Today's story: The Houthis are fighting for control of Taiz in Yemen. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in German: Huthi kämpfen um die Kontrolle über Taiz im Jemen
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:37) Three more stories today
(01:33) Today's headline, slowly
(02:22) Werden in the present
(03:06) Preparing an attack
(03:59) Giving a reason
(04:59) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-09-28
TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
Huthi kämpfen um die Kontrolle über Taiz im Jemen
Die Kämpfe in Taiz sind seit dem 10. September stärker geworden.
Die Huthi haben den wichtigen Hafen Mokha erobert.
Die Gruppe sammelt Soldaten und bereitet einen großen Angriff vor.
Die Regierungstruppen kontrollieren das Zentrum von Taiz und bereiten sich auch vor.
Viele Familien haben ihre Häuser verlassen, weil Beschuss und Schüsse zu gefährlich sind.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (werden)
- vocabulary (erobert)
- vocabulary (Soldaten)
- vocabulary (das Zentrum)
- vocabulary (weil)
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