Outrage over Israel's treatment of Gaza flotilla activists
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
There has been international condemnation of Israel's treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video showing himself taunting activists kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs. Also, Iranian state media is reporting that Pakistan's military chief is visiting Tehran later today in a bid to mediate peace efforts between Iran and the United States. The Justice Department in the Philippines has ordered the arrest of a senator, Ronald Dela Rosa, wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with the country's war on drugs. Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash which killed 228 people. In India, a satirical political collective themed around cockroaches - the Cockroach Janta Party - has attracted millions of online followers. NASA is set to launch a new space telescope, Roman, that it says will be able to capture images of vast tracts of the universe. A village in Ghana has been holding its own celebrations to mark the victory of Aston Villa Football Club in the Europa League.
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| 0:39.8 | More than 20 countries have now condemned Israel over its rough treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists. |
| 0:46.5 | Italy has called for EU sanctions against the security minister Itima Ben-Gavir. |
| 0:51.1 | The activists have been deported. |
| 0:53.5 | Elsewhere, a search is on in the Philippines for a fugitive |
| 0:56.1 | senator and former police chief wanted by the International Criminal Court over his deadly |
| 1:01.9 | crackdown on drugs. And Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter |
| 1:07.9 | over an airline disaster in 2009. |
| 1:13.9 | Also in this podcast, the powerful head of the Pakistani military, a key ally of Donald Trump |
| 1:19.4 | is expected in Tehran today to add momentum to peace talks with the US. |
| 1:24.7 | And a new political party in India is standing up to the establishment. |
| 1:28.5 | You should be lazy just as the CJI said. Unemployed, you should be chronically online. So whatever |
| 1:33.2 | was he used to insert the youth, we made that the criteria to be a member of this party. |
| 1:37.9 | More on the Cockroach People's Party coming up. |
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