Today's story: The UN mission is investigating US strikes in Iran. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: La mission de l’ONU enquête sur des frappes américaines en Iran
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) Three more stories today
(01:34) Today's headline, slowly
(02:24) Publishing
(03:01) A school was hit
(03:39) Helping future cases
(04:31) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-18
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
La mission de l’ONU enquête sur des frappes américaines en Iran
Jeudi, la mission a publié son rapport.
Ces frappes ont eu lieu le 28 février.
Les experts disent qu’une école de Minab a été touchée.
Vingt-deux civils ont été tués ou blessés.
Le rapport peut aider de futures affaires internationales.
ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE
La Banque d’Angleterre garde ses taux à 3,75 %
Le chef de l’OTAN demande un chemin crédible pour plus de défense au Royaume-Uni
Anthropic bloque un compte lié à l’Iran aux États-Unis
WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (publier)
- numbers (le 28 février)
- vocabulary (a été touchée)
- vocabulary (civils)
- vocabulary (peut aider)
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