Tuesday 19th May 2026. Kenya fuel protests. Cape Verde elections. US Mangione trial. Peru election flaws. South Korea Samsung strikes...

Good morning, this is Send 7. World News in 7 minutes. I'm Ben Mallett, today is Tuesday, 19 May 2026. Starting in Africa, in Kenya, four people have died in protests over the price of fuel. The protests happened during a nationwide public transport strike. Fuel prices rose by 23.5% across Kenya last week. Fuel price rises have been largely caused by ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which has affected global transport and oil production. Cape Verde's ruling party has likely been defeated in Sunday's parliamentary elections. The Movement for Democracy Party has governed Cape Verde since 2016. Party statements and voting data suggest that the Opposition PICV party has won the parliamentary elections with around 46.7% of the vote. The Americas. In the United States, a judge has said that some evidence from the killing of a health insurance executive cannot be used in court. Luigi Mangione is accused of killing the CEO of an insurance company, United Health Care, in 2024. Brian Thompson was shot on a street in New York City during daytime. Some evidence found in Mangione's backpack, including a handgun magazine, cannot be used in court because the backpack was searched by police without a search warrant. Mangione's murder trial will begin in September this year. Peru's electoral authority says that it will fix flaws, which delayed its first round presidential election results by a month. Five academics from Peru, Chile, Uruguay and Puerto Rico have been tasked with preventing delays and spotting voter fraud for the second round elections on June 7th. Kai Kau Fujimori and Roberto Sanchez were announced as the two remaining candidates for the presidency after the first round of voting. Asia. In South Korea, the company Samsung Electronics will hold talks with workers today in our attempt to avoid worker strikes. More than 45,000 workers have threatened to go on strike over issues such as pay and bonuses. Samsung is the world's largest memory chip maker and accounts for almost a quarter of all exports from South Korea. Israel has intercepted 28 civilian aid ships sailing to Gaza. The ships carrying aid belong to the Global Sumud Flotilla, a movement set up in 2025 to deliver more aid to Palestinians in Gaza. This is the third time that ships from the Flotilla have been intercepted by Israel. Israel's foreign ministry said that it will not allow any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza. In the Maldives, the bodies of four Italian divers who died whilst underwater caving have been located. A team of specialist divers from Finland carried out the operation and is planning to recover the bodies soon. Recovery operations in underwater caving can be incredibly dangerous. One diver died from decompression sickness on Saturday during initial recovery efforts. Pakistan has sent 8,000 soldiers and a squadron of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. This is part of a mutual defense pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, which was signed in 2025. Europe. Spain has acquitted the Colombian singer Shakira of Tax Fraud. Shakira appealed against the decision by Spain's Tax Agency to find her 55 million euros. The Tax Agency failed to prove that Shakira had spent more than 183 days in Spain in 2011, which would have made her a tax resident. Spain's Tax Agency will need to reimburse Shakira 60 million euros after interest if its counter appeal fails. In the United Kingdom, the stabbing of a journalist in 2024 was ordered by the Iranian government according to prosecutors. Three Romanian men are accused of stabbing Porio Zorati three times in the leg. Zorati is a British journalist of Iranian origin and works for the Saudi-funded news network Iran International. Zorati survived the stabbing Iran denies any involvement in the attack. And the King of Spain will visit Mexico to watch the football World Cup next month. King Felipe VI was invited to watch the games after admitting that Spain committed abuses in the Americas historically. Spain's third World Cup match against Uruguay will be hosted in Mexico on June 26. That's your world news in seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a rating and review in your podcast app. I'm Ben Mallet, tomorrow you will be with Stephen Devanchancy. Have a great day.