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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Jalil and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 18th of January,

these are our main stories.

Pakistan has carried out targeted strikes against what it calls terrorist

hideouts in Iran two days after similar Iranian airstrikes on Pakistani soil.

Israeli forces are continuing their assault on Khan units in southern Gaza

with fierce fighting now close to the biggest hospital still operating in the

territory. A court in Thailand has sentenced a man to 50 years in prison for social media

posts deemed insulting to the country's monarchy.

Also in this podcast, the winner of a prestigious literary award in Japan

reveals that part of it was written by the chatbot GPT should she give the prize

back. should she give the prize back? In what seems to be a tit for tat exchange,

Pakistan has carried out a series of deadly military strikes on Iran.

Tehran has strongly condemned the attacks which it said had killed at least nine people.

This comes two days after Iran itself carried out cross-border missile strikes.

Each side has accused the other of killing children during their attacks.

Pakistan's military response follows diplomatic protests. On Wednesday

Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran and blocked Iran's

envoy from returning to his post in Pakistan. In similar language to that used

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