Thursday 22nd October 2026. Nigeria Ebola. Libya masked men. Australia MP attack. Russia-Ukraine peace talks. France Macron promise...
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Thursday 22nd October 2026. Nigeria Ebola. Libya masked men. Australia MP attack. Russia-Ukraine peace talks. France Macron promise...

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 20267 min
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World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 22nd October 2026. Today: Nigeria Ebola. Libya masked men. Australia MP attack. Russia-Ukraine peace talks. France Macron promise. Greece protests. US Anthropic losses. Colombia budget. South Korea shark. Taiwan comedian attack. And Indonesia primate not extinct. With Stephen Devincenzi Become a SEND7 supporter ! Interactive transcriptsAd-free listeningBonus quiz episode every FridayDownloadable transcripts + vocabulary listsWednesday worksheetsAsk questions in Ask Me Anything episodes10% of our profit goes to Effective Altruism charities.You can become a supporter at send7.supercast.com Sign u...

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Starting in Africa, Nigeria has reported its first case of Ebola since 2014.

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Good morning, this is CEN7, world news in 7 minutes. I'm Ben Mallett, today is Thursday, the 22nd of October, 2026. Starting in Africa, Nigeria has reported its first case of Ebola since 2014. This latest outbreak of Ebola began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, where

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it has killed over 4,600 people. Nigeria has become the fourth African country to report cases of Ebola this year, after Uganda and Kenya also reported small outbreaks. There There is currently no vaccine for this strain of Ebola, which kills around half of those who are infected.

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In Libya, masked men in military uniforms tried to take control of Libya's Audit Bureau in Tripoli yesterday. The Audit Bureau is responsible for protecting public funds. The United Nations Mission in Libya said that this was an unacceptable attempt to claim

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