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Weekend: Jordan hosts diplomatic talks amid calls for ceasefire in Gaza

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Jordan hosts diplomatic talks amid calls for ceasefire in Gaza

04/11/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Jordan hosts diplomatic talks amid calls for ceasefire in Gaza

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with representatives of Arab states

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with representatives of Arab states.

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Jordan today for discussions with representatives of Arab nations who are expected to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Yesterday, Mr Blinken's call for humanitarian pauses were rebuffed by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who said there would be no break in its attacks on Gaza until all hostages there were freed.

Also in the programme: we discuss the use of artificial intelligence in music after it was used for the newest track by the Beatles; and we debate whether there needs to be intermissions during a lengthy movies. 

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Julie Norman, associate professor in Politics and International Relations at University College London, and Afzal Ashraf, an expert on defence, security and international relations at the University of Loughborough.

(Picture: Palestinians gather at the site of rocket strikes on a residential building in Khan Younis. Credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

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