Wednesday 5th August 2026. Russia resort attack. Ukraine war crime. Denmark military conscription. France boat rescue...

0:00 Good morning. This is send seven wild news in seven minutes. I'm Juliet Martin and today is Wednesday, the fifth of August twenty twenty six. Starting in Europe today, Russia has said that a Ukrainian drone attack killed seven people, including three children, at a beach resort. According to reports, forty other people were injured. Russia has said this was a deliberate attack on civilians. Ukraine has not yet commented on the incident. Ukraine has accused Russia of a war crime over footage of a drone chasing down a vegetable seller in Heuzon. According to police, the man suffered shock and shrapnel injuries. Denmark has begun extended military conscription. The plan was announced in twenty twenty four to include women in

1:19 conscription for the first time and to increase standard service from four months to eleven months. Denmark will also deploy conscripts to Greenland for the first time later this month. In France, coast guards rescued one hundred and fifty seven people from a burning boat in the English Channel yesterday.

1:50 The Americas, the United States has used up most of its long range missiles in the war with Iran. According to reports Reuter's sites that virtually all of the United States highly accurate surface to surface weapons have been used. In Guatemala, the Fuego volcano has entered a more intense eruptive phase, sending out ash and fast moving mixtures of volcanic gas, ash, and rock. Two communities have been evacuated.

2:35 Ash could disperse up to one hundred kilometers around the volcano. In twenty eighteen, an eruption of Fuego killed more than two hundred people. Also in the United States, sixty thousand people have fled their homes in Washington State due to wildfires. In Spokane County, three fires are burning. A man has been charged with arson in connection to one of them.

3:08 Commissioner of Public Lands Dave up the Grove said, the fire situation this year is not normal.

3:17 We have more than nine hundred individuals among the different agencies battling the Spokane complex fires. It's worth noting that this is one of fifteen major fires burning throughout the state of Washington right now. More than two hundred and fifty thousand acres are on fire in this state. This is an extraordinary wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest. It's not a normal season.

3:43 Africa. South Africa's Democratic Alliance, which is the second largest party in the ruling coalition, is challenging a land seizure law in court. The Expropriation Act allows the state to seize land in the public interest. It aimed to help address the effects of apartheid. The Democratic Alliance says the law will deter investment. In Ethiopia, fourteen people have been killed in a landslide in the Amara region. According to local news, The landslide was triggered by heavy rains. The World Health Organization has said that testing is advancing rapidly for treatments for the strain of ibola involved in the current outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo Asia. In Vietnam, a memorial will be dedicated to North Korean servicemen who

4:57 died during the Vietnam War. According to state media, in the nineteen sixties, North Korea sent fighter pilots to help fight against United States aircraft. The report's state deputy Defense Minister in Guyan Truong Thang said the Party, State, People and People's Army of Vietnam always cherish and remember the effective assistance of North Korea and the sacrifices of North Korean martyrs in its struggle for national independence in the past.

5:39 In Japan, three female lions have died of suspected heat stroke at a zoo in Tokyo. These are the first ever heat related deaths among lions in the zoo. According to reports, the lions all showed signs of severe dehydro creation and multiple organ failure after they died, though the exact cause of death is still being investigated. Temperatures in the area rose to nearly thirty nine degrees during July.

6:18 And in Colombia, a new senator has been sworn in dressed as a cartoon elephant. Elephante Blanco is a reference to wasteful, useless public projects. Activists Luis Carlos Rua has used social media to expose these projects and dressed as the Elephante Blanco to campaign as senator. He became one of the most voted for candidates, receiving around one hundred and twenty four thousand votes. That's your World News in seven minutes. If you in this podcast, please tell your friends about us. You can get in touch with us in a voice message at senseven dot org or by sending an email to podcast at senseven dot org. I'm Juliette Martin Sen seven will be back on Friday. Have a great day.