Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
President Biden says a Gaza ceasefire deal is "on the brink" of coming to fruition. Also: Oliviero Toscani, Benetton's controversial photographer, dies aged 82, and a Scottish island finally celebrates New Year.
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 14th of January, these are our main stories. The White House says negotiators in Qatar are close to securing a Gaza ceasefire deal.
In the final foreign policy speech of his presidency, Joe Biden says the US will remain the world's predominant superpower and can't walk away from Ukraine. 26 men accused of mining illegally in South Africa have been rescued after spending weeks underground, but dozens more remain. Also in this podcast, remembering the Italian fashion photographer Oliviero Toscani.
I think that he thought that he could break through in a way that perhaps a news photo couldn't, that he could reach people with these images through advertising.
Israel and Hamas have both reportedly received the final draft of a deal to end the conflict in Gaza and to release the remaining hostages. Negotiations are ongoing in Qatar, with Israel and Hamas saying progress has been made. But ten members of Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition in Israel say they're opposed to the deal and have sent him a letter opposing a ceasefire.
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