As the Israeli military presents the war cabinet with its plans for an assault along with a draft to evacuate the population on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, the UN warns of famine in the north of the territory.Also in the programme: China has announced plans for a big increase in the pace of its space missions; and the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have publicly executed a convicted murderer in a sports stadium.(Photo: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his statement at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. Credit: SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Israeli government says the military has presented the country's war cabinet with a plan for the evacuation of Palestinian civilians from combat zones in Gaza. With 1.4 million people crammed into the southern city of Rafah, where will they go? We speak to a member of the Israeli Prime Minister's party. Also today: Protests expected in Nigeria as tough economic reforms set in; and the case of a runaway train in India.(Photo: Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 26, 2024. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

President Zelensky says 31,000 troops and tens of thousands of civilians have been killed since Russia invaded. His defence minister, Rustem Umerov, added that the slow delivery of arms and ammunition was causing a loss of life and land. We hear from Brazil after tens of thousands of supporters of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, gathered in São Paulo's main avenue. It was the first major demonstration of its kind since Mr Bolsonaro left office just over a year ago. Also in the programme: a leading political editor gives us his take on accusations of islamophobia in the UK's Conservative Party; and we hear from a modern-day jazz-band leader who’s composed a tribute piece to wartime women musicians.

Nikki Haley, freshly defeated by Donald Trump in the South Carolina Republican primary, says she’ll fight on regardless. With his fourth consecutive primary victory, Mr Trump sounded confident of securing the Republican nomination.Also in the programme: The food crisis in Gaza - we speak to the UN's coordinator for Palestine; one of Iran's major film-makers on a campaign to save Afghanistan's artistic community; and we go to Japan's most popular nearly-naked festival!(Photo: Nikki Haley's said she would not bow out of the race in her speech after the South Carolina primary on Saturday. Credit: Getty Images)

As it enters its third year of war, Ukraine is calling for increased international support. US aid is help up in Congress, while Ukraine's long-awaited counter offensive has not made the progress Kyiv and its allies had hope for. Russian forces have taken the eastern town of Avdiivka and made some progress in the south. Our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, is in Kyiv gauging the current mood among top Ukrainian officials and frontline soldiers.Also in the programme: Russian opposition figure Boris Nadezdhin calls for Alexei Navalny to be given a Moscow funeral; and the Israeli war cabinet is briefed on ceasefire negotiations held in Paris; and we ask why Nikki Hayley has vowed to fight on as Donald Trump leads the race in South Carolina's primary.Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint press conference with EU and Canadian leaders, on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko)

US and EU slam new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second Ukraine invasion anniversary. Also in the programme: A new report on the civilian cost of the Sudan war; a new generation of AI prosthetics; and the sounds of migration.(Image: The word sanctions in front of a graphic of Russian and Ukrainian flag. Credit: Reuters)

A British-born woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria has lost her latest attempt to overturn a decision by London to strip her of her British citizenship. The ruling means Shamima Begum can't return to Britain from Syria, though she can appeal to the Supreme Court. Also in the programme: How Artificial Intelligence is speeding up the development of prosthetic limbs; and Germany's debate over whether cannabis should be partially legalised. And desperately needed aid is airdropped into northern Gaza - our correspondent reports from the plane.(Photo: Ms Begum was 15 when she joined Islamic State group in 2015. Credit: BBC)

A privately-built uncrewed American spacecraft is orbiting the Moon in preparation for touchdown on the lunar surface. If successful, it will be the first time an American mission has returned to the Moon for more than fifty years. The six-legged Odysseus lander is aiming to set down in a crater near the south pole. It’s carrying scientific instruments to observe space weather and other phenomena, to inform NASA’s plans to send humans back to the Moon before China makes its own first attempt. We speak to NASA.Also in the programme: Could a ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are to be considered children cause problems for the Republican Party? And we go deep beneath the sea and find out how the world's largest whales produce their haunting sounds.(Photo: Computer Generated Image issued by Intuitive Machines/NASA of an artist's impression of Intuitive Machine's Nova-C Odysseus lander. The private lunar space probe is looking to make history. Issue date: Monday February 12, 2024. Credit: Intuitive Machines/Nasa/PA Wire)

Two years on from the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, has been asking Russians what they think of the war. Also in the programme: Albania gives the green light to a controversial migrant processing centre - on behalf of Italy; and a court ruling in the US state of Alabama is enough to shut down some IVF treatment - as physicians run scared of being sued.(Photo: A mural of fallen Russian soldiers in Solnechnogorsk. Credit: BBC)

More than 70 people were reported killed on the night when the Israeli ministry rescued two hostages on 12 February. We hear from the bereaved Palestinian families who lost their loved ones as shrapnel ripped through their tents. Also in the programme: A large number of Russian troops are believed to have been killed in an apparent Ukrainian strike in Donetsk; and a stinking shipload of thousands of sick cattle stuns Cape Town and kicks off an animal rights row. (Picture: Malak al-Najjar, aged 13, lost an eye on the same night of the Israeli military raid. Credit: BBC)

Questions are raised about the effectiveness of Trident, the UK’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent, as it fails its second test in a row. A dummy missile intended to fly almost 4,000km instead fell into the sea near its launch site on the east coast of the United States. The UK Ministry of Defence has said it has absolute confidence in the effectiveness of their nuclear deterrent. Also on the programme: the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières says at least two people have been killed by a shell in the Al-Mawasi safe-zone in Gaza; and what does the Alabama Supreme Court ruling - that frozen embryos are "children" - mean for IVF treatment? (Picture: Still image taken from an undated video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant Credit:MoD/PA Photo)

The US has vetoed a resolution at the UN demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing its own draft urging a temporary ceasefire. In its own resolution the US warned Israel not to invade the city of Rafah. We'll hear from one of Israel's top former diplomats on reaction within the country.Also in the programme: the World Health Organization has warned of a dramatic rise in measles cases around the world since 2022; and an international multi-agency taskforce takes down one of the world's largest cybercrime groups.(Picture: United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Israel Gaza Conflict, New York. Picture credit: Eduardo Muñoz/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The US has put forward a draft UN Security Council resolution which calls for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza and also opposes plans by Israel to launch a ground offensive in the southern city of Rafah. We hear from the former US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, Frank Lowenstein.Also in the programme: a major cybercrime group is disrupted in a global operation; and how the Wagner group is rebranding itself.(Picture: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a rally demanding a ceasefire and the end of Israel attacks on Gaza in New York. Credit: Reuters)

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

Alexei Navalny's widow, has said in a video message that her husband was killed because the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, couldn't break him. Yulia Navalnaya vowed to continue her husband's work fighting for a "free Russia".Also in the programme: a US plastic surgeon who worked in Gaza tells us that what he witnessed there looked like “the deliberate targeting of civilians”; and British journalist and film maker - Sean Langan - goes behind Russian lines in eastern Ukraine.(Photo: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, takes part in a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium on 19 February 2024. Credit: Reuters/Yves Herman)

World leaders are gathering at the Munich Security Conference, where the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have topped the agenda. The Palestinian National Authority’s Prime Minister spoke to the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent about world leaders’ interest in a Palestinian state – a proposal rejected by Israeli authorities.Also in the programme: Russian authorities have detained more than four hundred people who were taking part gatherings to commemorate Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition who died this Friday in prison; and what is the latest from the British Academy Film Award ceremony?(Photo: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks at the 60th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Credit: Anna Szilagyi/Shutterstock)

US President Joe Biden urges Congress to pass the Ukraine military aid bill, after the Russian capture of the Ukrainian town Avdiivka. Also in the programme: The former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is released on parole; and the musicians who play instruments reclaimed from the sea.(Image: Ukrainian soldiers load a drone with an anti-tank mine. Credit: Reuters)

Alexei Navalny's mother has been unable to recover his body after his death in an Arctic jail, according to a close aide to the dead Russian opposition leader.We hear from a young man who attended a vigil in memory of Navalny in southern Russia on Friday. He was arrested by police and later released. Also in the programme: The Prime Minister of Hungary has promised new child protection laws following an abuse scandal that's rocked his government; and scientists have been researching whether playing ping-pong may help people with neurological conditions like Multiple Sclerosis.(Photo: Police officers detain participants of a civil memorial service to Alexei Navalny. Credit: ANATOLY MALTSEV/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Ukraine pulls its troops from the eastern town of Avdiivka after months of heavy fighting. Also in the programme, protests in Russia to honour the late opposition leader Navalny; and is knitting good for mental health?(Image: Destroyed building in Aviidvka. Credit: Reuters)

President Biden has blamed the death on Vladimir Putin. Mr Navalny's wife said Mr Putin would be held responsible. Despite official warnings against protests, hundreds of people have been leaving flowers in central Moscow and other Russian cities in memory of Mr Navalny. Also on the programme; Donald Trump has been ordered to pay more than three hundred and fifty million dollars in penalties in his civil fraud trial in New York. And most of the world's biggest tech companies - including Amazon, Google and Microsoft - have agreed to tackle what they are calling the use of deceptive artificial intelligence in elections. (Picture: Tributes to Alexei Navalny. Credit: EPA)

The Russian prison service says that jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. His friends blame the Kremlin for his death, international leaders condemn his treatment. We hear from people who know him well and get the response of international leaders. Also in the programme: why the Egyptian authorities are clearing an area along their country’s border with Gaza; and why the practice of what’s known as swatting is taking off in the United States.Photo: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a rally in memory of politician Boris Nemtsov in Moscow in February 2019 Credit: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

The Israeli army says it has evidence the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis was being used by armed groups.Also on the programme; we hear from Avdiivka in Eastern Ukraine which has seen of of the fiercest fighting in recent weeks. And why a major makeover for London transport is the latest battle in the culture wars. (Picture: An injured man is brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, 16 January 2024. Credit: Imad / EPA)

The Nato secretary-general has warned that the US failure to approve more military aid for Ukraine is holding it back in the battle against Russia. Also in the programme: Reports of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK reach a record high; and battles over citizenship on the French island of Mayotte. (Photo: Palestinians arrive at Rafah after being evacuated from Nasser Hospital. Credit: Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

The Indonesian defence minister Prabowo Subianto has claimed an election victory, but his past human rights record has raised concerns. Also in the programme: the expert witness who's helped cost Donald Trump and his allies tens of millions of dollars; and the teasing habits of young great apes. (Image: Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, greeting supporters. Credit: Reuters)

The former military strongman and current defence minister Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in Indonesia's presidential election, after several state-approved polling samples showed him winning around 58 percent of the vote. Also in the programme: The Israeli defence force has launched a wave of air strikes on southern Lebanon in response to rocket attacks which killed a woman in the north of Israel; and scientists say they've compiled the first detailed proof that great apes like to tease each other.(Picture: Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto looks on next to Vice President candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka as Subianto claims victory. Credit: Reuters)

Israel is planning for the evacuation of Palestinians from Rafah in southern Gaza, but the United Nations says there is no safe place for civilians to go. Also in the programme: President Biden has urged Republican members of Congress to back a huge funding package for Ukraine, the Middle East and Taiwan; and the return of the American TV host, Jon Stewart, to the airwaves.(Image: Palestinian children waiting for food handouts. Credit: Reuters)

Shortly after the Hamas massacre of October 2023, the BBC World Service followed an ambulance crew from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Northern Gaza as they attempted to save lives in the areas hardest hit by Israeli airstrikes. Also in the programme: We speak to a Pakistani politician who says he won't take up his seat because the election was rigged; and a 1,700-year-old egg from England is thought to be the oldest of its kind to still have liquid inside.(Picture: A paramedic from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society carries a child to the rescue. Credit: BBC)

Long: The United Nations has urged Israel against further military action in the city of Rafah, after dozens of Palestinians were killed during an Israeli hostage rescue operation. Also in the programme: Germany’s Chancellor Sholz has called on EU countries to ramp up their ammunition production; and Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue turns 100. (Image: Child looks at a destroyed house in Rafah. Credit: Rex/Shutterstock)

During the hostage rescue, dozens of Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in Rafah in southern Gaza. Many are asking, will Israel's threatened ground offensive still take place there? We hear the perspectives of both sides, as relatives celebrate the release of hostages, while Rafah residents mourn their dead. Also on the programme: Can the parties that did not win Pakistan's election, form a government? And, Kenya mourns its marathon superstar, Kelvin Kiptum, who has died in a car accident at the age of just twenty-four.(Photo: Two Israeli men freed during an operation in southern Gaza are reunited with their families at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel. Credit: IDF handout/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's PMLN and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's PPP issued a statement saying they planned to work together to bring political stability. But the final results in the country's general election have put independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan's PTI party in the lead. There have been protests by Imran Khan supporters, directed to take to the streets to raise their voice about the results.Also on the programme: we'll hear about the situation in southern Gaza after Israel says it'll press ahead with a military offensive there; and the mystery oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago.(Image: A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), with the party flag and a portrait of Imran Khan dances to the party songs during a protest demanding free and fair results of the elections, outside the provincial election commission office in Karachi, Pakistan on 11 February 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will press ahead with an offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza where a million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge. We hear from the director of UNWRA affairs in Gaza and the Israeli government.Also on the programme, we go to Pakistan for the final results in the general election, and we hear about the oil spill that has devastated the pristine coasts of Trinidad and Tobago.(Photo: A displaced Palestinian woman holds her son in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters/Saleh Salem)

A six-year-old girl who went missing in Gaza last month - and whose desperate pleas for help sparked a campaign to find her - has been confirmed dead. Hind Rajab was fleeing the city with her aunt, uncle and three cousins when the car they were travelling in appears to have come face to face with Israeli tanks, and come under fire. Recordings of Hind's conversations with call operators - shared publicly by the Red Crescent - sparked a campaign to find out what had happened to her. We hear from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society who tried to save her, but also lost two people from the ambulance team who were sent to rescue her.Also in the programme: Why Joe Biden's stance on the Israel-Gaza war has left some Arab Americans feeling alienated; Qatar, have won football's Asian Cup to retain the title; and we hear from Spain's firstly openly LGBT matador.(Photo: Hind Rajab, 6, was trying to escape to the west of Gaza City when the car she was travelling in came under fire. Credit: Rajab family)

