Hostages' families call Netanyahu 'obstacle to peace'
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The hostages' families have said Israel's strike on Qatar has blocked the captives' return and an end to the war in Gaza. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said every time a deal approached, the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu sabotaged it. Mr Netanyahu has defended the attack. Also: two women become Finland's first same sex ice dancing pair, and the Super Mario video game turns 40. NOTE: This edition has been edited from a previous version to correct a factual error.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Rachel Wright, and in the early hours of Sunday the 14th of September, these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.0 | The main group advocating for Israeli hostages says the strike on Qatar shows the only obstacle to their return is Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 0:19.9 | President Trump says he will impose fresh sanctions on |
| 0:23.4 | Russia only when NATO members agree to stop buying Russian oil. Up to 150,000 people have taken part |
| 0:31.3 | in a far-right march in London, featuring violent clashes, calls to send migrants home and a message of support from Elon Musk. |
| 0:41.3 | Also in this podcast, on the West Bank, how Israeli forces seize Palestinian homes for military bases and |
| 0:48.6 | interrogation centres and leave them vandalised. I'm become pregnant and we make a very beautiful room for him. |
| 0:57.6 | And now it's destroyed. |
| 0:59.3 | I can't express even. |
| 1:01.0 | It's destroyed. |
| 1:02.0 | It's disgusting. |
| 1:03.3 | We hear from the families left to pick up the pieces. |
| 1:10.5 | We start in Israel. |
| 1:13.1 | Hatskoolah! |
| 1:19.5 | Sounds from the streets of Tel Aviv, |
| 1:24.3 | as protesters and relatives of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza staged |
| 1:29.9 | their weekly rally demanding a halt to Israel's Gaza offensive and a comprehensive deal to |
| 1:35.5 | release the remaining captives. The hostages and missing families forum has said Israel's strike |
| 1:41.7 | on Qatar earlier this week proves that the Israeli Prime Minister, |
| 1:45.6 | Benjamin Netanyahu, is the only obstacle to their return and the end of the war. |
| 1:51.4 | Mr. Netanyahu has defended the attack, arguing the Hamas leaders in Qatar are the main obstacles to a deal. |
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