Why is Israel Attacking Syria?
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at what a new government in Syria means for the Middle East and why Israel has launched airstrikes on key military targets.
The BBC’s Diplomatic Correspondent, James Landale tells Adam about the historic relationship between Syria and Israel and why Israel has decided to launch strikes now. And, BBC Monitoring’s Jihadist Media expert Mina Al-Lami explains how an opportunistic IS might seek to capitalise on abandoned weapons stashes and wider instability in the region.
Plus, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has again warned against government waste. She’s launched a spending review, promising to identify "efficiency savings" across government departments. Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman joins Adam to explain how the review might shake up the political landscape in 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, there is some exciting news about newscast coming your way in the next few days, |
| 0:10.4 | but I'm just teasing you with it now, like a sort of podcast-based advent calendar, |
| 0:16.0 | where you have to just count down until the day itself. |
| 0:18.5 | But it's going to be worth listening to. And I just wanted to get the |
| 0:21.4 | thrill of sort of mentioning it, but not telling you. So instead, we'll just have to focus on the |
| 0:26.3 | actual news that's happening in the world in which we live. That's what we'll do on this episode |
| 0:29.8 | of Newscast with a big update on what's happening in Syria and also some of the domestic |
| 0:34.7 | implications of that in the UK. Plus, there's some Westminster political news as well. |
| 0:39.0 | So that's all coming up on this episode of Newscast. |
| 0:41.9 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:44.2 | I like landscapes. |
| 0:45.2 | I don't think I'm being rude. |
| 0:46.5 | Japping, unemployed people who are overweight. |
| 0:49.0 | That is not the agenda. |
| 0:50.3 | It's the fun police working overtime. |
| 0:52.5 | The star is born, Elon. |
| 0:54.5 | So hurt that a miracle let this happen. |
| 0:56.6 | Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
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| 1:00.2 | Let's go have a tour. |
| 1:01.8 | Blimey. |
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