{"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":"Trump shooting attempt","slug":"trump-shooting-attempt","published_at":"2026-04-29T13:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/trump-shooting-attempt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nh8lz9","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nh8hlz.mp3","summary":"An attempt to shoot US President Donald Trump took place at the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents' dinner. This dinner happens every year and political journalists are invited. Alongside Trump, Frist Lady Melania Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and other White House officials were rushed from the hotel ballroom after gunfire was heard. There have been two previous unsuccessful attempts to kill President Trump. Both of these happened while he was campaigning for election in 2024. Learn about the news in a level of English you can understand with Becca and Pippa. Get a free worksheet for this episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260429 Learn about all our podcasts here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/podcasts","meta_description":"An attempt to shoot US President Donald Trump took place at the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents' dinner. This dinner happens…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":528,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/episodes/trump-shooting-attempt/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/trump-shooting-attempt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}