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News Review shows you how to use the language from the latest news stories in your everyday English. Published every Wednesday by BBC Learning English.

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News Review shows you how to use the language from the latest news stories in your everyday English. Published every Wednesday by BBC Learning English.

    Banning smoking for life

    Banning smoking for life

    The UK government has voted to ban the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2009. Beth and Neil discuss the language in the news headlines.
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    Hottest March ever

    Hottest March ever

    Last month was the world's warmest March on record.
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2024/unit-1/session-15.
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    • 5 min
    Israel protests

    Israel protests

    Thousands take part in anti-government protest in Israel calling for Prime Minister Netanyahu to resign.
    (Images: Amir Levy, Sean Gallup, Alexi Rosenfeld, Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2024/unit-1/session-14
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    • 6 min
    Baltimore bridge collapse

    Baltimore bridge collapse

    Six people are missing after a ship caused a bridge to collapse in Baltimore, USA.
    (Images: Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post, Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post, Tasos Katopodis and Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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    TRANSCRIPT
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2024/unit-1/session-13
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    • 6 min
    Putin claims election victory

    Putin claims election victory

    Vladimir Putin has claimed his fifth term as president after winning 87% of the vote, according to Russian election officials. Beth and Georgie discuss the language in the news headlines.
    (Images: Contributor via Getty Images)
    TRANSCRIPT
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2024/unit-1/session-12

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    • 6 min
    Haiti: Gang violence crisis

    Haiti: Gang violence crisis

    (Images: Guerinault Louis/Anadolu, Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Sygma, Spencer Platt, Giles Clarke via Getty Images)

    • 6 min

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