Keith Adams

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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Keith Adams, and at 5 Hours GMT on Friday the 27th of February, these are our main stories. Pakistan has bombed the Afghan cities of Kabul and Kandahar in response to cross-border attacks by the Taliban. Netflix has backed out of its bid to buy Warner Brothers Discovery, potentially clearing the way for its rival Paramount Skydance. And the governing Labour Party in Britain has suffered a historic by-election defeat at the hands of the Green Party.

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Aloitamme Pakistanissa, jossa puolustusministeriö sanoo, että Talibanin Afganistanissa on valmisteltu alkuperäinen sääntö, jossa sääntöjät ovat kaupungissa Kabulin ja Kandaharin kaupungissa. Sääntöjä jatkuu yhdessä yhdellä rannalla, jossa Taliban attackoivat monia pakistanilaisia positiivisia.

Earlier the Afghan Taliban said their forces had attacked Pakistani border posts, killing at least 10 soldiers, while a spokesman for the Pakistan prime minister said more than 70 Taliban combatants had been killed. Kathy Gannan is a former AP news director for Pakistan and Afghanistan. She told my colleague Steve Lai more about this unfolding story.

Help us to understand the context when it comes to the Taliban. They have a presence. There is a Pakistan Taliban as well. Is Pakistan going after them? How does it all fit? Because the Taliban weren't ruling Afghanistan going back years. It's only a fairly recent thing.

The BBC has uncovered video footage and numerous eyewitness accounts of the killing of a 14-year-old Palestinian boy by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank last November. Jad Jadalla was shot at close range but tried to run away before collapsing. Most shockingly, the footage appears to show that the child was left with no attempt to administer first aid at any point.

Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Joel Gunter, has been talking to Jad's family and looking at the video footage. You may find some of what you hear in this report distressing. Jad was born and raised in Al-Farah refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. His father, Jihad, took us to the place where he was shot.

He are showing us the bullet holes where Jad was shot and CCTV video shows Jad and his friends in this spot when Israeli soldiers appear just a few meters away. First you see Jad's friend run up the alley. Then you see a soldier who appears to raise his rifle and shoot from close range.

Jad näyttää olevan tullut, ennen kuin hengittää muutamia metrejä. Israelin sotilas on huomannut, että Jad laittaa rauhaa, joka voidaan, jolla heidän onnistumisensa, vahvistaa heidän vastuun lehtoisella vahvalla. Mutta tämä sekuunti näyttää israelilaisen sotilasta jättämällä jotain Jadin yli, kun hän oli tullut.

The object seems to be heavy. The soldier steps back before stepping forward again and appearing to take a picture. Jad's mother, Safa, says this footage shows the soldier planting a rock to frame her son. They dropped a stone by his hand so they could frame him and make it look like he was throwing stones at them. Anyone who watches the video will see it.

Israeli military told the BBC they gave Jad initial medical treatment, but they refused to give any more detail. In the video, the soldiers appear to ignore repeated attempts by Jad to get their attention. Local paramedics arrived on the scene within minutes, but were blocked at gunpoint by Israeli soldiers. One of them told us they could have saved Jads life.

We asked the Israeli military why they haven't returned Jad's body, but they declined to answer.

The bidding war for the Hollywood studio and media company Warner Bros. Discovery appears to be all but over. Paramount Skydance has been in a battle with Netflix to buy the business since December, but in the last few hours the streaming platform has in effect pulled out of the race, saying it would not raise its current takeover offer. Our business reporter Nick Marsh is following developments from Singapore and told me more about what Netflix was prepared to fork out in comparison to Paramount.

Hieman erilaisia tarjoiluja. Netflix antoi noin 83 miljardia Warner Brothersin filmistudioon ja streaming-palveluihin. Paramount sanoi, että haluaa kaikkea ja antaa 110 miljardia. Se tarkoittaa elokuvia, TV, HBO Maxia, mutta myös yleisiä nettoja, kuten Discovery Channel ja CNN.

For a long time the Warner's board said we like the Netflix offer. It's cleaner. It's an all cash offer. It doesn't require debt financing. And plus it's not for the whole business. So maybe there'll be a little less regulatory scrutiny. You know, you've taken over so many different media assets.

Yritykset, joita näemme paljon yrityksessä, haluavat erilaisia asioita. Paramount antoi enemmän dollaria per yritykselle, joten me ajattelimme, että olemme yli kuukauden saagassa, jossa kaikki yrittävät parantaa piirteitä, mutta nyt Netflix on sanonut, että ei, me olemme pois, se on tarpeeksi. Ja näyttää, että kaikki on Paramounta.

Right, so money talks in this deal. It's a bigger deal if Paramount win. Why did Netflix pull out though? I mean, it seems like they still were in with a shot, no? Yes, so money talks, but that's not the whole picture with this because there's also politics at stake. So on the face of it, Netflix has said we just don't want to up our offer. We just don't want to carry on. It's just not worth our while.

Netflix toki todennäköisesti voisi olla tehtävä. Se voisi olla voimassa Paramountin ja Paramountin ympäristöön. Se, mikä on mielenkiintoista, on, että Ted Sarandos, joka on Netflixin puolustusjärjestö, oli viime aikoina White Housella. Hän oli keskustellut Susie Wilesilla, Donald Trumpin puolustusjärjestöstä. Emme tiedä, mitä oli sanottu keskustelussa, mutta tietysti tämä päätös on tullut keskustelun takana.