Friday 10th July 2026. New Zealand defence alliance. China factory fire. Australia India uranium deal. United Kingdom defence...

0:00 Good morning. This is Send seven World News in seven minutes. I'm Juliet Martin and today is Friday, the tenth of July twenty twenty six. Starting in Asia and Oceania, today, New Zealand will consider joining the new defense alliance between Australia and Fiji. According to Prime Minister Christopher Luxen, Australia and Fiji agreed to the Ocean of Peace Alliance on Monday.

0:44 This is Fiji's first ever alliance.

0:48 Yeah, so we want to engage with Australia in Fiji about our participation in joining the alliance. We think it's actually good for regional security across the Pacific. Obviously, with the need to be a formal kidnet decision and then it's a normal treaty process it would have to be run through as well, so there's a wee way to go, but you know, we're very supportive of that. We think it's actually good that actually security concerns are solved with regional solutions and this is a really good alliance. We have long standing relationships, as you know, an all relationship with Australia and we've had long standing relationships with Fiji.

1:19 There's lots of things of common interest that we have together as well, so we'll engage with the Australians. We have some discussions, we'll come back to Keebnet and then we'll go through a treaty process.

1:28 In China, at least twenty eight people have been killed in a fire at a shoe factory, according to State news. Reports state that two hundred and thirty nine people were in the factory when the fire started and two hundred and thirteen were evacuated. Australia and India have agreed a deal on exporting Australian uranium to India. The uranium will be used for nuclear energy. The countries have also agreed to further cooperate on renewables, critical minerals and green hydrogen Europe.

2:18 In the United Kingdom, potential next Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will strengthen the armed forces and defense industry. In a newspaper piece, he wrote, it is right that we rebuild our hard power for a new era that is very different to the one in which much of our current military equipment was first designed. Ukraine struck more Russian tankers in the Sea of as of using drones on Wednesday night. According to the military. The tankers would supply fuel to the Russian military and transport oil and petroleum products to avoid international sanctions, the military stated. Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo Ibola, response workers protested over pay yesterday. One thousand, seven hundred and fifty nine

3:27 people have been infected in the current outbreak and six hundred deaths have been confirmed in the last two months. The workers gathered outside three treatment centers to protest against delayed and inadequate pay. In Tanzania, one hundred and thirty people have been arrested for inciting criminal acts. According to police.

3:58 Tanzania banned all political rallies last month. Protesters had been planning to demonstrate on the seventh of July for democratic reforms and against election violence. The Americas. In Costa Rica, new president Laura Fernandez and the judiciary disagree over the country's response to violent drug related crime. Fernandez's government has made budget cuts to the judiciary and proposed that Congress should appoint the attorney general rather than the Supreme Court.

4:45 She has said that the judiciary is infiltrated by organized crime and said that courts have blocked security policies. Judges have denied corruption and say that the budget cuts threaten the country's ability to fight crime. Two Guatemalan nationals have pleaded guilty to human smuggling charges after a truck crash in Mexico in twenty twenty one where fifty five migrants died.

5:24 The two men admitted to conspiring to smuggle adults and unaccompanied children from Guatemala through Mexico to the United States, and they face a maximum sentence of life in prison. And in the United Kingdom, the leader of the Reform UK Party may run against the character Count Binface in an upcoming by election. Nigel for R resigned from his parliamentary seat to trigger a new election in his district of Clacton. Farage is under investigation over allegedly receiving millions of pounds in gifts. Count Binface, a man with a trash can for a head, was created by comedian Jonathan Harvey and has run against three Prime ministers in the past.

6:34 That's your World News in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please tell your friends about us. You can get in touch with us in a voice message at senseven dot org or by sending an email to podcast at senseven dot org. I'm Juliet Martin and Sen seven. We'll be back on Monday Day. Have a lovely weekend