Today's story: Burnham holds talks with Merz in Berlin about security threats. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in German: Burnham spricht mit Merz in Berlin über Sicherheitsgefahren
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:36) More stories today
(01:40) Today's headline, slowly
(02:29) Meeting people
(03:17) Warning about danger
(04:09) Working more closely
(04:39) Today's grammar point
(05:10) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-10-08
TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
Burnham spricht mit Merz in Berlin über Sicherheitsgefahren
Andy Burnham trifft Friedrich Merz am Donnerstag in Berlin.
Es ist sein erster offizieller Besuch in Deutschland.
Die Geheimdienste beider Länder haben vor wachsenden Gefahren gewarnt.
Burnham und Merz bestätigen den Kensington-Vertrag von 2025 offiziell.
Der Vertrag bringt eine engere Zusammenarbeit in Wissenschaft, Technik, Verteidigung, Sicherheit und Wachstum.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (treffen)
- vocabulary (erster)
- vocabulary (vor)
- vocabulary (bestätigen)
- vocabulary (engere Zusammenarbeit)
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