2024-09-07
24 分钟This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janat Jalil.
And in the early hours of Saturday the 7 September.
These are our main stories.
Israeli soldiers are reported to have shot dead an american woman in the occupied West bank during a protest against jewish settlements.
The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money case postponed sentencing until after the us presidential election.
At least 70 children are still unaccounted for after a deadly fire at a school in Kenya.
Also in this podcast, the bossa nova legend Sergio Mendez has died at the age of 83.
We begin in the Middle East.
A 26 year old american woman is reported to have been shot dead by israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Aishenur Ezgi Aigi, who is of turkish descent, was taking part in a protest against jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beta near Nablus when she was shot in the head.
A fellow activist, Jonathan Pollack, was also there.
What happened today is no accident.
It is the continuation of the killing of 17 of Beitas residents during demonstrations since 2021.
It is an intentional killing that is now receiving the light of day because she is an american citizen.
It was an intentional killing that cannot be justified.
The turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, condemned the killing.
The israeli military says it's looking into the incident.
The us secretary of state, Antony Blinken, gave this reaction to the death.
We deplore this tragic loss.