Last minute hitch in Gaza ceasefire deal
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Vote by Israeli cabinet on Gaza ceasefire delayed, as Israel continues to carry out strikes; S Korea's arrested president refuses to take part in more questioning, and Pakistan’s national airline accused of bad taste.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.6 | I'm Alex Ritson and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 16th of January, these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.5 | Israel is delaying a cabinet vote on the Gaza ceasefire deal after accusing Hamas of reneging on elements of the agreement. |
| 0:20.1 | Its forces have continued to pound |
| 0:21.8 | the territory, killing more than 70 people. South Korea's arrested president has refused to take |
| 0:27.3 | part in a second day of questioning over his attempt to impose martial law. Jeff Bezos's |
| 0:32.8 | blue origin rocket has successfully reached orbit on its delayed inaugural flight, |
| 0:38.0 | but failed to land as scheduled on an offshore platform. |
| 0:43.1 | Also in this podcast, the Indian actor Saif Ali Khan is said to be out of danger following surgery |
| 0:50.2 | after he was stabbed by an intruder at his home. |
| 0:53.3 | And Pakistan's national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, |
| 0:58.2 | is being accused of poor taste with its latest advert. |
| 1:01.8 | The ad for those who haven't seen it |
| 1:03.6 | features France's trickle or flag, |
| 1:05.9 | a mid-flight PIA plane heading straight for the Eiffel Tower, |
| 1:09.7 | and the words, Paris, we're coming today. |
| 1:15.5 | We begin with the Middle East and fears of last-minute hitches are dogging the Gaza ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, which was announced in Qatar on Wednesday. |
| 1:26.9 | A planned vote by the Israeli cabinet on the |
| 1:29.5 | Gaza ceasefire has been delayed. Israel has accused Hamas of backtracking on parts of the agreement. |
| 1:36.0 | A BBC correspondent says Hamas is trying to get one or two of its members on the list of |
| 1:41.0 | Palestinian prisoners to be freed. On the Israeli side, a far-right party in the governing coalition |
| 1:47.0 | has demanded that Israel ensures it can resume fighting |
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