Israel strikes southern Gaza
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Israel has carried out an airstrike on the Gazan city of Rafah in response to what it said was Hamas breaking their ceasefire agreement. Hamas says it is committed to the ceasefire and alleges that Israel "continues to breach the agreement".
Also on the programme: thieves have broken into the Louvre Museum in Paris and stolen jewellery that France's interior minister described as priceless; and Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to stop fighting so that talks can take place to end their cross-border dispute.
(Photo: A drone view shows tents of displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on 18 October. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.2 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.5 | We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:14.4 | I'm James Menendez. |
| 0:15.6 | And coming up shortly, there's been a break-in at one of the world's most famous museums, the Louvre in Paris. |
| 0:21.7 | A gang of thieves has made off with some priceless jewels in broad daylight. |
| 0:26.3 | We'll be getting more details on that. |
| 0:28.2 | Also, a truce in the fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
| 0:32.8 | And our correspondent takes on the world's top male cyclist in a grueling mountain challenge. |
| 0:38.9 | What I've engaged to do involves several stupid things at the same time. |
| 0:45.7 | Firstly, though I ride my bike every day, it's generally for a bit of commuting. |
| 0:51.1 | Nothing like the 14-kilometer drag of Karwavets, with its gradients of more than 20% |
| 0:59.4 | in parts. |
| 1:01.3 | That's coming up in 20 minutes. |
| 1:03.6 | We will also be heading to Jerusalem very shortly to hear about those clashes in Gaza |
| 1:08.7 | involving the Israeli military, Hamas and some other armed |
| 1:13.6 | groups. That is coming up in the next few minutes. But first, let's turn to the ceasefire |
| 1:18.9 | that's been struck between Afghanistan and Pakistan, mediated by Qatar and Turkey following |
| 1:24.5 | talks in Doha this weekend. The truce follows at least a couple of weeks of |
| 1:29.2 | intense fighting between the two neighbours, mostly along their shared border. Pakistan has long |
| 1:34.9 | accused Afghanistan of harboring militants who've carried out attacks in Pakistan, accusations that |
| 1:40.9 | Kabul has denied. Dozens of people have been killed and several hundred others injured in this latest flare-up in what is a long-running conflict. |
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