Trump: Israel agrees Gaza withdrawal
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
President Trump says Israel has agreed to an initial withdrawal line in Gaza. He says the details have been shared with Hamas and once the Palestinian group confirms it agrees with the line, there will be an immediate ceasefire and an exchange of hostages and prisoners. Also: Japan is on track to get its first ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi; Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for an explosion near a high-security prison in the Somali capital, Mogadishu; anti-government protests in Georgia and Madagascar; we look back at the life of the Czech novelist Ivan Klima, who's died aged 94; the US takes on India at a speed chess tournament; and the British and Irish film festival taking place in Dinard in France.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.9 | Thanks for listening to the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.7 | I'm Chris Barrow, and in the early hours of Sunday the 5th of October, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.5 | A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be closer than ever, |
| 0:22.1 | but people affected by the war in Gaza are cautious. Japan is on track to get its first ever |
| 0:27.3 | female Prime Minister. There's been a large explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu near a high |
| 0:32.7 | security prison. Also in the podcast, the influential Czech writer Ivan Klima has died at the age of 94. |
| 0:43.6 | He had this incredible life, the really transformational experience of being a child in |
| 0:49.3 | Terazine. And he said actually in an article later, life can be snapped like a piece of string. |
| 0:54.6 | And? |
| 0:55.2 | The idea is to reimagine chess as an entertainment sport. |
| 0:59.0 | And to do that, what we decided to do is create a format with very fast time controls. |
| 1:03.7 | There will be a winner. |
| 1:04.7 | There will be a loser at the end of the evening. |
| 1:06.8 | Well, do we have a winner? |
| 1:07.8 | We'll find out who's taken the crown at the speed chess tournament |
| 1:10.5 | described as a full-throttle arena spectacle. |
| 1:19.9 | A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be closer than ever, at least according to Donald |
| 1:25.3 | Trump, who posted on social media, saying Israel has |
| 1:28.4 | agreed to the initial withdrawal line when Hamas confirms the ceasefire will be immediately effective. |
| 1:35.3 | Earlier on Saturday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sounded optimistic when he addressed |
| 1:40.3 | the nation. |
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