Leah and Sam explain Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, civilian protection and rescue work; how Isaias has become a hurricane with new warnings for parts of the US Gulf Coast; and how police in nine Latin American and Caribbean countries cooperated against environmental crime. They separate documented harm, official warnings, forecasts and investigation results from claims that still need checking.
In this episode
0:01 Opening and preview
0:33 Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities
4:23 Isaias becomes a hurricane with new warnings
6:16 Police cooperate to protect forests and wildlife
MyFirst.News is a daily news podcast for curious kids. Sam and Leah explain important true stories in about ten minutes—clearly, factually, and without graphic detail. Every episode ends with a question to discuss together. Grown-ups can read how it’s made.
Sam and Leah explain new tracking of people forced from home by fighting in Yemen, an early-morning forecast for Tropical Storm Isaias as it could strengthen toward the US Gulf Coast, and the chemistry Nobel for reactions that favor one mirror-image molecular form. They distinguish measured figures, forecasts, disputed claims and announced plans.
Leah and Sam explain why Brazil's first-round lead doesn't decide who becomes president, what changed city control means amid renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, and how light-sensitive nerve-cell research earned the medicine Nobel. They separate confirmed results from unanswered questions about the next vote, peace and possible medical uses.
Sam and Leah explain Brazil’s vote for president and lawmakers, why a second round may be needed, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s three-member presidency, and what earlier tiny-shrimp experiments reveal about swirling water.