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Global News Podcast

UN says no aid yet distributed in Gaza as international pressure on Israel mounts

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The United Nations says no aid has yet been distributed in Gaza despite aid lorries starting to cross the border after an 11-week blockade. Also: Sesame Street heads to Netflix after Trump cut PBS funding.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:04.9

I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 21st of May, these are our main stories.

0:11.2

The United Nations says Gazans are yet to receive any humanitarian aid,

0:15.9

despite Israel allowing about a hundred more trucks to enter the territory.

0:20.5

President Trump has announced plans for a missile defense system

0:23.4

that he says will protect the whole of the United States.

0:27.5

Two aides of Mexico City's mayor have been shot dead

0:30.1

as they drove to work in the morning rush hour.

0:35.2

Also in this podcast.

0:37.1

Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street

0:42.0

The children's TV classic Sesame Street

0:45.3

moves to Netflix

0:46.9

Is international goodwill running out for Israel Because of the conduct of its war on Hamas in Gaza?

0:58.5

Many of its own allies who've backed Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas

1:02.7

following the October 7th attack now say they are horrified by its latest military escalation

1:08.4

in Gaza. We'll have more on that shortly.

1:16.3

But first, Israel says it allowed about 100 aid trucks to enter Gaza on Tuesday.

1:22.3

But as we record this podcast, the United Nations has said that no aid has yet been distributed.

1:27.6

The UN's humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, described the situation in Gaza as chilling.

1:34.2

Let me describe what is on those trucks. This is baby food, baby nutrition. There are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them. This is not food that her mass

1:39.5

are going to steal. We run all sorts of risks trying to get that baby food through to those mothers

1:44.1

who cannot

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