Wednesday 29th July 2026. Japan earthquake. Iran hunger strikes. Gaza yellow line. Peru Fujimori. Spain, France fires. Greece Olympus...

0:00 Good morning. This is sen seven World News in seven minutes. I'm Stephen Devin gen Z. Today is Wednesday, the twenty ninth of July twenty twenty six. Starting in Asia today. In Japan, a seven point one magnitude earthquake hit the western island of Kshu yesterday, with over sixty after shocks measuring up to four in magnitude. A shopping center in the town of Kashima partially collapsed, trapping many people inside.

0:42 Local media has said that people have died in the collapse of the mall, however no official details have been given. There were some other reports of buildings collapsing. Around three hundred thousand people were told to go to evacuation centers and around fifty one thousand people lost power. In Yatsuhiro Station, a train derailed and fell on its side, causing injuries.

1:09 Buildings in Japan are generally constructed to withstand earthquakes, as Japan accounts for about twenty percent of all the world's earthquakes with a magnitude higher than six. In Iran, around one five hundred prisoners who are sentenced to death are on hunger strike. According to rights groups. Prisoners at GIZL Hessar prison have sown their mouths shut, according to the Guardian.

1:38 The Norway based human rights group Iran Human Rights says that at least four hundred and twenty four people have been executed this year after protests in which tens of thousands of protesters were killed by security forces. On Tuesday, two men were executed after being convicted of quote ching war on God. In Hong Kong, a British woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for blackmail and perverting the course of justice. A court found that Isabel Rose lied about being raped while in Hong Kong and attempted to extort money from the man she had accused of raping her. In Pakistan, civil rights groups say that security forces shot dead at least thirty protesters on Monday and yesterday in the Kashmir region. The Joint Awami Action

2:37 Committee says that it was holding peaceful protests calling for election reform and that security forces fired at unarmed people and then stole the bodies to hide the evidence. In Palestine, there are reports of Israel's Yellow Line moving deeper into Gaza. Yellow concrete blocks mark the part of Gaza which is under the occupation of the Israeli Army. Residents of Gaza, speaking to Reuters have said that they have been forced to move several times because the Israeli Army moves the yellow blocks Americas. In Peru, Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as president. Fujimori is the first woman to have been elected president of Peru and the second woman to hold the position In Chile. A former army colonel has

3:36 been arrested and will be imprisoned for his part in the murder of the folk singer Victor Hara in nineteen seventy three. Ka was murdered with other left wing activists and politicians a few days after the nineteen seventy three military Kudita, which removed the democratically elected president Salvador Allende and in which General Augusto Pinochet took power. In twenty twenty three, seven retired soldiers were sentenced to prison for taking part in the murder of Victor Hara. However, Nelson has Massey was not located until Now Africa. Nigeria's government has told South Africa that it needs to do more to stop attacks on Nigerians and other Africans after a series of anti immigrant protests and violence against foreigners in

4:34 South Africa. Recently, during a meeting of Nigerian and South African officials in Nigeria, Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Sola Enikanyola said that some people who had permission to be in South Africa were being attacked and said that the police were not doing enough.

4:54 This senophobicata had gone beyond you know, attack on criminals. We have record of Nigerians who have legitimate papers to remain in South Africa, yet they have been they have been attacked and we could see some more bid shows which recided police watching. I see they're helpless to address this situation, which to us raises issues of state responsibility.

5:20 He raised the issues of complicity.

5:23 In Senegal, President Basiru Diomai. Fai has started his own political party. Fay came to power in twenty twenty four after the leader of the pastev party, Usmansenko was barred from running in the election. They made Sonko his prime minister. However, they fell out a few months ago and Fay removed Sonko as prime minister. Sonko still remains popular in parliament however, and was made Speaker of Parliament and is still the leader of pastev Fay's new party is called Kidai, which means shield in the Woloff language. Uganda has started emergency distribution of food after at least nineteen people have died of hunger. There has been a long drought in the east of Uganda which has ruined crops and left one

6:17 point five million people without enough food. Europe, France and Spain are continuing to battle extreme wild fires as the fourth heat wave of the year starts. In France's southwestern region of Girand. Over two hundred and fifty thousand people have been evacuated and the fires have moved closer to Girand's capital city, Bordeaux. President Immanuel Macranz said that the fires were the worst of France has ever seen. Some parts of France could reach temperatures of forty degrees over the next few days, and parts of Spain could be even hotter. The situation around spain capital Madrid is reported to be improving. However, Spain's state Meteorological agency has said that the fire risk level will stay at an extreme level.

7:12 Ukraine is continuing long range drone attacks on Russia's wild Berry's retailer, which is the equivalent to Amazon. In Russia. At least ten wild Berry's warehouses have now been hit. Ukraine says that Wildbery's cells equipment used by the Russian Army. Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski traveled to the United States yesterday to attend the funeral of Senator Lindsay Graham, who was a supporter of Ukraine. And In Greece, Mount Olympus has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mount Olympus is Greece's highest mountain and is the mythical home of ancient Greek gods. That's your world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this this podcast, you should become a Send seven supporter and receive add free listening bonus episodes, daily transcripts,

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