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Many former leaders and celebrities have called for Marwan Barghouti's release. His son, Arab Barghouti, told us more about what his father has suffered at the hands of the Israeli prison service.

No, I haven't been able to speak with my father directly for almost four years. And he has no visitors in prison other than these visits by his lawyer? Yeah, and they're very rare. It's barely once every few months. The Israeli prison service says that all the allegations you've just quoted are false and baseless. You dismiss their version of events, do you?

Yeah, but it's very important to show by whom, by the occupation itself. So the occupation judicial system is a tool of the occupation. The Israelis obviously think that it's important politically for him to remain in prison, him specifically. Many in the Palestinian world view him as a potential future leader, someone who could unite many sides of various Palestinian political movements. Do you?

The American singer David has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a 14-year-old girl. The remains of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in the artist's Tesla car last September. The 21-year-old musician, whose legal name is David Burke, has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Celeste. The Los Angeles district attorney Nathan Hockman described the case as a parent's nightmare.

Shaima Khalil in Los Angeles. Tributes have been paid to the British zoologist, television presenter and artist Desmond Morris, best known for his hugely popular book The Naked Ape, who has died at the age of 98. Our science correspondent Helen Briggs looks at his life and legacy.

In 1967, at the height of the swinging 60s, Dr. Desmond Morris caused shockwaves with his book, The Naked Ape, which defined humans as hairless apes not so different from their primate cousins and driven by the same urges.

Siinä on 193 eläimellisiä monkeja ja apia. 192 niistä on harjoittaneet. Yksityiskohtainen on nainen apu, jonka nimi on homo sapiens. Hän on intensiivisesti vokalainen, yksityiskohtainen, yksityiskohtainen apu. Olemme katsoneet hänen yksityiskohtaisen toimintansa.

Book was criticized by some for oversimplifying the way we behave and reinforcing gender stereotypes, but became a publishing sensation, translated into many languages and selling more than 10 million copies. Born in the Wiltshire village of Purton in 1928, Desmond Morris trained in zoology at the universities of Birmingham and Oxford and worked at London Zoo as curator of mammals.

He later used this knowledge as a presenter of TV programs on animal behavior.

You see, and immediately the chimpanzee put its arm around you and greeted you. As well as a prolific author, writing more than 70 books, he was a surrealist painter, still exhibiting art well into his 90s. Although some of his ideas have been disproved, he'll perhaps be remembered as a communicator of popular science and for exploring human behaviour through the lens of biology and evolution.

Helen Briggs, the evolutionary biologist and zoologist Richard Dawkins, himself a popular scientific author, knew Desmond Morris for many years.

I would say his books were aimed at the general public. I don't think they were major contributions to science. He did make some good contributions to science in his papers in the ethological literature on animal behavior. And he was a very imaginative researcher. He did make very valuable contributions to the science of ethology, the science of animal behavior. He is a superb writer, very easy to read and an interesting writer. The sales of his books tell their own story.

Richard Dawkins, paying tribute to fellow author Desmond Morris, who has died at the age of 98. And that's all from us for now. If you want to get in touch, you can email us at globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. This edition of the Global News Podcast was mixed by Chris Ablakwa. The producers were Carla Conti and Arian Kochi. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Jenna Jalil. Until next time, goodbye.

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Monday, the 20th of April, these are our main stories. President Trump says the US has seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that he claims was trying to get past an American naval blockade. Iranian state media says Iran has no plans currently to join senior US officials for another round of peace talks in Pakistan.

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Iran's military has vowed to respond after the US fired at and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. President Trump said the American Navy had blown a hole in the ship's engine room. This was the moment of the confrontation. Motor vessel Tosca, motor vessel Tosca, vacate your engine room, vacate your engine room. We're prepared to subject you to disabling fire.

This comes as the US delegation is going to Pakistan again for talks with Iran, a week after negotiations in Islamabad broke up without any deal being reached. The White House says the vice president, J.D. Vance, will once again be leading the US side.

Mr. Trump renewed his threat to destroy every power plant and bridge in Iran if it doesn't agree a deal. But Iranian state media says Iran is not currently planning to take part in the new talks as the blockade continues off the Strait of Hormuz. I got more on all this with our global affairs reporter Ambarasa Netirajan, who first told me more about the ship that had been hit.

Yes, because for the second time the US delegation that is heading to Islamabad is being led by the US Vice President J.D. Vance along with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Now, it had seemed that the initial round of negotiations, which only lasted a day, had ended and that was the end of it. But now we're seeing this attempt to resume. What do you think the US is hoping to get out of this second round of talks?

Ambrasan Etirajan. Legal experts have described Mr. Trump's repeated threat to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure as a potential war crime. But the American ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, asked about this on ABC News, defended the US president.