Monday 26th October 2026. Germany Eagle's Nest fire. UK Oxford St pedestrianisation. France le Pen campaign. N Korea China bridge...

0:00 Good morning, this is Send 7 World News in 7 Minutes. I'm Juliet Martin and today is Monday the 26th of October 2026. Starting in Europe today... In Germany a fire has taken over the mountain retreat of former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. A man has been detained by police. The residence known as the Eagle's Nest was used by Hitler and his associates during the Second World War. It had been preserved after the end of the Second World War as a cautionary reminder of the abysses of the inhumane Nazi dictatorship. In the United Kingdom, Oxford Street will be pedestrianised from today. Oxford Street is the busiest shopping street in Europe, with up to 500,000 visitors per day. Almost one kilometre of the road will be closed to traffic,

1:23 including buses, taxis, bicycles, scooters and pedicabs. The project was first proposed in 2016 and is expected to cost £ 150 million. In France, far-right leader Marine Le Pen launched her presidential campaign yesterday. She is the frontrunner in France's upcoming presidential election next year. She has promised to restore order and national confidence at a time of protests across France. In Paris, at the weekend, galleries and museums closed in anticipation of more protests. Asia and Oceania North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un crossed a new bridge to China on Saturday. The new Yalu River Bridge is two miles long and connects the two countries. It is expected to help with the transport of heavy equipment, raw materials and energy products. In Australia,

2:48 a new 5.6 billion Australian dollar airport opened in Sydney yesterday. This is the first time in more than 50 years that Australia has opened a new major airport. It has the capacity for more than 80 million passenger movements per year. Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said yesterday that Sri Lanka has helped rescue 40 Iranian soldiers from commercial ships nearby. According to the ministry, Sri Lanka received a rescue request from the Iranian embassy in due to medical emergencies which have not been specified. The sailors were assisted and helped to return to Iran yesterday. Taiwan was hit by Typhoon Champi at the weekend. On Saturday, one person was killed and more than 500 people were injured. Champi is one of

3:55 the strongest storms in the Pacific this year. The Americas Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after nearly a year. She secretly left the country in 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize after more than a year of living in hiding. United States President Donald Trump has said that the United States has total control of Venezuela and didn't know anything about Machado's return. In Canada, the opposition Conservative Party has won a provincial election in British Columbia for the first time since 1928, according to provisional results. The left-of-centre New Democratic Party has held the province for nine years. the Conservative Party has promised to increase liquefied natural gas production. Africa Uganda will impose a

5:16 21-day quarantine on travellers coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry has announced, following Ebola cases identified in Kenya and Nigeria. Uganda declared an end to its latest Ebola outbreak in July. Near Gabon, an oil rig sank at the weekend. One person was killed and four others are missing. The rig had not yet begun drilling. Gabon's Ministry of Petroleum and Gas has ordered a technical investigation.

5:59 And in the United States, the New York City Council has voted to ban horse-drawn carriages from the streets and Central Park from June 2028. 40 out of 51 lawmakers supported the bill, which was supported by Mayor Zoran Mamdani. Democratic Council Speaker Julie Menon announced the ban.

6:27 From a small movement that started nearly two centuries ago to an initial city council attempt that energized the effort nearly two decades ago to today, where we are bringing that effort finally to fruition for the horses, for our safety and for our city. And that is a promise that we are now making a reality.

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7:23 Have a great day.