Wednesday 9th August 2023. World News. Today: Niger air closed. Ukraine update. Italy bank tax. Chile Nixon coup. Pakistan Khan jail.

World News in 7 minutes. Wednesday 9th August 2023<br /><br />Today: Niger air closed. Ukraine update. Italy bank tax. Chile Nixon coup. Pakistan Khan jail. CAR life president. China-Philippines tension. Texas snake hawk tag team.<br /><br />With Stephen Devincenzi.<br /><br />If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at <a href="http://send7.org/support" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/support</a><br /><i>€10 Discount code in August = AUGUST2023</i><br /><br />Supporters can read the <b>transcripts</b> at <a href="http://send7.org/transcripts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/transcripts</a><br />Supporters can try our weekly <b>news quiz</b> at <a href="https://send7.org/quiz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/quiz</a><br /><br />Contact us at <a href="https://send7.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">podcast@send7.org</a> or send an audio message at <a href="http://speakpipe.com/send7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">speakpipe.com/send7</a><br /><br />Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.<br /><br />SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells 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 every morning. Transcripts can be found at <a href="http://send7.org/transcripts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/transcripts</a>. 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, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can lear