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I'm Valerie Sanderson.
And in the early hours of Wednesday, the 21st of May, these are our main stories.
The United Nations says Gazans are yet to receive any humanitarian aid, despite Israel allowing about a hundred more trucks to enter the territory.
President Trump has announced plans for a missile defence system that he says will protect the whole of the United States.
Two aides of Mexico City's mayor have been shot dead as they drove to work in the morning rush hour.
Also on this podcast, The children's TV classic Sesame Street moves to Netflix.
Is international goodwill running out for Israel because of the conduct of its war on Hamas in Gaza?
Many of its own allies, who've backed Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas following the October the 7th attack, now say they are horrified by its latest military escalation in Gaza.
We'll have more on that shortly.
But first, Israel says that it allowed about 100 aid trucks to enter Gaza on Tuesday.
But as we record this podcast, the United Nations has said that no aid has yet been distributed.
The UN's humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher described the situation in Gaza as chilly.
Let me describe what is on those trucks.
This is baby food, baby nutrition.
There are 14 ,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them.
This is not food that her mass are going to steal.
We run all sorts of risks trying to get that baby food through to those mothers who cannot feed their children right now because they're malnourished.
Our Middle East correspondent, Lisi Williamson, sent us this report.
In the rubble of a Gaza city school, children are digging for packets of food half buried in the thick grey dust. A displaced shelter bombed overnight.
What they're learning in these ruined classrooms is more than some world leaders can take.
Among more than seventy people reported killed overnight, the two sons of Osama Abum Sabe, the other half of his family missing.
My children are gone, he cries, 13 and nine years old.
I can't find their mother or their sister.
Aid has begun trickling into Gaza after an 11 -week Israeli blockade.
This is Heba, a seven month old baby who weighs the same as a newborn.
The Aouda Malnutrition Unit in Central Gaza says patients have doubled during the blockade and they have two weeks of life saving drugs left. Ali Jaber is the Aouda project director.
We have a problem now with the accessibility as well.
So a lot of cases who are suffering from the malnutrition cannot come, cannot move, cannot go to the hospital.
No cars. No fuel. Israel is staring down the judgement of its allies, but its allies are feeling the judgement of children with empty bowls, accusing the world of empty words.
Lucy Williamson. The UK, Canada and France have all threatened to take concrete action against Israel if it doesn't stop its renewed offensive.
The UK's Foreign Secretary David Lamy says the level of suffering being inflicted on Gazans is simply intolerable.
Despite our efforts this Israeli government's egregious actions and rhetoric have continued.
They are isolating Israel from its friends and partners around the world, undermining the interests of the Israeli people and damaging the image of the state of Israel in the eyes of the world.
As the Prime Minister and fellow leaders said yesterday, we cannot stand by in the face of this new deterioration.
relationship, it is incompatible with the principles that underpin our bilateral relationship.
So are we at a turning point?
Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams has this assessment.
I think that the combination of the warnings from the Israeli government, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of a massive new military operation that would consume large parts of Gaza Strip and drive civilians once again into tiny little corners.
That plus the warnings that we've been hearing in the last few days about the very real possibility that large numbers of Gazans are going to be plunged into starvation, that combination has persuaded a number of countries to speak more forcefully than they have in the past. That's why we saw the statement from Britain, France and Canada.
Another statement by 27 foreign ministers, including Britain, condemning Israel's Alternative Aid provision scheme, which the Israelis have been touting for the past few weeks.
And now these moves by the British government, suspending talks on trade and calling the Israeli ambassador to the Foreign Office for an explanation.
these feel different, they're accompanied by more sanctions on Jewish settlers, so I think we are reaching a point at which there is a real fear of what might be looming and a concerted effort by some of Israel's closest allies to try and stop it.
But what does this all mean really if the US sticks by Israel whatever?
Well ultimately it means that things won't change quickly on the I think everyone knows that there's really only one person who can decisively demand that Israel not do something, and that person, of course, is Donald Trump.
