring charges against Comy after
an investigation had found no evidence against him. Comy and
Halligan both say that the cases against them are politically
motivated because they were previously involved in cases against President Trump,
who for them to be prosecuted. In a video released
(03:03):
on social media, said that what the Department of Justice
has become under Donald Trump is heartbreaking.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I'm grateful that the court end a case against me,
which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence, and
a reflection of what the Department of Justice has become
under Donald Trump, which is heartbreaking. This case mattered to
me personally, obviously, but it matters most because a message
has to be sent that the President of the United
(03:32):
States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his
political enemies. I don't care what your politics are, you
have to see that as fundamentally Unamerican and a threat
to the rule of law that keeps all of us free.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
In Brazil, former president Jayi Bolsonaro has been ordered to
start to serve his twenty seven year prison sentence after
running out of time for appeals. Bolsonaro was found guilty
of attempting a kudhita to stop the transfer of power
after he lost the twenty twenty two presidential election in
(04:09):
a plan which supposedly also involved killing President Lula da Silva.
Bosonardo will begin his prison sentence in a bedroom at
a police base in Brazilia Asia. Afghanistan's Taliban has said
that a Pakistani air strike killed nine children yesterday in
(04:32):
a border area. Pakistan has not commented on the attack,
but generally justifies its attacks into Afghanistan by saying that
the Taliban is allowing militant Pakistani groups to operate from Afghanistan.
In Thailand, floods have killed thirteen people in the southern provinces.
(04:53):
According to the Disaster Management Agency, over two million people
have been affected by the floods. Also in Thailand, a
woman has been found alive inside a coffin at a
temple where the coffin had been brought for cremation. According
to the Associated Press, the brother of the woman had
(05:16):
said that she was unresponsive for two days before he
had placed her in the coffin and driven to the temple.
She was then heard knocking on the inside of the
coffin and was taken to hospital. Europe, Russian drones and
missiles hit civilian areas in Ukraine yesterday, including in the
(05:39):
capital Kiev, where at least seven people were killed. According
to Ukrainian authorities. Two Russian drones entered Romanian airspace yesterday
with German and Romanian fighter jets following the drones, with
one crashing deep inside Romania. One Russian drone entered Moldova's
(06:00):
airspace and crashed into a house without exploding. The death
toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building
in the western city of Turnopil last week has risen
to thirty four after days of rescue efforts, with six
people still missing. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said
(06:21):
that a Polish seven year old girl was killed. Russian
authorities have said that three people were killed in the
Russian port city of Taganrog by a Ukrainian drone. Ukraine's
military said that it had targeted a drone factory. In France,
an opinion poll of one thousand people carried out last
(06:42):
week found that the far right National Rally would win
the next presidential election. Jordan Bardella is expected to be
the presidential candidate for the National Rally in twenty twenty seven,
after Marine Lepen was barred from seeking public office for
five years after she was found guilty of mishandling European
(07:04):
Parliament funds to pay National Front staff. In the opinion
poll by Odoxa Bardella was found to receive around thirty
five percent of votes in the first round and to
be able to win the second round against any other candidate,
including left wing leader Jean Luke Melochan and centrist former
(07:25):
prime ministers Gabrielle Attal and Eduard Philippe. And in Estonia,
evidence of ancient chewing gum has been found. Researchers at
the University of tATu say that teeth marks and traces
of saliva have been found in tar from the birch tree.
(07:47):
DNA from the saliva showed that the Chua was probably
a girl with brown hair and brown eyes who lived
around ten thousand, five hundred years ago. A massive thank
you to Marcus in Germany, Kerman in Spain and Jakob
(08:07):
in Poland for becoming our newest supporters. You can join
them in helping to support this podcast and gaining access
to our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and world news quizzes.
Go to senseven dot org tomorrow you will be with
Juliette Martin. Have a great day.
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