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

I'm Jackie Leonard and at 13 hours GMT on Monday the 29th of April,

these are our main stories. The. Secretary of State has urged Hamas to accept what he called Israel's

extraordinarily generous ceasefire proposal for Gaza. Dozens of people have been killed after a dam burst in

central Kenya. The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he won't quit over what he called toxic accusations of corruption against his wife.

I have decided to carry on, to carry on with more strength as Prime Minister of Spain.

But Scotland's first minister,

Hansa Yousaf, has announced he is stepping down

after his power sharing deal with the Green Party

fell apart last week.

Also in this podcast, the cleanup after deadly tornadoes in the US and protests against Israel's participation in Eurovision in Sweden.

We begin in Gaza where following a lot of fall storms on a possible halt to the fighting, it looks like there could be a glimmer

of light on the horizon. Hamas leaders have said they see no major issues with the latest Israeli proposals.

As we record this podcast, a Hamas delegation is due in Egypt for talks.

And today in Saudi Arabia, the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin ramped up the pressure

on Hamas leaders to say yes.

Hamas has before at a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel.

And in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of Gaza and a ceasefire is Hamas.

They have to decide and they have to decide quickly.

So we're looking to that and I'm hopeful that they will make the right decision and we can have a fundamental change in the in the dynamic

It's not just her mass the US is pressuring.

Mr. Blinkin also reaffirmed U.S. opposition to a planned Israeli offensive on Rafa City,

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