Monday 10th August 2026. Mexico resit. Costa Rica protests. Israel no deal. Saudi, Pak, Turkiye pact. Denmark oral defence. Spain eclipse...

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In Costa Rica, there were protests against the government of President Laura Fernández and former President Rodrigo Chavez this weekend. Protesters say that the government is diluting democracy and removing the independence of the judiciary. According to the economist democracy index, Costa Rica is one of the most democratic countries in the world with a stronger democracy than France, Belgium or the United States. In the United States, Todd Blanche, a former lawyer of President Donald Trump, has been confirmed as the new United States attorney general in a 50-49 vote in the Senate. The Republicans have 53 senators, however, one did not vote and two voted against confirming Blanche, along with 47 Democrats. One of the Republicans who voted against confirming Blanche, Senator Lisa Mokowski, said that Blanche was making the "politicization and weaponization of the Justice Department" worse. Also in the United States, President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at stopping birthright citizenship, the right of anyone who is born in the United States to US citizenship. In June, the Supreme Court stopped a previous attempt by Trump to end birthright citizenship, saying that it is part of the Constitution. Signing the new executive orders, Trump said that it was originally intended for the children of slaves, but was today being exploited through birth tourism. This was done right after the Civil War. This was for the babies of slaves. And what's happening now, people are building businesses around it from wealthy people, building businesses around birthright citizenship. That's not the way it's supposed to work. It's a disgrace. They're buying the way in. And we're not going to let it happen. In Canada, a state of emergency has been declared in the state of British Columbia after wildfires have caused tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. Asia, Israel has rejected a United States approved 15 point peace plan for Gaza. In a statement yesterday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is completely disarmed. Hamas disarming is one of the points of the plan, but Netanyahu said that this must happen first. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a joint protection agreement. Turkish foreign minister Haqqan Fidan said that the agreement was technically the same as NATO's article five, which requires each country to come to the other's assistance if it is attacked. Yemen's Houthi group said this weekend that they had attacked a port held by the Yemeni government and an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. Yemen's government military said that four of its soldiers were killed in the Houthi attack. In Japan, a game company Nintendo has reported a large jump in profits. Profits grew over 50% in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, partially because of a refund of United States tariffs, which had been paid after the United States Supreme Court declared them illegal. Africa. In Spain, extra forensic scientists have been brought to the ex-clave of Seltar to help in the identification of people who died during the rush into Seltar of two weeks ago. Out of 80 bodies that were found, only four have been identified so far, and an office at the border with Morocco has been opened for Moroccan families to supply DNA samples if their relative is missing. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, over 300 passengers of a river ferry close to the Kapital Kinshasa have been tested for Ebola after the suspected death of a passenger of Ebola on board. Some reports said that the boat started in Chopper, which is a journey of approximately two weeks by river boat. In the current outbreak, Kinshasa has not recorded any cases of Ebola yet, with all 4,000 cases confirmed in the northeast of the DRC. Europe Danish students will have to orally defend essays in order to combat AI cheating. Education Minister Magnus Honeck said that new measures will take effect immediately, including writing assignments taking place at school under controlled conditions, including the monitoring of computer screens. Upper secondary students who write assignments at home must make an oral defense of what they have written. In Kosovo, a member of Parliament through eggs at Prime Minister Albin Kutti, after he told Parliament that he needed more time for talks with other parties before choosing a Parliament speaker. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Serbia this weekend for the first time since becoming president in 2019. President Alexander Vyłcić said that Serbia respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine, including all territory seized by Russia since 2014. Zelensky said that Ukraine does not recognise the independence of Kosovo, which caused Kosovo to remove a giant Ukrainian flag from a building in Prostina. Serbia is probably the country with the highest level of support for Russia in Europe. With many opinion polls taken since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, showing that most Serbians still have a positive view of Russia and of President of Vladimir Putin. In an opinion poll taken last year by the International Republican Institute, 78% of the Serbians asked said that they had a favorable view of Vladimir Putin. Spain has said that it will start temporary border checks on people coming from Italy because Italy imposed a similar measure last week in reaction to the situation in Seltar. And in Iceland, Greenland and Spain there will be a solar eclipse on Wednesday. For around two minutes, the moon will totally block the sun in Iceland's capital Reykjavik and in large parts of northern and eastern Spain. In some other parts of Europe there will be a partial eclipse. A massive thank you to our newest supporters, Estar, in Hungary, Patria, in Spain, Ines, in Portugal and Ronaldo in Antarctica. Seriously, our amazing supporters keep this podcast running and they get every episode without adverts, bonus episodes, transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets, quizzes and more. And we give 10% of our profits to highly effective charities. Click on the link in the episode description for more information. Warning, our prices will go up in September. So if you want to keep our old lower price, then sign up during August and it won't go up for you. On Wednesday, you will be with Ben Mallet. Have a great day.