Lebanon accuses Israel of war crime after journalist killed
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, accuses Israel of deliberately targeting journalists, a day after another reporter, Amal Khalil, was killed in an Israeli attack. Also: a UN official tells the BBC that even if the Iran war ends tomorrow, at least 32m people around the world will be pushed back into poverty. The UK and France sign a new three-year deal to try to stop migrants crossing into Britain on small boats. For the first time the Tanzanian authorities admit hundreds were killed in protests after the presidential election last October. A South African court blocks the repatriation of the body of the former Zambian president Edgar Lungu - halting plans for a state funeral in his homeland. Pope Leo ends his 11-day trip to Africa, visiting Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, highlighting reconciliation, migration and inter-faith dialogue. The International Criminal Court says the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will face trial for crimes against humanity over war on drugs. And artificial intelligence experts at the Sony corporation have built a table tennis robot that's defeated elite players.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.4 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and at 1,500 hours, GMT, on Thursday, the 23rd of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.8 | Lebanon's Prime Minister accuses Israel of deliberately |
| 0:22.7 | targeting journalists in the country a day after another reporter was killed in an Israeli attack. |
| 0:29.3 | The UN says at least 32 million people will be pushed back into poverty as a result of the |
| 0:35.1 | U.S.-Is Israel war with Iran. |
| 0:46.3 | Also in this podcast, a government-appointed panel in Tanzania says at least 500 people were killed in last year's post-election violence. And? |
| 0:50.5 | The robot uses a system of cameras to understand what's happening. |
| 0:57.3 | It's then taking decision how to move. |
| 1:01.5 | Scientists have developed a robot that can beat elite players at table tennis. |
| 1:18.3 | Lebanon has accused Israel of a war crime after a journalist was killed in the south of the country on Wednesday. The Prime Minister, Noafsalam, says the strike which killed Amar Khalil |
| 1:23.7 | and injured a freelance photographer, was deliberate and targeted. He says rescue teams |
| 1:28.9 | were also blocked from reaching the scene. Israel denies targeting journalists or preventing |
| 1:34.1 | rescue teams from reaching the area. It said the strike was under review. Our Middle East correspondent |
| 1:39.1 | Hugo Bershager sent this report from Beirut. The journalist gathered in Marches Square in silence. |
| 1:45.8 | No words needed to describe the pain, the outrage, |
| 1:49.2 | after another colleague, Amal Khalil, was killed by Israel in Lebanon. |
| 1:53.8 | The front page of the newspaper where she worked, Al-Aqbar, |
| 1:57.0 | featured a picture of her, microphone in hand, smiling. |
| 2:01.0 | Lebanese officials say she was deliberately targeted by Israel in southern Lebanon while seeking |
| 2:05.8 | shelter after an earlier airstrike and that the Israeli military then prevented rescuers from |
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