The party of the jailed former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, says it will try to form a government after candidates linked to it apparently won the most seats in Thursday's election. But his rivals are also claiming victory. Also in the programme: we report from Indonesia where campaigning has ended ahead of the presidential elections on Wednesday, with a frontrunner linked to the country's authoritarian past; and we hear from a Sami painter using her art to communicate the values and concerns of her indigenous community in northern Europe.(IMAGE: Barrister Gohar Ali Khan (C), Chairman of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, talks with journalists during a press conference in Peshawar, Pakistan, 10 February 2024 / CREDIT: EPA / Bilawal Arbab)

With most results declared in Pakistan's parliamentary elections, candidates affiliated with jailed opposition leader Imran Khan have won the most seats.But his rival, Nawaz Sharif, has already declared himself the winner. Neither group appears to be on course to win a clear majority.Also in the programme: we speak to a Democratic Congressman about the recent row over US President Joe Biden’s age and memory; and the gang warfare is getting worse in Haiti with January being the bloodiest month yet in two years.(Picture: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif speaks at the party office of Pakistan Muslim League. Credit: Reuters)

The US has warned Israel that staging a military offensive into Gaza's southern city of Rafah without proper planning would be a "disaster". We'll hear from a mother of two who has been displaced from her home in the north of Gaza to Rafah.Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden has hit back angrily at an investigation that found he mishandled top secret files and struggled to recall key life events; and the photographer who made a documentary about the battle for Mariupol in Ukraine and has now been nominated for an Oscar. (Picture: Palestinian children wait to receive food in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

President Zelensky of Ukraine has sacked the head of the Ukrainian armed forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, saying a new approach to the defence of the country was needed. Also in the programme: The US supreme court has appeared sceptical of Colorado's decision to ban Donald Trump from its Republican presidential primary; and our international editor Jeremy Bowen heads to the northern Israeli border with Lebanon where soldiers have had some very close contact with Hezbollah fighters. (Photo: Gen. Valery Zaluzhny. Credit: Getty Images)

Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential vote. Mr Nadezhdin has been relatively critical of Vladimir Putin's full-scale war in Ukraine when few dissenting voices have been tolerated in Russia.Also in the programme: In Pakistan, opposition parties have condemned the authorities for suspending mobile phone and internet services, as millions vote in general and provincial elections; and what an award-winning photograph of a polar bear tells us about climate change.(Photo: Boris Nadezhdin has vowed to challenge the election commission's rejection in Russia's Supreme Court. Credit: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not settle for anything other than total victory over Hamas. At a separate news conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while there were some clear non-starters in the Hamas response, the US did think it created a base for an agreement to be reached. We hear from a family member of a hostage still held in Gaza.Also on the programme: Ireland, traditionally a country which people emigrate from, is struggling to cope with the number of immigrants coming in; and we meet the Michelin starred chef who specialises in the food of West Africa.(Picture: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Credit: Israeli Government)

The United Nation's humanitarian co-ordinator says at least 25 million people in Sudan are in urgent need of aid, as a result of the civil war. We hear from aid officials about how war is affecting the lives of ordinary people. Also in the programme: we have a report from Mexico about the devastating impact of the fentanyl crisis there, how former Fox TV host Tucker Carlson secured an interview with Vladimir Putin, and we also bring you the latest on Middle East diplomacy as Antony Blinken continues his trip to the region?(Photo: Sudanese refugees collect water from a borehole near Juba, South Sudan, 26 January, 2024. Credit: Samir Bol/Reuters)

Some 56,000 people died a year ago in southern Turkey and many of the millions displaced still have no home. We return to the affected areas.Also on the programme: a panel of judges has ruled that the former president, Donald Trump, is not immune from charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election; and Hamas responds to the latest internationally-brokered proposal for a halt to the fighting in Gaza. (Picture: A commemoration event marking the anniversary of the earthquake in Southern Turkey. Credit:Bilan / EPA)

There've been protests in Turkey on the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake, with survivors complaining that reconstruction has been too slow. Newshour hears from Anna Foster in the southern province of Hatay.Also in the programme: Senegal slips into crisis; and deciphering the papyri of Herculaneum.(Picture: A woman mourns on a tomb at the Hatay earthquake cemetery. Credit: EPA-EFE)

He will step back from public duties while he receives treatment. It has not been revealed what type of cancer the British monarch has but, in a statement, the Palace said King Charles remained "wholly positive" about his treatment -- which began today. We are joined by his former media manager. Also in the programme: warnings that Ethiopia is on the verge of being engulfed by famine if actions are not taken soon; and we find out about President Nayib Bukele, who has just been re-elected in El Salvador, and who calls himself the coolest dictator in the world.(Picture: King Charles III Credit: Melville / Reuters)

An aid agency says that conditions in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip have reached a “new level of horror” as the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, commences another crisis tour of the Middle East amid worsening violence in many parts of the region. Also in the programme: proposals for the Future Circular Collider; and is northern Ethiopia on the brink of famine?(Picture: A Palestinian boy holds a can with cooked food received from a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters)

The Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, has declared a state of emergency as fires claim lives and devour forests and homes across the centre of the country. We hear from a reporter from one of the worst-affected cities. Also in the programme: controversial elections in El Salvador; and memories of the early days of the Beatles as the estate of one of their first members, Stuart Sutcliffe, goes up for sale.(Photo: Forest fires in Chile's Vina del Mar region. Credit: ADRIANA THOMASA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Within the space of twenty four hours the United States has mounted airstrikes against Iranian-linked groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. The strikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen are part of an ongoing campaign to deter them from attacking shipping in the Red Sea. We hear from our correspondent in Baghdad, who attended a memorial killed in strikes, and reaction from an advisor to the Iraqi government.International concern is growing about the decision of Senegal's president, Macky Sall, to indefinitely postpone elections that were due this month. Also in the programme: Why big fat cars could soon pay a heavy price for parking in Paris; and Kim's Convenience, a Netflix Canadian-Korean hit and theatre favourite in London.(Photo: RAF Typhoon FGR4 aircraft returning to the base following strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Credit: MOD/Crown Copyright/PA)

Northern Ireland has its first Irish nationalist leader in the restored power-sharing government. After a two-year hiatus, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill has taken on the top job as first minister. We hear from a journalist who spent the day watching events unfold in the parliament buildings at Stormont. Also on the programme: Gaza's youngest reporter; and the woman who donated her kidney and part of her liver to her mother.(Photo: Michelle O'Neill, Northern Ireland's first minister. Credit: Reuters)

The US has launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq in response to last Sunday's drone attack on a US military base. Iraq says that the US retaliatory strikes will bring disastrous consequences for the region and that civilians were among 16 people killed. We get reaction from an Iranian academic close to the establishment in Tehran. We will hear from Gaza's youngest Reporter - she's only 9 years old but has a huge following for her reports on the war.Also, we will be on the campaign trail in Pakistan ahead of elections. And how Nigerian Music is taking the US by storm.(Photo: Mr Biden attended a repatriation on Friday of the three troops killed in Jordan. Credit: Reuters)

Over 800 officials in the United States and the European Union have signed a letter condemning their countries' policies on Israel. The signatories say Israel has shown 'no boundaries' in its military operation in Gaza and that Western countries may be complicit in 'grave violations of international law'. We hear from our correspondent and to former US ambassador about the unprecedented letter.We then go to the United States, as the Democratic party is hosting its first presidential primary on Saturday. We get the latest from Jaimie Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee.Also in the programme: the UN food programme says people are dying of starvation in Sudan, and we discover why are experts opposed to a plan to resurface a pyramid in Giza.(Photo: Internally displaced Palestinian children seek refuge inside makeshift tent in Rafah camp, southern Gaza Strip. Credit: H. Imad/Shutterstock)

A huge gas explosion has rocked a residential suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing several people and injuring hundreds. We hear from a survivor.Also in the programme: a state of emergency is declared in the Spanish region of Catalonia as it faces its worst drought on record; and the actor Paterson Joseph tell us about the extraordinary life of Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first black person to vote in Britain, as Sancho's portrait goes on display at London's Royal Academy of Arts.(IMAGE: Fire breaks out after explosion at Kentainers Company in Nairobi, Kenya , 02 Feb 2024; CREDIT: STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban waives his country’s veto and votes to deliver the funding package to Ukraine. Orban used his veto in December to block aid to Ukraine, so why has he changed his mind? Newshour’s Rebecca Kesby speaks to Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski. Also on the programme: a state of emergency is declared in Catalonia after Spain’s worst drought on record; and President Biden sanctions four Israeli settlers responsible for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. (Picture: Orban holds a media briefing in Budapest, December 21, 2023 Credit: REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo)

European leaders have agreed a $54bn funding deal for Ukraine, overcoming objections from Hungary. The government in Ukraine described the package as 'a guarantee for victory'. We get reaction from Estonia and Kyiv. Also in the programme: we report from Cambodia where waste from the international fashion industry is adding to pollution; and Pokemon with AK47s - how a violent satire of the Japanese franchise became one of the fastest-selling independent video games ever.(IMAGE: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L), European Council President Charles Michel, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (3rdR), Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a multilateral meeting on the sidelines of a European Council meeting at the European headquarters in Brussels, on February 1, 2024 / CREDIT: Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images)

Five CEOs from major tech companies have testified at a Senate hearing about the protection of children from online sexual exploitation. We hear from a bereaved parent whose son fell victim to a sexual extortion scam. Also in the programme: a young monarchy-reform activist in Thailand speaks about his political party potentially being dissolved; and the extraordinary story of three Irish siblings abandoned at birth who found each other through DNA, and now think they may have another brother.(Picture: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Top UN officials have warned that the withdrawal of funding for its main aid agency in Gaza could lead to the "collapse of the humanitarian system". We'll hear how the war has already orphaned many Palestinian children.Also on the programme: we speak to President Putin's main political rival, Boris Nadezhdin; and Haiti's jazz festival returns to the capital in spite of the violent gang wars gripping the city.(Photo: A displaced Palestinian child holds up an empty pot as she waits with others to receive food aid provided by a Palestinian youth group in the Rafah refugee camp, Southern Gaza Strip Credit: Haitham Imad/EPA/EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human. What are the regulations governing this type of experimentation? Also in the programme: Israeli forces have killed three members of Palestinian armed groups in a hospital in the occupied West Bank; and we hear from a tech worker who filmed her viral layoff moment as US tech companies continue to cut jobs on a mass scale. (Picture: Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken. Credit: Reuters)

The former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was charged with leaking state secrets. Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption. He has called all the charges against him politically motivated. Also on the programme: we'll have a report from a frontline town in Ukraine, where even the medics are targeted; and how 64 wires as thin as hairs and implanted in a human brain could change lives. (Image: FILE PHOTO - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, gestures as he speaks to the members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan on 18 May 2023.Credit: Reuters/REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/File Photo)

More countries have halted funding to UN agency for Palestinians, as the crisis deepens over the alleged role of some staff in the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel.We speak to a Gaza resident, who says that she and her family have relied very heavily on UNRWA.Also in the programme: the United States has warned of a very consequential response to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan; and why French farmers blockaded key routes into the French capital with hundreds of tractors. (Picture: A Palestinian boy carries a bag of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Credit: Reuters)

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires last week in protest at the new president Javier Milei’s plans to shake up an economy paralysed by inflation, the highest in Latin America. The self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” wants to introduce new laws to slash public spending, privatise state enterprises and scrap hundreds of what he says are wasteful regulations. The unions - representing more than six million workers - responded by calling a general strike. It’s a sign of the fear that his plans are sowing. Equally though, many people - most people - are desperate for change as the economic crisis bites deeper and deeper. From Buenos Aires, Newshour presenter James Menendez digs deeper into Milei the man, his policies and the people who voted for him with Natalie Alcoba, an Argentine journalist who writes for the New York Times; and James Grainger, Editor in Chief of the Buenos Aires Times, an English newspaper in Buenos Aires.

The drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops. The US has levelled its accusations at Iran, which backs a number of militia groups in the region, and promised to respond. Iran denies that it was behind the attack, calling the accusations "baseless''. Also on the programme: Hungary has accused the EU of blackmail after reports Brussels was threatening to damage Hungary's economy if it didn't lift its objections to aid for Ukraine; and how playing an instrument could help your brain power as you grow older. (Image: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a "Sunday Lunch" church event at the Brookland Baptist Banquet Center in West Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., on 28 January 2024. Credit: Reuters/Tom Brenner)

President Biden blames Iran-backed militants and vows revenge.Also on the programme: the latest high level negotiations over a pause in the Gaza fighting in return for a hostage release. What does it mean that the CIA chief is in the room? And, after decades as American Football's punchline, will the Detroit Lions at last make it to the Superbowl?(Picture: President Biden Credit: Getty)

The head of the United Nations has warned that critical aid for more than two million people is under threat, unless countries resume funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Nine countries have paused their financial support following allegations that several staff were involved in the Hamas attacks on October 7, but the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, tells Newshour why Norway will keep giving money to UNRWA.Also today: the BBC has discovered that the beauty firm, Avon, is still recruiting sales agents in Russia, despite promising to stop investment there; and the first Australian Open tennis final without Nadal, Djokovic, or Federer in 20 years - are we seeing a changing of the guard?(Photo: Palestinians receive flour bags distributed by UNRWA in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip November 21, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

A number of countries have paused funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza after accusations that some staff were involved in the Hamas attack on Israel. UNWRA is investigating the allegations. We get reaction from UNWRA and hear about the humanitarian situation in Gaza from Palestinians caught up in the war.Also on the programme: The world's largest cruise ship is setting off from Miami on its maiden voyage. We hear about the environmental impact of such vessels. And on Holocaust Memorial Day, a survivor talks about the importance of educating the next generation.(Photo: Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, speaks to the media. Credit: Trezzini/EPA)

Italy has followed the US, UK, Australia and Canada in suspending funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after it sacked several employees who Israel accused of being involved in Hamas's attacks on the 7th of October.Also in the programme: children warned against skin care products; and Holocaust survivor Peter Lantos.(Picture: A truck, marked with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) logo, crosses into Egypt from Gaza. Credit: REUTERS)

The UN's most powerful court ordered Jerusalem to take a string of emergency measures in Gaza. It stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. But Israel has been told to do everything possible to stop genocide there, immediately enable more urgent aid to enter the territory and to prevent and punish the direct incitement of genocide. The presiding judge, Joan Donoghue, listed measures Israel had to take. We get reactions both Israeli and Palestinian sides.Also in the programme: with six months to go before the Olympics, we speak to the Director of Planning about the challenge of putting on a successful large-scale international event while managing logistics, security demands and local resident. We hear from the actor Kingsly Ben-Adir about his new role as the Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley.(Photo: The ICJ rules on war in Gaza, The Hague, Netherlands, 26 Jan 2024 Credit: Photo by Remko de Waal/EPA)

