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SBS Australia
2 days ago
- Politics
- SBS Australia
SBS News in Easy English 28 July 2025
Welcome to SBS News in Easy English, I'm Camille Bianchi. Israel says it will stop military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza to allow for the delivery of food and supplies. The Israeli Government is also allowing other countries to drop supplies into Gaza. In Gaza City, Rewaa Abu Foul says the journey to get food is dangerous. "We have been going more than once. We have been going for two and a half weeks and we have not been able to get anything. We want the war to end, the siege to be lifted, and aid to reach us. We want bread, we want food and drink. There are children who were all run over. When we were walking, the truck passed and we saw one of them get run over. All of this is caused by the siege and the famine we are in." Victorian Labor politicians are planning to demand the federal government recognises a Palestinian state. But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says more steps are needed to achieve a two-state solution. Greens senator Jordon Steele-John says the federal government needs to do more to end the suffering in Gaza. "Words do not feed starving children. It is time for the Australian government to join with the international community and recognise Palestinian statehood. The recognition of Palestinian statehood is in the ALP platform. It is time that they action it. The Australian government should join with the international community in applying sanctions to the state of Israel." Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to talk with eachother in Malaysia later today to try to end to the recent fighting. At least 33 soldiers and civilians have been killed, while thousands of Thai and Cambodian nationals have been displaced in the past week. United States President Donald Trump says he is the reason these peace talks are happening. "I asked my people, I said: 'how are we doing with Cambodia, and how are doing with Thailand?' And they say they're going to be coming in at some point to talk. I said: 'well, let's call them right now'. So I called the prime ministers of each, and I said we're not going to make a trade deal unless you settle the war. And I spoke to both of the prime ministers, and I think by the time I got it off, I think they want to settle now. I know they're meeting today or tomorrow, and we're going to work with them." In car racing and Formula One, Australian Oscar Piastri has won the Belgian Grand Prix. Piastri passing finished 3.415 seconds faster than the second-place rival, Lando Norris. Piastri says it feels good to achieve his sixth win of the season - the most by an Australian in any season in F1 history. "It was a a great race. I knew that trying to take the leader lap one was my best chance of winning. And I was able to make it happen, which was nice. I got a good run out of one and yeah, I had to be pretty brave and try and stay as close as I could - and then I got the slipstream - and got it done. So very, very happy."
SBS Australia
21-07-2025
- Health
- SBS Australia
SBS News in Easy English 21 July 2025
Welcome to SBS News in Easy English, I'm Camille Bianchi. The Health Ministry in Gaza says at least 85 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food. Israel's military says soldiers shot at some Palestinians who were a threat. It does not agree with the numbers reported by officials in Gaza, and believes they are lower. The humanitarian director in Gaza for Save The Children, Rachael Cummings, says urgent action is needed. "This is another mass casualty incident that is being reported in the vicinity of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation for Food Distribution. The situation here is absolutely dire. And my team said to me today, the situation in Gaza has never been this bad. They are desperately hungry. Children are crying all the time for food. And my teams who are employed, they have money in their bank accounts, they're unable to find food in Gaza to buy." Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saysthe federal government can do more to make childcare cheaper and safer. In 2025, there have been a range of troubling cases of alleged abuse of children, across Australian centres. Mr Albanese says he wants to improve the industry this year. "To all the MPs and senators elected to the 48th Parliament, firstly congratulations across the board. It is such a privilege to sit either in the House of Representatives or the Senate. And it is something that none of us should ever take for granted. And it is an honour each and every day." Queensland health workers are looking for any hospital staff who saw a patient with mpox. A man has been diagnosed with a rare type of mpox at Logan Hospital, south of Brisbane. He has just returned from a visit to Africa. Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls says the patient was not contagious on the plane home. "Those close contacts that he has been in contact - including at the emergency ward and in other locations - are being contact traced right now and identified. Right now we think there are 19 community contacts and 40 hospital contacts that have been in contact with the patient.' In sport, Tim Wellens has won Stage 15 of the Tour de France cycling race. The Belgian national champion sprinted away from other riders, 43 kilometres from the finish line. Wellens says it was a very special victory. "I knew I was going to be in a very beautiful list to finally complete my trilogy in the Giro, Tour and Vuelta, so I knew I had to enjoy the moment. I kept riding until the finish line because I just wanted a big gap to fully enjoy it and maybe put my bike in the air after the finish, but I was so happy to win that I forgot to do it." Tadej Pogacar is the overall winner of the race so far. +++
