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

I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Tuesday, October the 29th,

these are our main stories.

The Knesset has voted to ban Anra, the UN agency working with

Palestinian refugees. Tens of thousands of Georgians have demonstrated against the

electoral victory claimed by the ruling party.

The Spain and Manchester City midfielder Rodery has been named the best football player in the world.

Also in this podcast a warning that more than a third of the world species of trees are facing extinction.

A new Chopin Walt sees the light of day 175 years after the composer died and

The one thing we would have bet thousands of dollars on was him not showing up.

Like we could not think of a more unsafe place for Timothy Shalane to be on Sunday at 1 p.m.

A Hollywood superstar surprises contestants at his own look-alike competition. For almost a year, Israel and Anwa, the UN Agency which has been helping Palestinians for 75 years

have been at loggerheads.

Israel has claimed that Anwa is the civilian arm of Hamas, which the UN denies.

On Monday, the Israeli parliament passed a law banning AnWA from working in Israel.

The UN and Western countries for this would make it even harder to get aid into Gaza and the

occupied West Bank.

Matthew Miller, a US State Department spokesman, said the decision is deeply concerning.

Unrepays a critical, important role in delivering humanitarian assistance to civilians that need it in Gaza. It's not the only. in throughout the region as well but they really play an irreplaceable role right now in Gaza where they are on the front lines getting humanitarian assistance to

the people they need it. There's nobody that can replace them right now in the middle of the crisis

Unra's boss, Philippe Larini, said that Israel's move would only increase the suffering of

Palestinian civilians.

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