# Monday 28th September 2026. DRC Ebola spread. Mali mine agreement. South Africa shootings. Thailand floods. India, Nepal landslides...

An episode of [Simple English News Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1505603790), 27 Sep 2026, 7:06.

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IMPORTANT : There were technical problems with today's recording, so the audio is not as good as normal. It will be fixed by tomorrow! World news in 7 minutes. Monday 28th September 2026. Today: DRC Ebola spread. Mali mine agreement. South Africa shootings. Thailand floods. India, Nepal landslides. South Korea landmine investigation. Bangladesh vaccination campaign. Switzerland neutrality vote. United Kingdom airbase arrests. Canada helicopter crash. China Cuba comments. Iran Strait proposal. China panda diplomacy. With Juliet Martin Become a SEND7 supporter! • Ad-free listening • Bonus quiz episode every Friday • Daily transcripts (written by us, not AI!) • Vocabulary lists • Wednesday worksheets • Ask questions in Ask Me Anything episodes • 10% of our profit goes to Effective Altruism charities. You can become a supporter at send7.supercast.com For more information about SEND7 visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Send 7 World News in 7 Minutes.
[0:05] Speaker 1: I'm Juliette Martin and today is Monday the 28th of
[0:09] Speaker 1: September 2026. Starting in Africa today. In the Democratic Republic
[0:30] Speaker 1: of Congo, the ongoing Ebola outbreak has spread to two
[0:36] Speaker 1: more health zones, according to the World Health Organization. This
[0:42] Speaker 1: means 63 zones are now affected across seven provinces, 7,890
[0:49] Speaker 1: confirmed cases and 3,799 deaths have been recorded in the
[1:01] Speaker 1: current outbreak. In Mali, Barrick Mining has signed an agreement
[1:10] Speaker 1: with gold mine workers, leading to strike action being called off.
[1:17] Speaker 1: Mine unions had submitted 15 demands to the company, on
[1:22] Speaker 1: topics including overtime pay, reimbursement and labour agreements. In South Africa,
[1:33] Speaker 1: 27 people were killed in two shootings over the weekend.
[1:39] Speaker 1: President Cyril Ramaphosa said, this is the level of criminality
[1:45] Speaker 1: that we must bring down. and our security forces are
[1:50] Speaker 1: now going to continue pulling out all stops. Asia. Thailand
[2:00] Speaker 1: has announced special holidays today and tomorrow for civil servants
[2:06] Speaker 1: in Bangkok and surrounding provinces due to flooding. On Saturday,
[2:13] Speaker 1: Bangkok was declared a disaster-affected area. 300mm of rain fell
[2:18] Speaker 1: over 48 hours. In India, floods and landslides caused by
[2:19] Speaker 1: heavy rain have killed 56 people. More than 1,000 houses
[2:23] Speaker 1: have been damaged. In Nepal, 14 people have died and
[2:41] Speaker 1: 11 more are missing. South Korea's military and the United
[2:48] Speaker 1: Nations Command are investigating a landmine explosion near the demilitarised
[2:55] Speaker 1: zone between South and North Korea on 21 September. Forty
[3:03] Speaker 1: officials searched the area of the explosion and which injured
[3:07] Speaker 1: three South Korean soldiers. Bangladesh has launched a vaccination campaign
[3:16] Speaker 1: for measles and rubella. There are 3.4 million unvaccinated and
[3:23] Speaker 1: missed children in Bangladesh. More than 1,000 people have died
[3:29] Speaker 1: in the current measles outbreak, which is the world's largest. Europe.
[3:39] Speaker 1: In Switzerland, voters have rejected a proposal for stronger neutrality.
[3:46] Speaker 1: The constitutional proposal would have stopped Switzerland from imposing economic
[3:51] Speaker 1: sanctions or cooperating with NATO. In the United Kingdom, five
[4:00] Speaker 1: men were arrested at an airbase yesterday. on suspicion of
[4:06] Speaker 1: preparing a terrorist act and of offences under the Explosives Act.
[4:13] Speaker 1: United States President Donald Trump said the suspects had planned
[4:17] Speaker 1: to do big damage at the base, which has been
[4:21] Speaker 1: used by the US for Iran strikes. The Americas In Canada,
[4:32] Speaker 1: four people were killed in a helicopter crash near Montreal
[4:37] Speaker 1: at the weekend. At the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday,
[4:45] Speaker 1: China's Vice President Han Zheng said that the sovereignty of
[4:49] Speaker 1: Gulf countries should be respected, and said that the relevant
[4:54] Speaker 1: country should stop threatening Cuba and lift its blockade. He
[5:00] Speaker 1: did not name the country, but reports connect his comments
[5:05] Speaker 1: with the United States' actions against Cuba and Iran. Also
[5:13] Speaker 1: at the General Assembly, Iran's foreign minister said that Iran
[5:18] Speaker 1: had made a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
[5:23] Speaker 1: within seven days.
[5:25] Speaker 2: Iran has conveyed to the United States through Qatar a
[5:31] Speaker 2: concrete seven-day plan. If the necessary conditions are met, the
[5:37] Speaker 2: Strait can be reopened, a normal maritime passage restored within
[5:42] Speaker 2: seven days. The choice now rests with the United States.
[5:48] Speaker 1: United States President Donald Trump has said he rejects the proposal.
[5:56] Speaker 1: And during his state visit to the United States, Chinese
[6:01] Speaker 1: President Xi Jinping said that two giant pandas would be
[6:06] Speaker 1: arriving at Zoo Atlanta in a few days. The pandas
[6:12] Speaker 1: are named Pingping and Fushang. Xi said the giant panda
[6:18] Speaker 1: has been an envoy of friendship between the Chinese and Americans.
[6:24] Speaker 1: All pandas are claimed as China's property. and China loans
[6:29] Speaker 1: them to international zoos in so-called panda diplomacy. That's your
[6:36] Speaker 1: world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast,
[6:42] Speaker 1: please tell your friends about us. You can get in
[6:45] Speaker 1: touch with us in a voice message at send7. org or
[6:50] Speaker 1: by sending an email to podcast at send7. org. I'm Juliet Martin.
[6:57] Speaker 1: Tomorrow you will be with Stephen Devincenzi. Have a great day.

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