And apart from a brief remark at the end of his Middle East tour last week in which he said that he was concerned by the fact that Palestinians were facing starvation, he has not yet said anything to indicate that he does not want Israel to go ahead with its new military assault on Gaza.
So people will be watching that.
The other countries involved will perhaps be thinking, well, look, if we are increasingly vocal, this might persuade the United States to follow suit.
But, you know, the sheer unpredictability of Donald Trump means that that's never really going to be a very clear prospect.
And so I think for their own individual moral and political reasons, the countries apart from the United States are all beginning to take action in concert, feeling that, frankly, they have no choice.
Paul Adams, in response to the growing diplomatic pushback, an Israeli government spokesman said that external pressure would not divert Israel from, in his words, defending its existence and security against enemies who seek its destruction.
Within Israel, too, there is increasingly concerned debate.
The chair of the opposition, left of centre, Democrats party Yair Golan said in an interview that Israel is on the path to becoming a pariah state among the nations like the South Africa of old if it doesn't return to behaving like a sane country he is a former senior major general in the Israeli Defense Forces and his view has been condemned by Israeli government ministers but what about supporters of Israel's military and political strategy Evan David spoke to Fleur Hassan Nahum a special envoy for Israel's foreign Ministry and Former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem.
Well, first of all, I want to address what you talked about Yair Golan.
Yair Golan is not centre -left. Yair Golan is the leader of an extreme left party.
Everybody's condemned him, including other opposition members from the actual left, including the President of Israel who comes from the Labour Party.
So he is a fringe character.
And just like we don't really—we're not represented by fringe on the right, we're not represented by fringe on the left. We're a country of democracy and freedom of speech, so we always have people saying different things, but he does not represent anybody's position in Israel right now.
I just wanted to say that off the bat.
I do understand why the foreign ministry has said what they've said, because it seems there's double standards going on.
Britain sells arms, in fact, £17 billion worth of arms to countries that are considered human rights abusers, like Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, like Egypt, like Turkey, like Thailand.
In fact, these are reports that have come out from your own local, local organisations against arms trade.
And I'm sure there could be debates here I just don't want to get into what aboutery!
I don't want to get into what aboutery.
It just seems double standards.
There's one thing which is what aboutery and one thing is double standards.
So if you're doing business with a country like Qatar, which sponsors terrorism of the Muslim Brotherhood, then why are you so offended when we say it seems there's some double standards and obsession with Israel?
Well, but your friends, your allies, countries that have traditionally been reasonably supportive of Israel are entitled to say, are they not, they're perceiving a brutality from a blockade and bomb strategy on Gaza, that is neither working for you, and is too cruel to the people in Gaza.
There's a perfectly legitimate criticism for other countries to make of you, it doesn't matter whether they're selling arms society Arabia, that's a perfectly reasonable thing for them to say, isn't it?
You've got to address that accusation?
It would be a little more legitimate if they first and foremost condemned Hamas for using their own babies as human shields.
They condemn Hamas every time they open their mouths they condemn Hamas.
No they don't, they would be a little more legitimate if they spoke about the fact that the human aid organizations are in cahoots with Hamas and that are helping Hamas, many of them UNRWA employs many Hamas members, helping them steal aid.
I think there's disagreement on the fact or the extent of the fact, or how it's being There's about a hundred UNRWA employees that are members of Hamas, and there's been There's been protests and there's been protests in Gaza by Gazans saying they're stealing our aid.
So when we had the ceasefire a few months back, there was so much aid going in that everybody assumed there'd be enough aid until July.
But Hamas creates this artificial lack of aid so that they can pay their tariffs.
So let me share with you Israel's dilemma.
Our dilemma is this.
When we let floods of AIDS going in Hamas uses that aid to sell it to their own people at a premium and fund their terrorists.
They pay their terrorists.
They pay their soldiers.
So what is Israel supposed to do?