Today, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza but stopped short of ordering the cessation of military operations. The court’s final ruling on whether Israel is guilty of committing genocide is likely to take several years.Also in the programme: The story of reunited twins is a glimpse into an astonishing case of a baby-trafficking network believed to have been operating in Georgia from the late 1970s up to the mid-2000s; and we hear from the actor Kingsly Ben-Adir about his new role as the Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley.(Photo: President Donoghue (2nd R) and other judges during a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on a request by South Africa for emergency measures for Gaza, 26 January 2024. Credit: Remko de Waal/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

On Friday, Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith is likely to become the first person to be executed by nitrogen gas. We hear from the pastor who'll accompany him in the death chamber.Also in the programme: the lawyer for Austrian sex offender Josef Fritzl, who is to be moved from a high-security to a regular jail, tells us that it is time for mercy; and we speak to the daughter of Mohammed Yunus, the Bangladeshi Nobel laureate who is facing six months in prison.(Photo: an archive aerial view of Holman Correctional Facility where Kenneth Smith is likely to be executed via nitrogen gas. Credit: Getty Images/Bettmann)

Alabama death row inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, is about to undergo the first US execution by nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals. We speak to Reverend Dr Jeff Hood, who will accompany him in the execution chamber, as his spiritual adviser. Also in the programme: We hear from supporters of Argentine President Javier Milei after a mass protest yesterday; and scientists in Australia have discovered that fungi exposed to acoustic stimulation seem to grow faster.(Picture: Death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith poses for an undated booking photo at Holman Prison in Atmore. Credit: Reuters)

Tens of thousands protest in Buenos Aires against President Milei's drastic economic reforms. The reforms are aimed at tackling runaway inflation, but can the new president get them through Congress? Newshour's James Menendez tests the mood on the street, and we also hear from one of Mr Milei's closest allies, MP Jose Luis Espert. Also in the programme: after Donald Trump's victory in a presidential primary, what next for America's Republicans? And the Saudi Arabian authorities open the country's first alcohol shop for decades - but only foreign diplomats are allowed to use it.(Photo: General strike in Buenos Aires. Credit: JUAN IGNACIO RONCORONI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Argentines have staged a general strike against the "ultraliberal" economic reforms of the new president, Javier Milei, in the context of sky-high inflation:Also in the programme: Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down a plane full of Ukrainian prisoners of war; and how ironic is it that the male star of the feminist blockbuster Barbie has been nominated for an Oscar, while neither the female director nor female star have?(IMAGE: People take part in a protest during a general strike called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24 January 2024. CREDIT: Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A BBC Arabic investigation finds that the United Arab Emirates has funded politically motivated assassinations in Yemen. Nawal Al-Maghafi reports. Also in the programme: a profile of Argentina's Javier Milei, and a new blood test for Alzheimer's.(Picture: A Yemeni passes graffiti sprayed on a wall depicting a child victim of Yemen's war. Credit: Photo by YAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

After Ron DeSantis bows out of US presidential race, who will win the Republican nomination? We ask a member of Nikki Haley's fundraising team if she has what it takes to beat Donald Trump.Also in the programme: campaigners for Israelis hostages storm the country's parliament, the Knesset: we speak to one of them. And why is Britain facing a major outbreak of measles, a disease which had almost been eradicated? (Photo: US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley campaigns in New Hampshire, Franklin, USA. Credit: CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock).

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened a Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya. Modi said the temple marked a 'new era' for the country, three decades after a Hindu mob tore down the Babri mosque which many Hindus believe was built on the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama. Also in the programme: Cameroon became the first country to roll-out a mass vaccine program against Malaria in a move projected to save thousands of lives; and we speak to a Haitian bishop about the kidnapping of six nuns by a criminal gang in Port-Au-Prince on Friday.(Photo: Indian Prime Minister Modi (2nd L) presides over inaugural ceremony at Ram Mandir temple, Ayodhya, India, 22 Jan 2024 Credit: India Press Information Bureau/EPA)

A market and shopping district in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has been hit by shelling. Officials there blamed Ukraine saying the attack had killed twenty-seventy people and wounded twenty-five others.Also in the programme: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump; and we examine the impact of the war in Gaza on pregnant women and newborns. (Picture: People remove debris at a food market following, what local Russian-installed authorities say, was a Ukrainian military strike in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/REUTERS)

Tens of thousands of people demonstrate across Germany for a third day after it emerges that some members of the far-right AfD party discussed plans for the mass deportation of migrants. We hear the latest from our reporter in Berlin and ask whether growing calls to ban the party have any substance.Also in the programme: The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is to open a Hindu temple at a controversial site in Ayodhya, where the destruction of a mosque in 1992 triggered violence across the nation; and why do people shoplift when they can afford to pay for goods?(Photo: Tens of thousands attend a protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Frankfurt, Germany, January 20, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

Tensions within the emergency war cabinet in Israel have been on full display this week. At least one member of the tiny five-man war cabinet openly criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies in the conflict. A former head of the Israeli secret service Mossad joined in on Friday. Also in the programme: we'll head to the Democratic Republic of Congo where Felix Tshisekedi is being sworn in for a second term as president; and the sound of lava - we hear recordings from a nature photographer in Iceland who says he's "addicted" to volcanoes.(Photo: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected calls from the United States for a future Palestinian state. Credit: Getty Images)

An apparent Israeli airstrike in Damascus has killed four members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, including the head of the force's information unit in Syria.Also on the programme: we head to the Democratic Republic of Congo where Felix Tshisekedi is being sworn in for a second term as president; and Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the 60's US group the Shangri-Las has died. (Photo: Ambulances are seen at the site of residential building that was targeted in an alleged Israeli strike in Mezzah neighborhood, Damascus, Syria, 20 January 2024. Credit: STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The White House pushes back against Benjamin Netanyahu saying President Biden still believes in the promise and possibility of a two-state solution in the Middle East. We hear from Danny Aayalon, Israel's former ambassador to the US.Also in the programme: Japan lands a craft on the moon; and new works by Little Women author Louisa May Alcott discovered.(Picture: U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Credit: Miriam Alster/Pool via REUTERS)

Israel's Prime Minister has again rejected the idea of a Palestinian state - something the US supports; will it damage their alliance? Jordan's Foreign Minister sets out Arab thinking on a sustainable future. Also in the programme: does the combination of climate change and more precise techniques mean it's time to embrace GM crops? And why was Stalin included in an Icon in a Georgian cathedral?(IMAGE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool)

Gang boss Adolfo Macias, alias Fito, escaped from the Ecuadoran prison last week. The operation comes a day after the assassination of a prosecutor who was looking into the raid last week by gun-waving gangsters of a TV studio during a live broadcast.Also on the programme; a damning report into a deadly mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 has described the police response as a failure; and we hear from a medical charity worker in the city of Khan Younis, now the focus of Israel's ground and air offensive in Gaza.(Picture: Military forces gather outside the prison in Ecuador. Credit: Getty Images)

The Pentagon has confirmed that 14 Houthi missiles, which may have been intended for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, were targeted by American forces. We ask US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking how effective these strikes are. Meanwhile, Pakistan has launched missile strikes into Iran, killing nine people, after Iran carried out strikes in Pakistan late on Tuesday.Also on the programme: we hear from a Spanish MP with Down's syndrome who is thought to be the first person with the genetic disorder to join a European regional or national parliament; and we also hear from Lesley Lokko, a Ghanaian-Scottish architect and academic, who is the first African woman to win one of the world's top prizes in architecture.(Picture: Honor guards march during a military funeral procession of Houthi fighters killed in recent U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, Yemen. Credit: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

The Houthis say they'll carry on attacking ships in the Red Sea, despite the terrorist designation. A spokesman for the group tells us that they are "at war" with the US and the UK.Also on the programme: Iran insists its missile and drone attack on Pakistani territory was targeting a militant group; and the pioneering Irish rap trio making a move to the big screen.(Picture: Honor guards and military cadets carry coffins of Houthi fighters killed in recent U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets, during their military funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Iran launched a missile attack apparently targeting militant bases in western Pakistan which killed two children, Pakistani officials said.Officials in Islamabad said the attack was "illegal" and warned of "serious consequences". However Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, speaking in Davos, insisted that no Pakistani nationals had been targeted, only members of Jaish al-Adl. We'll hear from Islamabad.Also in the programme: China's birth rate hits a record low, with young people not heeding official encouragement to start families; the deal to send medicine into Gaza for Israeli hostages; and the struggle to re-make public media in Poland.(Photo shows an Iranian missile during a training drill. Credit: Reuters)

Iraq has vowed to take Iran to the UN security council after the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed they had attacked an Israeli “espionage headquarters” in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.We hear from a senior adviser to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in Iraq.Also on the programme: We hear fond memories from the brother of the Gaza Strip's women's karate champion who was was injured in an Israeli air raid in December and did not recover from her injuries; and Donald Trump's path to seizing the Republican presidential nomination.(Picture: Funeral of Iraqi businessman and daughter killed in Iranian attack, Erbil, Iraq Credit: Gailan Haji/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Donald Trump has hailed his "very special" landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, cementing his status as the clear frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Also in the programme: North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un has called for a change to the constitution to identify South Korea as the “number one hostile state”, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the spy headquarters of Israel in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. (Picture: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: Reuters)

Houthis say that all US and British ships are targets - so is there a diplomatic solution to the mounting tensions in the Red Sea?Also on the programme: we hear from the US state of Iowa, where the first big electoral test is taking place ahead of this year's presidential election; and we head to Iceland where two women tell us what it's like to live with the fear of the ground opening up under their feet.(Picture: People hold up weapons and a poster depicting the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a protest against a multinational operation to safeguard Red Sea shipping following US and UK airstrikes on Houthis military sites, in Sana'a, Yemen. Credit: Yahya Arhab/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Republican voters in the state of Iowa are preparing to take part in the caucuses that mark the first test of the US presidential election year. Also in the programme: Bernardo Arevalo has been sworn in as Guatemala's new president after many hours of delay caused by wrangling among opposition MPs in Congress; and two Iranian women journalists have been charged for not wearing the hijab, a day after they were released from prison on bail.(Picture: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns in Indianola, Iowa, U.S. Credit: Reuters)

Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel, nearly 24,000 Palestinians have been killed and 130 Israeli hostages are still being held in Gaza. Newshour’s Rebecca Kesby hears from a man whose family were abducted by Hamas, as well as a doctor at Gaza’s Al Aqsa hospital.Also on the programme: We get the latest on a week in Ecuador that saw an explosion of gang violence and prison riots. And Donald Trump is on the campaign trail in Iowa ahead of the first primaries in the race for the White House. (Picture: Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, January 6, 2024 Credit: IDF Handout via REUTERS)

The Newshour team is in Taiwan covering the presidential election. We hear reaction to the victory of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's leader, William Lai. He's promised to protect the island from Chinese intimidation. We discuss the implications for relations with China who still see Taiwan as part of their territory.Also on the programme, on the hundredth day of the war with Israel and Hamas, we talk to one woman with relatives still held hostage in Gaza. And we go to Denmark where Queen Margrethe is signing the official declaration of her abdication.(Photo: Supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as they celebrate during a rally, following the victory of William Lai Ching-te in the presidential elections, in Taipei, Taiwan. Credit: Reuters)

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party's leader William Lai is set to become Taiwan's next president after winning the election. In his victory speech he said he hoped Beijing would understand that "only peace" would benefit both sides. China, which claims the island as its own, has insisted Taiwan's reunification with the mainland is inevitable and hasn't ruled out using force. Also on the programme: US President Joe Biden says he has sent a private message to Iran about the Houthis in Yemen following US airstrikes against the group; and we investigate whether social media was manipulated to influence the recent elections in Serbia. (Picture: William Lai gestures during a rally after winning the presidential elections in Taiwan. Credit: DANIEL CENG/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

William Lai, the candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), is set to be Taiwan's next president, after his closest rival, the opposition Kuomintang, conceded defeat.Lai has been labelled a ‘troublemaker’ by China, while the Kuomintang (KMT) had promised better ties with Beijing and peace in the Taiwan Strait. Also in the programme: As this weekend marks 100 days since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, we revisit the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza; and hear about the Cup of Nations, Africa's leading football tournament, which kicks off in Ivory Coast today. (Picture: Taiwan President-elect William Lai holds a press conference, following the victory in the presidential elections. Credit: Reuters)

US-UK military strikes targeted Houthi positions including command centres, munitions depots and air defence systems. The Houthis say the attacks in Yemen will not go without 'punishment or retaliation'. The Iran-backed group has pledged to continue attacking ships in the Red Sea.Also on the programme: at the International Court of Justice, Israel rejects South African accusations that it's committing genocide in Gaza; and we hear from the Ecuadorean president after the US announces it's sending law enforcement officers to the country to deal with gang related violence.(Image: Supporters of the Houthi movement rally to denounce air strikes launched by the U.S. and Britain on Houthi targets in Sanaa, Yemen, on 12 January 2024. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

For the last three months or so, Yemen's Houthi militia have been attacking commercial ships sailing through the Red Sea. Early on Friday, the US and UK military hit back. We'll hear from a Houthi supporter how the militia may now respond. Also on the programme: Israel argues its case at the International Court of Justice against the charge of genocide in Gaza by South Africa; and Newshour's Celia Hatton is in Taiwan as people there prepare to vote in an election with huge significance for relations with China. (Photo: RAF Typhoons launched from RAF Akrotiri to conduct strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been targeting merchant vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Credit: MoD Crown/Getty Images)

Israel's prime minister has described accusations of genocide against his government as being based on hypocrisy and lies. Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking after South Africa began a case at the International Court of Justice, alleging that Israel was attempting to destroy Gaza. Mr Netanyahu said listening to the first day of arguments was like being in "an upside down world". He insisted that his country was in fact battling genocide by Hamas. Israel will outline its defence at the court in The Hague on Friday. Also in the programme: Iran seizes an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman; and Germany’s Chancellor condemns alleged far-right meeting. (Photo: Members of the Israeli delegation hold a press conference after the end of the genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). CREDIT: EPA/ROBIN UTRECHT)

