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Simple English News Daily

Simple English News Daily is a 7-minute podcast which tells today’s news in clear, simple, British English. Start your day by listening to 7 minutes of the most important stories from everywhere in the world. With SEND7, you can stay up-to-date with world news, and improve your English at the same time.

SEND7 is aimed at intermediate and advanced English learners and teachers, and people with English as a second language, as well as native English speakers who want a fast, daily summary of world events! The podcast is released Monday to Friday.

SEND7 in an acronym for Simple English News Daily, in 7 minutes. Stephen Devincenzi, from the UK, started SEND7 in 2020, and hosts most episodes. Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin are also British, and host some episodes. For more information, or to contact us, go to www.send7.org

The Simple English News Daily podcast is free, and is supported by generous listeners. SEND7 supporters benefits include:

Ad-free listening

Bonus episode

Transcripts (written by us, not AI!)

Vocabualry lists

Worksheets

World news quizzes

Ask questions in Ask Me Anything episodes

We give 10% of our profit to highly effective charities!

Become a SEND7 supporter at send7.org/support

We do not use AI for anything.

Get your daily news and improve your English listening, in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee, with SEND7.

Copyright: © Copyright SEND7

Latest Episodes:

Tuesday 6th May 2025. Romania election. EU science. UK Iranians arrested. Spain copper theft. Brazil Gaga arrests. US Alcatraz... May 06, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 6th May 2025.
Today: Romania election. EU science. UK Iranians arrested. Spain copper theft. Brazil Gaga arrests. US Alcatraz. DRC Rwanda peace? Togo life position? China river accidents. Yemen Israel missiles. Gaza Popemobile.
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
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 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 and Juliet Martin 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 podcast@send7.org

Monday 5th May 2025. Elections in Australia, Romania, Singapore. Israel airport hit. Germany AFD extremist. Brazil Lady Gaga plot... May 04, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Monday 5th May 2025.
Today: Elections in Australia, Romania, Singapore. Israel airport hit. Germany AFD extremist. Brazil Lady Gaga plot. Mexico no US troops. South Africa trafficking. South Sudan bombing. Woman found after 60 years.
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
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 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 and Juliet Martin 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 podcast@send7.org

BONUS: The Salisbury Poisoning - A double Agent's Narrow Escape May 03, 2025

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This is a bonus episode, from English Learning For Curious Minds.
Today's episode is part 3 of a 3-part series about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Part 1 was released two Saturdays ago - titled "Vladimir Putin - Russia's Modern Tsrar"
Part 2 was released last Saturday.- titled "A Double Agent’s Narrow Escape"
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In part three of our three-part series on Putin & Poison, two men attempted to kill ex-spy Sergey Skripal in a sleepy English town using the deadly nerve agent Novichok.
In this episode, we’ll discover how this brazen attack unfolded and the trail of evidence it left pointing directly to the Russian state.

Overview of Salisbury, England• Unconscious discovery of Skripal and daughter
Skripal’s past as a double agent
Identification of Russian suspects Petrov and Boshirov
Crime method: Novichok on Skripal’s door handle
Innocent victim poisoned with contaminated perfume
British involvement and diplomatic consequences with Russia
Suspects’ failed TV interview and exposure
Final implicating evidence against the Russian state

Transcript : https://bit.ly/ELFCMSkripal
English Learning for Curios Minds website : https://www.leonardoenglish.com

Friday 2nd May 2025. Ukraine US deal. Romania election. Turkiye protests. Brazil Collor prison. Chile arrests. Japan snake stops trains... May 02, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Friday 2nd May 2025.
Today: Ukraine US deal. Romania election. Turkiye protests. US shuffle. Brazil Collor prison. Chile arrests. Somalia Taiwan problem. Uganda oppression. Israel Syria bombing. New Zealand storm. Japan snake stops trains.
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
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 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 and Juliet Martin 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 podcast@send7.org

