US Vice-President: We must disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza

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  You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

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  We're recording this at 15 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 22nd of October.

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  JD Vance meets Benjamin Netanyahu warning of a tough task ahead to disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza.

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  Peru's new president declares a state of emergency to combat rising crime,

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  and the former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy gets police protection in jail following alleged death threats.

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  the Indian health worker who risks her own life to vaccinate babies.

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  The visit to Israel by the US Vice President JD Vance is seen as an attempt by the Americans to keep the Gaza ceasefire on track.

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  Amid reported concerns that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to collapse the agreement and restart the fighting.

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  Despite an outbreak of violence on Sunday,

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  the US Vice President said he was optimistic the truce would hold.

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  And arriving for a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister in Jerusalem,

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  he said the US was determined to stay the course.

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