Lawyers for the South African government have told the court that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and wants to destroy the territory. We'll hear a response from the Israeli government and examine the potential impact of the case. Also in the programme: two of Sweden's most senior defence officials are urging the country to prepare itself for the possibility of war with Russia; and the extra-ordinary new plants and fungi discovered by scientists last year. (Photo: South Africa's Minister of Justice, Ronald Lamola, speaking to the press outside the International Court of Justice following the first day of the case accusing Israel of genocide)

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has said that his country is at a state of war after the deadly attacks, kidnappings and prison riots that shocked the country in the past few days. The government says the violence is a reaction to the president's plan to build a new high security prison for gang leaders. We hear from Esteban Torres Cobo, a vice-minister in the government. Also on the programme: the daughter of the Nigerian megachurch leader TB Joshua tells us how she too became of a victim of his abuse; and the Oregon school teacher who found the panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines planes in his back garden.(Image: Police officers stand outside of El Inca prison amid the ongoing wave of violence around the nation in Quito, Ecuador, on 10 January 2024. Credit: Reuters/Toro)

The armed forces in Ecuador say there will be no negotiations with the criminal gangs behind a wave of violence. President Daniel Noboa authorised the military to "neutralise" a number of armed groups after gunmen stormed a television studio in Guayaquil during a live broadcast. Also today: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to the Palestinian Authority as Israel continues to pound Gaza; and how a TV drama sparked calls for justice and forced the British government to make changes in the real world.(Photo: Soldiers in an armoured vehicle patrol the city's historic centre following an outbreak of violence a day after Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency following the disappearance of Adolfo Macias, leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang, from the prison where he was serving a 34-year sentence, in Quito, Ecuador, January 9, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Karen Toro TPX)

Global average temperatures for 2023 were the hottest ever recorded according to figures from the European climate monitoring organisation, Copernicus.Also in the programme: Ecuador gripped by gang violence; and US Senator Chris Van Hollen on the Israel/Gaza war.(Picture: Extreme hot weather and high ocean temperatures in Florida, Miami Beach, USA - 30 Jul 2023. Credit: Photo by CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on his fourth visit to the Middle East in three months to ensure the Israel-Gaza war does not spread into a regional conflict.Also in the programme: Gabriel Attal, 34, has been named France's next prime minister, becoming the youngest person ever to hold the office; and South Korea passes a law banning the slaughter and sale of dog meat. (Picture: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Kirya military base in Tel Avi. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Al Aqsa hospital in central Gaza is on the verge of shutting down. We hear from a doctor from an aid agency who had to leave the hospital behind. Also on the programme; tribute have been paid to the German footballing legend Franz Beckenbauer who has died at the age of 78. And we meet the writer of the TV drama which has shone a light on what has been called the most widespread injustice in British legal history. And which has placed enormous political pressure on the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Picture: Patients in Al Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza. Credit: Reuters)

A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence of rape, torture and forced abortions by the late TB Joshua, one of Nigeria's most influential pastors. We hear from one of his victims. Also in the programme: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Palestinians must not be pressured into leaving Gaza, after some Israeli ministers call for Palestinians to leave; we speak to an MP from the ruling coalition. And after multiple awards at the Golden Globes we speak to the director of hit TV drama Succession(IMAGE: TB Joshua, Nigerian evangelical pastor and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria; CREDIT: Getty Images)

Following the death of the eldest son of Al Jazeera's senior correspondent in Gaza, the news network has issued a statement calling the killing of Hamza al-Dahdouh and the journalists travelling with him as a targeted ‘assassination’. We get the response from Mark Regev, a spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister. Also on the programme: the ruling Awami league in Bangladesh have won an election boycotted by the opposition - we speak to a special envoy to the prime minister; and we hear all about the Hollywood stars gearing up for the Golden Globe Awards with our Los Angeles Correspondent, Emma Vardy.(Picture: Brother of Palestinian journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, the son of Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh, attends his funeral, after Hamza was killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

The eldest son of Al Jazeera's senior correspondent in Gaza is among the latest casualties of Israel's offensive, weeks after he lost his wife and two other children and his cameraman in previous airstrikes. We speak to one of Hamza Al-Dahdouh’s Al-Jazeera colleague, Ali Hashem, and put the accusation to an Israeli spokesperson. Also on the programme: Polls have closed in Bangladesh after an election marred by violence and a boycott of voting. We speak to a senior opposition leader about why his party is boycotting the poll.And we ask why US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalisation was kept secret from the White House for four days. (Picture: Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh hugs his daughter and son as they attend the funeral of his son, Palestinian journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh, January 7, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Doctor Graeme Groom is a British orthopaedic surgeon, who's been travelling to Gaza for many years - and is currently volunteering at The European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. We got through to him just before he went into surgery.Also in the programme: US aviation regulators have ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing planes worldwide after an Alaska Airlines aircraft lost part of its fuselage mid-air; and one day before Bangladesh goes to the polls, at least 14 polling stations have been set on fire.(Photo: A Palestinian girl who was wounded in an Israeli strike in which her parents and three of her siblings were killed, is comforted by her grandmother at The European Hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 6, 2024. Reuters/Arafat Barbakh)

Hezbollah has launched a barrage of rockets at northern Israel, calling it a preliminary response to the killing of a top Hamas official in Beirut. The Israeli military said there'd been at least forty launches, and that it had responded.Also on the programme: A British surgeon describes desperate scenes in hospitals in Gaza. A nun providing aid to the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia. And a former police officer on duty at the US Capitol remembers the January 6th attacks in 2021.(Picture: IDF says it struck southern Lebanon targets after rocket sirens sounded in northern Israel, Kiryat Shmona. Credit: Atef Safadi/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole after serving eight and a half years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. We hear from her family's lawyer about their reaction.Also on the programme: Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has set out a proposal about what should happen in Gaza once the fighting stops - but it hasn't been signed off by the Israeli government. And is North Korea's dictator grooming his young daughter to be his successor?(Photo: Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius arriving to court in Pretoria for his sentencing for murder charges, June 2016. Credit: Cornell Tukiri / Shutterstock)

As Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri is mourned following his assassination in Beirut, what are the risks of a wider regional conflict? We hear from analyst Paul Salem.Also in the programme: a high tide of youth unemployment in China; new research sheds light on the physical changes that occur in Long Covid patients; and controversy over a new method of execution in the US state of Alabama.(Photo: A man holds a Palestinian flag as mourners gather during the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut. Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

The funeral of the Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, is taking place in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. His assassination in a drone strike on Tuesday raises fears that Israel's war with Hamas could spiral into a wider regional conflict.Also on the programme: Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton named in court files of convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. And a drug that can defeat some antibiotic resistant bacteria.Picture: Mourners at the funeral of deputy head of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut, Lebanon. Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said there would be a harsh response to the bombing. There were no immediate claims from any groups for what is believed to have been the deadliest such attack in Iran in 42 years. Also on the programme we speak to Glynn Simmons, a man who spent over 48 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. It is the longest known wrongful sentence in the US; and we hear from the town of Wajima, the epicentre of Monday's earthquake in Japan. (Picture: Medics tend to the wounded in the city of Kerman in Southern Iran. Credit: Anadulu)

At least 100 people have been killed by two bomb explosions near the tomb of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the US, Iran's state media report.State broadcaster Irib said another 171 people were wounded when the blasts hit a procession in the southern city of Kerman. A video circulated online appeared to show several bodies on a road. We'll get the latest.Also in the programme: Hamas tells us that there will be consequences after the killing of one of its leaders in Lebanon - Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvementl and as a teenage sensation blazes his way through to the final of the World Darts Championship, what does the success of the sport tell us about modern Britain?(File photo of an Iranian holding a picture of late General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, as people gather to mourn him in Tehran, Iran on 4 January 2020. Credit: Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

Hamas says the deputy head of its political bureau, Saleh al-Arouri and two leaders of the group’s armed wing have been killed in an Israeli attack in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Lebanese media reports say the blast killed three other people. Video footage shows a car in flames and extensive damage to buildings in Dahiyeh, known as a Hezbollah stronghold. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement. Also in the programme: Ethiopia makes a deal with Somaliland; and living with long covid. (Photo: Smoke billows from a destroyed building at the site of an explosion in the southern district of Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, 02 January 2024. CREDIT: EPA/ABBAS SALMAN)

Five people aboard a Japanese coastguard plane have died after their aircraft collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. The coastguard plane was due to deliver aid to areas hit by Monday's deadly earthquake. The earthquake is now known to have killed nearly 50 people.Dramatic footage showed passengers fleeing the burning Japan Airlines plane on inflatable slides and running across the tarmac, but all 379 people on board were evacuated, the airline said.Also in the programme: Somalia has said it will defend its territory by all legal means, after the breakaway region of Somaliland signed a deal to lease land to Ethiopia to build a port; and how one psychotherapist turned couples counselling into a podcast hit.(Photo shows a plane on fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on 2 January 2024. Credit: Reuters)

Deteriorating health conditions in Gaza prompt the UN to make emergency deliveries of thousands of vaccine doses. At the same time, the Israeli military announces a limited withdrawal of some forces from the enclave amid fears of a conflict with Hezbollah on the Lebanese border. Also on the programme: A Bangladeshi court sentences Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in prison for labour law violations, but his supporters claim he is the victim of political repression. And as copyright on Mickey Mouse expires, we explore what it could mean for the world’s most famous rodent. (Picture: Displaced Palestinians shelter in a tent camp in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, December 31, 2023 Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Japan's Noto Peninsula is struck by a powerful earthquake. We'll hear about the repercussions of the 7.6 magnitude quake and how Japan prepares for moments like this. Also in the programme: As the new year begins, a barrage of rockets is fired by Hamas into Israel. What does it tell us about the upcoming months in the Israel-Hamas conflict? And in Venice, big tourist groups and loudspeakers are on their way out.(Photo: Road cracks caused by an earthquake, as seen in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan January 1, 2024. Credit: This photo was released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via Reuters)

Reports say at least ten rebels were killed; a fourth Houthi boat escaped. The Houthis say their attacks on shipping are in response to the war in Gaza.Also on the programme; Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Europe's longest reigning monarch, and only queen, surprised her nation by announcing her abdication. And on this New Years Eve we'll take a look back at some of the most important stories and some of the best interviews covered here on Newshour over the course of 2023. (Picture: The USS Eisenhower. Credit: Reuters)

Ukraine has come under attack by Russian air strikes again after two days of major aerial assaults by both sides. We speak to a British citizen who's lived in Ukraine for the past five years and served in the army. Also in the programme: A journalist from Gaza City tells us how she has been staying in a shelter run by the UN agency in the southern city of Khan Younis; and our review of another busy year of stories on Newshour. (Picture: A view of a burning car following a Russian missile strike on a residential building in downtown Kharkiv. Credit: YAKIV LIASHENKO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

On Friday Russia launched an aerial attack which Ukraine says was the biggest missile bombardment of the war so far. Today, Ukraine has struck the Russian city of Belgorod killing eighteen people.Also in the programme: in Gaza the UN's aid agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, says conditions in the strip are worsening; and a cull of Switzerland's wolves has been put on hold by Swiss courts, after environmental groups argued it could decimate the wolf population.(Photo: People walk past a damaged building following what Russian authorities say was a Ukrainian military strike in Belgorod, Russia December 30, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer)

The Israeli army says it has killed dozens of what it calls "terror operatives" in the north in Gaza City. Meanwhile, officials from Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry are reporting more than 100 people killed in the past 24 hours. More civilians are relying on the UN's aid agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, for food and shelter - as disease spreads in overcrowded conditions.Also in the programme: we hear from one family in Odesa living through Russia's wave of drone and missile attacks on Ukraine; and the story of a mother who took on one of Mexico's most violent cartels and the case against culling Switzerland's wolves.(Photo: Displaced Palestinians make their way to Rafah after Israeli warnings of increased operations, Gaza, 27 December 2023 Credits: HAITHAM IMAD/EPA)

President Biden has urged the Republican- controlled Congress to unblock new military aid for Ukraine, saying Friday's massive bombardment by Russia showed Kyiv needed more air defence capability. At least thirty people were killed in the strikes which also wrought significant material damage. Also in the programme: Brazil moves closer to decriminalizing abortion; keeping swimmers safe from sharks in South Africa; and when our voice is no longer ours - cloned by AI.(Photo: Smoke clouded the skies of Kyiv after Russia launched aerial attacks across the country on Friday. Credit: Getty Images)

Powerful explosions have been heard and felt across Ukrainian cities as Russia launched a large-scale coordinated attack on civilian centres overnight.At least 18 people have been killed and dozens wounded across Ukraine. The country's military says Russia launched a "massive" attack with 158 drones and missiles and its air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously". We'll look at what this tells us about Russia's capabilities and tactics.Also in the programme: The US state of Maine becomes the second to ban Donald Trump from standing there in next year's election, saying he's violated insurrection rules. And Hamas delegation is in Cairo discussing a new Egyptian proposal to end the conflict, can it work?Photo shows firefighters working at a heavily damaged shopping mall that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine on 29 December 2023. Credit: State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters)

Lebanon's ambassador to the UK says no country can stand idly by when it is facing provocation and aggression. The Lebanese response comes after Israel warned that it will take military action to push Hezbollah militants away from its northern frontier if cross-border fire does not stop. Also in the programme: Is it time for Ukraine and its western backers to focus more on consolidating territory rather than forcing all Russian troops out? And from the gay clubs of Chicago to pop charts around the world, we track the enduring influence of Hi-NRG music.Photo: this picture taken from a position along the border in northern Israel on December 27, 2023 shows smoke billowing in the southern Lebanese village of Marwahin following Israeli bombardment, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Credit: Jalaa Marey / AFP via Getty Images)

More than 200 deaths have been reported in the 24 hours, taking the total casualties in the war to almost 1% of the territory's population. Israel has also warned that it will take military action to push Lebanese Hezbollah militants away from its northern frontier if cross- border fire does not stop. Also in the programme: The US releases a new package of military aid for Ukraine, but would the cash keep coming? We hear from an American and an Ukrainian; and as electronic dance music has crowned sales charts around the world in 2023, we take a look at its roots with the so-called genre ‘high-energy’.(Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz. Credit: Reuters.)

