Simple English News Daily Wednesday 25th March 2026. Israel Lebanon occupation. US Iran talks? Australia-EU deal. Ghana-EU deal. Denmark election. Ukraine Lviv...
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Mar 24, 2026 Reports on plans for Israel to occupy southern Lebanon and recent fighting there. Coverage of US-Iran diplomatic talks and related regional tensions. New trade and defence deals: Australia-EU, Ghana-EU, and Kenya-China tariff changes. Updates on Denmark election, Hong Kong arrests over a biography, a Russian drone strike in Lviv, and a deadly plane crash in Colombia.
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Philippines Declares Emergency Over Fuel Shortage
- The Philippines declared a state of emergency because fuel imports from the Middle East fell and petrol prices more than doubled since the war began.
- President Bongbong Marcos set up a committee to manage distribution of fuel, food, medicine and other essentials as imports cover 98% of the country's oil.
Australia And EU Sign Wide Free Trade Agreement
- Australia and the EU signed a major trade deal removing tariffs for almost all trade, estimated by Anthony Albanese to be worth $10 billion a year.
- Ursula von der Leyen framed it as proof that open, rules‑based trade counters the use of tariffs as political weapons.
Arrests In Hong Kong Over Jimmy Lai Biography
- Hong Kong police arrested a bookshop owner and three staff for selling a biography of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who has been imprisoned since 2020 on pro‑democracy charges.
- Activists consider Lai a political prisoner, and the arrests highlight continued limits on press and publishing in Hong Kong.