'Freedom Convoy': Arrests made – BBC News Review 2022

May 23, 2022



Lorry drivers in Canada have been protesting against rules that they must be vaccinated to enter the US. They have been blocking access to the city of Ottawa for three weeks.

Rob and Rob discuss this news story and teach you some related vocabulary so you can talk about it too.

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Video chapters:
0:00​​​​​​​​​​ – Introduction
0:30 – Story
1:23 – Headline 1: Police reclaim Canada capital after trucker siege ends
4:23 – Headline 2: Justin Trudeau ends Canada’s trucker siege but leaves bitter divisions
7:41 – Headline 3: Canada makes final push to end weeks-long protest in capital: Hundreds of police officers surround downtown Ottawa and warn residents to keep away or face arrest after taking almost 200 into custody this weekend
10:32 – Language summary

Vocabulary:

siege
organised operation to prevent a place from receiving supplies in order to force a surrender

* The army laid siege for 17 days before the city surrendered.
* The siege of the building was broken up by armed police.

bitter divisions
angry disagreements between two groups

* There were bitter divisions between the two groups after years of fighting.
* The new political manifesto created bitter divisions within the party.

final push
last effort or movement

* The police made a final push to clear the crowded streets.
* The politician made a final push to win the presidency after weeks of failing to impress voters.

To download the audio and a transcript and test your understanding, go to our website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2022/unit-1/session-7

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46 Comments
  1. Thank you both

  2. Thank you both

  3. It's a very helpful program, thank you BBC!! And Rob and Roy are fantastic!!

  4. Thank you very much.

  5. This program is the best for learning English.
    BBC is always great ,I am thankful to BBC and l appriciate the hard – work of Rob and Roy aswell.

  6. God bless the patriotic people of the U. S.,.,.

  7. Really nice collection of words and i will hope you will keep going like that unbelievable.

  8. Brilliant videos and very interesting topics outstanding help for our classes thanks a lot!!!!!

  9. No arrests were made

  10. Reply
    มนัส เพลาขํา May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Thank you to explain difficult words to be understand .it is create idea to learning english your teaching program is very helpful to every persons whose study english so thank you again

  11. But did the truckers lay siege to Ottawa? Were people starving in Ottawa? Were they stopped from leaving? No to both.

  12. Gracias. Estoy haciendo la tarea de aprender inglés, espero no sea tarde, estoy muy juiciosa con aprender.🌹

  13. Reply
    Silvestr Stolypin May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Zelensky's authorities in Ukraine have their hands up to the elbows in blood, thousands of lives of children and residents of Donbass are on their conscience!!! Wake up, people!!!!

  14. Reply
    Gerhard THANN, MBA May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Please call President Trump to join President Putin to fight the left woke tyrants on this world. Putin is not fighting our nations but he is fighting the left woke tyrants. Ukraine President Mr. Zelensky is a comedian and actor and Tyrant like Mr Trudeau,  Mrs Van der Leyen, EU and Mr Biden. Mr Zelensky enjoys to play piano with his penis on TV also. Freedom wins.Greetings from Austria. ✌️🇦🇹❤️🇨🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺

  15. Reply
    DISC Relaxing Sound May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Strange… Putin made a help for another communist.. Trudeau. Maybe just coincidence. Do not stop until Trudeau team is out. Don't be fooled guys.

  16. Reply
    Thái Sơn Trần May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    1. Siege
    2. Bitter divisions
    3. To make a final push

  17. Always love this programme as I have learned new words or phase fm the news headline through you guys. I even develop confident as can understand all you said

  18. The dictator Trudeau's deputy prime minister, Canada's finance minister, freeland Fang Whelan, is a granddaughter of Hitler's fascist SS Nazis! Canadian Finance Minister Fang Whelan planned to make Trudeau close the accounts of supporters of protest donors! Trudeau declared that he would starve and freeze to death! Finance Minister Fang Huilan is the granddaughter of the Nazis who announced that the military and police used cavalry to trample aboriginal friends! It was Fang Whelan who helped Trudeau plan to arrest the protesters! And ordered Canada's highest judge to imprison them for ten years! Trudeau's dictatorship in the name of science! It was the Nazis who made the prices soar!

  19. The dictator Trudeau's deputy prime minister, Canada's finance minister, freeland Fang Whelan, is a granddaughter of Hitler's fascist SS Nazis! Canadian Finance Minister Fang Whelan planned to make Trudeau close the accounts of supporters of protest donors! Trudeau declared that he would starve and freeze to death! Finance Minister Fang Huilan is the granddaughter of the Nazis who announced that the military and police used cavalry to trample aboriginal friends! It was Fang Whelan who helped Trudeau plan to arrest the protesters! And ordered Canada's highest judge to imprison them for ten years! Trudeau's dictatorship in the name of science! It was the Nazis who made the prices soar!

