2025-11-19
6 分钟From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,
our podcast about the news headlines.
In this programme, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister sentenced to death.
Hello, I'm Georgie.
And I'm Phil.
In this programme,
we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
So let's hear more about this story.
Last July, she ordered a crackdown on student protests,
which resulted in the deaths of up to 1,400 people, according to the UN.
As a result of the protests, Hasina escaped to India where she still is,
and interim government took power in Bangladesh.
Hasina had also been accused of a number of human rights violations while she was still in power.
Let's have our first headline, and this is from The Guardian, a British newspaper.
And that headline again.
This headline is about Hasina's sentence.
It describes her as an ousted leader, which means she was forced out of power.
An expression that we are going to learn is crimes against humanity.
Yes, crimes against humanity are crimes that are committed against a large number of civilians.