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BBC World Service

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

  • 42 minutes 58 seconds
    Hamas accepts ceasefire proposal

    Hamas says it has accepted a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza from international mediators. Israel says it's studying the terms, which are aimed at achieving an end to the war. Also in the programme: we'll hear from Argentina's controversial president, Javier Milei; and busting the myth of one of the most famous deaths in rock and roll.

    (Picture: Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza celebrate after Hamas accepted a proposed cease-fire. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    6 May 2024, 9:08 pm
  • 47 minutes 25 seconds
    Israel orders evacuation of 100,000 from Rafah

    Air-dropped leaflets told Palestinians to leave ahead of a planned military operation. The Israeli Defence Forces directed civilians to an ‘expanded humanitarian area’ in the coastal strip of Al-Mawasi. Aid agencies say there is not enough infrastructure to support the wave of displaced people, and many fear the order marks the beginning of a major Israeli offensive in Rafah.

    Also on the programme: Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei speaks to the BBC’s Ione Wells about his economic ‘shock therapy’; and Ukraine’s war-weary troops fighting on the front lines for two years without a break.

    (Picture: Palestinians leave eastern Rafah as Israel orders evacuations, 6 May, 2024 Credit: HAITHAM IMAD/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

    6 May 2024, 2:20 pm
  • 47 minutes 28 seconds
    Israel shuts down international news channel Al-Jazeera

    Israel has shut down international news channel Al-Jazeera, accusing the platform of bias in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. The network has called the ban 'a criminal action' aimed at concealing the truth of the war. We get reaction from the International Federation of Journalists. Also: dozens killed in southern Brazil after floods and mudslides; and the death of actor Bernard Hill

    (Photo: an Al-Jazeera building in Doha. Credit: Reuters / Arafat Barbakh)

    5 May 2024, 9:05 pm
  • 48 minutes 19 seconds
    Israeli cabinet bans al Jazeera inside Israel

    Israel's cabinet votes to shut down the operations of the Al Jazeera news channel in the country As Gaza ceasefire talks continue in Cairo we also hear from an Israeli man whose brother is being held hostage by Hamas, and from our own Gaza correspondent.

    Also in the programme: Israeli cabinet votes unanimously to close down the operations of the Al Jazeera TV network in the country.; and Brazil's President Lula visits flood-hit areas in the south of the country.

    (Photo: a view of an Al-Jazeera building in Doha, Qatar. Credit: Reuters / Naseem Zeitoon )

    5 May 2024, 1:16 pm
  • 48 minutes 6 seconds
    Gaza Talks intensify in Egypt

    Egypt is hosting the latest round of talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of Israeli hostages. Hamas negotiators are in Cairo, where mediators from Egypt, the US and Qatar are awaiting a response to the latest proposal. We'll hear from a former Israeli general.

    Also on the programme we hear about three arrests that have been made in Canada connected to a murder that's brought relations with India to a new low; and hear from a Madonna music fan among the big crowds at Brazil's Copacabana beach there for a free concert.

    Photo: Palestinians in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah 3rd May; Credit: AFP.

    4 May 2024, 10:07 pm
  • 47 minutes 30 seconds
    Gaza ceasefire talks to resume in Cairo

    Efforts have intensified to secure a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, with talks resuming in Cairo on Saturday. We hear from a former Israeli negotiator on his experience of dealing with Hamas.

    Also on the programme: how warmer temperatures mean Brazil is recording its highest ever rate of the potentially fatal dengue fever; and we ask what it’s like being a foreigner living in Japan after President Biden suggests the country’s xenophobic.

    Photo: Shelters used by displaced Palestinians who fled from the northern Gaza strip at Deir Al Balah beach in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

    4 May 2024, 1:09 pm
  • 47 minutes 28 seconds
    Darfur’s largest city on the brink of a major clash

    The Sudanese city of El-Fasher is on the brink of a major clash between rival forces, trapping hundreds of thousands of civilians.

    Also on the programme: Turkey severs trade links with Israel over the war in Gaza; and Russian troops have been deployed to an airbase in Niger where American soldiers are located.

    (Photo: Newly arrived refugees from Darfur in Sudan sit on horse as they head to their shelters in Adre, Chad. Credit: Getty Images)

    3 May 2024, 9:25 pm
  • 47 minutes 26 seconds
    Situation in Darfur ‘catastrophic’

    The UN has warned that Sudan’s civil war is preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid. Toby Harward, the UN’s Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, said fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces around El-Fasher in Darfur has had led to an increase in arbitrary killings and the burning of villages. Also on the programme: Turkey suspends all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza; and China launches a rocket to collect samples from the dark side of the Moon. (Picture: Refugees from Darfur in Adre, Chad, 4 August 2023 Credit: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)

    3 May 2024, 2:28 pm
  • 47 minutes 28 seconds
    US accuses Russia of using chemical weapons

    The US has accused Russia of deploying chemical weapons as a "method of warfare" in Ukraine, in violation of international laws banning their use. We speak to a Ukrainian MP who is near the frontline in Donetsk region.

    Also on the programme: a UN expert says the death of an 8-year-old boy in the West Bank appears to be a “war crime” after reviewing evidence gathered by the BBC; and a paediatrician tells us how a small change in interior design can make a big difference to neurodiverse people.

    (Photo: Russian servicemen march to Red Square for a rehearsal for the annual military parade. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

    2 May 2024, 9:10 pm
  • 47 minutes 25 seconds
    BBC investigates West Bank killing

    The BBC has carried out an investigation into the death of a Palestinian boy in the West Bank - an investigation which a UN expert says may amount to evidence of a war crime. Also in the programme: as police in Los Angeles dismantle another pro-Palestinian university encampment, we hear from the veteran US senator Bernie Sanders. Plus, how scientists reconstructed a Neanderthal woman's face.

    (Photo: Adam, eight, was shot in the head as he ran away from Israeli armoured vehicles. Credit: BBC)

    2 May 2024, 2:36 pm
  • 47 minutes 28 seconds
    Deadline looms for Hamas to respond to offer of a ceasefire

    An Israeli deadline looms for Hamas to respond to its offer of a ceasefire in return for the release of some hostages. We hear from Israeli politician Ohad Tal who is with the National Religious Party–Religious Zionism party.

    Also in the programme; US senator Bernie Sanders; and Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling on the Fall Guy

    (Picture: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with the families of the hostages outside of a hotel, in Tel Aviv. Credit: Reuters)

    1 May 2024, 9:13 pm
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