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VOA Newscasts - April 13, 2024

April 13, 2024 22:00 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

VOA Newscasts - April 12, 2024

April 13, 2024 03:00 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Iran warns of attack on Israel in already tense Middle East tinderbox - April 12, 2024

April 13, 2024 01:05 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

The White House says reports of an imminent attack by Iran on Israel is a real and viable threat. The U.S. and other countries warn their citizens against travel to the region. Families of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv Friday, pleading for President Joe Biden to help secure the release of their loved ones. Russia’s war on Ukraine could also be reaching a dangerous turning point. A look at what it could mean for U.S. and European national sec...

Israel prepares for Iranian attack - April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Israel prepares to be attacked by Iran and the FBI is concerned about a terrorist attack inside the United States. An update from Kyiv on Ukraine’s new military conscription law, and a look at the Japan-U.S.-Philippines summit and the plight of Sudanese refugees in need of health care.

VOA Newscasts - April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Israel preparing for war outside Gaza - April 11, 2024

April 12, 2024 03:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing to strike Israel in response for the killing of senior Iranian commanders. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday denied his sons that were killed in an Israeli strike this week were fighters for the group. He said "the interests of the Palestinian people are placed ahead of everything." Has the conflict reached an i...

VOA Newscasts - April 11, 2024

April 12, 2024 03:00 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Netanyahu says Israel is preparing to fight outside of Gaza - April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is preparing for battles outside of Gaza plus an update on death of three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Heavy shelling in Kyiv, as the funding debate in congress won’t go away. And leaders from the U.S., Japan and The Philippines sit down for a trilateral summit

VOA Newscasts - April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.64 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Israeli missile strike kills three sons and four grandchildren of Hamas political leader - April 10, 2024

April 11, 2024 03:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

An Israeli missile strike in Gaza has killed three sons and four grandchildren of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. He said their deaths would not influence Hamas’ position in cease-fire talks with Israel. U.S. President Joe Biden urged Hamas militants on Wednesday to accept the latest proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of some hostages held by Hamas. World Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing on ...

VOA Newscasts - April 10, 2024

April 11, 2024 03:00 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Biden says Netanyahu is making a mistake - April 10, 2024

April 10, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

President Biden says Benjamin Netanyahu is making a mistake in how he is waging the war in Gaza, but the U.S. also blames Hamas for failing to reach a deal in Cairo. What are the implications of an Israeli incursion into Rafah? Plus, an update from Kyiv and the digital ‘haves and have-nots.’

Israel says it will complete elimination of Hamas brigades - April 09, 2024

April 10, 2024 03:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Israel will complete the elimination of Hamas' brigades, including in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and nothing will prevent this, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations must protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change in a landmark ruling that sided with a group of 2-thousand Swiss women against their government in a case that could have implications across the continent. An underwate...

VOA Newscasts - April 09, 2024

April 10, 2024 03:00 - 4 minutes - 4.64 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Netanyahu says Israel will go forward into Rafah - April 09, 2024

April 09, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel will go forward with its planned operation into Rafah to root out remaining Hamas fighters. The Iranian foreign minister visits Damascus after the embassy there was attacked. An update from Kyiv and a look at drought in Africa

Date for Israeli invasion of Rafah set - April 08, 2024

April 09, 2024 03:35 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MB

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that a date has been set for an Israeli invasion of Rafah, Gaza's last refuge for displaced Palestinians, without disclosing that date. He made his statement as a new round of cease-fire talks was ongoing in Cairo. A Hamas official told Reuters on Monday that no progress was made at a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo also attended by delegations from Israel, Qatar and the United States. We talk with Laurie Brand, professor eme...

VOA Newscasts - April 08, 2024

April 09, 2024 03:00 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MB

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Atomic watchdog raises alarm after strike on Russian-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine - April 08, 2024

April 08, 2024 21:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency is warning of a potentially dangerous situation following a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns Ukraine could run out of air defense missiles if Russia keeps up its intense long-range-bombing campaign. While NATO members vow to support Kyiv, U.S. aid is still in limbo. The story of an American who joined Ukraine’s military efforts fol...

Israel withdraws some troops from southern Gaza - April 08, 2024

April 08, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Israel withdraws some troops from southern Gaza as negotiators meet in Cairo. Nicaragua accuses Germany of being complicit in genocide in Gaza by selling weapons to Israel. An update from Kyiv and a look at Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to China, and security in the South China Sea.

Gaza conflict passes the six-month mark - April 07, 2024

April 08, 2024 03:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

It’s been six months since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023. In the six months that followed the attack there has been a relentless attack by Israel on the Gaza strip with the stated intention of “wiping out Hamas.” While cease-fire talks are set to resume and although both Israel and Hamas say they will attend, the two have demands which may be difficult to meet. We talk with University of Southern California professor Emerita Laurie Brand about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

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