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This episode covers significant world news stories including the DRC Ebola vaccine, protests in Kenya, and a South Korea explosion.

World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 2nd June 2026. Today: DRC Ebola vaccine. Kenya protests. Iran pause. Taiwan home AI. South Korea explosion. Colombia elections. Honduras strikes. US ‘self-defence’. Hungary president. France seizes ship. And UK longtime footballer retires. 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 podcast@send7.org 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…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Mallett

Topics covered

• world news
• Ebola vaccine
• protests
• AI technology
• explosions
• elections
• football retirement

Keywords

• Ebola vaccine
• Kenya protests
• Iran pause
• Taiwan AI
• South Korea explosion
• Colombia elections
• Honduras strikes
• football retirement

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Places: DRC, Kenya, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea, Colombia, Honduras, US, Hungary, France

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