Police say one Bondi attacker was Indian citizen
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Australian police say one of the Bondi attackers, Sajid Akram, was an Indian citizen. He and his son Naveed spent weeks in the Philippines, where there's been a long-running Islamist insurgency, before Sunday's deadly attack on a Jewish festival. Also: millions are at risk of starvation in Afghanistan this winter; peace talks continue in Berlin aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war; and the US says it has carried out more strikes on boats it suspects of trafficking drugs in the Pacific Ocean.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.2 | I'm Alex Ritson, and at 16 hours GMT on Tuesday the 16th of December, these are our main stories. |
| 0:20.6 | It's emerged that the gunmen who carried out the deadly Bondi beach attack in Australia |
| 0:25.3 | spent most of last month in the Philippines. |
| 0:28.9 | Days after capturing the Congolese city of Uvira, M23 rebels say they will withdraw. |
| 0:35.8 | And the World Food Program says 17 million people in Afghanistan |
| 0:40.0 | are facing acute hunger. Also in this podcast, Ukraine's President Zelensky speaks to the Dutch |
| 0:49.3 | Parliament as peace talks on the war with Russia take place in Berlin. Russia behaves like a career criminal who's convinced he will never be caught. |
| 1:04.8 | Tears, flowers and silent reflection on Bondi Beach and prayers. |
| 1:14.9 | Hello, my name. and silent reflection on Bondi Beach and prayers. Two days after the gun attack that killed 15 people at a Jewish Hanukkah party, |
| 1:21.3 | more details have been emerging about the gunmen. |
| 1:24.2 | Australian police are investigating a trip taken by S Sadid Akram and his son Navid |
| 1:29.4 | to the Philippines before Sunday's deadly shooting. Authorities say homemade Islamic State Group flags |
| 1:36.0 | and improvised explosive devices or IEDs have been found on a vehicle used by the pair. Meanwhile, |
| 1:43.0 | in Sydney, mourners have been coming to a |
| 1:45.2 | vigil near the site of the attack to lay flowers and remember the victims. They include a 10-year-old |
| 1:51.0 | girl and a Holocaust survivor. These people explain why they were there. We pray that those are |
| 1:57.8 | on power do the appropriate things to ensure that justice is sought |
| 2:02.3 | and that everyone is free in Australia to practice their religion and go about their life in a free way. |
| 2:09.5 | There were significant people in our community who meant a lot and there were, you know, huge figures. |
| 2:15.3 | There's no one in the community who isn't still stunned. |
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