Nh/OS: Gaza 15/4/2024

this afternoon (monday 15th), 2.06-2.19pm, 2.36-2.40pm, 4.06-4.10pm, 4.32-4.46pm, 5.06-5.14pm, and 5.32-5.47pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by nuala mcgovern) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) lead with …

“Iran says it has shown “restraint” following strikes on Israel.

Iran has rejected Western criticism of its attack on Israel, involving hundreds of drones and missiles, insisting it had shown restraint.

Israel considers its response to Iran’s attack.”

including contributions from …

• antonio guterres

• saeed iravani, iranian ambassador to un

• david cameron

• rear adm john kirby, white house spokesman

• avi hyman, israeli government spokesman

• nawaf al-thani, former qatari military attache to us

• rishi sunak mp

• bbc reporter mike thomson

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• nasser kanaani, iranian foreign ministry

• bbc persian reporter baran abbasi

T: Gaza/Iran 15/4/2024

BBC bias: BBC presenter Jeremy Bowen, having sat silent during an interview of an Israeli spokesman, waits until he has gone to contradict him.

this morning (monday 15th), 6.01-6.03am, 6.08–6.09am, 6.11-6.13am, 6.34-6.40am, 6.42-6.44am, 7.00-7.03am, 7.09-7.19am, 7.53-7.57am, 8.00-8.04am, 8.10-8.25am, and 8.49-8.55am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and mishal husain) leads with …

“In Israel, schools were closed, and public gatherings were limited in size, as a safety precaution, just ahead of Iran’s launch of more than three hundred missiles and drones.

The easing of the restrictions reflects the military’s view that the threat of a new wave of attaks has passed.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• antonio guterres

• bbc reporter gary odonoghue

• bbc reporter henry zeffman

• saeed iravani, iranian ambassador to un

• david mencer, spokesman for benjamin netanyahu

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• matthew hollingworth, world food programme

• david cameron

• historian james barr

• historian peter frankopan

Nd: Gaza/Iran 15/4/2024

this morning (monday 15th), 5.06-5.14am, 5.44-5.49am, 6.21-6.29am, 6.41-6.46am, 7.16-7.23am, 7.33-7.39am, and 7.52-7.57am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) leads with …

“Iran – Israel conflict: world leaders call for restraint.

Israel says Iran’s missile attacks on the country on Saturday crossed every red line, and it will respond to Iran attack ‘when time is right’.

After Iran’s airstrikes on Israel, the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warns that people in the Middle East ‘are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict’.”

including contributions from …

• yuli edelstein mk

• saeed iravani, iranian ambassador to un

• antonio guterres

• congressman jim himes

• missile engineer uzi rubin

• niko kelbakiani, bbc monitoring 

• ambassador gilad erdan

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter joao da silva

• diplomat richard dalton

• bbc persian reporter kasra naji