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Learning English from the News Episodes

  1. Body clock linked to breast cancer

    Catherine and Dan discuss language from this news story.

  2. Black Lives Matter: Racism at London protest

    The British PM has condemned what he called 鈥榬acist thuggery鈥� after clashes in London.

  3. Billie Eilish wins 鈥榖ig four鈥� at Grammys

    Billie Eilish wins awards! Georgina and Catherine discuss language from this story.

  4. Biden out, Harris in

    The 2024 US presidential race - learn the latest

  5. Beyonce: Juneteenth song released

    Beyonce releases 'Black Parade' on the anniversary of the end of slavery in the US.

  6. Belarus: Protests spread

    Neil and Catherine look at the vocabulary in the news about this story.

  7. Belarus accused of 'hijacking'

    Western countries have accused Belarus of hijacking a Ryanair plane.

  8. Beirut explosion protests

    Neil and Catherine look at the vocabulary in the news around this story.

  9. Bees develop 'smoker-like' addiction

    Bumblebees prefer food coated in nicotine-containing pesticide and develop an addiction.

  10. Bees develop 'smoker-like' addiction

    Neil and Dan discuss this story and explore the vocabulary used to talk about it.

  11. Banning smoking for life

    The UK government has voted to ban the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2009.

  12. Banning 'steak'

    Plant-based food can no longer have meat-based names in France.

  13. Bangladesh protests: PM quits

    Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has quit and escaped the country.

  14. Baltimore bridge collapse

    Six people are missing after a ship caused a bridge to collapse in Baltimore, USA.

  15. Bad bosses make people quit

    New research says people are quitting their jobs because of a bad boss.

  16. BA flight to Germany mistakenly flies to Scotland

    Tom and Dan discuss the story and teach you vocabulary to talk about it.

  17. Austria: Lockdown for unvaccinated

    Two million people who have not been vaccinated have been placed in lockdown in Austria.

  18. Australian watchdog sues Google over location data

    Dan and Catherine teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.

  19. Australia plans kids' social media ban

    Australian Prime Minister announces plans to ban children from social media sites

  20. Australia hit by record floods

    Around 18,000 people have been evacuated from severe floods in Australia.

  21. Aung San Suu Kyi: 4 years in prison

    Deposed Myanmar leader has been sentenced after widely criticised trial.

  22. Athlete's 200m 'record' only 185m

    Neil and Georgina look at the vocabulary in the news around this story.

  23. Apple to hinder Facebook web tracking

    Dan and Catherine bring you the language you need to talk about this story.

  24. Apple issues warning about FaceTime problem

    Catherine and Dan teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.

  25. Apple announces the death of iTunes

    Dan and Catherine teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.

  26. Antarctic ice melting

    Ice the size of Greenland is missing from Antarctica because of climate change.

  27. Ancient stellar collision makes waves

    Two stars hitting each other has been described as 鈥榗ataclysmic鈥�. What does that mean?

  28. Amazon water emergency

    The Amazon has its lowest water levels in 121 years. Learn how to talk about the story.

  29. Alzheimer's drug hope

    New drugs mean that Alzheimer's could soon be treated as easily as asthma and diabetes.

  30. Air pollution takes three years off life

    Researchers have used a new method to model the impact of pollution on our health.

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