this evening (thursday 16th), 9.20-9.25pm and 9.30pm on bbc world service radio, and 10.03-10.04pm and 10.39-10.44pm on bbc radio 4
newshour (presented by james menendez) and the world tonight (presented by shaun ley) include …
“The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam has just reversed its decision.”
including contributions from …
• simon reinink, concertgebouw manager
• bbc reporter paul adams
• pianist danny driver
(more…)this afternoon (thursday 16th), 2.25-2.29pm, 2.36-2.41pm, 4.30pm, and 5.06-5.17pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by tim franks) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) include …
“The Jerusalem Quartet looked like they were not going to be playing in Amsterdam, after the major venue there, the Concertgebouw, cancelled their two concerts scheduled for this week, on security grounds, the management said it was concerned about planned anti-Israel demonstrations.”
“Fighting remains intense in Gaza.”
including contributions from …
• musicologist heather kurzbauer
• cindy mccain, world food programme
• sanabel 16, gaza
• bbc reporter paul adams
(more…)this afternoon (wednesday 15th), 2.06-2.14pm on bbc world service radio, and 10.02-10.04pm on bbc radio 4
newshour (presented by julian marshall) and the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy) include …
“Has Israel’s offensive in Rafah started?
There have been airstrikes and fighting in the eastern outskirts of the city for several days.
On Tuesday, Israeli tanks were reported to have moved deeper into residential areas, closer to the centre.
Several hundred thousand people who were sheltering in Rafah are believed to have already packed up and moved to what the Israeli military has designated a ‘safe zone’ called Al-Mawasi.”
“Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant has publicly criticised his government’s failure to agree a post-war plan for Gaza.”
including contributions from …
• alhasan swairjo, oxfam
• journalist emanuel fabian
• bbc reporter paul adams
(more…)this afternoon (tuesday 14th), 5.02-5.04pm, 5.48-5.53pm, and 6.13-6.15pm, on bbc radio 4
pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news include …
“How many people have died in Gaza?
We frequently quoted figures provided by the Hamas-run health authority, with very high numbers of women and children among the dead …
Well, the UN has been quoting some other, lower, figures in recent days, and there’s been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing on what exactly the numbers are, and whether they’ve been exaggerated.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter paul adams
• farhan haq, deputy spokesman, un secretary-general
• activist michael spagat
(more…)this afternoon (tuesday 14th), 5.35-5.39pm and 9.36-9.41pm, on bbc world service radio
bbc os (presented by james reynolds) and newshour (presented by shaun ley) include …
“The spokesman for the UN secretary-general said today that Mr Guterres is appalled by the escalating miltary activity in Rafah in Gaza.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter paul adams
(more…)this afternoon (monday 13th), 1.04-1.06pm, 1.25-1.31pm, and 6.18-6.20pm, on bbc radio 4
world at one (presented by sarah montague) and six o’clock news include …
“Israel has been marking Memorial Day, an annual commemoration of the country’s war dead.
This year, more than a thousand people who died in the Hamas attacks of last October will also be remembered.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter paul adams
• ori givati, breaking the silence
• benjamin netanyahu
(more…)this afternoon (monday 13th), 2.32-2.36pm (repeated 9.32pm) and 5.06-5.16pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) includes, and bbc os (presented by luke jones) leads with, …
“Israel has been marking Memorial Day, an annual commemoration of the country’s war dead.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter hugo bachega
• abdallah bou habib, foreign minister, lebanon
• benjamin netanyahu
• bbc reporter paul adams
• louis dowes, medecins sans frontieres
(more…)yesterday evening (sunday 12th), 6.00-6.04pm and 10.01-10.05pm on bbc radio 4, and 9.11-9.19pm and 9.32-9.36pm on bbc world service radio
six o’clock news, newshour (presented by lyse doucet), and westminster hour, lead with …
“Israel marks Memorial Day for its fallen soldiers, as the war in Gaza grinds on.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter harry farley
• david cameron
• jonathan ashworth mp
• zarah sultana mp,
• bbc reporter paul adams
• maj matan yaffe, tikkun 2024
• bbc reporter charlotte gallagher
(more…)this afternoon (friday 10th), 1.04-1.06pm and 5.09-5.18pm, on bbc radio 4
world at one (presented by jonny dymond) and pm (presented by carolyn wyatt) include …
“The UN General Assembly has voted in the last hour in favour of a resolution to recognise Palestine as a full member state.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter paul adams
• ambassador gilad erdan
• bbc reporter john sudworth
• journalist anshel pfeffer
(more…)this evening (tuesday 7th), 9.06-9.19pm, 9.31pm, 9.36-9.38pm, and 9.51-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio, 10.02-10.03pm and 10.10-10.21pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.32-11.45pm on bbc 2 tv
newshour (presented by shaun ley), the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy), and newsnight (presented by victoria derbyshire with mark urban), lead with …
“Israel vows to continue attacks in Rafah, as the UN chief warns of worsening humanitarian situation.”
including contributions from …
• reem sameer amajaa, jabalyia
• antonio guterres
• activist shaina low
• david mencer, spokesman for benjamin netanyahu
• joe biden
• activist hala rharrit
• bbc reporter frank gardner
• us spokesman karine jean-pierre
• bbc reporter paul adams
• mahmoud rostom, khan younis
• maya roman, cousin of kidnapped carmel gat 39, and of released yarden roman-gat, be’eri
• activist tess ingram
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