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Learn Spanish through today’s real news. Natural-pace Spanish at B1, with a full transcript and English translation. In this episode: A US appeals court rejects the Trump administration's request to set aside about 20,000 California mail-in ballots, allowing the state to continue counting them. Also: The Iran war raises fuel and fertiliser prices across Africa, threatening next year's harvests and food security. Hoy: Tribunal rechaza apartar papeletas de California · La guerra eleva los costes de los alimentos. Today’s Spanish focus: afirmó que, said that = said that. Vocabulary: el aumento (the increase), el suministro (the supply), la cosecha (the harvest). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-b1-2026-10-27 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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