Tuesday 1st September 2026. India Pakistan treaty. Palau forum. Kazakhstan vice president. Switzerland shooting suspect...

0:00 Good morning. This is Send 7, World News in 7 Minutes. I'm Juliet Martin and today is Tuesday the 1st of September, 2026. Starting in Asia and Oceania today. The International Permanent Court of Arbitration has said that India must honour its water treaty with Pakistan. The Indus Waters Treaty has been in place since 1960 and ensures the water supply to 80% of farms in Pakistan. India suspended it last April during tensions between the countries. The court said India must observe its obligations under the treaty, including those relating to the design and operation of its hydroelectric projects on the Western Rivers.

1:13 India has rejected the verdict. In Palau, the annual Pacific Island Forum began yesterday. The lieges of Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Kiribati will not attend. Palau is one of the three Pacific Island countries that have maintained formal ties with Taiwan, which China views as its own territory.

1:47 The United States, China, Japan and Singapore are will attend the forum as dialogue partners after being excluded last year. Kazakhstan's President Kasym Jomartokaev has appointed Erlan Karin as Vice President. The Vice President position was created by the new constitution adopted earlier this year. Europe. In Switzerland, police have arrested a 43-year-old man after a shooting at a rave at the weekend where a woman was killed and five people were injured. The man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of carrying out the attack, according to police. In Russia... Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the war in Ukraine needs to end for the sake of humanity at a meeting yesterday. Modi said that India

3:05 will support all peace efforts. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Russia sees NATO's Arctic missions as a direct security threat. The Arctic Sentry mission was launched by NATO in February. Lavrov said such military activity in the far north poses direct threats to Russia's security. Italy's population could decrease by almost 4 million people by 2050, according to the National Statistics Bureau. Projections show that the population could fall to 55 million people in 2050 and down to 45.8 million by 2080. Increasing birth rates is a priority of Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni's government. The Americas Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario to appear as Lake America for United States users, following President Donald

4:31 Trump's executive order to rename the lake last Thursday. According to a statement from Google, Canadians will still see Lake Ontario and other users will see both names. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Besant has said that Iran is feeling deep consequences from sanctions.

4:58 If you look back what the Iranian political leadership has said over the past 10 days, they're in shock at the state of their economy. And, you know, we're seeing gas lines. Could you imagine a country in the world with the third largest amount of energy resources has to import gasoline? And they now have three, four hour gas lines that go through the night.

5:22 Venezuela's interim president, Dersi Rodriguez, announced an energy agreement with the United States that will last for 25 years. The agreement aims to increase crude oil production to more than 1.5 million barrels per day. Rodriguez said it was a historic deal to help revive Venezuela's economy and increase government revenue.

5:52 Africa In Kenya, thousands of airline travellers were affected by delays at the main international airport yesterday. It was the second day of the strike by the Kenya Aviation Workers Union over a range of grievances, including the lack of a collective bargaining agreement with the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.

6:27 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, over 6,000 people have now been infected with Ebola, according to government figures. According to the new figures, 2,911 of those infected have died. And a rare turtle rescued in Wales in 2023... has been flown 5,000 miles to Texas in the United States for medical treatment. The Kemp's Ridley sea turtle is one of the most endangered species in the world. After two years at Anglesey Sea Zoo, Rossi the turtle has been sent to vets at Houston Zoo, who will decide whether he is ready to return to the sea in the Gulf of Mexico. That's your world news in seven minutes.

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