The Israeli military shifts its focus to southern and central parts of the Gaza Strip, as it warns the war with Hamas will last for months.Also in the programme: A high level US delegation is in Mexico to address the ongoing migration crisis on their shared border; and an increase of sexual violence cases among women who are making this journey. And we speak to a South Korean psychiatrist after the apparent suicide of South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite.(Picture: Residents of Al Nusairat and Al Bureij refugee camps begin to evacuate following an Israeli warning of increased military operations in the camps in the Gaza strip. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Israeli military is keeping up its offensive across the entire Gaza Strip, nearly three months after the conflict began. In the north, it's again bombarded Jabalia. Israel has also further expanded its ground operation in central and southern Gaza. The United Nations has again voiced concern for the safety of thousands of Palestinians who've gathered in urban refugee camps.We will hear from an Israeli official and an UNWRA representative. We will so examine how public opinion is evolving, in Israel, as the Gaza war continues. Also in the programme: Parasite actor, Lee Sun-kyun, found dead in apparent suicide; and we discuss the social and intellectual meaning of playing board games. We include a few tips for winning Monopoly.(Photo: Israel's military chief said the war with Hams would last "many more months". Credit: REUTERS)

The head of the Israeli army, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, says the war in Gaza will continue for months. General Halevi told a news conference that while the IDF was close to dismantling all the Hamas battalions in northern Gaza, arresting or eliminating the group's top leaders would take time.Also in the programme: UN monitors are reported to have observed a significant increase in Iran's production of highly enriched uranium; and Apple has been banned to sell its latest Apple Watch series in the US after President Joe Biden’s administration declined to veto the ban today.(Pictures: Smoke rises above Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip following Israeli army shelling. Credit: ATEF SAFADI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Also in the programme: A black football referee takes charge of an English Premier League match for the first time in 15 years, what’s wrong? ; and as in some regions of the world people live longer than in others, we discuss the secret to a long life.(Picture: Explosion as Russian warship hit by Ukrainian missile in Crimea. Credit: Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.)

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There are reports from the Hamas-run health ministry that more than 70 people were killed in an explosion at a refugee camp in the centre of Gaza. Hamas claims it was an Israeli air strike. The Israeli military says it's looking into the incident. In his first public statement since Hamas attacked Israel in October, its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, says the group is facing a “fierce, violent and unprecedented battle.” Also in the programme: Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say they've launched an investigation into the deaths of three civilians, who were reportedly detained by security forces; and the Newshour presenters compete in a quiz of the year, including a mystery guest.(Picture: People in Al-Aqsa Hospital after the reported air strike. Credit: AP)

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vows to fight on in Gaza after his forces endured one of the worst days of losses of their ground war, while militant group Islamic Jihad joins talks in Cairo. We hear a report from Bethlehem in the West Bank where Christmas has a very different feel this year; and the signs of ongoing diplomatic activity. Also in the programme: DR Congo election faces fraud allegations; and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe buys a twenty-five per cent stake in Manchester United and taking control of the club's football operations.(Photo: Christmas installation of a grotto with figures standing amid rubble displayed on Manger Square in Bethlehem. Credit: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)

Former provincial governor Moise Katumbi and four other candidates say the recent election in the Democratic Republic of Congo should be annulled - we'll hear from him. Also in the programme: Israeli and Palestinian friends discuss the shattering events of the past three months; and a member of the rock band The B-52s tells us how they've lasted so long in the music industry.(Photo: An independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) agent works at the Nyabushongo Institute polling centre. CREDIT: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo)

Israel says it has arrested hundreds of suspected Hamas and Islamic Jihad members and has started questioning them. As the country presses on with its military campaign in Gaza, we assess their strategy.Also in the programme: Christmas comes early in Ukraine as the country distances itself from Russia after the invasion; and 2024 is a year of elections: we’ll have a look ahead with some of our correspondents on what to expect for next year. (Photo: Internally displaced in the refugee camps in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Credit: EFE).

Will the UN Security Council resolution passed on Friday mean that more aid will get through to people in Gaza who need it most? We speak to the Deputy Director of the UN World Food Programme, who is predicting famine unless things change.Also in the programme: the Czech Republic is holding a day of national mourning after the country's worst ever mass shooting; and two days before Christmas, a woman in Alabama with two uteruses announces "our miracle babies were born".(Photo: A Palestinian mother mourns her child in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on Friday. Credit: EPA)

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Czech police are trying to establish the motive behind the country's worst mass shooting which killed 14 people at Charles University in Prague – we speak to a survivor. Also in the programme: the US says it's ready to support the latest draft of a Security Council resolution on Gaza; and some environmentalists in France say it's time to end the intensive farming of Christmas trees. (Picture: People react at a memorial during a vigil following a shooting at one of Charles University's buildings in Prague. Credit: Reuters)

More than a dozen people are killed and more injured at Charles University in the Czech capital. The gunman, who was found dead, is understood to have been a student at the university. We hear the latest from Prague. Also in the programme: We discuss the current situation in Gaza with a senior Hamas member and the Israeli government spokesman. And a new legal ruling puts plans for a new European football Super League back on the pitch.(Photo: A Police officer stands guard as an ambulance rushes to the scene of a shooting in central Prague. Credit: MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Negotiations continue in Cairo, Egypt, to try to broker a new truce in the Israel-Gaza conflict and secure the release of more Israeli hostages. We hear about the traumatic journey of a BBC cameraman and his family forced to leave their home in northern Gaza. Also in the programme: the fighting in Sudan forces two international aid agencies to suspend operations; and Europe's top court has ruled that FIFA and UEFA acted unlawfully when they stopped football clubs from forming a European Super League.(Picture: Israeli soldiers sit in a vehicle as they patrol near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel. Credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A UN Security Council vote on a resolution calling for a suspension of fighting in Gaza has been delayed for a third day. Diplomats have been trying to come up with a text that would avoid a US veto. President Biden has said the world must put pressure on Hamas, not just Israel. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again stressed his commitment to continuing the offensive until Hamas is destroyed. The Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been holding talks in Cairo on the situation in Gaza. Also in the programme: "chaos" at elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and a new French immigration law creates divisions within government. (Photo: A woman reacts, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. CREDIT: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Pressure is growing for a further halt to the Israel-Gaza war. The leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has arrived in Cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire in Gaza and Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said his country is ready for another humanitarian pause.Efforts to get a United Nations Security Council ceasefire motion are set to resume after Tuesday's vote was delayed. The US says it is working with other members on the text, but it has vetoed previous resolutions. Also on the programme: the European Union agrees new rules on migration; and we'll hear from the developer of an artificial intelligence model that can predict people's life chanceswith astonishing accuracy.(Photo shows smoke rising in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on 20 December 2023. Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

The United States says it's working with other members of the UN Security Council to resolve outstanding issues on a draft resolution calling for a suspension of hostilities in Gaza. The vote has already been delayed for more than a day, amid continuing efforts to find wording that would persuade the US, Israel's strongest ally, not to use its veto. The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, has said his country is ready for another humanitarian pause to enable more hostages to be released and more aid to be delivered. Hamas has said that it won't negotiate an exchange of prisoners as long as the Israeli military operation continues in Gaza. Also on the programme: the couple who sold a 4.2 million dollar mask for 160 dollars; and Marvel drops one of its biggest stars. (Photo: U.N. Security Council moves towards a vote to demand aid access for Gaza, in New York. CREDIT: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)

One of the world's biggest shipping companies, Hapag Lloyd, has told Newshour that the Houthi militia attacks targeting ships they believe are bound for Israel are making it too risky to sail through the Red Sea.The US says 10 countries have agreed to form a coalition to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea after attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.Also in the programme: The Icelandic foreign minister tells us about a spectacular volcanic eruption; and we'll hear about the Pope's support for a blessing for same-sex couples.(Fiile photo showing Hapag-Lloyd containers in Hamburg, Germany on 31 March 2023. Credit: Phil Noble/Reuters)

The United States has promised to form an international coalition to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen; we hear from a leading expert on piracy and maritime terrorism. Also in the programme: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, on COP28; and a history of colonialism told through the spread of viruses.(Photo: A view of the British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship Galaxy Leader, which was reported to have been captured by Houthis in the southern Red Sea, in this handout image taken near Queensland, Australia November 27, 2018. Credit: Reuters)

When the gavel came down at the global climate summit in Dubai last week, the deal struck by more than 200 hundred participants was heralded by its supporters as ground-breaking and historic. Critics of the agreement - aimed at limiting global warming to less than 1.5*C - say it's toothless and full of loopholes. U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, has told Newshour that he's focusing on putting the deal into action. But some question whether the transition the deal talks about will happen quickly enough.Also in the programme: As media mogul Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to security charges in Hong Kong -- another pro-democracy leader now in exile tells us why this trial matters; and why Chileans have rejected a second attempt to reform the country's constitution.(Photo shows John Kerry speaking at a press conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 13 December 2023. Credit: Martin Divisek/EPA)

As aid passes through a second border crossing, the Israeli military says it’s found a Hamas tunnel stretching for more than four kilometres below Gaza.Also on the programme: we hear from the UN team of health workers that has been to Gaza's main hospital; and the life of the Croatian American wine maker Mike Grgich who has died aged 100.(Image: Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 17 December 2023. Credit: Reuters/Tabatibi)

Pressure mounts on the Israeli government to bring back hostages held by Hamas; but what are the chances of negotiation mediated by Qatar?Also in the programme; a controversy in Germany over the awarding of a political prize; a snap election in Serbia; and Carlos Lyra, one of the men behind the popularity of bossa nova music has died.(Picture: Relatives and supporters hold signs as they rally for the release of hostages kidnapped on the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 16, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura)

The pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a new deal with Hamas on hostages is increasing. Mr Netanyahu said the fighting in Gaza would continue. We hear from Sharon Lifshitz, her mother was taken hostage by Hamas and freed a month ago but her father remains captive and she calls for a change of strategy from the Israeli government. Also on the programme: a Vatican court has sentenced a cardinal to five years for embezzlement; and the indirect consequences of Israel's war on Hamas are making the world's biggest shipping companies suspend sailings through the Red Sea. (Picture: People rally for the release of hostages kidnapped on the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Credit: REUTERS/Amir Goldstein)

The Israeli army says three hostages killed in Gaza by the Israeli military had been holding up a white cloth on a stick. Also, we hear from a war crime expert on allegations of genocide in Gaza. Plus, we’ll look at the legacy of the leader of Kuwait, Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who's died at the age of 86; and the breakthrough in understanding what causes sickness in pregnancy, and how it could lead to treatment for the 1% of mothers who get the severe form which can be deadly.(Picture: People prepare the grave during the funeral of Samer Talalka, a member of Israel's Bedouin Arab minority who was mistakenly killed by the Israeli military while being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas. Credit: Clodagh Kilcoyne/REUTERS)

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President Biden's National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, says the United States expects Israel's war in Gaza to enter a new phase, focused on precise targeting of Hamas leaders.Washington has strongly backed Israel's right to defend itself following the Hamas attacks in October, but mounting civilian casualties have caused growing tension between the close allies.Also in the programme: we'll hear reaction from the frontline in Ukraine after a hold-up in military aid from both the European Union and the US; and a new train network in Mexico may be good news for tourists - but what's the environmental cost?(Photo shows U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaking during a press briefing in Tel Aviv, Israel on 15 December 2023. Credit: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)

Talks continue despite a threat by the Hungarian prime minister to veto the move. We hear from a senior Ukrainian MP. Also on the programme: We hear from the prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines who is trying to get Venezuela and Guyana to sort out their territorial dispute over oil wealth; and why Parisians are up in arms about a new metro station being named after the controversial singer Serge Gainsbourg.(Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel pose for a picture during a European Union (EU) summit.Credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS.)

European Union leaders meet to decide whether the bloc will commit more financial support and open accession talks for Ukraine as Hungary threatens to veto. So are Ukraine's most ardent supporters inside the EU getting worried?Also in the programme: the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, on mediating between Venezuela and Guyana over their territorial dispute; and anger over plans to name a Paris metro station after the singer Serge Gainsbourg.(Image: European Council in Brussels. Credit: OLIVIER MATTHYS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

198 countries have agreed to 'transition away' from fossil fuels. But what does that actually mean?Also on the programme: The US Supreme Court is to hear a case which may determine the future of a pill used in most abortions in the country. Argentina devalues its currency by more than a half. And we'll speak to the mother of a Palestinian-American student who was shot in the US state of Vermont.(Picture: COP28 in Dubai ends. Credit: Reuters)

Delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference have reached an agreement that - for the first time - calls on countries to "transition away from fossil fuels", although that doesn't include gas . . . We hear reaction from countries in the developed and developing worlds. And we ask whether the summit can be considered a success. Also in the programme: we board the night train from Berlin to Paris, revived after it was scrapped nine years ago; and we hear how brain tissue and technology are being brought together for the next generation of computers.(IMAGE: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, COP28 President and UAE"s Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology, bangs the gavel as he speaks following the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 13 December 2023 / CREDIT: EPA / Martin Divisek)

198 countries are trying to reach a deal at the UN's climate conference in Dubai after a promise to "phase out" fossil fuels was removed from the draft agreement.Also on the programme: the Ukrainian President pleads with the US congress to resume military aid to his country, a supporter of the Harvard president on why it's right she's kept her job despite a huge row about anti-semitism, and tributes are paid to the South African singer Zahara, who has died at the age of 36. (Picture: Climate protesters in the UAE capital Dubai. Credit: EPA)

Delegates at the UN climate summit are trying to reach consensus on a final declaration, after the first draft caused outrage by failing to call for a phase out of fossil fuels. Also in the programme: the president of one of Turkey's top football teams has been arrested for punching a referee on the pitch; and we hear from the father of an Israeli woman killed by Hamas, who wants a Palestinian state but only once Hamas is defeated. (Picture: Climate activists protest against fossil fuels at Dubai's Expo City. Credit: Reuters)

European and US delegates at the COP28 climate summit have expressed disappointment at a draft of the final deal, saying it is not tough enough on fossil fuels. The draft text endorses a major reduction in fossil fuel use, but does not call for their phasing out.Also, dissident doctor, Gao Yaojie, who exposed China's Aids epidemic, dies at 95. And the US is considering reclassifying potatoes - from vegetable to grain. Which is it? We'll speak to a leading potato expert.Photo: Indigenous climate activist from India, Licypriya Kangujam, 12, holds a placard while protesting at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2023. Credit: Epa)

Heavy urban battles raged Monday in the Gaza war which has killed 101 Israeli soldiers and several thousand Palestinians. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims "It is the beginning of the end of Hamas".Also in the programme: a COP agreement edges closer, and Nikki Haley's bid for the US presidency.(Photo: Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes, as seen from an undisclosed location near the border between Gaza and southern Israel. Credit: Abir Sultan/EPA)