Fleur Hassan Nahum, a special envoy for Israel's foreign ministry.
President Trump has announced plans to build a state -of -the -art missile defence system that will shield the entire United States.
At a White House news conference, Mr Trump said the Golden Dome programme would be able to intercept every kind of missile.
This design for the Golden Dome will integrate with our existing defense capabilities.
It should be fully operational before the end of my term.
So we'll have it done in about three years.
Once fully constructed the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world and even if they are launched from space.
Our North America correspondent Peter Bowes has more details.
President Trump says the futuristic missile defence system will be developed by America's Space Force and will cost $175 billion.
It will consist, he said, of next -generation technologies, including space -based sensors and interceptors to defend the country against aerial attacks from the other side of the world or launch from space.
He added that Canada had asked to be part of the project, which was inspired by Israel's The Iron Dome, a system that's been used to intercept rockets and missiles since 2011.
Peter Boas, two aides of Mexico City's mayor, Clara Brigada, have been killed while driving to work.
Miss Brigada said a thorough investigation is already underway.
She said there'd be no impunity.
Our America's regional editor, Leonardo Roscia, reports.
Security camera footage shows a gunman approaching the front of the car and firing at least 12 shots through the windscreen and the driver's window.
A witness said the man escaped on a motorbike, which was found abandoned three blocks away.
President Claudia Schoenbaum, herself a former Mexico City mayor, said the two officials, Jimena Guzmán and José Muñoz, had worked for the government for many years and she knew them personally.
A similar incident happened five years ago, when the Mexico City security chief survived the gang attack attributed to a drug cartel.
Leonardo Roscia. For many aspiring musicians, the offer of a visit to a prestigious college, such as the Royal Academy of Music here in the UK, would be the result of years of lessons and practice.
But for 11 year old Harvey Goodbody from Norfolk in eastern England, it took just 5 months.
He taught himself to play the piano, and he did it by watching YouTube videos.
Claire Borden reports.
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, the third movement, played not by a professional, but by Harvey Goodbody.
He's taught himself to play by watching YouTube videos, his love of classical music coming out of the blue, according to his family.
Harvey's mother, Jenn, posted videos online of his performances.
They've been viewed thousands of times, and grabbed the attention of the Royal Academy of Music.
It's invited Harvey to London for an induction day to explore where his musical talents might lead.
I usually practice two to three hours a day.
I wanted to learn because I just found it therapeutic and it was really satisfying to play music like this.
Ahead of his visit to the Royal Academy, Harvey has just had his first ever music lesson.
His teacher said he was something special, praising his dexterity and focus.
She said it was very unusual for a child to use the Internet as a way to improve their playing.
She said sadly lots of pupils will find hours for social media, but not for practice.
That report by Claire Worden on the talented 11 -year -old, Harvey Goodbody.
Still to come, the Spanish government cracks down on Airbnb properties as protests continue about the cost of housing.
So, what about those who rent out rooms?
We are only allowed to rent it out in my area for ten days now, that's since August last year, we're not allowed to rent it out more.
So if someone wants a two -week holiday, we can't let them have a two -week holiday.
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the European Union is planning to introduce a flat fee of two euros or a little more than two US dollars on billions of small customs free parcels sent directly to people's homes from China.
It includes orders from online retail giants, Shin and Temu.
Clísia Sala has this report.
Almost five -billion small parcels were sent to the EU last year, most of them from China.
None of them had to pay customs duties.
This might change soon.
EU officials claim many of these items are unsafe or fake and don't compete fairly with local products.
They say the sheer volume of these parcels has created a huge workload for border control staff.
The revenue from the new two -euro levy would help tackle the issue.
Clisio Sala. France has begun a hunt for the tiny mobile telephones being used by prison convicts.
French prosecutors launched Operation Prison Break conducting searches in about 500 cells across detention centres on Tuesday.
The miniature devices are allegedly used to commit crimes from inside jail.
