Thursday 31st September 2026. Saudi Arabia flight stabbing. Iraq US forces. Uganda king. Nigeria fake agency. Russia threats. France...
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Thursday 31st September 2026. Saudi Arabia flight stabbing. Iraq US forces. Uganda king. Nigeria fake agency. Russia threats. France...

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 20267 min

World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 31st September 2026. Today: Saudi Arabia flight stabbing. Iraq US forces. Uganda king. Nigeria fake agency. Russia threats. France student protests. UK-China spying. Romania PM vote. Brazil beef. US execution paused. And Mexico agent chihuahua. With Ben Mallett Become a SEND7 supporter ! Ad-free listeningBonus quiz episode every FridayDaily transcripts (written by us, not AI!)Vocabulary listsWednesday worksheetsAsk questions in Ask Me Anything episodes10% of our profit goes to Effective Altruism charities.You can become a supporter at send7.s...

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News in 7 minutes. I'm Ben Mallet, today is Thursday, the 31st September 2026.

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Good morning, this is send seven. News in 7 minutes. I'm Ben Mallet, today is Thursday, the 31st September 2026. Starting in Asia. In Saudi Arabia, a flight was forced to change course after a stabbing on board the plane. Reports from passengers say that one of the plane's pilots stabbed

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their co-pilot before attempting to crash the plane. The flight was travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised passengers who managed to overpower the pilot before the plane safely diverted to Saudi Arabia. The plane was carrying around 150 Israeli passengers, according to Israeli media. Both pilots are

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now in hospital in Saudi Arabia, and the passengers have since arrived in Israel on another flight. One mother of a passenger described the incident. The plane started to lose control. All the people that screamed, the things that were going.

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