Argentina's new president Javier Milei says shock treatment is needed to deal with the country's severe economic crisis. How will people cope?Also in the programme: The World Health Organisation has adopted a resolution calling for immediate medical access and humanitarian aid for Gaza; and the colossal sea monster fossil found in the cliffs of southern England.(Photo: Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures to supporters, after his swearing-in ceremony, in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 10, 2023. Reuters/Agustin Marcarian)

The head of the United Nations' World Health Organisation has said the war in Gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians in the territory.But the head of Israel's armed forces has called for a stepping up of the military campaign against Hamas.Also in the programme: The Nobel Peace Prize is handed out in the absence of the winner, Narges Mohammadi, who remains in prison in Iran; and we'll hear why the Japanese baseball player, Shohei Ohtani, has landed a record-breaking contract in the US.(Photo shows the director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking on 21 May 2023. Credit: Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

The United Nations says half the people of Gaza are starving and nine out of ten can’t eat every day. We speak to Carl Skau from the UN World Food Programme. He says nothing could have prepared him for the 'fear, chaos and despair' he is witnessing in Gaza. We speak to a senior surgeon about the anguish of not being able to feed his own family.Also in the programme: life for refugees in Rwanda as the British government grapples with legal challenges to its controversial scheme to deport asylum seekers there; and the UN declares that Italian opera will be added to its Cultural Heritage list.(Photo: Palestinians search the rubble of destroyed homes as Israel continues to strike Gaza, Deir Al Balah. Credit: Saber / EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has accused the United States of being complicit in war crimes, after it vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The Hamas-run health ministry in the territory says more than seventeen thousand Palestinian civilians have been killed since October the seventh.Also: Zimbabweans vote in controversial by-elections; EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of artificial intelligence; and a report about why the demand for Star Wars' collectables still going strong, decades after the films' release.(Photo: Wounded children at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis today. Credit: Reuters)

The head of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has urged members of the Security Council to vote for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, saying the territory is at breaking point.Also in the programme: we speak to one of the Lebanese journalists who survived an Israeli strike across the Israel-Lebanon border; and the Scottish cheesemaker who may have developed one of the world's smelliest cheeses – the Minger.(Picture: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting. Credit: JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The row over antisemitism on some of America’s most prestigious university campuses – we’ll hear from a Harvard rabbi who resigned his post after a controversial appearance by the college’s president on a Congressional committee.Also on the programme – Vladimir Putin to run again for president; the existential threat climate change poses to small island states; and crowds of well-wishers and celebrities turn out in Dublin for the funeral procession of the Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.(Image: Harvard President Claudine Gay. Credit: Oliver / EPA)

The United States and Guyana announce joint military exercises after the president of Venezuela threatens to take part of Guyana’s territory. Nicolas Maduro claimed the oil-rich region of Essequibo after holding a referendum on annexation. Brazil has deployed extra troops along its border with Venezuela. We hear from Venezuela’s attorney general and a former US ambassador to Guyana. Also on the programme: is anywhere in Gaza safe from Israeli bombardment? We hear from a woman in a UN shelter in Khan Younis. And a surreal encounter between our Russia editor and the former Austrian foreign minister who defected to Moscow. (Picture: Two United States Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jets Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Civilians struggle to escape intense fighting in southern Gaza as Israeli forces go after the Hamas leadership including its Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar; what would his death mean?Also on the programme: we hear from the Seychelles after a huge explosion on the main island; and a surreal encounter between our Russia editor and the former Austrian foreign minister who is close friends with Vladimir Putin.(IMAGE: Smoke rises over Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, December 7, 2023. CREDIT: REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha)

A journalist in Khan Younis tells Newshour that the ground has been shaking because of the intensity of the bombardment. Also on the programme: how a North Korean family risked everything to defect to the South earlier this year; we speak to Colombia's environment minister about her plans to move away from fossil fuels; and is it time to stop professional golfers hitting the ball so far? (Photo: Palestinians react as they check the damage at the site of Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters/Ahmed Zakot)

Israel says it's had "the most intense day" of fighting since its ground operation began in late October. The Israel Defense Force says its troops are in "the heart of Khan Younis" after bombarding the southern city overnight.We'll hear from one of Israel's staunchest supporters in the US Congress.Also in the programme: As the UK signs a treaty with Rwanda to find a new way to deal with asylum-seekers, can the Rwandan government allay fears over its human rights record?; and the regime-backed phenomenon that's sweeping football in Turkmenistan.Photo shows people reacting following Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 5 December 2023. Credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

The World Health Organisation says the situation in Gaza is getting worse by the hour, with bombardments by Israeli forces around Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza. But the head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee tell us that Israel is not trying to force everyone out of the Gaza Strip.Also in the programme: the Nigerian president has called for an investigation into the deaths of at least 85 civilians after an army drone accidentally struck a village; and we speak to a scientist who is studying the world's biggest iceberg. (Picture: An Israeli artillery unit operates at the border with Gaza. Credit: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

As Israel intensifies its offensive in southern Gaza, the US says it sees an improvement in the way which Israel is narrowing its targets. A resident of a southern Gazan city tells us it doesn't feel that way. We will also hear questions asked about the UN's response to the evidence of widespread sexual violence in the Hamas attacks.And why, at the UN climate summit, a poet young is trying to make some noise.Photo: A woman feeds a baby as Palestinians, who fled their houses amid Israeli strikes, shelter at a United Nations-run school, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 4, 2023. Credit: Reuters.

As Israel mounts a ground offensive against Hamas in southern Gaza, a surgeon at a hospital in Khan Younis says it has more than 360 people on the operating list, which is "impossible to deal with", and supplies of anaesthetics and painkillers are running out.Also in the programme: a Ugandan climate activist tells us that she is sceptical about change at the COP28 summit in Dubai; and voters in Venezuela have overwhelmingly approved its claim to territory in neighbouring Guyana, although the turnout in the referendum was low. (Photo: A Palestinian boy reacts after he was rushed to hospital following an Israeli strike at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Credit: Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

With the collapse of the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, Southern Gaza has again become the focus of the Israeli military's offensive. As the language from the aid agencies still working in southern Gaza is becoming increasingly desperate, we hear from UNICEF spokesperson, James Elder.Also in the programme: Venezuela is holding a controversial referendum, where the government wants voters to support its claim to a large part of neighbouring Guyana; and we hear from a Welsh man who kept a live bomb as a garden ornament.(Picture: Israeli tank in southern Gaza Credit: Getty Images)

Ministers from more than 60 countries are meeting at the UN climate conference in Dubai to discuss the health challenges posed by global warming. It is the first time the agenda of the annual event has dedicated an entire day to public health.Also in the programme: Israel concentrates its renewed offensive on the south of the Gaza Strip; and we hear about the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela.(Picture: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Credit: MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Hamas has said there will be no more hostage exchanges until a permanent ceasefire is in place.Also on the programme: governments and oil companies at COP 28 have signed a pledge to triple the use of renewable energy by the end of the decade. And we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the legendary opera singer Maria Callas.(Picture: Rockets fired at the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. Credit: Getty Images)

The Palestinian Red Crescent says the first humanitarian aid trucks have entered Gaza since a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed on Friday. About fifty vehicles are reported to have been allowed through the Rafah crossing. Aid agencies say there's still a desperate shortage of supplies.Also in the programme: We get the latest from the annual climate summit and ask to climate activists who have broken the law to support their cause; and we hear from the veteran feminist Gloria Steinem.(Photo: Palestinians travel toward safer areas to avoid air strikes. Credit: EPA)

Fighting has resumed in Gaza after the seven-day temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended. We ask a member of Hamas politburo about the reasons for the end of the temporary ceasefire and about the remaining hostages. Also in the programme: world leaders agree to tackle the huge carbon footprint of food and agriculture; and how penguins have perfected the “power nap”. (Photo: Israeli soldiers ride in an armoured personnel carrier (APC), after a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas expired. Credit: Reuters.)

The UN's Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, has told the BBC the war in Gaza's resumption after a humanitarian pause is "a mistake". Ms Albanese has been an outspoken critic of Israeli treatment of Palestinians for years.Both sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict have blamed each other for the resumption of hostilities in Gaza. Deadly fighting restarted immediately after the seven-day truce had expired. We'll hear from our correspondent in the south of Israel, where the resumption of explosions in Gaza is clearly visible and a senior advisor to the Israeli prime minister about why they have resumed hostilities. Also in the programme: We'll hear the latest from Dubai where the second day of the UN's annual climate change conference is taking place and the head of the UN has a stark warning for the hosts, the UAE, one of the biggest oil producers in the world; and our royal correspondent tells us about anger at Buckingham Palace over the naming of two senior royals alleged to have made racist comments.(Photo shows smoke rising over Gaza following an Israeli strike, as seen from southern Israel on 1 December 2023. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the "loss and damage" fund was essential to delivering climate justice to the most vulnerable. The first pledges -- after a three-decade campaign -- amount to a few hundred million dollars. Also in the programme: the legacy of the late US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Chile; and the lead singer of the Anglo-Irish band The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, has died at the age of 65.(Photo: UAE chief climate negotiator for COP28, Hana al-Hashimi, during the climate change conference 2023, Dubai. Credit: EFE)

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100.He served as America's top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations. Despite leaving office in the mid-1970s, he continued to be consulted by generations of leaders for decades. We'll hear about his impact on international relations.Also in the programme: The world's most important climate talks have just got underway in the United Arab Emirates; and how the genetic data of half a million people in the UK could help scientists around the world them understand diseases and find new treatments.(Photo shows Henry Kissinger on a visit to China in January 2012. Credit: David Gray/Reuters)

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What it's like to hold your mother, freed after fifty days of being held hostage? We speak to Noam Sagi, reunited with his 75 year old mother Ada last night. We get the latest on the ceasefire and the negotiations from our correspondent in Jerusalem. Also in the programme: a mass trial of pro-democracy activists resumes in Hong Kong. And why Finland is about to close its last border crossing with Russia.(IMAGE: Israeli hostage Ada Sagi in an ambulance after getting out of an Israeli army helicopter at Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer neighbourhood in Ramat Gan, Israel, 28 November 2023. Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day ceasefire mediated by Qatar, the USA, and Egypt, which came into effect on 24 November and includes a deal for the release of people held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons / CREDIT: EPA/ABIR SULTAN)

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Forty- one construction workers trapped for seventeen days inside a collapsed road tunnel in northern India are now being rescued; our correspondent is at the site in Uttarakhand. We ask an an earth scientist what lessons should be learned.Also in the programme: the truce between Israel and Hamas enters a fifth day, with more Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners due to be released. We hear from the ICRC, at the heart of the handover. Plus the first transatlantic flight fuelled entirely by reprocessed waste, and a spat between the British and Greek prime ministers.(IMAGE: Local villagers watch the site of a tunnel on the Brahmakal Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi, India, 28 November 2023. 41 workers became trapped after an under-construction tunnel collapsed on 12 November 2023 / CREDIT: EPA / Abhyudaya Kotnala)

Qatar says Israel and Hamas have agreed to a two-day extension to the current truce. We hear from senior Israeli and Palestinian figures. Also in the programme: UAE’s plans to use its role as the COP28 host to strike oil deals; and historian Serhii Plokhy on whether the West has forgotten about the war in Ukraine. (Picture: Palestinians walk among the rubble, amid the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, at Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

A fourth exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners scheduled for today while efforts continue to secure an extension of the truce. We hear from Likud MK Boaz Bismuth.Also in the programme: New Zealand cancels smoking ban; and Booker prize winning author Paul Lynch.(Picture: Avihai Brodutch hugs his children Oria Brodutch, 4, and Ofri Brodutch, 10, and wife Hagar Brodutch after being reunited with them in Israel on November 26. Credit: REUTERS/3rd Party)

Hamas has said it's seeking to extend the four day truce with Israel that has seen dozens of hostages released from Gaza in return for Palestinian prisoners. President Biden has also said that his goal is to keep the pause in the fighting in Gaza going beyond Monday, so that all captives can be brought home. We will get the latest from our correspondent in Jerusalem. Also in the programme: a nationwide curfew is still in place in Sierra Leone after armed men attacked the armoury of a military barracks in the capital Freetown; and the winner of this year's Booker Prize for fiction is set to be announced. (Picture; Israeli scout hold Israeli flags as they gather outside the Schneider Children's Medical Center waiting for released hostages. Credit: Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew as armed men broke into a prison, setting inmates free. We are live in the capital Freetown with our correspondent Umaru Fofana and we speak to the Information Minister. Also in the programme: the latest on the hostages in the Israel Gaza conflict- including the elated mother of a Thai captive, just released; and the women who could be the last shepherdesses of the Pakistani mountains. (Photo: Hooded armed men in military fatigues stand on a street after unidentified gunmen attacked military barracks and attempted to break into an armoury in Freetown, Sierra Leone November 26, 2023. Reuters/Umaru Fofana)

Another 13 Israeli hostages and several foreign nationals held in Gaza have been handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross. An earlier delay to the release of the hostages was resolved following mediation with Egypt and Qatar. We hear from our correspondent in Jerusalem, and voices on the ground. Also on the programme, we hear how the civil war in Sudan has been over shadowed by events in the Middle East, and the war in Ukraine; how the El Nino weather pattern is causing this year to be the hottest on record, and a rare book owned by Jane Austen goes to auction. (Photo: A boy looks at placards as people wait for news of hostages to be released by Hamas. Credit: Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)

Israeli authorities say 14 hostages held by Hamas will be released on Saturday, the second day of a temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Meanwhile, aid is being allowed into Gaza.137 lorries carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered from Egypt. We'll hear from the UN's Palestinian agency on what Gazans need most during this temporary reprieve. Also in the programme: Russian authorities are limiting access to abortions in an attempt to confront the country's longstanding demographic crisis; and the killing of a young woman in Italy has prompted a reckoning about violence against women. (Picture: Palestinians gather to fill liquid gas cylinders during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Israel says 24 hostages released by Hamas in Gaza are all in good health and are having medical tests in Israel, before they're reunited with their families. We hear from the brother of a female hostage still to be released. Also in the programme: the mystery cosmic ray; and Joan Armatrading's new symphony. (Picture: Hostages who were abducted by Hamas gunmen during the October 7 attack on Israel are handed over by Hamas militants to the International Red Cross. Credit: REUTERS)