  20. Thanks! Really useful

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    Tim's Yeardley Beard May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    This will Protect our Truckers, Supporters and Protestors. Don't forget all the PEOPLE on the Bridges cheering them on, that is you. They can Freeze your bank accounts and who knows what else this Government will try. Take care, Be well, Be safe and Be STRONG PEOPLE. Please spread this on Twitter and any other media you can. We need to protect those who fight for us. Thank you.

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    Tim's Yeardley Beard May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Hello, please spread the word for anyone having uploaded photos or videos of the Freedom Convoy to remove them so that the POLICE cannot catch or find any of the Truckers by their license plate or photos of faces of them or their Supporters. Lets make this as difficult as possible for Trudeau and the POLICE. We are just added fuel to the fire by posting all this great data, but look at the big picture before doing it. they POLICE are going to be making copies of everything they can to charge people, freeze bank accounts, lets not help them buy posting videos and photo we have to keep these Truckers and Supporters SAFE, that's what this Freedom Convoy was all about, helping each other. Thank you, please tell everyone to remove anything they posted for now, we can post them later on when it is safe. I use to be a cop, and I worked with the Chief Intelligence Branch of the Military, I know how they work. Cheers.

  23. Troudou! Is a dictator.

  24. Don’t forget the ones arrested.

  25. That’s a semi. Semi Driver!

  26. They put Jan 6 people In solitary confinement. And deprived of court dates. Check on the people they are holding. Question their treatment. USA

  27. This is human rights Violations…

    UN should look into this.
    The citizens of a country vote to elect their President.

    Then the President does not care for the citizens who elected him.

    He arrests them. Blocks their accounts. Expects them to die for the mistake of electing him.

    😅 What a joke.
    Such is the state of democracy.

  28. Entreatingly Brillant Guys!!!

  29. We want TIME and DATE STAMPS Returned to videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  30. *trash parade. Not “freedom convoy”. FTFY.

  31. Reply
    قناه ابو محمد May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    English politician, share my channel.

  32. A very useful programme for learning English, it'll be perfect if you also read the summeries and examples, thank you.

  33. Lorry drivers british english.. Truck drivers american english

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    maronny flood-land May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    As someone who lives in Ottawa. This was not fun. The Honking of the trucks(lorries) and the roads being blocked with no one trying to stop it and everyone trying to "past the buck". Not to mention the Loud Music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Imagine someone having a loud party outside your home that never ends and they won't let you sleep until they get what they want. Most places call that torture. Something which is outlawed by even international law. This was not a small protest by a few unhappy people, it was hundreds of people looking to cause trouble. It says something when people say they want "Freedom", but don't care about how they might be hurting other people. Especially when they were disrespecting the grave of our unknown solider and our war memorial. People who fought and died to save the "Freedom" they say they were after. Also the "people in charge" of this stupidity all failed to gain a seat in our last national election, which should say something about the kind of people they are.
    I will say this, it is nice to be able to go outside my home and walk down the street without being harassed or insulted because I am wearing a mask to prevent the spread of this virus. If they really cared about it, they would be lining up to get vaccinated so that we could really stop the spread . Instead they all want to add to the problem.
    Love the show. It's nice to get a more balance view from outside.

  35. Everyone was flummoxed and surprised 🙀

  36. Brilliant way to get your point across, LOL! Thanks from Canada!

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  38. Reply
    sharebymaekhinenglish May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Love both of you💙

  39. I really like watching News Review. I began watching this Channel 4 years ago and I need to say that I've learnt a lot from them. Thanks so much for your effort and dedication. Greetings from Spain 📖

  40. Thank you for your lesson.

  41. Reply
    Ernesto Sánchez Sierra May 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Thank you very much for your useful videos. (From Spain)

  42. 💙💙💙

  43. Chrystia Freeland, Canada's deputy prime minister ( who is she again ??? look her up ) … is the puppet master. She is the person likely responsible for directing state media to repeatedly/strategically misinform the Canadian public and then promoting State of Emergency/seize bank accounts. Think her last name might be euphemism for 'Slaveland' ? ;-). If/when Trudeau dies or gets fired, she will be in charge … and she likely hates Russia with a passion … need to reign her in before she commits us all to a war we have no stake in.

  44. Thanks sir.

  45. I like very much the way you both have taught English, thank you so much.

  46. Fantastic channel Fantastic lesson congratulation ever tank you

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