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

I'm Jackie Leonard and in the early hours of Wednes Day, the 24th of April,

these are our main stories.

A key witness at the Hush money trial of Donald Trump

has said he suppressed negative stories about the former president to help him

win the 2016 US election. The Israeli military has rejected accusations that its forces buried the

bodies of Palestinians at a medical compound in Gaza, and the US Justice

Department has agreed a multi-million dollar settlement with more than a hundred victims of Larry Nasser, the former USA Gymnastics Doctor jailed for sex abuse.

Also in this podcast, Female patients had significantly lower mortality and readmission rates when they were

treated by a female physician as compared to a male physician.

The difference is between being treated by female doctors and male ones.

Donald Trump was back in court in New York on Tuesday for the second day of his

trial. The former president is accused of trying to cover up hush money payments

of $130,000 to the pawnstar Stormy Daniels before he won the 2016 election, a charge

he denies.

A key witness told the court how he suppressed negative stories about the former president to help him win.

The former publisher of the National Inquirer David Pekker said he paid for exclusive rights to such stories,

but didn't print them, a scheme known as catch and kill.

Before the continuing cross-examination of the witnesses, prosecutors asked the

judge to punish Mr. Trump for violating a gagging order with his social media

posts on truth social. After the day's hearing Mr. Trump came out of the

courtroom and spoke to the media. I'd love to talk to you people.

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