As part of a temporary ceasefire deal with Israel, 39 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails are due to then be released to the West Bank. Also on the programme: there is shock in Ireland as far-right rioters trash parts of central Dublin; and the former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is granted parole by a South African court. (Image: People look at an installation which shows the pictures of hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 24 November 2023. Credit: Reuters/Zvulun )

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Qatar has announced that the four-day halt to fighting in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday morning. A foreign ministry spokesman in Doha, Majed Al-Ansari, said humanitarian aid would start to be delivered as soon as possible. He said 13 hostages abducted by Hamas would be released later on Friday, along with a number of Palestinians released from detention in Israel. Also in the programme: Victory for the far-right in Dutch elections; and reports of an outbreak of pneumonia in China. (Picture: Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Getty Images)

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Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to release 50 hostages being held in Gaza during a four-day pause in fighting. Hamas says 150 Palestinian women and teenagers will be released from Israeli jails under the deal. The start of the pause will be announced in the next 24 hours - if successful it will be the first break in fighting since 7 October. We'll hear from a former senior Qatari diplomat about the role his country played in bringing about the agreement and also from a family member of one of the hostages held in Gaza since the start of the conflict about their feeling on the situation. Also in the programme: What the return of a fired and re-hired artificial intelligence boss means for the future of the technology; and why South Africa's parliament has voted to close the Israeli embassy and suspend all diplomatic relations with the country. (Photo shows a man holding an Israeli flag with the date of 7 October 2023 on it during a demonstration to demand the liberation of hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel on 21 November 2023. Credit: Amir Cohen/REUTERS)

We hear from the father of a nine year-old girl believed to be held by Hamas and we look at what a deal would mean for the next stage of the war. A senior Palestinian official also outlines his plans to govern Gaza. Also on the programme: Can elections in the Netherlands launch a new era in politics? And the Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler on auctioning his mighty guitar collection. (Photo: A person calls for a deal to release people kidnapped by Hamas, near the The Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, 24 October 2023 Credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The leader of Hamas earlier said they were close to reaching a "truce agreement" with Israel, raising hopes of a pause in hostilities that could see hostages freed. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that they "are making progress" on the release of hostages snatched by Hamas on 7 October and taken to Gaza. We'll speak to a senior advisor to the Israeli government and hear how Qatar has huge influence negotiating in the Hamas-Israel war. Also in the programme: A rediscovered BBC interview with the mysterious artist known as Banksy on his art and reaction from the public to it; and we'll hear about the debates at the heart of the OpenAI stand-off. (Photo shows smoke rising after Israeli air strikes in Gaza on 21 November 2023. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

Thirty-one premature Palestinian babies were evacuated from Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has described as a "death zone". We hear the latest on Gaza from the BBC's Tom Bateman in Jerusalem and from Gil Dickmann, one of the relatives of those Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. Also on the programme: Open revolt at OpenAI as hundreds threaten to resign after the firing of the tech company's co-founder Sam Altman. And we hear about the strategies that Argentina's new radical right wing president could employ to mend a broken economy. (Photo: Medics treat premature Palestinian babies evacuated from Gaza at the New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the east of Cairo Credit: Egyptian Health Ministry/via REUTERS)

Argentines have elected far-right outsider Javier Milei, 53, as their new president. The radical newcomer's victory has been described as "a political earthquake". Mr Milei has promised drastic changes, which include ditching the local currency, the peso, for the US dollar and "blowing up" the central bank in order to prevent it from printing more money, which he argues is driving inflation. We'll analyse the political and economic effects of his win. Also in the programme: Why there are international calls to curb violence in the occupied West Bank as a result of the the Israel-Hamas war; and we'll hear the extraordinary journey of the "Amazing Grace" hymn. (Photo shows Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei addressing supporters in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 19 November 2023. Credit: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)

Thirty-one premature Palestinian babies have been evacuated from Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital. The babies have been taken to an Emirati hospital in the southern town of Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. A spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society explains to Newshour how the delicate evacuation was completed. Also in the programme: polls have closed in Argentina to decide who will lead the country for the next four years; and an outspoken pro-war Russian blogger says he wants to challenge Vladimir Putin in next year's presidential elections. (Picture: Premature babies evacuated from Al Shifa Hospital receiving treatment in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture credit: Reuters)

Most of the patients and medical staff have had to leave al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, as the situation there deteriorates. An international team of health and humanitarian workers - led by the World Health Organisation - was able to make a short visit to the hospital, Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, who's WHO regional director, speaks to Newshour about what they found. Also in the programme: Queues of trucks have built up on Poland’s border with Ukraine due to a protest by Polish truckers; and we get the latest on the Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia. Picture: A humanitarian assessment team led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) visits Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, November 18. Picture credit: WHO/Handout via REUTERS

Two strikes have hit Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing at least 80 people, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. A UN-school was among the places hit. A spokesperson for the Israeli government tells Newshour they are investigating the incidents. Also in the programme: US company SpaceX has completed a second “Starship” rocket test flight; and Argentines return to the polls to elect the next President. (Picture: Aftermath of a strike at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, November 18. Picture credit: Fadi Alwhidi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

There are conflicting reports over whether Israel’s Defence Forces ordered an evacuation of Gaza’s largest hospital Al-Shifa. Hundreds of people are said to have been leaving the medical complex on foot holding white flags. Also on the programme: Our Culture Editor Katie Razzall speaks to Sir Ridley Scott about his new film, Napoleon; and we'll hear about Space X's latest launch its new Starship rocket. (File Photo: Tents and shelters used by displaced Palestinians stand at the yard of Al-Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation.Credit: Reuters).

As Israel's operations in Gaza continue, the humanitarian crisis expands to areas in the south of the territory where people were encouraged to escape the fighting in the northern areas such as Gaza City. We'll be asking an Israeli government spokesman why fuel deliveries to Gaza are being restricted to two trucks a day which aid agencies say is not enough. Also in the programme: Global economists take aim at Argentina's chainsaw-wielding presidential candidate ahead of elections this weekend; and Africa's premiere diva, Angélique Kidjo, talks to us about her musical career over the last 40 years. (Photo shows Palestinians queuing as they wait to buy bread from a bakery in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 17 November 2023. Credit: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

The World Food Programme has said Gaza’s population face ‘the immediate possibility’ of starvation. Aid agencies say that supplies being brought in are only able to provide Gazans seven percent of their daily caloric intake. Israel mounts a raid on the West Bank city of Jenin, surrounding a hospital and killing five Palestinians who it claims were ‘terrorists’. Also on the programme: An executive at one of the UK’s biggest AI companies quits in protest at his firm using copyrighted material without consent; and practice at the first Las Vegas Grand Prix descends into chaos as a Ferrari hits a loose manhole cover. (IMAGE: Palestinians queue as they wait to buy bread in southern Gaza, November 17, 2023. CREDIT: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

A witness has told the BBC there is "shooting in all directions" at the Al-Shifa hospital. Earlier, a BBC reporter obtains access to the hospital for the first time. Meanwhile, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson says Israeli forces have found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing weapons in the Al-Shifa hospital. Also in the programme: Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez has secured a four-seat majority in the 350-seat chamber, after sealing an amnesty deal for Catalans involved in a failed bid to secede from Spain; and red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, which have been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave. (Picture: the courtyard of Al Shifa hospital. Picture credit: Ahmed El Mokhallalati/Reuters)

The Israeli army claims there is a Hamas command post deep underground on the hospital site. We hear about what has been found there. Also on the programme: the insurgents beating back the military rulers of Myanmar; and the fantastic promise of gene therapy for two disabling blood disorders including sickle cell disease. (Photo: A man walks within the premises of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City during Israeli ground operation. Credit: Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via Reuters)

Israel says its army has found evidence of a Hamas operational command centre in Gaza's biggest hospital. A claim denied by Hamas which rules the Palestinian territory. Also in the programme: what next for UK Rwanda migrants plan? And EU proposes to ban Russian diamonds. (Picture: Weapons and equipment which Israel's army says were found at Al Shifa hospital complex in the Gaza Strip. Credit: Israel Defence Forces/Handout via REUTERS)

Israeli forces have now entered the Al-Shifa complex in the north of the Gaza strip, calling their presence a 'targeted' military operation. They say they are searching for Hamas infrastructure and weapons. Hamas, which is designated a terror group by many Western countries, denies it has any capabilities there. Also in the programme: A British court rules against UK government plans to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda; and find out which bird has been crowned 'Bird of the Century.' (Picture: An Israeli soldier pictured this morning beside boxes labelled "Medical Supplies" at the Al Shifa Hospital. Credit: Reuters)

The head of Gaza's biggest hospital says nearly one-hundred-and eighty people are being buried in a mass grave there, after it ran out of power. We speak to former state department official Aaron David Miller about how staunch support for Israel is amongst its allies. Also in the programme: One of Anna Politkovskaya's killers is pardoned; and using AI to predict the weather. (Picture: Republican Senator of Ohio JD Vance speaks during a news conference held by Republican Senators in support of the immediate passage of an aid package to Israel. Credit: Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Our correspondent in Gaza, Rushdi Abualouf, brings us the latest from there and as international pressure grows on Israel, Newshour hears from Danny Danon, a member of the Israeli parliament. Also on the programme, the marine reserve created in Dominica to protect sperm whales and the latest from India where rescue workers are trying to free trapped construction workers in the northern part of the country. ( Image: Al Shifa hospital with smoke in the background Credit : Reuters )

As hospitals in Gaza remain in the line of fire, WHO spokesperson Dr Margaret Harris called the unfolding crisis 'dire and getting worse'. We hear from one of the senior advisors of Israel's Prime Minister, Mark Regev, about Israel's military decision in regards to hospitals. Also in our programme: the LGBTQ+ community in Poland at a crucial political junction; and old faces join Rishi Sunak's new top team, as the British Prime Minister reshuffles his cabinet after sacking his controversial Interior Minister. (Photo: Newborns are placed on bed after being taken off incubators in Gaza's Al Shifa after power outage. Credit: image obtained via Reuters).

Clashes have continued at the hospital where the World Health Organization (WHO) says there is "constant gunfire and bombings in the area". There is particular concern that 36 new-born babies requiring intensive care treatment may die. Israel has repeatedly denied accusations its forces have attacked the hospital, but has acknowledged clashes with Hamas fighters in the area. Also on the programme: fighting continues between Hezbollah and Israel on Lebanon's border and; the book club who have finished reading James Joyce's Finnegans Wake after 28 years. (Photo: Al Shifa hospital: A satellite image shows Al-Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 11, 2023. Credit: Maxar Technologies/via Reuters)

A doctor at Al-Shifa hospital has told the BBC a third newborn baby has died in their makeshift neonatal care unit. Dr Marwan Abu Saada, a surgeon currently inside Al-Shifa hospital, said over thirty infants had been transferred to a cardiac surgery room after the neonatal intensive care unit stopped working due to power failures. Dr Abu Saada said the third infant died from enteritis - an inflammation of the gut to which premature babies are particularly susceptible. Also in the programme: thousands of people have marched in Paris against antisemitism in France, amid the conflict in the Gaza Strip. And the chance of a volcanic eruption in Iceland is rising, posing a threat to a now-evacuated town, experts say. (Picture: The Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. Picture credit: Reuters)

Fighting has continued in Gaza, with numerous Palestinian casualties reported. Israel claims Al-Shifa hospital is above a Hamas command centre and says it will allow the evacuation of premature babies, but doctors from international aid agencies report that people attempting to flee Al-Shifa have been shot at by IDF troops. Also on the programme: a protest in France against the rise in antisemitic attacks - but why are far-left parties refusing to take part? And a call to rename galaxies named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. (Image: Israeli military vehicles take position in Gaza, 12 November 2023 Credit: ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES/Handout via REUTERS).

Doctors at Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, have warned that patients, including babies, are at risk of dying because of lack of medical treatment. The Israeli military now says it'll evacuate babies to a "safer hospital" on Sunday. It's also denied it's besieging the hospital and says it's left open a corridor for those who want to flee. We’ll have the latest on the Israel-Gaza conflict including the conclusion of an Arab-Muslim summit in Saudi Arabia, large-scale protests on the streets of London, and fears of an escalation in Lebanon. Also in the programme: Pope Francis has dismissed a vocal Bishop in the United States; and a state of emergency has been declared in Iceland, after a series of earthquakes led to concerns that a volcanic eruption could be imminent. (Picture: Palestinians evacuating to the southern Gaza Strip, make their way along Salah al-Din Street. Credit: Haitham Imad/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A surgeon at Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, has told the BBC the main intensive care unit there has been hit. Marwan Abu Saada, a surgeon currently inside Al-Shifa hospital, says sounds of shooting and bombardments echo "every second" and that no-one can leave or enter the hospital. The Israeli military has repeatedly accused Hamas of operating from tunnels underneath the medical facility, which Hamas denies. Israel has previously said it does not fire on hospitals - but has today acknowledged "intense fighting against Hamas in the vicinity of the area in question". Also in the programme: the rival factions in Sudan's civil war have accused each other of blowing up a bridge over the River Nile; and we'll hear about high-altitude forests that are being restored in the Andes. (Photo shows patients and internally-displaced people at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 10, 2023. Credit: Khader Al Zanoun/AFP)

Several hospitals in the Gaza Strip are now in the line of fire as Israel continues its land incursion. They are filled with people injured during Israel's air raids and have become a refuge for those fleeing the attacks. We hear from a doctor in Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital and a military specialist tell us about Israel' military strategy. Also in the programme: we hear about the EU Parliament's landmark deal to protect nature; and what can be learnt from the 2023 wildfires in Maui? (Photo: smoke rises as displaced Palestinian seek refuge at Al Shifa hospital. Credit: Reuters/Doaa Rouqa)

We hear from doctors as heavy fighting is reported around Gaza’s main hospitals, and from an Israeli military spokesperson. Videos show a missile hitting an area where people were taking shelter in Al Shifa hospital, followed by screams. A BBC correspondent in Gaza says Israeli tanks are now just metres away from the hospital, surrounding it from four sides. Also on the programme, we hear from the first ever summit dedicated to preserving, glaciers, ice sheets, poles and all of the other the frozen parts of planet Earth. And images of a creature known as "Attenborough's Echidna," thought to have been extinct, have been newly filmed in Indonesia. We hear from one of the expedition members. (Picture: Israeli tank in Gaza. Credit: Reuters)

The White House has said Israel will begin to implement daily four-hour pauses in its bombardment of northern Gaza. We hear from our reporter in the south of the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians have been told to go to escape the worst of the fighting. And we learn about the Hamas leader Israel says masterminded the 7th October attacks. Also in the programme: could the shooting of a Spanish politician be linked to an amnesty for Catalan separatists? And is the Catholic Church softening its stance on the LGBTQ+ community? (Photo: Palestinians fleeing north Gaza walk towards the south, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

Israel reopens a route for civilians in northern Gaza to move south, for just six hours, as its forces close in on the heart of Gaza City. We hear from our international editor who has spent time with the IDF. And we hear from a group that includes both Jewish and Arab Israelis who are determined to keep the peace on their streets. Also in the programme: Myanmar's military government faces its most serious challenge from rebels since it seized power nearly three years ago; and why are the indigenous Ogiek people being evicted from their homeland, the biggest forest in Kenya? (Photo: Palestinians evacuating to the southern Gaza Strip, make their way along Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, 09 November 2023. Credot: Haitham Imad/EPA)

Thousands more flee northern Gaza as Israeli forces push on Gaza city. A route south was opened for five hours, but Hamas-run authorities say air strikes continue in all areas. We hear from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza city and also our International Editor Jeremy Bowen who has been travelling with the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza. Also on the programme: We hear how Taiwan's military is ramping up its training to deter China from attacking; and Ivanka Trump testifies in court as her father fights a civil fraud trial in New York. (Photo: Israeli soldiers stand amid the rubble, during the ongoing ground invasion against Hamas in northern Gaza Credit: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been setting out the key elements of what should happen when the conflict in the Middle East ends. So what role will Palestinians play in Gaza? Also in the programme: we have access to Taiwan’s military facilities as it prepares for a possible invasion by China; and theatres around the UK celebrate 400 years of the publication of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. (Picture: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a press conference in Tokyo. Credit: EPA).

