UN backs Trump's Gaza peace plan
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The UN Security Council has approved a US-drafted resolution to move to the next stage of Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan. It aims to set up a transitional administration and international stabilisation force, but the details remain vague. Israel has taken issue with parts of the resolution and Hamas has rejected it. Also: Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians in the occupied West Bank; students are kidnapped from a girls' boarding school in Nigeria; an explosion in Poland fuels fears of hybrid war; the latest from COP30; an exclusive interview with Google's boss about AI; how to stop ticket resellers ripping off fans; Netflix confirms Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua boxing fight, and what's the word of the year?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 18th of November, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.7 | The UN backs Trump's Gaza peace plan. Israeli settlers |
| 0:23.7 | continue to attack Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. And an explosion in Poland fuels fears |
| 0:31.2 | of a hybrid war. Also in this podcast, we hear about AI from the head of Google. |
| 0:40.5 | You have to learn to use these tools for what they are good at |
| 0:43.9 | and not blindly trust everything they say. |
| 0:50.4 | We begin in New York, where a UN resolution that supports Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan has been put out to a vote. |
| 0:58.4 | The result of the voting is as follows. |
| 1:01.9 | 14 votes in favour. |
| 1:04.0 | Zero votes against two abstentions. |
| 1:07.9 | The draft resolution has been adopted. |
| 1:10.4 | The US drafted resolution was approved by the |
| 1:13.4 | Security Council after Russia and China abstained. It sets the stage for a stabilization force in |
| 1:19.7 | Gaza, which the U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz said would chart a new course in the Middle East. |
| 1:24.9 | Thank you to the council members for this historic and constructive |
| 1:29.6 | resolution. Today's resolution represents another significant step towards a stable Gaza that will |
| 1:37.9 | be able to prosper and an environment that will allow Israel to live in security. |
| 1:44.2 | President Trump has also hailed the vote, claiming it would lead to peace all over the world. |
| 1:49.4 | But Israel has taken issue with parts of the UN resolution, |
| 1:53.2 | and Hamas has said it fails to respect the demands and rights of the Palestinians. |
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