Friday 12th June 2026. Iran-US war. Indian sailors killed. Korea Coupang fine. Somalia referee. Spain Pope. Mexico World Cup starts...

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0:42 New episodes come out every Wednesday. Search for Confident Business English on your favorite podcast app. Good morning, This is Send seven. World news in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devin Chenzi. Today is Friday, the twelfth, June twenty twenty six, Starting in Asia today. Iran and the United States exchanged fire yesterday, Although last night US President Donald Trump said that attacks would not continue. Iran said that it had fired at US military bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan. A United States air strike on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz has killed three Indian sailors. According to Indian government officials. The United States military said that it fired precision munitions at the engine room of the oil tanker

1:47 on Wednesday because it didn't follow US instructions. The US has been blockading ships from reaching Iran since April and is believed to have intercepted or sea eased various ships. However, this is the first time that people are known to have died as a result of the US blockade. India said that the US had fired at two other ships with Indians on board on Wednesday as well. The shipping company which operates the ship rejected the US claim that it was ignoring US orders or was carrying Iranian oil, and has called for an international investigation. Oman's Navy rescued twenty one other sailors from the ship. In South Korea, the online shopping company Kupang has been fined the equivalent of more than three hundred and fifty million euros because

2:46 of a mass leak of personal customer information. In Thailand, two Wiger men have been sentenced to death after being found guilty of carrying out the twenty fifteen Bangkok bombings, which killed twenty people. Africa, in Somalia, a football referee has returned after he was denied entry to the United States, where he had been expected to referee matches of the World Cup. US officials said that Omar Abdul Kadir Artan was not allowed into the US because of quote association with suspected members of terror organizations end quote. Johnny Infantino, the head of FIFA, the world's football governing body, said that people should chill.

3:41 Of course, it is unfortunately as well what happened to Omar, the referee from Somalia, but again we don't control everything. We try, we'll discuss, will speak, we will see. Maybe sometimes it's good as well to just you know, chill, relax. It's not easy when you have three hundred thousand accredited people, majority of which from outside of the US, to process them, to vet them.

4:19 Malawi has received one hundred and fifty of its citizens who have chosen to leave South Africa because of fears over their safety. Some African countries have made voluntary programs to remove their citizens from South Africa after a rise in violence against migrants. Nigeria received a flight of two hundred and sixty eight of its citizens yesterday, and Ghana and Zimbabwe have also carried out evacuations recently Europe. Ukraine has said that it carried out various long range attacks on Russia on Wednesday and ye yesterday, including hitting a military factory over nine hundred kilometers from Ukraine, an oil refinery and other oil infrastructure in at least two regions, and the port of Mariupol in the Russian occupied Ukrainian

5:16 city of Manupol in the Russian occupied Peninsula of Crimea. Russian authorities have said that a Ukrainian drone has hit a historical museum. The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in almost three years yesterday, as inflation has risen above three percent since April, also for the first time in three years. President of the ECB Christine Lagarde said that the war in the Middle East was a factor.

5:48 The war in the Middle East is generating inflation pressures and the decision to raise rates is robust across a range of scenarios, mapping out how the shock might evolve and affect the medium term outlook for the euro Area.

6:06 In Spain, Pope Leo has flown to the Canary Islands, where he is finishing the first papal visit to Spain in fifteen years. On Wednesday night, the Pope blessed and inaugurated the new tower of the church the Sagrada Familiar in Barcelona, which became the tallest church in the world last year after the installation of the tower. Wednesday also marked the one hundredth anniversary of the death of the Sagrada Familiar architect Anthony Gaudi Americas. In Peru's presidential election, with ninety eight point two percent of votes counted, right wing candidate Keiko Fujimodi is back in front again with a lead of less than a thousand votes over left wing candidate Roberto Sanchez. In an election in which over

7:02 twenty seven million people are registered to vote, the difference between them is zero point zero zero four percent. Election authorities have said that the winner may not be declared until July. And In Mexico, the Football World Cup started yesterday with Mexico beating South Africa to zero. Three red cards were given out during the game, with South Africa losing two players in Mexico losing one. This is the first time that the World Cup is having three opening ceremonies, with one that took place yesterday in Mexico with Shakira, Alejandro Fernandez, Jay Balvin, and many more. Today there will also be opening ceremonies in Canada and the United States.

7:52 The South African singer Tyler performed at the opening ceremony in Mexico last night and is performing today in the US. Today Canada plays Bosnia and the US plays Paraguay. That's your world news for this week. This podcast is made possible by our incredible group of sen seven supporters, who also have access to our transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets, and world news quizzes, and we give ten percent of our profit to highly effective charities. More information at sendseven dot org.

8:29 Have a great weekend, See you on Monday.