Learning English from the News
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Mar 2, 2021 • 11min
Golden Globes 2021
Learn the vocabulary you need to talk about this year's film and TV awards ceremony.
Feb 23, 2021 • 11min
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to divorce
Neil and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.
Feb 16, 2021 • 10min
Impeachment trial: Trump acquitted
Tom and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.
Feb 9, 2021 • 11min
India: Flood in Himalayas
Dozens are feared dead after a piece of a Himalayan glacier triggered a flood in India.
Feb 2, 2021 • 10min
Myanmar: Military takes control
Tom and Neil have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.
Jan 26, 2021 • 12min
Russian Navalny Protests
Catherine and Neil have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.
Jan 19, 2021 • 11min
UK: Tough new travel restrictions
New controls have come into force to try to keep out variants of coronavirus.
Jan 12, 2021 • 11min
Record-breaking snow storm hits Spain
Up to 50cm of snow fell on the capital Madrid between Friday and Saturday.
Jan 5, 2021 • 10min
Trump tells official: 'find' votes
Tom and Neil have the vocabulary you need to talk about this news story.
Dec 29, 2020 • 12min
Our favourite News Review of 2020
A 99-year-old man raised millions to help the UK's health service fight coronavirus
