Today's story: The United States imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Les États-Unis sanctionnent la Cour pénale internationale
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(04:08) Time to stop
(04:59) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-11
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Les États-Unis sanctionnent la Cour pénale internationale
En 2026, les États-Unis ont annoncé des sanctions contre la Cour pénale internationale, une cour permanente pour les crimes de guerre.
Marco Rubio veut supprimer la Cour et réduire ses ressources.
Il dit que les États-Unis n’ont jamais rejoint la CPI.
Le président de la CPI rejette les sanctions, mais la Cour va continuer son travail.
Les entreprises ont six mois pour arrêter de travailler avec la Cour.
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- vocabulary (va continuer)
- vocabulary (mois)
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