Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead in Washington DC

两名以色列大使馆人员在华盛顿特区遭枪击身亡

Global News Podcast

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2025-05-22

27 分钟
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Israel's foreign minister says antisemitic and anti-Israeli incitement linked to the war in Gaza lay behind the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington. Also: China stakes its claim to the Arctic.
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Bernadette Keogh and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 22nd of May, these are our main stories.

  • Two Israeli embassy staff have been killed in Washington DC.

  • Israel's foreign minister blames anti-Semitism and anti-Israel incitement linked to the war in Gaza.

  • North Korea's leader condemns the capsizing of a brand new warship as a serious accident.

  • Record rainfall in eastern Australia, a natural disaster is declared.

  • Also in this podcast, China's staking its claim to the Arctic and...

  • Little tiny bits of calcification, the size of grains of sand.

  • There wasn't a lump or anything like that, so it would never have been picked up.

  • A new screening trial for women with dense breast tissue.

  • We begin in Washington, D.C.,

  • where an investigation is underway after two staff members of the Israeli embassy were shot and killed on Wednesday evening outside the Capitol Jewish Museum.

  • The victims, who the embassy has named as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram,

  • were leaving the American Jewish Committee's annual Young Diplomats reception.

  • This was the moment the suspect was removed from the building.

  • There was condemnation from the mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser.

  • The horrific incident is going to frighten a lot of people in our city and in our country,

  • and I want to be clear that we will not tolerate this violence or hate in our city.

  • We will not tolerate any acts of terrorism,

  • and we're going to stand together as a community in the coming days and weeks to send the clear message that we will not tolerate anti-Semitism.