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Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert tells Julian Worricker on the BBC World Service’s Weekend programme that the Israeli military’s newly announced tactical pause comes too late.

“Because the whole world is pissed off with us, and I think that they have a good reason for it,” he says.

London running out of…Chocolate swirls

The conflict between Israel & Iran is a "powder keg [that] has already blown up", according to Robert Malley, the lead negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Speaking to the BBC World Service’s Weekend, Malley says the current hostilities "may well head in a more dangerous direction".

So great to have colleagues @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social and Chris Brown as panel guests on Weekend this morning. If you missed the show live, you can catch up here

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When in Rome

senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky Mykhailo Podolyak says Ukraine is open to US investment in rare earth minerals - but Kyiv must get economic gains from a deal and be given security guarantees. He was Speaking to the BBC World Service's Weekend programme

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Tune in to Weekend @bbcworldservice this morning. We have two top panellists @janinedigi in Paris and @anandmenon.bsky.social in our studio in London navigating this week’s news in conversation with Julian Worricker

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