Israel-Gaza: Could the Conflict Spread?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Adam and Chris are joined by BBC world affairs editor John Simpson to discuss the potential implications of Israel’s expected ground invasion of Gaza. Rishi Sunak set out the UK government’s response to the situation in Parliament and announced an increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza by £10 million. And Europe editor Katya Adler analyses the results of the Polish elections as exit polls suggest that the governing right-wing Law and Justice party won the most seats but will lose its majority in parliament. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by George Dabby with Josh Jenkins, Gemma Roper and Teodora Agarici. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.7	Hello, just a reminder, there are loads of ways to get in touch with newscast.
0:08.4	You can email us newscast at bbc.co.uk or you can WhatsApp us on 0330123940.
0:18.0	You can also chat to us on the Discord server as well and the big event that is gripping
0:23.9	the world at the moment is the conflict in Israel and Gaza following the attacks on Israel
0:28.7	by Hamas, the weekend before last.
0:31.9	So many things to ask, for example, KJ saying, how much fighting can we expect to see between
0:37.0	his baller and Israel?
0:39.0	And then we got this question in voice note form from Liz.
0:42.1	What do you think Israel's end game is for this?
0:46.1	So what happens after the fighting is over?
0:49.2	We've heard that Israel wants to destroy Hamas.
0:51.6	What actually does that mean?
0:53.6	And then what will happen after Hamas has gone?
0:56.6	So we will try and get answers to some of those questions from some of the BBC's finest,
1:00.3	including Wild Mucker, political editor Chris Mason, who, given him a bit of a break, has
1:05.2	been up since 4.30am on Monday morning.
1:08.8	But he's still going to be here for this episode of newscast.
1:11.1	Newscast.
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1:13.6	Why can't people buy a house?
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