# A1 French | UK and Japan agree £18bn investment deal | Today's Easy News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/a1-french-uk-and-japan-agree-18bn-investment-deal-today-s-easy-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/a1-french-uk-and-japan-agree-18bn-investment-deal-today-s-easy-news.md Podcast: [Learn French A1 with News | Slow Easy French for Beginners](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303) Published: 2026-06-15T06:23:11+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/learn-french-with-todays-news-a1-easy-slow-french-for-beginn/episodes/6a2f9a50685069f99fdf5476 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a29a7413f4eb34728c4200e/e/6a2f9a50685069f99fdf5476/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/episodes/a1-french-uk-and-japan-agree-18bn-investment-deal-today-s-easy-news Duration seconds: 337 ## Resource Today’s stories in A1 French:— Le Royaume-Uni et le Japon concluent un accord d’investissement de 18 milliards de livres— Trump soutient l’accord avec l’Iran mais met en garde contre les risquesLearn French with real news — not repetitive drills.This A1 episode uses very simple French, short sentences, and clear speech for true beginners. Listen to two current stories, then review useful vocabulary from the episode.Full transcripts, English translations, vocabulary tools, and comprehension quizzes at linguawire.comNew episode every day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/episodes/a1-french-uk-and-japan-agree-18bn-investment-deal-today-s-easy-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/a1-french-uk-and-japan-agree-18bn-investment-deal-today-s-easy-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.