This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janut Jalil and in the early hours of Wednesday the 14th of August,

these are our main stories.

President Biden has urged Israel and how of August, these are our main stories.

President Biden has urged Israel and Hamas

to reach a ceasefire in Gaza saying it could deter Iran

from attacking Israel.

Ukraine's President, Selenski says more than 70 communities in Russia's

Kursk region are now under Ukrainian control. Production at the world's biggest

copper mine in Chile is under threat as workers strike over pay.

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President Biden has said he does not expect Iran to carry out a retaliatory strike on Israel

if a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal is reached in the next few days.

The U.S. government has stepped up efforts to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza,

and American officials say that with a final and decisive round of negotiations expected on Thursday,

they're worried that any attack on Israel

would scupper the negotiations and kill any hopes of a deal that would see

hostages released and end the daily killings in Gaza. The number of dead there is now approaching

40,000 according to the Hamas-run health authorities. Israel has been

braced for an attack by Iran since the Hamas leader was assassinated in

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