Netanyahu gives defiant speech to UN
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In his address to the UN, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and calls Palestinian recognition 'disgraceful'. Dozens of delegates walk out of his speech. Also: more than 200 suspected cyber scammers in Africa are arrested; young Ukrainian soldiers learn leadership skills at a British university; and 66 years after they were first produced in the Soviet Union, India finally pensions off its remaining fleet of Mig 21 fighter jets.
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| 0:25.7 | I'm Nick Miles, and at 16 hours GMT on Friday the 26th of September, these are our main |
| 0:30.9 | stories. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the UN General Assembly that |
| 0:35.9 | recognition of Palestine is disgraceful and denied |
| 0:39.3 | accusations of genocide. Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population |
| 0:45.2 | that is supposedly targeting to get out of harm's way? What, did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave, |
| 0:51.9 | kindly leave, go out? Delegates in New York discuss a plan for an interim government in Gaza, |
| 0:57.4 | which could be led by the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. |
| 1:00.9 | How young Ukrainian soldiers are learning leadership skills at a British university. |
| 1:07.1 | Also in this podcast, more than 200 suspected cyber scammers in Africa are arrested and a new |
| 1:14.1 | production of Romeo and Juliet, but with a linguistic twist. |
| 1:20.9 | The appearance of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly |
| 1:25.7 | was always going to be one of the most controversial parts |
| 1:29.0 | of a week of many speeches. |
| 1:31.2 | And so it has proved to be. |
| 1:32.8 | Many of the delegates in the hall in New York |
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