Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state, Israel condemns move
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Israel recalls envoys as Spain, Ireland and Norway commit to recognise Palestinian state. Also, Russia says it's captured another village in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. The German far-right party, the AFD, has banned its lead candidate from electioneering after a series of controversial statements. And we have a special report from Myanmar where insurgents fighting to overthrow the military junta in Myanmar have told the BBC they're confident of victory, after a series of advances.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:03.6 | I'm Bernard Ekeo and at 1400 GMT on Wednesday the 22nd of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:15.0 | Norway, Ireland and Spain are to recognize Palestine as an independent state in a move |
| 0:20.0 | condemned by Israel as a reward for terrorism. |
| 0:23.0 | Russia says it's captured another village during heavy fighting in the Donutsk region of Ukraine. |
| 0:28.0 | Kyiv says the situation there is very difficult. |
| 0:31.0 | A huge crowd has been following the funeral possession of the late |
| 0:34.6 | Iranian president Ibrahim Raise through the streets of Tehran. |
| 0:41.8 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:43.0 | Please fire, please. |
| 0:45.0 | I do not wish to fight against you because I think if it was my brothers. |
| 0:52.0 | In Myanmar, opposition fighters express confidence |
| 0:56.0 | as they urge soldiers to surrender. |
| 0:58.0 | As the trauma in Gaza continues, a new stage in the international political backlash |
| 1:08.0 | against Israel. |
| 1:09.0 | Last month I stood on these same steps with Prime Minister Sanchez of Spain and we said that the |
| 1:14.6 | point of recognizing the state of Palestine was coming closer. That point has now |
| 1:20.8 | arrived. Today, Ireland, Norway and Spain are announcing that we recognize |
| 1:28.4 | the state of Palestine. That was the Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris speaking in Dublin earlier today. |
| 1:35.0 | It followed similar announcements by his Norwegian counterpart, Eunice Garsture, |
| 1:40.0 | and by the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. |
| 1:44.0 | We're going to recognize our Palestine for many reasons and we can sum that up in three words. |
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