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The BBC creates excellent one-to-three minute video “news explainers” about current events.

Here’s an example:

You can find them in one of three locations (depending on what your school’s content filter blocks):

The Explainers section on the BBC site itself appears to be the one updated most frequently.

The BBC has some of them on their Vimeo account.

They have a Playlist on YouTube.

I’m adding this info to The Best Online “Explainer” Tools For Current Events, and also took the opportunity to revise and update that entire list.