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Voice of America

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Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

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VOA Newscasts - April 10, 2024

April 10, 2024 23:00 - 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.

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 02:00 - 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

VOA Newscasts - April 09, 2024

April 09, 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.

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....

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 08, 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 21:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 20:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 19:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 18:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 17:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 16:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 15:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 14:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 13:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 12:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 11:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 10:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 09:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 08:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 07:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 06:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 2024 05:00 - 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 07, 2024

April 07, 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 06, 2024

April 07, 2024 01:00 - 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 05, 2024

April 06, 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.

Gazans are starving as aid groups weigh risks to their own lives - April 05, 2024

April 06, 2024 01:05 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Israel opens more aid routes and delivery access to Gaza, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden’s call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatening a shift in U.S. policy towards Israel unless it reduced harm to civilians in Gaza. Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Edward P. Djerejian, Senior Fellow for the Harvard Kennedy Belford Center’s Middle East Initiative gives his take on what he believes needs to happen. The deaths of seven World Central Kitchen staffers have shaken the hu...

Gazans are Starving as Aid Groups Weigh the Risks on Their Own Lives - April 05, 2024

April 06, 2024 01:05 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Israel opens more aid routes and delivery access to Gaza, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden’s call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatening a shift in U.S. policy towards Israel unless it reduced harm to civilians in Gaza. Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Edward P. Djerejian, Senior Fellow for the Harvard Kennedy Belford Center’s Middle East Initiative gives his take on what he believes needs to happen. The deaths of seven World Central Kitchen staffers have shaken the hu...

Israel opens border crossing for aid - April 05, 2024

April 05, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Following a conversation between Biden and Netanyahu, Israel opens a border grossing in northern Gaza as the UN Security Council meets in New York. NATO wraps up its 75th birthday party in Brussels, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen is in China and a look at water scarcity in the Middle East

VOA Newscasts - April 05, 2024

April 05, 2024 05:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 05, 2024

April 05, 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.

US to Israel – change Gaza policy or we’ll change ours - April 04, 2024

April 05, 2024 03:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

During a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden told Netanyahu to improve the humanitarian situation and the safety of innocents in the Palestinian enclave. White House National Security Adviser John Kirby said If Israel does not change how it is carrying out its war in Gaza, the U.S. will change its policy toward Israel. Within hours, Israel opened three humanitarian routes for aid. We talk with Nomi Bar-Yaacov, an associate fellow of...

VOA Newscasts - April 04, 2024

April 05, 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 and Netanyahu talk - April 04, 2024

April 04, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

President Biden talks to Prime Minister Netanyahu on Thursday as the rift deepens between the two leaders after the deaths of aid workers earlier in the week. An update from Brussels as NATO celebrates 75 years while shelling continues in Kharkiv. Plus, politics in Turkey following recent elections.

VOA Newscasts - April 04, 2024

April 04, 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.

Taiwan reports there have been more than 50 aftershocks following earthquake - April 03, 2024

April 04, 2024 03:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Taiwan says there have been more than 50 aftershocks following the biggest earthquake to hit the island in 25 years. Demolition work was beginning on four buildings heavily damaged by the quake. Uganda's constitutional court has declined to annul or grant a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the country’s anti-gay law. Foreign ministers of NATO's 32 allies posed for a photo during a two-day meeting to celebrate the alliance's 75th anniversary and discuss long-term support for Ukr...

VOA Newscasts - April 03, 2024

April 04, 2024 02:00 - 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.

Massive earthquake strikes Taiwan - April 03, 2024

April 03, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

At least nine dead and 900 injured after an earthquake strikes Taiwan, just one day after Joe Biden and Xi Jinping talk. The world is still reeling from Tuesday’s killing of workers from the World Central Kitchen in Gaza, and the Ukrainian foreign minister visits Brussels, and politics in Thailand.

VOA Newscasts - April 03, 2024

April 03, 2024 05:00 - 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.

VOA Newscasts - April 03, 2024

April 03, 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.

International condemnation over Israeli airstrike which killed aid workers in Gaza - April 02, 2024

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

At least five employees from the World Central Kitchen charity, including foreigners, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza. Those killed in the incident in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah included citizens of Poland, Australia and Britain, as well as one Palestinian. On Monday, the Iranian embassy in Damascus was hit by an airstrike. VOA’s Michael Lipin spoke with Retired Israeli Major General Yaakov Amidror, former national security adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As Senega...

VOA Newscasts - April 02, 2024

April 03, 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.

World Central Kitchen convoy attacked in Gaza - April 02, 2024

April 02, 2024 18:35 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

An aid convoy from the World Central Kitchen is attacked in Gaza leaving seven dead. The Iranian embassy in Damascus is attacked and a top military official is killed. Shelling continues in Kharkiv, and a new look at the U.S. and NATO as election season ramps up.

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