B1 English News | Hormuz Crisis Pushes Up Africa's Food Costs

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: A US appeals court lets California continue counting about 20,000 mail-in ballots after rejecting the Trump administration's request to keep them separate. Also: The conflict around the Strait of Hormuz is pushing up fuel and fertiliser prices, threatening food supplies and next year's harvests in Africa.

Today’s English focus: is still being considered = is still under review. Vocabulary: harvest (the crops that farmers collect), crop (a plant grown for food or sale), rely (to depend on something).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-10-27

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