Iran: Attacks on Lebanon are 'grave violation'

伊朗:对黎巴嫩的攻击是“严重违反”

Global News Podcast

2026-04-09

28 分钟
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The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Israel's attacks on Lebanon violate the ceasefire agreement with the United States, and warns that upcoming negotiations will be meaningless if strikes continue. In Beirut, rescue workers are searching through rubble for people missing after Wednesday's bombardments. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to keep attacking the Iran-backed group Hezbollah "wherever necessary". Where does this leave peace talks, currently planned for Saturday in Pakistan? Also: millions of people are voting in India's state elections, seen as a test for the Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress in Argentina passes a bill allowing mining in areas where glaciers had been protected. We hear from the family of one of Nasa's Artemis II astronauts, as they prepare their return to Earth. A 300 million year old fossil, described as the remains of the world's oldest octopus, turns out not to be an octopus. And outfits belonging to the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - including her wedding and coronation gown - go on display at Buckingham Palace. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Celia Hatton and we're recording this edition at 15 GMT on Thursday, the 9th of April.

  • Iran's president accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire deal with its deadly bombardment of Lebanon and warns negotiations

  • with the United States on ending the war will be meaningless if attacks continue.

  • But Israel pledges to keep striking Hezbollah targets.

  • Also in this podcast, Argentina approves a law making it easier to mine in glacier regions,

  • but campaigners say it threatens crucial water sources.

  • And what's it like to watch your husband blast off into space?

  • A lot of excitement, a lot of anxiety, but we are just so happy to see him living his dreams.

  • So we're having the time of our lives watching him.

  • We'll hear from Dr. Katherine Hansen, wife of the Artemis II Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

  • Starting in the Middle East, the world takes a collective inhale of breath.

  • As we wait to see if the U.S. Ceasefire with Iran will collapse.

  • The Iranian president, Massoud Pezeshkin, has said negotiations with the United States on ending the war will be meaningless

  • if Israel maintains its attacks on Lebanon.

  • He vowed that Tehran would not abandon the Lebanese people.

  • Iran's deputy foreign minister, Saeed Hatibzadeh, told the BBC the strikes on Lebanon were a grave violation.

  • You cannot have a cake and eat it at the same time.

  • That was the message that Iran sent quite clearly, crystal clearly, to Washington and to the Oval Office last night.

  • And our foreign minister also said that you can not ask for a ceasefire and then accept the areas that ceasefire