Bondi inquiry calls for better policing of Jewish events
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
An Australian inquiry into an antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi Beach which killed 15 people has recommended that the authorities should bolster security at Jewish events. The royal commission's interim report revealed that an Australian Jewish group had warned of a terrorist attack just days before the incident. The Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says major changes have already been made. Also: oil prices have reached their highest point since the US and Israeli war against Iran began in February, amid concerns about how long the conflict will last; the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth is quizzed under oath on the Iran war by the Senate armed services committee; the US Justice Department charges the governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state for allegedly conspiring with the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic massive quantities of narcotics; and celebrations in Kenya as Sabastian Sawe returns home after becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours in competitive race conditions in London.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm Pete Ross, and in the early hours of Thursday the 30th of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.0 | An Australian inquiry has said a Jewish group warned of a terrorist attack before last |
| 0:22.7 | year's anti-Semitic mass shooting at Bondi Beach and is called for an overhaul of counter-terrorism. |
| 0:29.1 | The price of oil has briefly risen above $120 over fears that the US-Israeli war with Iran could |
| 0:35.7 | continue for months. |
| 0:40.4 | And there are heated exchanges in the U.S. Congress. |
| 0:45.3 | As it's revealed, the war in Iran has cost $25 billion so far. |
| 0:53.6 | Also in this podcast, the U.S. Justice Department charges a Mexican state governor for alleged links to large-scale drug trafficking by the Sinaloa cartel. |
| 0:58.8 | And... |
| 0:59.3 | It was extremely exciting. |
| 1:01.0 | I mean, I think everyone who works in this field dreams of finding a new bit of old English. |
| 1:04.8 | A rare copy of a 7th century English poem turns up and a library in Rome. |
| 1:21.1 | We start in Australia, where a Royal Commission into anti-Semitism has released its first report on the attack last year on Bondi Beach in Sydney. |
| 1:24.8 | 15 people were killed when two gunmen attacked Jews celebrating Hanukkah in December. |
| 1:30.1 | One of the gunmen, Sajid Akram, was shot dead by police. His son Navid is awaiting trial on |
| 1:35.7 | terrorism and murder charges. The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says major changes have |
| 1:41.5 | been made since the attack took place. In the wake of the Bondi attack, my government took immediate action to bolster the resources of our security agencies, |
| 1:51.0 | tackle anti-Semitism, crack down on hate preachers and deliver tougher gun laws. |
| 1:56.4 | That's why we brought the Parliament back in January. |
| 1:59.6 | We weren't able to get the support across the |
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