In this bulletin: Spain train crash toll reaches 69 as investigators examine control centre; Ukraine and Russia begin aid operation and evacuations in Oleshky; Italy sees…
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Vocabulary in this episode
- control-room communications
A train crash in Spain has killed 69 people, and investigators are examining control-room communications and safety systems.
These are messages or contact between staff in the train control room and others.
- evacuating
A joint Russia-Ukraine operation is delivering aid and evacuating residents from occupied Oleshky during a local ceasefire.
It means moving residents away from a dangerous place to safety.
- living costs
Students and workers marched across Italy, protesting living costs and wages; students also called for more funding for schools and universities.
These are the usual costs of daily life, such as housing and food.
- preliminary report
The preliminary report says a chain of failures, instructions and actions could have led to the crash if necessary safety measures had not been in place; investigators say all possible causes remain open.
This is an early report made before the investigation is complete.
- chain of failures
The preliminary report says a chain of failures, instructions and actions could have led to the crash if necessary safety measures had not been in place; investigators say all possible causes remain open.
This means a series of problems, where one failure may lead to another.
- remain open
The preliminary report says a chain of failures, instructions and actions could have led to the crash if necessary safety measures had not been in place; investigators say all possible causes remain open.
It means investigators have not yet ruled out any possible cause.
- under way
Russian and Ukrainian officials say the operation is under way, and groups of residents have begun boarding buses.
The operation has started and is continuing.
- extensive damage
Oleshky has suffered extensive damage and flooding.
The city has suffered a large amount of damage.
- full-scale invasion
Russian forces took control of it in the first days of the full-scale invasion in 2022.
This means a large military attack involving many forces, rather than a limited one.
- cost of living
In Italy, tens of thousands of students and workers marched in dozens of cities over the cost of living and public spending.
This means the amount people need to pay for everyday needs.
- general strike
The USB trade union called a general strike, and truck drivers, taxi drivers and farmers joined the protests.
A general strike is when workers in many different jobs stop working to protest.
- scuffles
There were minor scuffles with police in Turin, but no major clashes had been reported by midday.
These were short, small fights or struggles involving people and police.
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- Spain train crash toll reaches 69 as investigators examine control centre
- Ukraine and Russia begin aid operation and evacuations in Oleshky
- Italy sees nationwide protests and general strike over living costs
- Patrick Stewart, star of stage and screen, dies at 86
Sources
- RechercheInvestigators were examining communications between the train drivers and the Adif control room at Atocha, safety mechanisms, and organizational factors and procedures that may have worsened the situation.
- RechercheA humanitarian mission entered Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine’s Kherson region, on Friday during a localized ceasefire. The convoy included 25 buses, ambulances and supplies intended to deliver food and medicine and evacuate residents who wished to leave for Russia or Ukraine.
- RechercheOleshky, on the Dnipro River opposite Kherson, was seized by Russian troops during the opening days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. The city suffered extensive damage and severe flooding after the Kakhovka dam was destroyed in 2023.
- RechercheThe USB trade union called a general strike, with truck drivers, taxi drivers and farmers among those joining the protests. Public-transport disruption remained limited on Friday morning.
- CNAStar Trek, X-Men star Patrick Stewart dead at 86 - CNA Lifestyle
- PBS NewsPatrick Stewart, star of stage and 'Star Trek,' dies at 86 | PBS News
- NPRPatrick Stewart, star of 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men,' has died : NPR
