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Learning English from the News Episodes

  1. Apple announces the death of iTunes

    Dan and Catherine teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.

  2. Antarctic ice melting

    Ice the size of Greenland is missing from Antarctica because of climate change.

  3. Ancient stellar collision makes waves

    Two stars hitting each other has been described as 鈥榗ataclysmic鈥�. What does that mean?

  4. Amazon water emergency

    The Amazon has its lowest water levels in 121 years. Learn how to talk about the story.

  5. Alzheimer's drug hope

    New drugs mean that Alzheimer's could soon be treated as easily as asthma and diabetes.

  6. Air pollution takes three years off life

    Researchers have used a new method to model the impact of pollution on our health.

  7. AI critic wins Nobel Prize... for AI

    A man has won a Nobel Prize for his work on AI, though he now warns of its dangers.

  8. Afghanistan: Taliban retake Kabul

    The Taliban have retaken the Afghan capital 20 years after being removed.

  9. Afghan female footballers get UK visas

    A team of female footballers who fled the Taliban have been told they can live in the UK.

  10. Adele gets Spotify to stop album shuffle

    Adele has persuaded Spotify to take the shuffle button off all album pages.

  11. Abba: Pop superstars are back

    ABBA, pop superstars of 70s, are back after 40 years with new album and planned tour.

  12. A royal romance

    Prince Harry, fifth in line to the throne, is going to marry Meghan Markle

  13. A real-life secret Santa

    Someone's been leaving presents for strangers around a village in the UK.

  14. A plan to bring live music back

    British events promoter wants to use compulsory coronavirus testing at music festivals.

  15. A minimum price for alcohol in Scotland

    Neil and Catherine explain vocabulary and talk about Scotland's new health-related change

  16. 8 ways to live longer

    A US research project has found 8 habits that can help you live longer.

  17. 7,000 steps can reduce risk of depression

    People who have a higher daily step count may have a lower risk of depression.

  18. 60% drop in global wildlife

    Catherine and Tom discuss language from this story.

  19. 50% adults overweight or obese by 2050: Global study

    More than half of all adults could be overweight or obese by 2050.

  20. 3 innocent men freed from prison after 36 years

    The US state of Baltimore says that witnesses and evidence were manipulated.

  21. 23 sugars in one hot drink

    Campaigners say hot sugary drinks should be taxed in the same way as soft drinks.

  22. 2020 Emmys - New Records Set

    Tom and Catherine look at the vocabulary in the news around this story.

  23. 2,000 new species on extinction list: COP28

    2,000 more species have been added to the Red List of Threatened Species.

  24. 100 year anniversary for women's rights

    Rob and Dan teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story

  25. "Will you marry me?" - proposal at the Emmys

    Neil and Dan teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.

  26. 'The Beast from the East' blankets UK

    A band of extreme cold and snow has hit parts of Europe and the UK

  27. 'Storm of the century' hits Caribbean

    Hurricane Melissa is the strongest hurricane in modern history to hit Jamaica

  28. 'Spy balloon' row

    Was it a 'spy balloon' the US shot down? China says no

  29. 'Love hormone': New study

    Are scientists wrong about the so-called 'love hormone'? Learn to talk about this story.

  30. 'Hothouse Earth' warning

    Neil and Dan discuss the key language from this story.

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