US rejects Hamas' response to Gaza ceasefire proposal

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Sunday the 1st of June,

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  these are our main stories.

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  The US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has called the response of Hamas to the Americans' Gaza ceasefire plan.

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  totally unacceptable.

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  The militant group has neither fully rejected nor totally accepted the plan.

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  Tehran has hit out at a new UN report that raises fresh concerns about its nuclear program,

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  describing the findings as baseless accusations.

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  There's little sign that attempts by the United States to broker a ceasefire in Gaza are heading towards a deal between Israel and Hamas.

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  Earlier,

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  Hamas said that it agreed to releasing 10 Israeli hostages who are still alive and the bodies of 18 in exchange for the freeing of Palestinian prisoners.

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  But it also expressed strong reservations about the deal

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  because it didn't include guarantees on aid and ending the war.

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