Simple English News Daily

World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 21st May 2026.

Today : Cuba Castro charges. US Iran Trump. Venezuela prisoner release. Ukraine Russia offensive. EU US trade. Lithuania Tesla rollout. Sierra Leone deportees. Morocco France treaty. Somaliland Israel embassy. Indonesia export control. US Taiwan talks. Philippines ICC ruling. Mexico guacamole record.

SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.
Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.
Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.
We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.
You can become a supporter at send7.org/support

With Juliet Martin

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We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us! We do not consent to the podcast being used to train AI.

Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Ben Mallett every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.

Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.

For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to [email protected]

SEND7 does NOT use AI for anything. 

World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 20th May 2026.

Today : DRC ebola. South Sudan aid. Spain Mango arrest. Estonia drone shoot down. Hungary-Poland. Moldova Eurovision resignation. Iran-US negotiations. China floods. US mosque shooting. Musk-OpenAI case. Bolivia protests. And start early if you want your kids to eat vegetables.

SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.
Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.
Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.
We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.
You can become a supporter at send7.org/support

With Stephen Devincenzi

Contact us at [email protected] or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7

Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.

We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us! We do not consent to the podcast being used to train AI.

Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Ben Mallett every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.

Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.

For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to [email protected]

World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 19th May 2026.

Today: Kenya fuel protests. Cape Verde elections. US Mangione trial. Peru election flaws. South Korea Samsung strikes. Israel aid intercepted. Maldives diver bodies. Pakistan pact. Spain Shakira taxes. UK journalist attack. And Spanish king to the World Cup.

With Ben Mallett

SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts written by us every day.
Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.
Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.
We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.
You can become a supporter at send7.org/support

Contact us at [email protected] or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7

Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.

We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us!

Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.

For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to [email protected]

Sign up for the new free Friday newsletter! www.send7.org/newsletter

World news in 7 minutes. Monday 18th May 2026.

Today : Nigeria operation. DRC ebola. Thailand train crash. Korean football. Israel Hamas strike. Mexico teachers. Colombia campaign attack. Italy car ramming. UK Streeting EU. Ukraine-Russia drones. Swatch problems. And Bangaranga.

SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.
Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.
Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.
We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.
You can become a supporter at send7.org/support

With Stephen Devincenzi

Contact us at [email protected] or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7

Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.

We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us! We do not consent to the podcast being used to train AI.

Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Ben Mallett every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.

Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.

For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to [email protected]

World news in 7 minutes. Friday 15th May 2026.

Today : China-US talks. Philippines senator escape. India storm. Equatoria Guinea plea. Cote d'Ivoire cocoa rot. Morocco soldier. Brazil subsidy. Bolivia protesters. US Lutnick Epstein. Latvia PM resigns. UK PM doesn't. Russia Ukraine attacks. France expensive steps.

SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.
Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.
Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.
Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.
We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities. 
You can become a supporter at send7.org/support

With Stephen Devincenzi

Sign up for the new free Friday newsletter! www.send7.org/newsletter

Contact us at [email protected] or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7

Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.

We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us! We do not consent to the podcast being used to train AI.

Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Ben Mallett every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.

Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.

For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to [email protected]