The French supplier of the devices has been stopped from trading.
According to Le Mans newspaper, the devices are nicknamed suppositories by some inmates due to their ease of concealment.
Mark Lowens spoke to the BBC's Pierre -Antoine Denis.
Early in the morning, 500 cells, 60 detention centres were raided by all of the Paris prosecutor's office in the search for these very, very tiny cellphones, no bigger than a cigarette lighter.
You can actually go online and see the comparison side -by -side.
And it's actually quite impressive.
Entirely plastic. And they have this reputation, Mark, for being virtually invisible to metal detectors and this is the key here because as you go to, let's say, speak to an inmate inside a prison, you will go through these mental detectors like at the airport, but these cell phones will go, would not be detected by the metal detectors and then once you're in that face -to -face discussion, you can sleep it somewhere, you know, under a napkin, under these things and that allows these different inmates to have, and to have a hold of these cell phones or sometimes it's being shipped by a drone or by different
ways. They've been very creative about this over the last few years, and it's yet another big operation to try and combat this is rising problem.
And is this thought to be linked to the, or one of the reasons why the there was a convicted drug trafficker who escaped a year ago.
A chap nicknamed the fly.
Yes, the fly. Thought So have you used these phones?
Yes, absolutely. So both stories are linked here.
Almost a year to the day when in a very, almost Hollywood -style operation, this man managed to escape a prison in the South of France, which resulted in two prison officers being killed.
It was the first time since 1992 that a French police officer was killed as part of a prison break, led to a huge manhunt and nine months later he was found only this February in Romania as part of a wider operation and it was widely understood that he managed to use these cell phones as part of his breakout and as part of his ways to basically be in touch with the outside world and what we touched on yesterday the issue of narco trafficking and the drug traffic happening in France and across Europe these phones are known to be used to manage to these have these connections with the outside world.
Pierre Antoine Deny.
Spain has launched a crackdown on Airbnb properties.
It's ordering the online letting platform to remove more than 65 ,000 holiday rental listings in the country for breaching regulations.
The clampdown comes amid a growing crisis in Spain over the lack of housing with escalating protests against rising rents and house prices.
Many in the country blame the growth of short -term rentals like Airbnb for exacerbating the problem, especially in popular tourist areas like Barcelona and Madrid.
So, what's the effect on those who've been renting out rooms for years?
Marion has an AirBnB property in Spain.
At the beginning it was very easy.
The place where I own my flat is on the east coast, it's in Valencia City by the beach, and it was an area no locals wanted to live there.
So, it was very easy to get a license.
My flat's on the third floor.
Got the license, nobody bothered to look at it, I rented it out, no problem.
Then probably about three, four years ago, they began to get very strict.
They would only in my area give you a license if you were on the ground floor, or you have a private entranceway like in a house.
We are only allowed to rent it out in my area for 10 days now, that's since August last year, we're not allowed to rent it out more.
So if someone wants a two weeks holiday, we can't let them have a two week holiday.
It can only be 10 days if do it with a tourist license.
This year, they made us all go onto a website to register with the Ministry of Interior an anti -terrorism law.
So every single person who comes to say I've got to give all their details to the Ministry of Interior, including their payment method, so including visa details or bank details.
They've done things like the banned locks, so little keys that people used to get to get into the houses.
They have to have a reception and meet a greeter.
This year as well they've got a new ruling coming in July.
We have to be on a renter's register otherwise we can't advertise an Airbnb at all.
And what's the effect of all this?
Are many people selling up?
I don't know if they're selling up?
What happened when the 10 day rule came in last August, everybody suddenly thought, oh, we'll start renting to digital nomads and we'll rent for a month, two months, three months.
But because they've introduced the new renter's register, then that's causing difficulties for them because people have to have huge deposits to be able to rent more than 10 days.
But I do know people who have lost their licenses, their Airbnb licenses, because it was very easy and quite lax 10 years ago, they didn't bother.
