Monday 5th October 2026. Latvia, Bosnia, Brazil elections. Ukraine bridges. Spain floods, protests. Saudi-Houthi offensive? France schools..
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Monday 5th October 2026. Latvia, Bosnia, Brazil elections. Ukraine bridges. Spain floods, protests. Saudi-Houthi offensive? France schools..

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 4, 20268 min
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Sign up for the free Friday SEND7 email newsletter: send7.org/newsletter World news in 7 minutes. Monday 5th October 2026. Today: Latvia, Bosnia, Brazil elections. Ukraine bridges. Spain floods, protests. France schools close. Bulgaria czar remains. Netherlands chip fight. US diesel. Libya rival governments. Egypt journalist arrests. Saudi-Houthi offensive? Japan US soldier. Korea slackline. With Stephen Devincenzi Become a SEND7 supporter ! Ad-free listeningBonus quiz episode every FridayDaily transcripts (written by us, not AI!)Vocabulary listsWednesday worksheetsAsk questions in...

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I'm a young man who has been in the park for a long time. I'm a Muslim, I'm a rat, I'm a Good morning. This is CEN7 World News in 7 minutes. I'm Stephen Devin-Chenze. Today is

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Monday 5th October 2026. Starting in Europe today, Latvia had parliamentary elections on Saturday. Out of 100 available seats, the centrist United List party of Prime Minister Andrus Koolbergs won 41 seats, meaning that he will almost certainly remain as Prime Minister in a new coalition government.

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During the election campaign, Koolbergs promised to maintain Latvia's strong support of Ukraine. Bosnia and Herzegovina also held general elections yesterday. The counting process had just started at the time of recording this podcast. In Ukraine's capital city, Kiev, Russia hit an important transport bridge over the

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