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Weekend: Close to 40 US Democrats call for Israeli weapons freeze

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Close to 40 US Democrats call for Israeli weapons freeze

06/04/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Close to 40 US Democrats call for Israeli weapons freeze

Nearly 40 US Democrats have called for the White House to stop giving weapons to Israel.

The influential US Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, and nearly forty of her colleagues in Congress have called for the White House to stop giving weapons to Israel.

Also on the programme, a pro-western diplomat and a politician accused of promoting Russia-friendly talking points will face off in a presidential runoff in Slovakia today; and, Surrogacy experts from 75 countries are meeting in Rome to discuss an international ban on the practice of letting women carry babies for others for money.

Joining presenter Audrey Brown are Samantha de Bendern, an associate fellow at the Chatham House foreign relations think-tank, and Andrea Sella, professor of chemistry at University College London.

(Photo: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato)

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