Trump says first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal agreed
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
US President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his Gaza ceasefire deal.
We'll speak to the father of one of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza and get reaction from Gaza City. We also assess the chances and the many obstacles that remain in the way of a lasting peace deal.
Also on the programme: this year's Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai; and the celebrated Chinese pianist Lang Lang on his new album.
(Photo: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio updates President Trump on the Gaza proposal on September 22 at the White House. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.6 | Hello and welcome to News Air from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.9 | We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm James Menendez. |
| 0:16.2 | And we are devoting much, but not all, of the program today today to the news that Israel and Hamas have, |
| 0:21.3 | according to President Trump, agreed to the first stage of his Gaza peace plan after several |
| 0:25.9 | days of intense negotiations in Egypt. That's raised hopes that finally after two years of war, |
| 0:32.5 | a ceasefire will come into force in Gaza, that the remaining Israeli hostages will be allowed to come home, |
| 0:38.9 | that Israeli troops will start to pull back from parts of the territory, |
| 0:42.8 | and large quantities of humanitarian aid will begin to pour in. |
| 0:47.2 | There are, as ever, many questions about how exactly all this will unfold, |
| 0:51.7 | and many questions about what happens after. |
| 0:54.0 | But for now, it's a moment of celebration and relief in many quarters. all this will unfold and many questions about what happens after. |
| 0:58.3 | But for now, it's a moment of celebration and relief in many quarters. |
| 1:07.6 | That's the sound of celebrations earlier today in Gaza. |
| 1:10.7 | And in what's become known as Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, fireworks were set off as the |
| 1:12.4 | news filtered through that after two years, the 20 hostages thought to still be alive, would be coming |
| 1:17.9 | home. |
| 1:22.6 | Well, news of the breakthrough came last night, and an appearance by President Trump at the White House, he was passed a note mid-press conference |
| 1:31.7 | by his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. |
| 1:34.6 | Yeah, I was just given a note by the Secretary of State saying that we're very close to a deal |
| 1:38.9 | in the Middle East, and they'll get a need me pretty quickly. |
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