President Biden is in Israel after blast at Gaza hospital

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Biden says evidence presented by the US and Israeli militaries backs his claim that Palestinian militants were responsible for the blast at a hospital in Gaza. Hamas blames Israel. Also: new evidence of devastating ethnic violence in western Sudan, and six portraits of the Dutch royal family have been returned after they were stolen.

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0:00.0	This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:05.6	I'm Jackie Lennard, and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday,
0:08.7	the 18th of October, these are our main stories.
0:11.9	President Biden is visiting Israel in a show of support
0:15.1	during its continued war against Hamas in Gaza.
0:17.9	You're not alone. You are not alone.
0:20.7	As I emphasized earlier, we will continue to have Israel's back
0:25.6	as you work to defend your people.
0:28.5	His visit comes less than a day after a huge explosion
0:31.4	at a gas and hospital, Hamas blames and Israeli air strike.
0:34.8	Israel blames a misfire by Palestinian militants.
0:40.2	Also in this podcast, new evidence of devastating ethnic violence
0:44.1	in Western Sudan.
0:45.7	What we're seeing is a pattern of villages being burned.
0:49.5	That scale is enormous.
0:51.8	And President Xi Jinping celebrates the achievements of Beijing's
0:55.6	Belt and Road Initiative.
0:59.5	The support from the US for Israel couldn't be clearer.
1:03.5	Not only has President Biden expressed his backing
1:06.4	by turning up in Israel, he's also said that from what he's seen,
1:10.5	he thinks Tuesday's explosion at a hospital in Gaza was not Israel's fault.
1:15.3	It was in his words that of the other team.
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