Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Israelis vote in high-stakes election as Netanyahu seeks to stay in power.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- bulletin
These words come from the bulletin about elections, a cyclone, and other world news.
A bulletin is a short news report.
- cyclone
These words come from the bulletin about elections, a cyclone, and other world news.
A cyclone is a powerful storm with strong winds that spin around a center.
- mandate
You heard “mandate” in the news.
Here, a mandate is the authority a leader gets from voters to govern.
- mandate
For example: The club gave her a mandate to plan the picnic.
Here, a mandate is permission or authority to do a particular task.
- evacuation
You heard “evacuation” in the news.
An evacuation is the act of moving people away from danger.
- evacuation
For example: The building's evacuation began after the fire alarm.
Here, evacuation means people leaving a building because of danger.
- profits
You heard “profits” in the news.
Profits are the money a business keeps after paying its costs.
- profits
For example: The bakery's profits increased after it sold more cakes.
Here, profits are the money the bakery kept after paying its costs.
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- Israelis vote in high-stakes election as Netanyahu seeks to stay in power
- Serbia’s Vucic concedes defeat to student-led opposition
- Thousands evacuated from India’s eastern coast ahead of Cyclone Arnab
- Five missing after offshore drilling platform sinks off Gabon
- Ukraine and Russia begin local ceasefire for aid mission in Oleshky
- China’s technology shares slide as AI boom faces doubts
Sources
- RechercheThe vote is being described as one of the most important elections in Israel’s history. The Al Jazeera report says the rightward shift has roots in the collapse of the peace process and repeated security crises over past decades, and notes the 2018 Nation-State Law as a landmark legislative development.
- RechercheBenjamin Netanyahu is seeking a new mandate after leading Israel’s most far-right government; the election is widely seen as a referendum on his leadership following the October 7 attacks. Most polling shows his coalition may lose its majority, while the opposition bloc may also fall short of the 61 seats needed to form a government.
- RechercheThe movement began with student protests and blockades after the Novi Sad disaster, then drew support from teachers, farmers and others, turning demands for justice into a wider challenge to Vucic’s hold on power.
- RechercheThe student protests grew after a train-station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad in 2024, killing 16 people. The movement demanded accountability and protested perceived corruption; the article says the disaster triggered the demonstrations.
- RechercheThe eastern coast is exposed to cyclone risk because the Bay of Bengal is a major region for tropical cyclones.
- Al JazeeraPeople missing after massive drilling platform sinks off Gabon | Newsfeed | Al Jazeera
- RechercheOleshky is across the Dnipro River from Kherson and was captured by Russian forces in the first days of the 2022 invasion. Floodwaters inundated the town in June 2023 after the Kakhovka dam collapse.
- Deutsche WelleUkraine and Russia begin local ceasefire in Oleshky
- RechercheThe article reports weak domestic demand, thin profit margins and the threat of expanded US restrictions on Chinese technology as contributing to the sell-off and technology companies’ anxiety about the sustainability of China’s AI boom. Eurasia Group’s China director, Dan Wang, described domestic demand as weak and said technology companies faced “general anxiety” about whether the state-backed model would work.