UN Secretary-General warns US against 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Jackie Leonard and in the early hours of Thursday, the 6th of February, these are our main stories. The UN Secretary General has warned against ethnic cleansing in Gaza following President Trump's proposal to take control of the territory and displace its entire population. Beijing has filed a formal complaint against Washington at the World Trade Organization, dismissing claims by Mr. Trump that China's fueling an illegal drugs emergency in the US and a row in Italy over the decision to free and repatriate a Libyan war crime suspect wanted by the International Criminal Court.
Also in this podcast, there's a really clear time of day that many people feel better. And that's the first thing in the morning. typically between about 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock in the morning. People also have a little bit of a peek towards the early evening.
So do you find you're in a good mood in the mornings or the evenings? The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned the US against ethnic cleansing in Gaza. He was responding to President Trump's plan for the US to take ownership of the territory and for Palestinians to leave. Mr Guterres told a meeting in New York that the world was seeing the chilling, systematic demonisation of an entire people.
In the search for solutions, we must not make the problem worse. It is vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law. It is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing.
The idea that the US could take over Gaza and more than 2 million people be permanently displaced has sparked condemnation around the world. Hamas has described the proposals as ridiculous and absurd. But President Trump insists that everybody loves his plan for Gaza, which would see it become the Riviera of the Middle East. and some members of Israel's government have called for the plan to be adopted as official policy. Our first report comes from Jerusalem and our Middle East correspondent, Lucy Williamson.
What had been dismissed as off-the-cuff remarks by the new US president last week appear to have evolved into concrete goals of forced relocation and a new American presence in the region. There's scepticism over whether Mr Trump fully intends to pursue the plan he set out, but the Palestinian representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, was clear.
The Palestinian people, at the end, will make the determination. Their determination, they want to clean the destruction in Gaza. They want to rebuild Gaza. This is where they belong, and they love to live there. And I think that leaders and people should respect the wishes of the Palestinian people.
Any question over the presence of Palestinians in Gaza touches sensitive nerves. Many Gazans already identify as refugees from towns and villages now in Israel, and promises of a future Palestinian state have stalled. Donald Trump's comments have delighted Israel's government and the far-right nationalists it relies on. some of whom want to see Israeli settlements re-established in Gaza in the wake of the war. Gideon Saar is the Israeli foreign minister.
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Jackie Leonard 8 min
Paul Moss 5 min
Rehan Dimitri 3 min
Laura de Barra 3 min
Daisy Fancourt 2 min
Tom Bateman 2 min
Davide Chiglioni 2 min
Narrator 1 min
Rushdie Abu-Aloof 1 min
Lucy Williamson 1 min
Bobby Bones 1 min
David Yambio 1 min
Irma Dimitradze 1 min
Jacob Evans 1 min
Jonathan Beale 1 min
Evan Davis 1 min
Celia Hatton 1 min
Josh Hartnett
Imogen Folks
Caroline Levitt
Marco Rubio
Riyad Mansour
Gideon Saar
Antonio Guterres
Irakli Kobakhidze
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