Israel casts doubt on whether it will accept a new ceasefire proposal

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

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  I'm Julia McFarlane and in the early hours of Wednesday 20th of August, these are our main stories.

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  Israel casts doubt on whether it will accept a new ceasefire proposal.

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  Trump rules out US boots on the ground in Ukraine but says Putin will face a rough situation

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  if he doesn't cooperate.

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  Also in this podcast, 10 years after 71 people died in an unventilated truck abandoned in Austria,

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  we hear from their families.

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  Imagining putting a lot of people in one truck and no air, it's just a disaster.

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  All of that was because of money.

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  Over the past few days, we've focused on peace efforts in Ukraine.

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  But behind closed doors,

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  there have also been strenuous negotiations towards ending the fighting in Gaza.

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  On Monday,

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  Hamas told the BBC it had accepted a proposal by Arab mediators involving a 60-day truce and the release of half of the hostages.

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  On Tuesday,

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  an official in Prime Minister Netanyahu's office has told the BBC they would only agree to a ceasefire

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  if all 50 remaining hostages,

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  dead and alive, are released.

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  The latest proposals were part of a last-ditch effort by Qatar and Egypt to secure a ceasefire and a hostage release agreement to potentially avoid a major Israeli offensive to fully occupy Gaza.

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  David Mensah is spokesman for the Israeli government.

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