Tuesday 24th June 2025. Iran Qatar missiles. Syria church attack. Colombia kidnapping. France syringe arrests. Germany free stay...
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Starting in Asia today, Iran fired missiles at a United States military base in Qatar last night. Qatar said that it intercepted the missiles and nobody was hurt. Qatar shut its airspace for a few hours.

United States President Donald Trump wrote messages on the Truth social media platform that he owns, saying that Iran's attack was weak, saying that nobody was hurt, and also thanking Iran for giving notice that the attack was going to happen. Qatar has said that it reserves the right to retaliate against Iran.

Israel continued to bomb Iran yesterday, with strikes hitting airfields, missile launchers, facilities belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and the Evin prison, where political prisoners are known to be held. In Syria, at least 22 people were killed in a shooting and suicide bombing attack against a Greek Orthodox church on Sunday, according to state media.

America's Colombia's army said that 57 of its soldiers were kidnapped on the weekend and were rescued yesterday. The army said that civilians had kidnapped the soldiers under pressure from former members of the FARC rebel group.

In the United States, Tesla has started a driverless taxi service for the first time in the city of Austin in Texas. Tesla has been trialing autonomous vehicles for years, but this is the first time that paying passengers can use the taxi service.

There is already one other company, Waymo, which is operating driverless taxis in a few cities in the US. And in China, there are a few companies operating in a few cities.

Africa. Algeria's health ministry has confirmed that three people died and 74 were injured during celebrations at the stadium of football club MC Alger on Sunday after they won the Algerian League. Algerian media has said that people fell from the upper stand after a fence broke and

Some footballers and staff from MC Algiers went to hospital to give blood. Niger's defence ministry has said that a military base was attacked by hundreds of armed men, with many riding motorbikes, and at least 34 soldiers were killed. The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility.

Europe. In the Netherlands, the 2025 NATO summit is taking place today and tomorrow in The Hague. It is the first summit since former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte became Secretary General of NATO. The leaders of all 32 NATO countries are expected to attend, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that he has secured an exemption for Spain from a new proposal for NATO members to spend 5% of their GDP on defence. Spain currently only spends about 1.3% of its GDP on defence alone.

the lowest of any NATO member. However, Sanchez has said that this will rise to the current 2% target by the end of this year. Yesterday, Reuters news agency reported that Germany would raise defence spending to 3.5% by 2029, which is a very significant jump as it only reached 2% last year.

In the United Kingdom, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met King Charles and Prime Minister Sergei Starmer yesterday. Starmer and Zelensky announced that the UK and Ukraine would work together on producing long-range attack drones.

Speaking at a British military training centre where Ukrainian soldiers are being trained, Zelensky thanked the British people for helping Ukraine to survive. Thank you dear Prime Minister, dear Keir, thank you for the invitation. And we are very thankful to the UK, all your team and people of the United Kingdom for such big support of Ukraine from the very beginning of this war.

In Ukraine, at least nine people were killed in Russian missile and drone attacks on the capital Kyiv yesterday, and at least two people were killed in a town in the southern region of Odessa.

Russian media has reported that North Korea will send another 5,000 soldiers to Russia's Kursk region. According to Britain's defence ministry, North Korea has suffered 6,000 casualties while its soldiers were fighting against Ukraine, more than half of the 11,000 soldiers that it sent to fight for Russia.

In France, 12 people have been arrested after 145 people reported being stabbed with syringes during the Fête de la Musique festival in Paris this weekend. It's not clear whether the victims were drugged. Greece has sent extra firefighting teams to the island of Chios because of spreading wildfires and

A combination of dry weather, heat and wind has led to fires growing on many parts of the island, including around Chiostown, the capital. And in Germany, some towns in the east are offering people to stay for free in order to encourage people to consider moving there permanently.

Elsenhuttenstadt, which is on the Polish border, has more than halved in population over the last 30 years. Elsenhuttenstadt Council is now offering people 14 days free to see if they like living there. The nearby town of Guben, which is also on the Polish border, has offered up to four weeks free accommodation.

That's your World News in 7 minutes. If you haven't listened to the bonus episode released on Saturday yet, go back and listen to that. Have a great day. See you tomorrow.

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