T: Gaza 17/5/2024

this morning (friday 17th), 6.01-6.02am, 6.11-6.13am, 7.00-7.03am, 7.49–7.58am, 8.00-8.03am, and 8.23-8.24am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) leads with …

“South Africa has urged the United Nations’ top court to order Israel to halt its offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, and protect civilians there.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter dan johnson

• bbc verify reporter merlyn thomas

• un coordinator martin griffiths

• bbc reporter hugh schofield, france

OS: Gaza 29/2/2024

this afternoon (thursday 29th), 4.06-4.29pm, 4.30pm, 4.33-4.59pm,  5.06-5.29pm, 5.30-5.31pm, and 5.32-5.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“Gaza: What is the world doing?

Correspondents around the world explain.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• bbc reporter gary odonoghue, usa

• bbc reporter siavash ardalan, iran

• bbc reporter jessica parker, germany

• bbc reporter jenny hill, south africa

• bbc reporter nada tawfik, usa

• bbc arabic reporter hala hindawi

• bbc reporter hugh schofield, france

• bbc reporter francis scarr, russia

• bbc reporter ione wells, south america

• bbc reporter burak abatay, turkey

Nh: Gaza 12/11/2023

this afternoon (sunday 12th), 1.06-1.14pm and 1.36-1.48pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by julian marshall) leads with …

“Israel says it will help evacuate premature babies.”

including contributions from …

• president isaac herzog

• major libby weiss, idf spokesperson

• guy shalev, physicians for human rights israel

• zlata filipovic, author, zlatas diary

• ishmael beah, sierra leone child soldier

• bbc reporter hugh schofield

PM/6ocn: Gaza 13/10/2023

yesterday afternoon (friday 13th), 5.01-5.03pm, 5.05-5.22pm, 5.35-5.49pm, and 6.01-6.19pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by anita anand) and six o’clock news lead with …

“Thousands of people in northern Gaza are fleeing on foot, by car, on the backs of lorries, and in carts pulled by donkeys, ahead of an approaching deadline set by Israel.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter helena wilkinson

• juliette touma, unrwa

• azzam, gaza

• ohad zemet, foreign ministry

• bbc reporter dan johnson

• sgt amichai

• abbas milhem, palestinian farmers’ union 

• diplomat mark lyall grant

• activist jan egeland 

• yoav gallant mk

• mohammed rakah, gaza

• bbc reporter frank gardner

• bbc reporter paul adams

• rishi sunak mp

• bbc reporter alice cuddy

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• bbc reporter dan roan

• lucy frazer mp

OS: Gaza 12/10/2023

this afternoon (thursday 12th), 4.06-4.26pm, 4.30-4.31pm, 4.32-4.47pm, 4.49-4.59pm, 5.07-5.19pm, 5.20-5.28pm, 5.30-5.41pm, 5.32-5.44pm, and 5.47-5.54pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“US Secretary of State visits Israel.”

including contributions from …

• safaa faisal, bbc monitoring 

• journalist aseel mousa 26, gaza

• gershon baskin

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

• moa, kfar aza

• bbc reporter kristina voelk

• bbc reporter james landale 

• david jordan, bbc director, editorial policy and standards 

• bbc reporter katie razzall 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• bbc reporter hanan razek

• bbc reporter hugh schofield

Nh: Eric Zemmour

this afternoon (friday 19th), 2.23-2.29pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated 9.44pm, and 5.17am and 7.14am tomorrow on weekend, and 5.28pm on pm on bbc radio 4)

newshour (presented by james menendez) includes …

“This is Eric Zemmour, the not-yet-candidate, a Jewish French nationalist, explaining why Marshal Philippe Petain is not as guilty as the history books say he is. Why? Because in Zemmour’s view, Petain cut a deal after the defeat by Nazi Germany, as a result of which it was mainly non-French Jews who eneded up being deported and killed, while most French Jews survived.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugh schofield 

• historian alain michel 

• journalist jean-sebastien ferjou 

Nh: Camondo Museum

this evening (sunday 10th), 9.55-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated 10.39pm wednesday on the world tonight on bbc radio 4) 

newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) concludes with …

“A new artistic presence in a Paris Museum that commemorates a murdered Jewish family.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter hugh schofield  

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-paris-exhibit-edmund-de-waal-gets-rare-invitation-to-alter-a-cherished-space/)

6ocn: Painting returned

this evening (tuesday 2nd), 6.25-6.26pm, on bbc radio 4
six o’clock news includes …

“A French court has upheld a ruling that a painting by the impressionist master Camille Pisarro which was looted from a Jewish collector during the Second World War must be handed back.”

including report from …
• bbc reporter hugh schofield
(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-court-to-rule-on-nazi-era-looted-pissarro-painting/)

Newshour: Daniel Cordier

this afternoon (sunday 8th), 1.25-1.27pm (repeated 9.25pm), on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) includes interview with …
• french resistance hero daniel cordier

“But then, as I was walking to this little bistro where I was to meet my courier, I saw coming up the Champs-Elysee towards me a man of about 60 and a boy of about 3 or 14. and over their chest they had a board, and on the board was written the word ‘Juif’.”

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44723996)

Newshour: Paris conference

today (sunday 15th), 1.07-1.18pm, 9.07-9.19pm, and 9.33-9.30pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by james menendez) leads with …

“Middle East Peace Conference In Paris:/Israel Dismisses Middle East Peace Conference:
More than 70 countries and international organisations are making a new push for a two-state solution in the Middle East at a conference in Paris, just days before Donald Trump takes office vowing support for Israel.”

including interviews with …
• sabri saidam of fatah
• dore gold
• bbc reporter hugh schofield
• david keyes, spokesman for netanyahu
• bbc reporter laura bicker