B1 German News | Trump wants $87 billion for the Iran war

Trump wants $87 billion for the Iran war. Build stronger German
listening with real-world B1 news.


In this episode: Trump asks Congress for $87bn, mostly for
'urgent' Iran war costs. Also: Anthropic accuses Chinese rival
Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities.


Today’s German focus: a key news verb = a useful action word from
today’s episode. Vocabulary: news (current events), story (a
report about something happening), today (this day).


Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript,
English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning
materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-b1-2026-06-25


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