Deadly Israeli airstrike hits school in Gaza City

Global News Podcast

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Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

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🗓️ 11 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

An Israeli air strike on a school building sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City has killed dozens of people and drawn strong international condemnation. Also: Russia steps up evacuations of the Kursk region following the cross border attack by Ukraine. In Bangladesh, the chief justice of the supreme court has become the latest senior official to resign in the face of large demonstrations. The authorities in Japan are urging people to avoid hoarding despite concern about the possibility of a mega earthquake. And the secretive British graffiti artist Banksy has been creating a series of unusual images on the streets of London.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:04.0	Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
0:06.0	This edition is published in the early hours of Sunday the 11th of August.
0:10.0	An Israeli airstrike hits a school in Gaza killing dozens of Palestinians.
0:14.2	Israel says it was targeting Hamas, but the US says far too many civilians are being
0:19.0	killed.
0:20.0	Russia evacuates 76,000 people following the cross-border attack by Ukraine.
0:25.0	And officials in Japan are urging people not to hoard supplies after warning of a possible
0:30.4	mega earthquake.
0:31.4	Also in the podcast,
0:35.0	myself and my boyfriend have been on a bank secret also.
0:37.0	We've gone to the pelicans in the morning,
0:39.0	and then we've just been at the monkeys and brick lane,
0:41.0	and then we saw that Banks he had posted the cats
0:43.4	they were here now. Why the elusive graffiti artist has been so busy in London
0:48.2	this week. But we begin in Gaza and an Israeli
0:56.2	airstrike on a school which reportedly killed more than 80 people has drawn
1:00.5	strong international condemnation. The US had far too many civilians
1:04.9	continued to be killed in the Palestinian territory and it was asking Israel
1:08.8	for more details about the attack. The UK said it was appalled, well Turkey called it a new crime against humanity.
1:15.4	Two of the nations mediating in the Gaza War, Qatar and Egypt also hit out at the Israeli action.
1:22.1	Israel said the strike had, quote,
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