UN aid agencies repeat their calls for a ceasefire in Gaza

Global News Podcast

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Twenty trucks carrying medicines and food were allowed into the territory on Saturday, but Israel has only permitted the supplies to reach southern Gaza. Israel says it is preparing to step up its attacks on Gaza. Also: England and Manchester United football legend Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86.

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0:00.0	LiveSless Ordinary is the podcast from the BBC World Service, bringing you extraordinary
0:05.8	personal stories from around the globe.
0:08.6	Search for LiveSless Ordinary, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:15.1	This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:20.7	I'm Rachel Wright, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 22nd of October, these are our
0:25.4	main stories.
0:26.6	A group of UN agencies has issued a joint statement calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted
0:32.2	humanitarian access to Gaza.
0:34.8	Israel says it's preparing to step up its attacks on Gaza to increase pressure on Hamas
0:40.1	militants there.
0:44.1	Also in this podcast...
0:45.1	You couldn't give anybody more happiness than to win the welcome.
0:48.6	At our game, the game that we gave to the world, on our own ground, our own favourite
0:53.3	picture, Wembley, in front of our own public.
0:56.2	One of England's greatest footballers, Bobby Chalton, has died at the age of 86.
1:04.2	A group of UN agencies has called for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access to
1:09.8	the Gaza Strip after 20 trucks carrying aid arrived in the territory on Saturday.
1:15.5	The joint statement from UNICEF, the World Food Programme and the WHO, among others, said
1:20.9	action was needed to save lives and prevent more human suffering.
1:25.4	The U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, urged Israel and Egypt to allow the Raffa
1:30.2	Crossing from Egypt to remain open to allow a sustained supply of aid.
1:36.0	Israel tightened its blockade of the territory two weeks ago.
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