Netanyahu meets Trump at White House amid Gaza ceasefire talks
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, meets US President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss ways to end the Gaza conflict. Also: Russian minister sacked by Putin found dead, and gangs burn down Haiti's Oloffson hotel.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.7 | I'm Julia McFarlane and in the early hours of Tuesday the 8th of July, these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.0 | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington where he's holding his third meeting this year with President Trump. |
| 0:19.0 | Details are emerging of the tariffs |
| 0:21.0 | President Trump is planning to impose on major trading partners, |
| 0:24.8 | which are now due to come into force at the beginning of August. |
| 0:28.3 | And Kenyan officials say 11 people have been killed during big anti-government protests. |
| 0:35.9 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:37.8 | The much-loved Oliveson Hotel was built in the late 19th century, originally as a private home |
| 0:43.5 | and featured under a different name in a 1960s novel by the British writer Graham Green. |
| 0:49.8 | Haiti's most famous and historic hotel has been burned down by criminal gangs who control most |
| 0:55.5 | of the capital, Porto-Prince. |
| 1:01.5 | The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is in Washington, where he's held his third |
| 1:06.4 | meeting this year with President Trump. |
| 1:08.9 | Earlier in the day, the Israeli Prime Minister also met US Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff |
| 1:13.1 | and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. |
| 1:16.0 | Before this recent meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, President Trump said he'd been |
| 1:20.2 | very firm with Mr Netanyahu about ending the conflict in Gaza |
| 1:24.7 | and that he thought there would be a ceasefire deal this week. |
| 1:28.7 | Meanwhile, in Qatar, the latest round of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas |
| 1:33.3 | over a potential 60-day ceasefire ended without results. |
| 1:38.2 | After Monday's evening meeting in the White House, both leaders had dinner together. |
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