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The World in Five
by Amber
World news in plain English, daily. The five most important stories from around the globe — explained simply, in about five minutes, with why each one matters to you. Hosted by Amber. 每天清晨，用簡單的英文，陪你讀懂今天世界上最重要的五件事。每一則，也會跟你說，這和你的生活有什麼關係。
Episodes
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The World in Five — October 25, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 25, 2026: Brazil votes in a knife-edge presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro; Houthi fighters claim new strikes on Saudi airports and oil sites; strong earthquakes…
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The World in Five — October 24, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 24, 2026: France's president calls a shooting near Paris a racist terrorist attack; gunmen kill seven at a funeral in Jordan; Kenya reports a second Ebola death as the outbreak reaches...
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The World in Five — October 23, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 23, 2026: Typhoon Champi lashes Taiwan, the strongest storm on Earth this year; a magnitude 7.0 earthquake kills sixteen in Tibet; the U.S. and Israel plan a possible attack on Iran...
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The World in Five — October 22, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 22, 2026: oil prices jump after attacks in Saudi Arabia; Nigeria's first Ebola case in more than ten years; strikes hit Kyiv as Russia agrees to return to peace talks; France's…
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The World in Five — October 21, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 21, 2026: US envoy Steve Witkoff meets Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg and Russia frees American teacher Stephen Hubbard; Iran refuses talks with America until its demands are met; a...
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The World in Five — October 20, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 20, 2026: France sets curfews after a weekend of riots; thousands of sailors are trapped in the Strait of Hormuz as the Middle East war enters its 235th day; Russian strikes hit...
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The World in Five — October 19, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 19, 2026: Ukraine launches a record drone attack on Russia — one thousand fifteen drones overnight — while Trump and Zelensky clash over peace and Putin floats a summit with Trump and...
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The World in Five — October 18, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 18, 2026: France's cost-of-living protests turn violent as a historic town hall in Limoges burns down; an explosion at a Canadian military base kills at least seven people; the US...
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The World in Five — October 17, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 17, 2026: Two cargo ships sink near the Strait of Hormuz as attacks hit the highest level since the Iran war began; President Trump waives new Russia sanctions days before they take...
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The World in Five — October 16, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 16, 2026: A sixteen-year-old gunman kills three children and a teacher at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon before being stopped by a bystander; drone attacks hit cargo ships in the...
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The World in Five — October 15, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 15, 2026: The U.S. military weighs using its "mother of all bombs" in new Iran strike plans as two ships sink near the Strait of Hormuz; Zelenskyy restarts strikes on Russian…
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The World in Five — October 14, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 14, 2026: A container ship sinks near the Strait of Hormuz as oil climbs past $106 a barrel; Russian ballistic missiles strike Kyiv for a second night despite a claimed energy…
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The World in Five — October 13, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! October 13, 2026: An announced energy ceasefire in Ukraine meets a dispute over who broke it first; the IMF warns the world economy is "nearing the limits of its resilience"; a deadly Houthi...
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The World in Five — October 12, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Five world stories in plain and simple English: Trump announces an "energy ceasefire" in Ukraine that breaks within hours, as the U.S. threatens to suspend intelligence sharing; a U.S. fighter...
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The World in Five — October 11, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Five world stories in plain and simple English: a deadly Houthi missile attack on Riyadh's airport kills at least twelve and wounds more than three hundred, and Trump says America may join…
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The World in Five — October 10, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Five world stories in plain and simple English: a seven point seven magnitude earthquake shakes Panama with around one hundred and fifty aftershocks while the Canal keeps running; Hurricane...
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The World in Five — October 9, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Five world stories in plain and simple English: Navi Pillay, the eighty-five-year-old South African human rights lawyer, wins the twenty twenty-six Nobel Peace Prize; Houthi missiles destroy a...
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The World in Five — October 8, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Five world stories in plain and simple English: a Russian bomb hits a bus stop in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, killing at least thirty-three; Houthi attacks on Saudi airports kill three as Pakistan...
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The World in Five — October 7, 2026
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Five world stories in plain and simple English: America pulls its bombers out of Britain as the war with Iran grows; Israel marks three years since the October seventh attack; a quarter of a...
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World news in plain English, daily. The five most important stories from around the globe — explained simply, in about five minutes, with why each one matters to you. Hosted by Amber. 每天清晨，用簡單的英文，陪你讀懂今天世界上最重要的五件事。每一則，也會跟你說，這和你的生活有什麼關係。
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The World in Five is created and hosted by Amber.
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