Israeli strikes reported in Lebanon, despite Hezbollah ceasefire
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Keith Adams, and in the early hours of Saturday 20th June, these are our main stories. Israeli strikes are reported in Lebanon despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah.
What are the latest reports on Israeli strikes in Lebanon?
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Hezbollah is yet to confirm the ceasefire, but the Iranian-backed group said the project to eliminate Hezbollah has failed. Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Charlotte Gallagher, has been following the conflict. She spoke to Valerie Sanderson.
No one said it's over, but it does seem slightly ridiculous to call it a ceasefire when you have Lebanese state media and also an ambulance service in southern Lebanon saying there have been 12 Israeli strikes in the minutes after the ceasefire was announced. We're also hearing from Lebanese state media that two people were killed in a drone strike in southern Lebanon after that ceasefire agreement came into effect. And I think the reason why it's not working, it's faltering, is because essentially Israel has said it will not withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon. It calls it a security strip until Hezbollah disarm. Hezbollah have said they will not disarm until the IDF go. So it's kind of a stalemate situation.
And I think that's why this ceasefire and the ceasefires before just don't work.
This week has seen fierce criticism of the Israeli government from the Trump administration. How worried do you think is the Israeli government that the row could get worse?
I think for Benjamin Netanyahu, he's in a really difficult position because he's facing a lot of criticism, as you said, from President Trump and also J.D. Vance saying, essentially, be grateful. We are your most powerful ally. You need us. J.D. Vance was saying yesterday, we supply a lot of your weapons. So I think a bit of a warning, essentially, to, in Donald Trump's words, behave. But then he's facing the internal pressure, politicians inside the country and also a lot of the public are want the offensive push into southern Lebanon to continue. They want Hezbollah to be dismantled. And they feel like they have been sold out with this deal between Iran and the U.S. And it's actually made Israelis a lot less safe.
So he's facing a very difficult decision. And I think it's almost impossible at this point to keep those two sides happy.
Charlotte Gallagher in Jerusalem. But there are reports US officials are now heading to Switzerland. So when might these negotiations resume? And will the truce between Washington and Tehran hold? Darren Selnick is the former Chief of Staff to the US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth. He gave this assessment to Paul Henley.
Well, it looks like everything is very fragile. The Strait of Hormuz, it looks like Iran's playing games, trying to tie things again to Lebanon, trying to cut deals about insurance needed for it to go through the Strait. This is a very bad start, to say the least.
And it's not a ceasefire, is it? Attacks continue in the south of Lebanon. Israel says it has no intention of pulling troops out.
Right, right.
How is the US government addressing HIV funding in South Africa?
And so the whole situation is very tenuous in terms of what Iran is trying to do and say and push. I also don't think it's very wise to be saying negative things in the press about the president, Trump, and saying he signed out of desperation.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:54
2
What are the latest reports on Israeli strikes in Lebanon?
0:54–4:54
3
How is the US government addressing HIV funding in South Africa?
4:54–7:26
4
Who was James Burrows and what impact did he have on US sitcoms?
7:26–8:02
5
What recent military actions has Afghanistan taken against Islamic State militants?
8:02–8:43
6
What does the ceasefire situation between Israel and Hezbollah look like?
8:43–21:41
7
What are the implications of US-Iran negotiations in Switzerland?
21:41–27:14
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