Thursday 1st May 2025. Spain grid solar. Sweden teenager detained. Russia N Korea bridge. Cuba Ferrer arrested. US El Salvadoran detainee... Apr 30, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 1st May 2025.
Today: Spain grid solar. Sweden teenager detained. Russia N Korea bridge. Cuba Ferrer arrested. US El Salvadoran detainee. US Trump 100 days. Nigeria new commander. Sudan acting PM. India caste census. Australia alleged mushroom murder. Scotland Greenpeace Trump.
With Juliet Martin
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 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 podcast@send7.org

Wednesday 30th April 2025. Canada Liberals win. Spain Portugal power on. Sweden shooting. France Russia cyberattack. India-Pak conflict... Apr 29, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 30th April 2025.
Today: Canada Liberals win. Spain Portugal power on. Sweden shooting. France Russia cyberattack. Brazil data centres. Nigeria, Kenya, jihadist attacks. Ghana gold smuggling. Pakistan India conflict. Nepal Everest permits. Indian record smasher.
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
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 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 and Juliet Martin 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 podcast@send7.org

Tuesday 29th April 2025. Spain, Portugal power cut. Canada election. Mexico screwworm. India Pakistan shooting. France grandpa robbers... Apr 28, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 29th April 2025.
Today: Spain, Portugal power cut. France grandpa robbers. Canada election. Mexico screwworm. India Pakistan shooting. Yemen prison hit. North Korea admits. Malawi Tanzana trade war. South Africa tools.
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
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!
Thank you to FeedSpot for mentioning SEND7 in these lists!
https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_news_podcasts/
https://podcast.feedspot.com/intermediate_english_podcasts/
https://podcast.feedspot.com/7_minute_podcasts/
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 and Juliet Martin 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 podcast@send7.org

Monday 28th April 2025. Canada election. Vancouver attack. Pope funeral. Greenland not for sale. Iran port explosion. Ghana meta lawsuit... Apr 27, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Monday 28th April 2025.
Today: Canada election. Vancouver attack. Greenland not for sale. Brazil president prison. Vatican funeral. Trump Zelensky. Iran port explosion. Israel Lebanon strike. Korea Moon ribery. DRC Rwanda talks. Ghana Meta lawsuit. And The London Marathon.
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
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 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, 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 podcast@send7.org

BONUS: Putin's Poison: The Death of Alexander Litvinenko Apr 26, 2025

Show notes

This is a bonus episode, from English Learning For Curious Minds.
Part 1 was released last Saturday - titled "Vladimir Putin - Russia's Modern Tsrar"
Part 3 will be released next Saturday.
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In part two of this three-part mini-series on Putin & Poison, we’ll explore the chilling tale of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent poisoned in London with a rare radioactive substance.
We’ll learn about the bold accusations he made against Vladimir Putin and how his tragic death reveals the extreme lengths to which the Russian state might go to silence its critics.
• Alexander Litvinenko’s mysterious illness
• Discovery of Polonium-210 poisoning
• Litvinenko’s past as a Russian FSB agent
• Litvinenko’s public criticism of Vladimir Putin
• Meeting with Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun
• Polonium-210’s rare and lethal nature
• The radiation trail leading back to Russia
• Litvinenko’s deathbed accusation against Putin
• UK-Russia tensions following Litvinenko’s murder
• Impact of Litvinenko’s assassination on international relations
Transcript : https://bit.ly/ELFCMLitvinenko
English Learning for Curios Minds website : https://www.leonardoenglish.com

Friday 25th April 2025. Ukraine Russia attack, No deal. Vatican funeral. DRC M23 peace. India Pakistan feud. Trump crypto... Apr 25, 2025

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World news in 7 minutes. Friday 25th April 2025.
Today: Ukraine Russia attack. No deal. Vatican funeral. DRC M23 peace. India Pakistan feud. US Trump crypto. Abbas against Hamas. Ecuador no recount. Cote d'Ivoire election denial. And a male contraception.
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
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 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, 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 podcast@send7.org

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