Cairo meeting to discuss Gaza ceasefire
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The meeting of US, Egyptian and Qatari officials comes as aid groups warn of bloodbath if Israel attacks Rafah. Also: US Senate passes huge funding package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and Greece set to become the world’s first Orthodox majority country to legalise same sex marriage.
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| 0:18.0 | This is the Global News Podcast, from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Nigel Adelie and at 14 hours, GMT on Tuesday, the 13th of February, these are our main stories. Senior officials from the US, Egypt and |
| 0:36.4 | Qatar are meeting in Cairo to discuss a ceasefire in Gaza, but there are warnings of a |
| 0:41.8 | bloodbath if Israel insists on launching a ground |
| 0:44.9 | attack on Ratha. Indian farmers face riot police as they head to Delhi from |
| 0:49.8 | neighboring states to protest and the US Senate approves billions of dollars to |
| 0:54.5 | support Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Also in this podcast the former Thai leader Tax in Shinawat is to be released from hospital where he's serving a prison sentence. |
| 1:08.0 | And... |
| 1:09.0 | If you look at a map that would paint the countries that have already legislated marriage equality. |
| 1:14.1 | In Europe you will find that they are bunched in the north and in the west. |
| 1:17.6 | Greece will break that mould. |
| 1:19.2 | Will Greece become the first majority Orthodox country to allow gay marriage. |
| 1:29.4 | As we record this podcast, senior officials from the United States, Qatar and Egypt are meeting in Cairo to discuss |
| 1:37.0 | a possible ceasefire in Gaza. The head of the Israeli Spy Agency, Mossad, is also reported to be attending the talks. |
| 1:45.4 | They take place against warnings of a potential bloodbath if the Israelis insist on launching |
| 1:50.5 | a ground attack in the southern Garden City of Raffer. |
| 1:54.6 | More than half of Garza's population, around 1.4 million people, are now crammed into |
| 2:00.2 | Raffer in appalling conditions. The head of the UN's Relief Agency for |
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