Israel rejects latest Hamas Gaza ceasefire offer
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Israel says latest Hamas proposal to free all the hostages and end the war in Gaza is nothing new. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates warns Israel that annexing the occupied West Bank will cross a red line and undermine the spirit of the Abraham Accords brokered by Donald Trump. Also: Google found guilty by US federal court of gathering data from users' smartphone app even if they had opted into stricter privacy settings; can music help with travel sickness; and calling all dessert enthusiasts - the Tiramisu World Cup wants you as a judge.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.6 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 4th of September. |
| 0:11.8 | Israel dismisses Hamas's latest claim that it's willing to free all the hostages in Gaza. |
| 0:17.1 | The Ukrainian president meets his European allies to discuss security guarantees if there's a peace deal. |
| 0:22.8 | And the authorities in Portugal investigate the finicular tram crash that killed at least 16 people. |
| 0:30.2 | Also in this podcast, what to make of the overheard discussion between the Russian and Chinese presidents about organ transplants and immortality. |
| 0:39.0 | All your organs are working perfectly, but the connectivity in your brain is no longer good. |
| 0:42.8 | And that's where the problems may come, and that's probably where the limit on human lifespan lies. |
| 0:47.9 | And later? |
| 0:49.1 | Once the motion sickness was induced, they stopped and then they were exposed to four different kinds of music to see |
| 0:54.7 | if any of them would help with the recovery. Can music help with travel sickness? |
| 1:04.9 | Last month, Hamas agreed a Gaza ceasefire proposal that included the return of half the Israeli hostages. Israel said it |
| 1:13.1 | was no longer interested in partial deals and wanted them all released. Fast forward to Wednesday |
| 1:18.8 | and Hamas said it was ready for a comprehensive agreement that would see all the captives freed. |
| 1:24.2 | But the office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the proposal, |
| 1:28.7 | saying it was just spin. In recent days, Israel has stepped up its offensive in Gaza City, |
| 1:34.1 | despite UN warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. At the same time, the United Arab Emirates |
| 1:39.4 | has criticised Israeli efforts to expand the occupation of the West Bank, after the far-right finance |
| 1:45.8 | minister, Bezal Smotrich, unveiled a proposal to annex 82% of the Palestinian territory. |
| 1:52.2 | I heard more about that from our chief international correspondent Lee's Doucette. |
| 1:56.6 | But first, I asked her about the Israeli response to Hamas's latest proposal. |
| 2:01.3 | Well, it hasn't formally rejected it. They've really been taking their time. |
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