On BBC Learning English
Here is a selection of news reports from BBC Learning English (audio file, script, vocabulary, quiz, lesson plan, sites to go further)
Mandela’s Birthday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070718_mandela.shtml
Mandela’s statue in London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/08/070829_mandela.shtml
High Rise London (about the tall buildings)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/08/070822_high_rise_london.shtml
India gets first woman president since Independence (Indira Gandhi was prime minister )
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070725_india_president.shtml
The New Seven Wonders of the world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070711_wonders.shtml
US presidential candidates questioned via YouTube (the next US elections will be held on November 4th 2008)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/07/070723_youtube.shtml