And I remember many people said to me, oh, don't bother getting a license.
It is a waste of time.
So some people never did.
And obviously now they are being chucked off the register and they won't be able to rent out their flats anymore.
I spoke to our Spain correspondent Guy Hejko, who's in Madrid, and asked him, why is the crackdown happening?
Is it about not enough housing?
That is a huge concern.
I mean, there is a feeling that rents have increased enormously in Spain.
For example, the average rent has increased but was doubled more or less over the last decade in Spain.
And in many cases, many cities in particular, and city centres, the increase has been much sharper than that.
And a lot of people feel that these short -term tourist rentals are not solely responsible for this, but they are in great part responsible because certainly in city centres where you see a particularly bad housing problem, they They are pushing prices up, and those prices are ensuring that local people are not able to live in those city centres, and they're taking accommodation away from local people.
So there's a feeling that this is very much contributing to the housing crisis across Spain.
And so I think that there is a growing feeling, among many people, that tourism and tourism apartments need to be reined in more in order to try and control the housing problem.
And yet tourism is essential to Spain's economy, isn't it?
Yes, I mean, it absolutely is.
It makes up around 13 per cent of GDP, and more and more tourists are coming.
Last year we had 94 million foreign visitors.
That makes Spain the second biggest destination or foreign tourist destination in the world after France.
And it's catching up pretty soon.
And there's a feeling that tourism is so important for the Spanish economy that it's difficult to get the balance right.
Because the moment that politicians are seen to be perhaps deterring tourists or giving the message that they shouldn't come here so much, they get a lot of criticism from the tourism sector and from other politicians who say we need these tourists, the Spanish economy depends very heavily on tourism, we shouldn't be killing this golden goose that we have guy hedge co and finally to the world of television in recent times we've heard about plenty of big names of the small screen being scooped up as part of the so -called content wars between the world's big streaming platforms but are there any
bigger than Big Bird along with Elmo Bertone Ernie Oscar the grouch and the rest of the residents of the children's u .s. TV hits Sesame Street they're all packing up and heading to Netflix.
The future of Sesame Street's long -term home on America's PBS network was put in doubt after President Trump's administration chose to pool funding for the Free to Air channel.
Anna Murray takes up the story.
It's the stuff of TV legend.
Sesame Street dates back to the late 1960s when its co -founders Lloyd Morissette and Joan Ganz Cooney went to top US university Harvard with what was and then a novel way of teaching American children using techniques originally pioneered in advertising to help educate.
A team led by developmental psychologists worked with the Muppets creator Jim Henson, introducing the world to characters like Cookie Monster.
Oh. Count von count.
So there you have one, two, three, four, five, six super ways to count things!
Ah, ah, ah! Big Bird, Elmo, Bert and Ernie.
It was pioneering stuff, a preschool programme that aimed to broaden the mind.
No topic was taboo.
No issue ignored. Race, homelessness, autism, AIDS.
It's given us some great celebrity cameos as well over the years, from Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder to Ed Sheeran and James Blunt, oh, and some great songs.
Oh Triangle where are you?
And now season 56 of Sesame Street will be on our screens later this year, a date to be confirmed along with 90 hours of previous episodes as well.
So what can we expect more than half a century on?
Well we're promised more exploration of the Sesame Street Chris neighborhood and a look inside the famous two -story house at 123 Sesame Street.
We're also told we can expect fan favourites like Elmore's World and Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck.
Despite concerns about its future, it seems like for now we can still get to Sesame Street.
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?
How to get to Sesame Street?
How to get to Sesame Street.
That's it from us for now but there'll be a new edition of the Global News podcast later If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it Send us an email the address is globalpodcastatbbc .co .uk You can also find us on x at BBC World Service Just use the hashtag global news pod This edition was mixed by Sid Dunden The producers were Liam McCheffrey and Peter Goffin And the editor is Karen Martin I'm Valerie Sanderson Until next time, bye -bye.
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