Episode
A2 English News | Can Australia Free Oscar Jenkins From Russia?
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- Aug 31, 2026
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- 443
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Summary
Learn English through today’s real news. Clear, steady English at A2, with a full transcript. In this episode: Australia is working with Russia to try to get Oscar Jenkins released, while officials stay careful about a possible prisoner swap. Also: A test found AI chatbots mostly push back against false foreign propaganda, but AI summaries at the top of search results do worse. Today’s English focus: with their counterparts, to work with similar officials in another group or = to work with similar officials in another group or country. Vocabulary: release (to let someone go free), negotiate (to talk carefully to try to reach an agreement), counterparts (people who have the same job in another group). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-08-31 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.