Wednesday 9th September 2026. Europe-Israel settlement sanctions. Ukraine train attacks. Saudi-Houthi-Yemen violence. France art theft...
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Wednesday 9th September 2026. Europe-Israel settlement sanctions. Ukraine train attacks. Saudi-Houthi-Yemen violence. France art theft...

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 8, 20268 min

Sign up for the free email newsletter at send7.org/newsletter World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 9th September 2026. Today: Europe-Israel settlement sanctions. France art theft. Eiffel Tower Strike. Germany protests. Ukraine train attacks. Saudi-Houthi-Yemen government violence. Japan Airbnb ban. Lebanon attack. Tunisia journalists protest. Kenya Burundian documents. Brazil Supreme Court crisis. US 'South America'. 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 Ask Me Anything e...

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The statement also condemns Israel's actions in the West Bank, says that Israel must stop

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Good morning. This is Send7 World News in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devan-Chenze. Today is Wednesday, 9th September, 2026. Starting in Europe today, 11 European countries and Canada have issued a joint statement in which they say that they will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

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The United Kingdom, France, Canada, Norway, Ireland, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Poland, Sweden and Iceland have said that they will restrict trade with Israeli settlements. The statement also condemns Israel's actions in the West Bank, says that Israel must stop the expansion of settlements, and says that Israel is undermining the possibility of a

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to state solution, which they say must be pursued in order to reach a just and lasting peace. United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who is Jewish, made a statement in the UK parliament yesterday, including calling Israel's actions ethnic cleansing. However, he started

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