Can Trump broker an end to the war in Gaza?
Newshour
BBC
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🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Can President Trump broker an end to the war in Gaza? He says everyone is on board. So how much pressure is Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under as he heads to the White House?
Also in the programme: the president of Moldova hails an election result she says was a victory in the teeth of Russian interference; and a billionaire art collector's plan to sell off shares in his Dutch master paintings.
(IMAGE: An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) manoeuvres on Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel, September 29, 2025 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.3 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour. It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service |
| 0:13.6 | Studios in central London. I'm Tim Franks. And we're beginning with a question. When is |
| 0:19.4 | very close, different to not finalised? |
| 0:23.5 | Those are the two readings. The first from President Trump, the second from the Israeli Prime Minister, Binium Netanyahu, over the US's latest plan to end the war in Gaza. |
| 0:33.4 | In less than an hour, the two leaders are due to meet at the White House. |
| 0:36.9 | And while those two descriptions may seem similar, |
| 0:39.9 | it might be closer to the mark to see President Trump is sounding pointedly optimistic, |
| 0:44.2 | and Mr Netanyahu is sounding pointedly cautious. |
| 0:47.7 | The striking thing about this plan, at least in terms of the details that have come out in the media, |
| 0:52.1 | is that it's not just about a ceasefire, |
| 0:54.5 | a temporary end to the conflict. It's about a longer-term vision. And the man who has seen this, |
| 1:02.2 | or first saw this 21-point plan as it's being presented, is Jacob McGeed. He's U.S. Bureau |
| 1:09.1 | Chief for the Times of Israel based in Washington. |
| 1:12.2 | I would say that the plan does include some of the main staples that we've seen in |
| 1:16.3 | proposals that have been discussed and obviously not succeeded over the past few months, |
| 1:21.1 | including the release of all the hostages, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, |
| 1:27.0 | a release of thousands plus Palestinian security |
| 1:30.6 | prisoners. But what I thought was unique about this plan were two things. One was the fact that |
| 1:36.6 | it actually talks about the potential for a pathway for a Palestinian state, given that the Trump |
| 1:42.4 | administration has avoided talking about the concept of a two-state |
| 1:45.6 | solution, has not offered its position on the matter, even indicating that it doesn't support it. |
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