Australian police defend handling of Gaza protests
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The head of New South Wales police says officers "did what they needed to do" at a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney. Video shows police punching protestors at the event, held to oppose a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the wake of the antisemitic Bondi Beach attack. Also, the watchdog Transparency International says public sector corruption is worsening around the world, with the US and UK getting their worst-ever ratings in the group's annual Corruption Perceptions Index. Nairobi condemns Russia for recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight in the war in Ukraine. And the British Museum pays $4.8m for a piece of jewellery from the reign of Henry VIII, found by a metal detectorist.
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| 0:38.7 | The Australian police defends its actions during violent clashes with pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday. |
| 0:45.6 | The watchdog Transparency International says public sector corruption is worsening around the world. |
| 0:52.2 | And fears of a new war in Ethiopia. |
| 0:57.3 | Also in this podcast, Indonesia says it's preparing thousands of soldiers for deployment to Gaza |
| 1:03.6 | when a peace deal is implemented there. And? |
| 1:06.8 | I think this is such an important part of our history and it, you know, very little survives |
| 1:10.6 | around the marriage of Catherine of Aragon to Henry VIII. |
| 1:14.3 | Why the British Museum bought a rare piece of jewellery for more than $4 million. |
| 1:24.9 | But first, in our earlier podcast, we brought you news of violent clashes in Australia between police and demonstrators protesting against the visit of the Israeli president Isaac Herzog. |
| 1:36.5 | Now the police have defended their actions after video footage emerged of officers charging and punching protesters during the rally in Sydney on Monday night |
| 1:45.6 | with an MP among those who said they were injured in the clashes. Mel Lanyon is the New South |
| 1:50.9 | Wales Police Commissioner. What we saw was a large number of people come out to George Street |
| 1:55.2 | at the end of the protest or certainly at the end of the speeches and march on police, |
| 2:00.6 | not once but twice. |
| 2:02.7 | The police did what they needed to do, which was to hold the line and then form and move |
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