Reporting Gaza

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 17 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel and Gaza, Guyana, Finland and the USA.

International media have been campaigning to gain access to Gaza in the months since the Israeli bombardment began - with only occasional access granted, which is closely supervised by the Israeli military. More often, news organisations have relied on Palestinian journalists already living and working in Gaza, who continue to operate under dangerous conditions. Jeremy Bowen reflects on the difficulties of telling the story of the Israel-Gaza war.

After Guyana discovered it had substantial oil reserves almost ten years ago, its economy was quickly transformed and it's now the world's fastest growing economy. But its neighbour, Venezuela, recently contested Guyana's claim to oil-rich Essequibo region, which makes up two-thirds of Guyana's territory, reviving a centuries-old territorial dispute. Michelle Jana Chan went to see how the country had changed.

Alexander Stubb was elected as Finland's president in polls last weekend, heralding a more hawkish approach to Russia. Finland acceded to NATO last year, and has a strategic role to play given its long border with its giant neighbour. Emilia Jansson reflects on what sort of President, Mr Stubb will be - and on what the presidential campaign revealed about Finnish attitudes.

And in the US, the decor of the Oval Office in the White House is always closely watched when there's a change of President. Donald Trump's military flags were replaced with busts of influential figures from America's past, ranging from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Rosa Parks. Nick Bryant reports on what the contents of the President's bookshelf might reveal.

Series Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production coordinator: Katie Morrison

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:05.0	Today, the discovery of oil in Guyana has transformed the fortunes of the South American country,
0:11.0	but a territorial claim by Venezuela has left a sense of
0:15.2	unease. We hear about Finland's social media friendly new president from his
0:20.9	favorite pizza toppings to his pinchelf of triathlons. from his
0:25.0	Taint from Panchion of Triathlands and his trench and stance on Moscow.
0:28.0	And in Washington we browse the US presidential book shelf.
0:32.0	Can the volumes on view in the Oval Office or
0:35.5	indeed their absence provide clues about a president's thinking?
0:39.6	First, as the Israeli military campaign closes in on Gaza's southernmost city,
0:45.9	Ruffer, the plight of Zminia's one and a half million people living there
0:51.1	has come sharply into focus. The UN's humanitarian relief chief
0:56.3	has warned that any military action there would be catastrophic. Satellite
1:01.9	images of Rafa show that virtually every open space Graphic. Israel claims that four of Hamas six remaining battalions are in Ruffer,
1:15.5	and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he's drawn up an evacuation plan for Gazans ahead of his planned assault, but details of this remain vague.
1:27.0	Throughout this conflict, triggered by the deadly Hamas attacks in October, in which around 1,200 people were killed, it's been difficult
1:36.7	for the international media to gain access to Gaza to evaluate firsthand the situation on the ground. More than 28,000 people have been
1:47.3	killed in Gaza according to the Hamas-run health authority. Jeremy Bowen has been in Israel and reflects on why this has
1:56.4	been one of the most challenging conflicts to cover. Some of the lessons I learned
2:01.9	as a trainee journalist in Belfast and a few other places
2:05.2	almost 40 years ago are curios now from a bygone age, like the advice to carry a bag of coins.
2:13.0	They were to pay for calls from red phone boxes,
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