Hamas agrees to parts of US peace plan for Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
President Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release all remaining hostages and seeks further talks on his peace plan. Also: The American rapper, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, is jailed for four years following his conviction on prostitution-related charges; the computers powered by lab-grown mini brains; the cruise company with no ship; and celebrating 75 years of the Peanuts comic strip featuring Snoopy.
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| 0:36.8 | President Trump has urged Israel to immediately |
| 0:39.2 | stop bombing Gaza, saying he believes Hamas is ready for a lasting peace. The American rapper, |
| 0:45.6 | Sean Diddy Combs, has been sentenced to just over four years in jail, following his conviction |
| 0:51.1 | on prostitution-related charges. |
| 1:02.6 | Also in this podcast, scientists raced to make living computers powered by lab-grown mini-brains. |
| 1:07.9 | We shouldn't be scared of them. You know, they're just computers made out of a different substrate, |
| 1:11.1 | of a different material. It happens to be biological tissue. |
| 1:15.5 | And after another deadly shark attack in Australia, we look at solutions. |
| 1:18.9 | I personally as a surfer, feel safer with a drone. |
| 1:22.2 | It's not just someone watching from the water's edge and maybe spotting a fin. It is being able to cover a kilometre of beach and 500 metres out to shore. |
| 1:38.3 | There have been many false dawns when it comes to finding a solution to the Gaza conflict. |
| 1:45.9 | Two ceasefires came and went, but now it seems that President Trump feels confident it can be resolved. And he praised those who desisted in the process. I want to thank the countries that helped me put |
| 1:51.2 | this together, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and so many others. So many people |
| 1:59.1 | fought so hard. We were given a tremendous amount of help. |
| 2:03.0 | Everybody was unified in wanting this war to end and seeing peace in the Middle East, |
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