Thursday 5th January 2023. World News. day: Peru peace protests. Colombia ELN conflict. US NASA astronaut dies. Myanmar prison release. Japa

World News in 7 minutes. Thursday 5th January 2023.<br /><br />Support us and read the transcripts at <a href="http://send7.org/transcripts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/transcripts</a><br /><br />Today: Peru peace protests. Colombia ELN conflict. US NASA astronaut dies. Myanmar prison release. Japan US talks. Pakistan killings. Burkina Faso France tension. Mali killing. Vatican Pope funeral. Ukraine new offensive claims. Russia mobile phone claims. Portugese Ronaldo moves.<br /><br />Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.<br /><br />With Juliet Martin.<br /><br />Contact us at <a href="https://send7.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">podcast@send7.org</a> or send an audio message at <a href="http://speakpipe.com/send7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">speakpipe.com/send7</a><br /><br />If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at <a href="http://send7.org/support" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/support</a><br /><br />SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Namitha Ragunath and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at <a href="http://send7.org/transcripts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send7.org/transcripts</a>. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe t