Britain will send jets to Saudi Arabia | Beginner Italian Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Today's story: Britain will send fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. You will hear it in Italian first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in Italian: La Gran Bretagna invierà aerei da combattimento in Arabia Saudita
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(01:28) Today's headline, slowly
(02:20) Sending things
(03:24) Saying no
(04:10) A pause in fighting
(05:02) The story again
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TODAY'S ITALIAN TEXT
La Gran Bretagna invierà aerei da combattimento in Arabia Saudita
Martedì, il governo britannico ha annunciato che invierà aerei da combattimento Typhoon in Arabia Saudita.
Gli aerei proteggeranno le città saudite e le infrastrutture importanti dai droni e dai missili.
Gli aerei non attaccheranno gli obiettivi degli Houthi in Yemen.
La Gran Bretagna invierà anche un aereo da trasporto Atlas A400M e consiglieri militari.
Una tregua in Yemen è finita a settembre dopo molti anni.
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