Netanyahu divides Israelis and allies with plan to occupy Gaza

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  This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

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

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  I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Friday, the 8th of August, these are our main stories.

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  Demonstrations have been taking place outside an Israeli Security Cabinet meeting where the Prime Minister,

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  Benjamin Netanyahu, has been discussing plans for Israel's army to occupy the whole of Gaza.

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  The Russian President, Vladimir Putin,

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  says the conditions for meeting his Ukrainian counterpart are far from being met.

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  as the Russian leader prepares for talks with Donald Trump in the next few days.

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  Japan's already declining population sees a record annual fall of more than 900,000 last year.

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  Also in this podcast, a keenly awaited new version of the artificial intelligence chatbot,

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  ChatGPT, has been launched.

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  So what's new?

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  I typed in, should I break up with my boyfriend?

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  And instead of saying, yeah, you should do that, or no, you shouldn't,

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  it gives you a set of bullet points that are there to sort of help you reason through what to do.

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  We start in Israel, where despite overwhelming opposition at home and abroad,

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  the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to take full control of Gaza,

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  a territory reduced to ruins where growing numbers of people are starving to death.

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  This has caused anguish not just for Palestinians,

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  but for the families of the remaining hostages in Gaza.

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