2025-07-04
28 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Friday the 4th of July,
these are our main stories.
A former security contractor who worked for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distributing aid says he saw colleagues firing on Palestinians who posed no threat.
Trump's big beautiful bill passes narrowly,
ready for the President's approval by his July the 4th deadline.
Also in this podcast, in Sudan,
warnings from a medical charity that civilians are facing starvation,
sexual violence and executions in a city under siege by militia.
And the object from outer space spotted by a telescope in Chile.
The more sunlight it reflects, the easier it is to spot.
So we know where the big stuff is.
We know where those dinosaur killers or potential human killers are out there in the solar system.
We start in Gaza,
where there are reports that Israeli forces have killed a large number of civilians.
Many of the 69 victims, according to the Gaza Civil Defense Agency,
were attempting to get humanitarian aid.
Since May,
the UN says more than 400 Palestinians have been reportedly killed
since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,