{"podcast":{"title":"Learning English from the News","slug":"learning-english-from-the-news-1026559","podcast_index_feed_id":1026559,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p05hw4bq.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05hw4bq","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0hvw5fz.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":386,"summary":"Learn the language you need to understand news stories in English. Every week we talk about one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it. And in our special Our World in English episodes, we share documentaries from around the world and across the BBC in simple English. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:21:22.639525+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559"},"episode":{"title":"Global impact of US-Israel war with Iran","slug":"global-impact-of-us-israel-war-with-iran","published_at":"2026-03-11T13:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/global-impact-of-us-israel-war-with-iran","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n5xg9q","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0n5xf8s.mp3","summary":"The US-Israel war with Iran continues. The US military says it has \"eliminated\" 16 Iranian mine-laying ships in the area. Iran continues its strikes across the region, including in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait. People in Tehran have told BBC News Persian about heavy strikes and powercuts. Meanwhile, three commercial ships have been damaged by \"unknown projectiles\" in the area. Find full subtitles for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260311 Are you scared of speaking English? Listen to this episode of Beating Speaking Anxiety: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/beating_speaking_anxiety/making_mistakes-podcast Practise your listening skills with The Listening Room: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/the_listening_room FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters For more of our podcasts, search for these in your podcast app: ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English Grammar ✔️ Learning English Stories","meta_description":"The US-Israel war with Iran continues. The US military says it has \"eliminated\" 16 Iranian mine-laying ships in the area. Iran continues its strikes acros…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":522,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/episodes/global-impact-of-us-israel-war-with-iran/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/global-impact-of-us-israel-war-with-iran.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}