Washington has imposed new sanctions on Palestinian Authority members
Global News Podcast
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🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The United States has imposed travel restrictions on members of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, accusing them of undermining peace efforts with Israel. The US State Department said those targeted continued to support terrorism and were internationalising the conflict, for example through the International Criminal Court. Washington's special envoy Steve Witkoff, who's in Israel trying to salvage Gaza ceasefire talks, will travel to the territory on Friday where he will inspect aid distribution sites. Also: In another blow to the Pakistan opposition leader, Imran Khan, senior members of his party have been jailed for up to ten years, and scientists exploring the Pacific Ocean say they've discovered entire ecosystems of marine life at depths of over eight kilometres.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Nick Miles and in the early |
| 0:06.2 | hours of Friday the 1st of August, these are our main stories. Washington's special envoy, |
| 0:11.4 | Steve Whitkoff, is to visit Gaza later today. On Thursday, the US administration imposed |
| 0:16.8 | sanctions on Palestinian Authority members. In another blow to the Pakistan opposition leader |
| 0:22.8 | Imran Khan, senior members of his party have been jailed for up to 10 years. The United States |
| 0:28.9 | has insisted there must be a deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine by August the 8th. |
| 0:35.9 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:43.4 | Beds of deep sea clams, what look like meadows of footlong tubeworms poking out of the seabed, |
| 0:46.7 | and mats of bacteria that resemble rivers of ice. |
| 0:52.8 | Scientists exploring the Pacific Ocean say they've discovered entire ecosystems of marine life at depths of over eight kilometres. |
| 0:58.7 | The United States has imposed travel restrictions on members of the Palestinian Authority |
| 1:04.2 | and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, accusing them of undermining peace efforts with |
| 1:10.1 | Israel. Washington's special envoy, Steve Whitkoff, |
| 1:13.8 | is in Israel trying to salvish Gaza ceasefire talks. The White House press secretary, |
| 1:19.4 | Caroline Levitt, said Mr. Whitkoff and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, will also |
| 1:25.1 | visit Gaza on Friday. President Trump is a humanitarian with a big heart, |
| 1:30.0 | and that's why he sent Special Envoy Whitkoff to the region |
| 1:32.6 | in an effort to save lives and end this crisis. |
| 1:36.3 | Special Envoy Whitkoff and Ambassador Huckabee |
| 1:38.6 | will be traveling into Gaza to inspect the current distribution sites |
| 1:42.8 | and secure a plan to deliver more food and meet |
| 1:45.9 | with local Gazans to hear firsthand about this dire situation on the ground. |
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