Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to fully normalise relations
The deal involves Israel suspending its plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Also: Washington suspends all private charter flights to Cuba, and DNA analysis of the Siberian woolly rhino gives new clues to the reason for its extinction.
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This is the Global News Podcast from the * 麻豆社 World Service(Fade up bed from * and keep under intro and heads)I'm JC and in the early hours of Friday 14th August, these are our main stories:Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to fully normalize relations. The deal involves Israel suspending its plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. The Interior Minister of Belarus has apologised to those injured in the five days of protests over the disputed presidential election, and says he takes full responsibility. Washington is suspending all private charter flights to Cuba. (Fade up bed from end of headlines and keep under rest of opening)Also in this podcast:As Covid 19 cases pass 5 million in the US we'll hear from both sides in California where a church is being blamed for being at the centre of a sharp rise in the number of infections: DNA analysis of the Siberian woolly rhino suggests climate change was the key factor in its extinction. (Fade up tag just before end of last item and play to end)
Duration: 01:06
ISRAEL UAE-Yolande Nell
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ISRAEL UAE-Yolande Nell
President Trump has announced a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that will lead to full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two nations. The US helped broker the accord, under which Israel has agreed to suspend its controversial plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement, the leaders of all three countries said they had made an "historic breakthrough". From Jerusalem, here's our Middle East correspondent, Yolande Knell:
Duration: 01:40
ISRAEL UAE PALESTINIANS-Diana Buttu
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ISRAEL UAE PALESTINIANS-Diana Buttu
As we heard there, the Palestinians have rejected the agreement between Israel and the UAE. President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the deal as a betrayal of Jerusalem and the Palestinian cause and has withdrawn the ambassador to Abu Dhabi. Diana Buttu is a former advisor to the Palestine Liberation Organisation. She says this deal will not stop Israel annexation, and that more settlements will be built in other areas. She rejected the idea that this normalising of relations between the UAE and Israel could bring the Palestinians back to the negotiating table:Diana Buttu.
Duration: 01:24
ISRAEL UAE US-BPU
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ISRAEL UAE US-BPU
Meanwhile the US president, Donald Trump, who helped broker the deal, said it was a huge step forward for the region:I spoke to our Washington correspondent, Barbara Plett Usher and I put it to her that the deal came at a good time for the President:Barbara Plett Usher.
Duration: 02:25
BELARUS-Abdujalil Abdurasulov
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BELARUS-Abdujalil Abdurasulov
The Interior Minister of Belarus, Yuri Karayev, has apologised to those injured in the five days of protests over the disputed presidential election, and says he takes full responsibility. Meanwhile, the speaker of parliament said President Lukashenko had ordered an inquiry into the mass detention of protesters. Anti-government demonstrations have continued for a fifth day as people continue to protest against the election result, which saw President Lukashenko win an apparent 80% of the vote. Thousands of women formed human chains and marched through the capital, Minsk, carrying flowers and balloons:(FADE UP UNDER CUE)(FADE OUT AFTER 8")Since the disputed election result, the leader of the oppostion has fled and police have launched a heavy-handed crackdown on demonstrators -- two people have been killed, hundreds injured and thousands have been arrested. Our reporter Abdujalil Abdurasulov has spent the day outside the prison in Minsk, where some of the protesters have been released:
Duration: 04:06
CUBA AIRLINES-Will Grant
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CUBA AIRLINES-Will Grant
President Trump's government has severed one of the few remaining links between the US and Cuba - banning all private charter flights to the island. Our correspondent Will Grant is in Havana. I asked him what reason the US had given for this?
Duration: 02:33
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(Start on last word * on previous script and hold under the following)(TRAIL TO ANOTHER PODCAST AND TO ONE MORE ITEM COMING UP IN THIS PODCAST) Still to come in this podcast: Protestors in Ivory Coast defy a ban on demonstrating and call for the president to not run for office again (Start tag at last two words of script)
Duration: 00:23
US COVID-Sophie Long
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US COVID-Sophie Long
(2am embargo)The number of Coronavirus cases in the United States has recently surpassed 5 million. Confirmed cases have increased by more than a million in just over two weeks and this means the US now accounts for more than a quarter of COVID 19 cases worldwide. President Trump continues to insist the spread of the virus is under control. As Sophie Long reports from Southern California, divisions on how the country should handle the spread are deepening, with some openly violating orders aimed at slowing it, while frontline workers struggle to safely care for those infected鈥�.Sophie Long in California.
Duration: 05:06
CHINA CHICKEN-Robin Brant
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CHINA CHICKEN-Robin Brant
China is also still struggling to contain the spread of Covid 19. The government's response was initially successful, particularly after it imposed draconian lockdown restrictions after the outbreak began in the country last year. Since then, there have been concerns the virus could be imported from abroad and stringent measures have been introduced to monitor not only people, but also food entering the country. But officials in the city of Shenzhen say they've found coronavirus traces on some frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil - as our correspondent, Robin Brant, explains:Robin Brant.
Duration: 01:38
IVORY COAST- Valerie Bony
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IVORY COAST- Valerie Bony
In Ivory Coast, protesters have taken to the streets to complain about President Alassane Ouattara's decision to run for a third term. Mr Ouattara had previously said he would step down at October's election. His opponents believe his decision to run again is illegal. Under the 2016 constitution, a president can only serve two terms - but Mr Ouattara and his supporters argue that terms served before the constitution was changed should not be counted - allowing him to stand again. Demonstrators, who defied a ban on protests to march against the president, said it was time for a change in leadership. Valerie Bony is 麻豆社 Afrique's correspondent in the main city, Abidjan. She told me there were a lot of protests around the city - and the countryValerie Bony in Abidjan
Duration: 02:44
WOOLLY RHINOS
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WOOLLY RHINOS
A genetic study on Siberian woolly rhinos has indicated that climate change was probably the key factor in their extinction, rather than hunting. Scientists analysed DNA remains from a number of the creatures which roamed northern Eurasia until about fourteen- thousand years ago. Here's Danny Aeberhard:
Duration: 00:55
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(Start on last word * on previous script and hold under the following)And that's all from us for now - but there will be an updated version of the Global News podcast later.If you want to comment on this podcast - or the topics covered in it - you can send us an email - the address is globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk. I'm James Copnall. Until next time, * goodbye.(tuck Sting under at *)
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