Netanyahu rejects Hamas' ceasefire proposals for Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said while there were some clear non-starters in the Hamas response, the US did think it created a base for an agreement to be reached. Also: The United Nations again highlights the plight of Sudan, ravaged by ten months of civil war but largely forgotten by the international community, and a Guinness world record failure for a matchstick Eiffel Tower that was eight years in the making.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Alex Ritzen and in the early hours of Thursday the 8th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.0 | Hamas counter-proposals for hostages for ceasefire deal in Gaza are rejected by Israel's Prime Minister. |
| 0:19.0 | If we surrender to the crazy demands of Hamas will not only not bring to their release but will invite a second massacre |
| 0:26.2 | a great catastrophe for the state of Israel. |
| 0:29.0 | 25 million people in urgent need of aid in Sudan, the verdict of the UN's top relief official |
| 0:35.0 | and Republicans in the US Senate vote down a border security bill that was tied to |
| 0:40.0 | new money for Ukraine and Israel. |
| 0:42.0 | First Republicans said they would only do Ukraine and Israel humanitarian aid with border. |
| 0:48.0 | Then they said they would not do it with border. |
| 0:50.0 | Well, we're going to give them both options. |
| 0:53.0 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:57.0 | I arrived in the island on Monday. |
| 1:00.0 | I seek for asylum. |
| 1:02.0 | They don't have accommodation for single man just sleeping on the streets. |
| 1:07.0 | Why Ireland is struggling to cope with a big influx of asylum seekers. |
| 1:11.0 | And it all goes wrong for the man who spent eight years |
| 1:14.8 | building the world's tallest Eiffel Tower made of matchsticks. |
| 1:22.1 | The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin's hopes of achieving a ceasefire deal in |
| 1:26.9 | Gaza have been pilloried by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 1:31.1 | Mr Blinkin, who's visiting the Middle East, spent Wednesday in Israel discussing a proposal |
| 1:36.5 | from Hamas for a four-month ceasefire. |
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