Learn “casualties”, “diverted”, “measures” in slow English. From: Russian strikes kill dozens in southern Ukraine.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- casualties
You heard “casualties” in the news.
“Casualties” means people who were killed or injured.
- casualties
For example: The storm caused many casualties in the crowded market.
Here, “casualties” means people killed or injured by the storm.
- diverted
You heard “diverted” in the news.
“Diverted” means sent away from the planned route.
- diverted
For example: The bus was diverted to another road because of construction.
The bus was sent along a different road.
- measures
You heard “measures” in the news.
Here, “measures” are proposals put to a public vote.
- measures
For example: Residents voted on measures to improve local parks.
These “measures” are proposals residents voted on.
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- Russian strikes kill dozens in southern Ukraine
- US says it will end military aid to Israel by year’s end
- US midterm elections put control of Congress in play
- US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island
- Bomb threats against European flights prove to be hoaxes
Sources
- RechercheThe report places the attacks amid Russia's full-scale invasion, launched in February 2022, and says the UN human-rights monitoring mission called civilian casualties last month a “record level.”
- CBC NewsDozens still missing in Russian, guided-bomb attack that killed more than 30 in southern Ukraine | CBC News
- RechercheAs historical context, Israel received about $3.8 billion in 2025 as Foreign Military Financing grants, and another $500 million went to joint missile-defence programmes.
- RechercheThe report says Trump did not specify which forms of military aid would end or how the cutoff would be carried out.
- RechercheVoters are casting ballots on the final day of the 2026 midterm elections. Key House and Senate races could determine the balance of power in Congress.
- RechercheMeasures on congressional redistricting and voter identification are also on ballots: Missouri voters are deciding on proposed new House districts, while measures in California, Colorado and Nevada would introduce voter ID requirements.
- RechercheCalifornia voters are considering Proposition 40, a proposed one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion; most revenue would go toward replacing federal healthcare funding cuts.
- RechercheThe article says Qeshm Island is strategically located in the Hormuz waterway, a key flashpoint of the Middle East war, which has upended global markets.
- BBC NewsFlights from UK airports among seven across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats - BBC News
- The GuardianSeven planes across Europe searched or diverted after ‘malicious hoax’ bomb threats | Air transport | The Guardian
- CBC NewsString of bomb threats reported on flights in Europe cause diversions, emergency landings | CBC News