Friday 3rd July 2026. Ukraine Russian attacks. Tour de France heat. Thailand monks crash. Trump crypto. World cup...

0:01 Good morning. This is send seven world news in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devin Cenzi. Today is Friday, the third of July twenty twenty six, starting in Europe today. In Ukraine's capital city Kiev, at least twenty five people were killed yesterday by Russian drones and missiles that largely hit residential areas.

0:33 Kiev Mayer Vitali Klitchko announced that today would be a day of morning. Deaths were also reported yesterday by Russian strikes in Zappodija Region, Donetsk Region and Denibrebratrovsk region. Russia's Defense ministry said that it hit military targets and energy infrastructure. The Center for Strategic and International Studies has estimated that the war in Ukraine has now led to more than two million military casualties, including between four hundred thousand and four hundred fifty thousand Russian soldiers killed out of a total of one point four million Russian casualties. It also estimates that overall, there have been approximately three Russian soldiers killed for every one Ukrainian soldier killed. However, over the

1:27 last few months this has increased to a rate of eight Russian soldiers killed for every Ukrainian soldier. Russia has started to import petrol from India. According to Reuter's news agency, Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil production and infrastructure over the last few months, causing petrol shortages in many areas.

1:52 In Albania, there were more anti government protests yesterday, with the police using water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters. A few weeks ago, protests started against a planned luxury resort backed by US President Donald Trump's son in law, Jared Kushna. However, the protests have now grown to include the rejection of other development projects and corruption. In France, the Tour de France, the world's most important cycling race, may have to postpone sections of the race because of the heat. According to Tierry Gouvnu, the technical director, the race has never been postponed because of heat before. The Tour de France is scheduled to start from the Spanish city of Barcelona tomorrow Asia. In Thailand, nine monks have

2:52 died and over twenty have been injured after a large car crashed into them in the northeastern province of Mukudan. Officials have said that the car was being driven by an eleven year old boy with special needs. In Indonesia's atche Province, a man and woman have been publicly whipped for kissing on TikTok. The twenty two year old man and twenty five year old woman were sentenced by an Islamic Sharia court for kissing without being married, and were both sentenced to twenty one whips with a cane. Atchir is the only province in Indonesia which enforces Islamic criminal law Africa. In Ethiopia, community groups have told people that they have to kill their own dogs because three children have died of rabies. Recently, Mayor of the town of Hosanna,

3:55 Samuel Shigute told the BBC that the killing of dogs was not ordered by his administration. Rabies in humans is normally fatal if it is not treated before symptoms show. In Somalia, a twenty seven year old woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments made on social media. Sadia Ali, who is a nursing graduate but works as a ritual driver, was charged with insulting government institutions after writing comments complaining about unemployment, corruption, forced evictions and high prices Americas. In Venezuela. A man was pulled alive from under a collapsed shopping centre yesterday, eight days after the earthquakes that destroyed hundreds of buildings. Almost two thousand, three hundred people have been declared dead. However, the International

4:56 Rescue Committee has said that around fifty thousand people are missing. United States President Donald Trump has reported over one point four billion dollars of income from his cryptocurrency business, according to financial records seen by Reuters. Almost half of this has come from the Trump Meme coin cryptocurrency. Trump has been accused of corruption and of using the office of the presidency to enrich himself. On Wednesday, Trump flew for the first time on the new Air Force one airplane, which has been gifted to the Trump administration from Katar and is expected to be transferred to Trump's presidential library when he leaves office. Trump told journalists it was the best plane ever built. I said, the Boeing, what's the

5:51 best one? They said, this is the best plane ever built. And you're going to have the privilege of flying it, and I have a privilege also of flying it. North America is facing a heat wave over the next few days, with many football World Cup hosting cities expecting extreme heat. The US city of Philadelphia, which is hosting France versus Paraguay tomorrow, could reach thirty nine degrees. Kansas, which is hosting Columbia versus Ghana today, could feel like forty three.

6:25 Some new stadiums have retractable roofs and air conditioning, but Philadelphia and Kansas don't, and all three of the host countries of the World Cup have made it to the last sixteen. This is the first time that Canada has ever reached the knockout stage of the World Cup. Canada will play Morocco tomorrow. Mexico won its first World Cup knockout game in forty years by beating Ecuador on Wednesday.

6:55 Mexico will play England on Monday. The United States will play on Tuesday. A big thank you to Jean Carlos in Brazil for becoming our newest supporter. This podcast is made possible by our amazing supporters like Gean Carlos, who also have access to the transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets, and world news quizzes, and we give ten percent of our profit to highly effective charities. More information at sen seven dot org. Have a great weekend. We will see you on Monday