2024-11-20
8 分钟President Biden has approved the use of US missiles against targets in Russia. SUBTITLES Find full subtitles for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2024/241120 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English Stories They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
From BBC Learning English.
This is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.
In this program, Ukraine fires US Supplied missiles into Russia.
Hello, I'm Phil.
And I'm Pippa.
In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com so.
Pippa, let's hear more about this story.
U.S.
president Joe Biden has given permission for Ukraine to use landmines supplied by the US in the war with Russia.
It comes after Ukraine was able to use US Supplied long range missiles to attack inside Russia for the first time.
It's a big change in the war as previously the US had not allowed landmines to be used or missiles to be fired into Russia.
The change comes as the war between Russia and Ukraine hit 1,000 days.
Let's have our first headline.
This one's from Sky News.
Where do Russia and Ukraine stand militarily after 1000 days of conflict?
That headline again.
Where do Russia and Ukraine stand militarily after 1000 days of conflict?
And that's from Sky News.
This headline is using the 1000 days milestone to reflect on the war.