What Has Changed After UK Recognises Palestine?
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🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Today, what does recognising a Palestinian state actually mean?
More countries are preparing to join the UK, Canada and Australia in recognising Palestine as a state as world leaders meet in New York for the United Nations.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said recognition gives "a huge reward to terrorism" - he also says a Palestinian state "will not happen". Adam is joined by the BBC’s chief presenter in Washington Caitriona Perry and diplomatic correspondent James Landale.
Plus, in a press conference the Reform party have announce they would abolish the rights of migrants to qualify for permanent settlement in the UK after 5 years, if they win the next election. But do their numbers add up? Adam speaks to Vicki Young host of Politics Live, and Ben Chu from BBC Verify.
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| 1:47.0 | The UK, Australia, Canada and Portugal have already done it or are about to do it. |
| 1:52.2 | And a whole load of other countries are going to be doing it as part of a conference organised alongside the UN by the French President Emmanuel Macron. |
| 2:00.8 | So let's find out what that means and how that |
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| 2:08.0 | are there outside the UNHQ in New York. Please welcome Katrina Perry. Hi, Katrina. Hello, how are you? |
| 2:15.3 | Good thanks. And also there is James Landale. Hi, James. |
| 2:18.3 | Hey, Adam. How are you doing? Very well. Thank you. Now, before we dig into the back and forth that's going to happen in New York this week, James, we've got a very good and very direct question from newscaster Mark that I'm going to put to you. And Mark asks, what does it mean in practice for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state? |
| 2:34.5 | For example, does it mean we will have official diplomatic relations, potential trade agreements, |
| 2:38.8 | etc.? Who would the diplomatic relations actually be with, i.e., who do we recognise as the head |
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