Today's story: Britain sends fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in French: La Grande-Bretagne envoie des avions en Arabie saoudite

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:33) More stories today

(01:24) Today's headline, slowly

(02:12) Announcing news

(02:52) Keeping places safe

(03:38) Extra support

(04:15) Today's grammar point

(04:52) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-21

TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT

La Grande-Bretagne envoie des avions en Arabie saoudite

Mardi, le gouvernement britannique a annoncé l’envoi d’avions Typhoon en Arabie saoudite.

Les avions vont protéger les villes et les infrastructures importantes contre les drones et les missiles.

Ils ne vont pas attaquer les Houthis au Yémen.

Le Royaume-Uni va aussi envoyer un avion de transport et des conseillers militaires.

La trêve au Yémen a pris fin en septembre.

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Elon Musk envisage une fusion entre Tesla et SpaceX

L’IA pourrait réduire peu à peu le pouvoir des humains

À Liverpool, Rio Ngumoha porte son équipe contre Villarreal

WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (annoncer)

- vocabulary (protéger)

- vocabulary (attaquer)

- vocabulary (conseillers)

- vocabulary (a pris fin)

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Today's story: JPMorgan Chase invests $5 billion in American start-ups. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in French: JPMorgan Chase investit 5 milliards de dollars dans de jeunes entreprises américaines

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:36) More stories today

(01:40) Today's headline, slowly

(02:34) Investment and money

(03:09) Helping

(03:45) Plans over time

(04:25) Funding in August

(05:22) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-20

TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT

JPMorgan Chase investit 5 milliards de dollars dans de jeunes entreprises américaines

JPMorgan Chase a investi 5 milliards de dollars dans de jeunes entreprises américaines pendant la première année de son programme de sécurité.

Ce programme aide des entreprises dans la défense, la fabrication et les chaînes d’approvisionnement.

La banque a prévu d’investir 10 milliards de dollars sur dix ans.

La banque a fait des investissements directs dans Hadrian et Castelion.

En août, la banque a participé à un financement de 1,4 milliard de dollars pour Hadrian.

ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE

Anthropic va consacrer 5 % de ses actions à un fonds pour le bien public

À Paris, le PSG et Barcelone promettent un grand match

Aux États-Unis, les élections de 2026 coûtent déjà très cher

WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- vocabulary (a investi)

- verb (aider)

- vocabulary (sur)

- vocabulary (directs)

- pronunciation (août)

New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.

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Today's story: Nike is preparing a new campus in India. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in French: Nike prépare un nouveau campus en Inde

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:32) More stories today

(01:25) Today's headline, slowly

(02:09) Creating something new

(02:55) Market and production

(03:28) People at the campus

(04:11) Today's grammar point

(04:42) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-19

TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT

Nike prépare un nouveau campus en Inde

Nike va créer un campus mondial à Bengaluru, et le campus va ouvrir dans les prochaines années.

Elliott Hill dit que le campus est un investissement à long terme.

L’Inde est déjà un marché important et un lieu de production pour Nike.

Le campus va accueillir des équipes de Nike, Jordan Brand et Converse.

Le plan Pace de Nike prévoit des changements dans son organisation et sa chaîne d’approvisionnement.

ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE

Donald Trump exempte la Russie de sanctions économiques

Le Kenya confirme un huitième cas d’Ebola

Anthropic donne à un organisme externe un accès comme à un employé

WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (créer)

- vocabulary (à long terme)

- vocabulary (déjà)

- vocabulary (équipes)

- vocabulary (chaîne d’approvisionnement)

New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.

Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:

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Grammar explained in plain English:

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