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A month on from the Hamas attacks in Israel which killed more than 1,400 people on 7 October, the war between Israel and Hamas shows no signs of abating. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Israeli state will have "security responsibility" for Gaza for an "indefinite period" after the war ends. Also in the programme: Italy agrees a deal to build two migrant centres in Albania; and we'll hear about the penguin population in Argentina that has bounced back from the brink. (Photo shows the ruins of destroyed buildings in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, seen from Sderot, southern Israel on 7 November 2023. Credit: Neil Hall/EPA)

As Israeli forces continue their ground incursion in Gaza, we speak to a journalist embedded with the Israeli Defence Force. And what is happening in the besieged territory? We talk to a British-Palestinian doctor working in Gaza's largest hospital. Also in the programme: former US President Donald Trump takes the stand in a New York court after being accused of fraudulently inflating the value of his properties; and are new aviation fuels the answer to pollution? (Photo: an Israeli armoured vehicle patrols near the Gaza border, southern border. Credit: Neil Hall / EPA-EFE / REX /Shutterstock)

Israel has carried out one of its heaviest bombardments of Gaza so far, in defiance of a joint call by UN agencies for a ceasefire. As the United States' top diplomat concludes his tour of the Middle East, could President Biden's support for Israel cost him key states in next year's election? Also in the programme: extra measures to control air pollution have come into effect in the Indian capital, Delhi; and could tampons be used to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases? (Photo shows smoke rising after Israeli strikes in Gaza City on 6 November 2023. Credit Mohammed al-Masri/Reuters)

Israel says its forces have cut Gaza in two after its ground offensive against Hamas reached the coast of the Palestinian territory. We hear from a former IDF lawyer and a former Pentagon lawyer with differing views on the law of proportionality and how it should be applied. Also in the programme: Afghan poppy cultivation plummets; and Greenland's melting ice (Picture: Residents evacuate northern Gaza Strip by foot following the latest Israeli warning during increased military operations in the northern Gaza Strip, 05 November 2023. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Hamas-led health ministry has accused Israel of killing more than thirty people in an airstrike on Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza. Israel said it was looking into the incident. We hear from a journalist who lives near the area and from the Israeli military. Also in the programme: we discuss how misinformation and disinformation changes the way we consume the news; and we hear from the man who has written some of the biggest hits in music. (A Palestinian man sits over the rubble of a residential building following an airstrike at the Maghazi refugee camp. Credit: Haitham Imad/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Israel says the circumstances of an explosion at a UN school-turned-shelter in Gaza are "under review". We hear from an eye-witness at the scene. Also in the programme: Blinken in Jordan; and a presidential jailbreak in Guinea. (Picture: Palestinians react following a strike at a UN-run school sheltering displaced people, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Credit: REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef)

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with leaders including Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the foreign minister of Qatar, which has positioned itself as a key negotiator in the crisis. The United States has rejected calls for a full ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, saying this would play into the hands of Hamas. But Mr Blinken's suggestion that the fighting be paused to allow aid to circulate was quickly rebuffed by Israeli leaders during his visit to Tel Aviv yesterday. His meetings with Arab officials come as Washington is keen to avoid the conflict spreading further. Also in the programme: A witness testimony from Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, new images of a very young star enabling scientists to see for the first time what our own Sun looked like in its infancy and shocking, rude and fun...a book about swearing. (Image: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, during a day of meetings about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Amman, Jordan. Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool)

The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has warned there is a real risk that the Hamas-Israel conflict will evolve into a wider war. In a speech earlier today, Hassan Nasrallah said the only way to avert regional war was for Israel to stop the assault on Gaza. Also in the programme: is the migrant crisis in Germany driving more people to support far-right politicians? And why dozens of bird species in North America will get new names next year. (Photo: people listen to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's speech, November 2023. Credit: West Asia News Agency via Reuters.)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken - the US's top diplomat - has been meeting Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and president Isaac Herzog. Mr Blinken is seeking "concrete steps" from the Israeli government to minimise harm to civilians in Gaza. He has reiterated US support for Israel but says everything must be done to protect "civilians caught in the crossfire of Hamas's making" We'll hear from our correspondent following the diplomatic talks. The head of Hezbollah in neighbouring Lebanon is also due to speak for the first time since the start of the conflict. Can this war be contained? Also in the programme: Ex-crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty convicted of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his cryptocurrency exchange and could face a century in jail; and we'll hear from people in Germany who are fearful about the arrival of migrants in their country. (Photo shows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, Israel on 3 November 2023. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Hezbollah says it has attacked nineteen targets in Israel simultaneously, in what would be the most intense assault from the group on Israel since the Israel-Hamas war started. The Israeli military said it was striking a series of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in response to a number of launches. We will bring you the latest on the conflict including the evacuation of people in Gaza through the border to Egypt. Also in the programme: we speak to Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York as thousands of refugees from Afghanistan are forced to leave; and we get a look inside a hi-tech semi-conductor factory in Taiwan. (Picture: An Israeli artillery unit fires during a military drill in the annexed Golan Heights near the border with Lebanon. Credit: Ayal Margolin/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Newshour hears from the cousin of an Arab Israeli paramedic - killed by Hamas - about what it's been like to be an Arab citizen of Israel during recent weeks. And an Israeli father tells us how his two small children and his wife are still being held hostage. Also on the programme: We take a look at the Taiwanese economy; and The Beatles' last song, out today. (Photo: Israeli soldiers of an artillery unit preparing ammunition near the Gaza border, southern Israel Credit: Abir Sultan/EPA-EFE/REX)

Hundreds of foreigners passport holders - including US nationals - and almost eighty injured Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza today through the Rafah crossing. It is the first time people have been allowed to leave Gaza since the start of the Israel - Hamas war last month. We hear from families at the crossing with Egypt. Also in the programme: Pakistan has started to arrest Afghans as part of a nationwide crackdown on foreign nationals in the country illegally; and we hear about Indians being asked to work 70 hours a week. (Photo: A child looks through glass, as Palestinians with dual citizenship wait at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the hopes of getting permission to leave Gaza. Credit: Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Rafah border crossing opens to allow some injured people from Gaza to Egypt. It’s the first time there have been medical evacuations since the conflict began. Newshour hears from the border. The BBC's Chief International Correspondent speaks to the Israeli President Isaac Herzog about the hostages currently being held by Hamas. Also on the programme, Nuala McGovern reports from Taiwan on the impact climate change is having on the island, and should there be intermissions in movies? ( PIC :Medical workers wait to take injured Palestinians who will receive treatment in Egyptian hospitals, at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip CREDIT: Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa )

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has confirmed it carried out an air strike on Jabaila, Gaza's largest refugee camp. The Hamas-run health ministry says at least fifty people were killed, while pictures from the scene show large craters and levelled buildings. The IDF claims the strike killed senior Hamas commander and caused the collapse of the group's underground infrastructure. We also hear from about air strikes in the vicinity of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Gaza City and we speak to the president of Israel about the aftermath of Hamas' attack in Israel. Also in the programme: we are in Taiwan to speak to the foreign minister ahead of next year's election. (Photo: Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters / Anas al-Shareef)

The Israeli military says it is striking Hamas targets in all parts of Gaza. Hamas says its fighters have been using anti-tank missiles and machineguns against the advancing soldiers. We get the latest from our Correspondents. Also on the programme, Newshour travels to Taiwan ahead of next year’s presidential election and speaks to Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and Lionel Messi wins the Ballon d'Or for the eighth time. (PICTURE: Smoke rises following an Israeli strike inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from Israel. Credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

Speaking at a news conference to foreign journalists, Israel’s prime minister said the fighting would not stop until Hamas was dismantled. We hear from families in the north of Gaza, where Israel is expanding its military offensive. Also on the programme: The 6.9 million people who are displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Newshour travels to Taiwan ahead of next year’s presidential election. (Picture: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference with defense minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv. Credit: Reuters)

Israeli forces have been expanding their operation in the north of the Gaza Strip, with tanks spotted on a key road, while continuing to tell hospitals to evacuate. And violence escalates in the West Bank - as human rights groups say the Israeli state is trying to force Palestinian communities out. Also in the programme: Newshour's Nuala McGovern is in the Taiwanese capital Taipei, where she talks to people about the island’s future relationship with China, and hears from a political strategist about Taiwan's policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’. (IMAGE: Smoke billows from residential buildings after Israeli air strikes in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City, 30 October 2023 / CREDIT: EPA / Mohammed Saber)

Thousands of people break into UN aid warehouses to loot basic supplies, such as soap and flour. We hear reaction from the Director of the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, Tom White, who says people have become desperate and fears a collapse of Gazan society. Also on the programme: Russia’s Dagestan airport is overrun by pro-Palestinian rioters seeking to attack Israelis on a plane that had landed from Tel Aviv, and Taiwan’s first Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang speaks to Newshour on combatting Chinese cyberattacks. (Picture: Plumes of smoke rise during Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City. Credit: Reuters)

People took flour and other basic supplies after storming several warehouses and distribution centres in Gaza, according to UNRWA. Also on the programme: how climate change is revealing Roman and Viking artefacts in Norway; and fans of the TV series Friends mourn the death of actor Matthew Perry, aged 54. (Image: Images show people carrying food bags as they storm the supply centre in Deir el-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel's ground operation in Gaza marks the "second stage" of what he says will be a "long and difficult" war with Hamas. Meanwhile, civilians in Gaza remain cut off from the outside world, because phone lines and the internet are down for most people. Also in the programme: We hear about the Iranian teenager who's died after an encounter with the country's so-called morality police; and why Taiwan takes extra pride in pro-gay rights events that clearly mark the island out from China. (Photo: A man searches through the rubble of a destroyed building. Credit: Getty Images)

There's been a blackout of communications in Gaza since Friday night. The Israeli military is intensifying its bombing of Gaza and says its troops and tanks remain on the ground. We hear from our reporter in southern Gaza, a medic who hasn't heard from colleagues since last night, and an Israeli government spokesperson. Also on the programme: we go to Taiwan where celebrations for the largest annual Pride event in Asia are in full swing; and we hear about a BBC investigation that has revealed how people-smugglers, selling illegal routes to Europe from Pakistan, are luring potential customers via social media. (Photo: Israeli forces along the border with Gaza, 28 Oct 2023 Credit: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA/REX/Shutterstock)

Israel says it's increasing air strikes and ground operations in Gaza and has again warned Palestinians in Gaza City to move south. Mobile phone and internet services in the territory have been shut down. Also in the programme: the latest on the Maine shooter; and Israel's former Knesset speaker on hope emerging from darkness. (Picture: An explosion is seen on the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from the Israeli side, October 27, 2023. Credit: REUTERS TV)

UN agencies have warned that civilians in Gaza are facing an ever more desperate situation after three weeks of Israeli siege and bombardment. Aid trucks that have been allowed in through an Egyptian crossing point so far have provided only "crumbs", says UNRWA (the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees) chief Phillippe Lazzarini. Also in the programme: Former premier Li Keqiang has died of a heart attack aged 68; and scientists say they have found evidence that some chimpanzees go through menopause in the wild. (PHOTO: A UN vehicle carrying water that got through Gaza on 26 October. Credit: Reuters)

The fate of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza was raised at an emergency meeting of the United Nations General Assembly where Arab states have drafted a resolution calling for a ceasefire. We look at the role Qatar plays as a mediator in the conflict. Also in the programme: a major police hunt is continuing in the US state of Maine for a gunman who killed eighteen people; and the BBC speaks to survivors of a deadly crowd crush in South Korea that happened a year ago. (Picture: Palestine's Permanent Observer to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during an emergency session of the UN General Assembly in New York today. Credit: Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a "targeted raid" overnight in northern Gaza using tanks. As the Israeli bombardment continues, a UN official has warned that nowhere in Gaza is safe for civilians with fuel running out. Also in the programme: hundreds of police in the US state of Maine are searching for a gunman after a mass shooting, which killed at least 16 people; and the story of a Russian theatre company that moved its entire team abroad after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (PHOTO: A Palestinian man carries a child casualty at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Khan Younis. Credit: Reuters)

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says he clearly condemned the "acts of terror" inflicted on Israel. Earlier on Wednesday, Israel said it would withhold visas from United Nations officials, after Mr Guterres's comments that the Hamas attacks had not happened in a vacuum, as Palestinians had been subjected to decades of suffocating occupation. Also in the programme: The Republican Congressman Mike Johnson is elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives; and archaeologists reconstruct the face of ‘Juanita’, a 500 year-old frozen Inca mummy. (Photo: Antonio Guterres also said he was deeply concerned about "the clear violations of international humanitarian law" in Gaza. Credit: EPA)

The UN - the biggest aid provider in Gaza - says its work will stop tonight if it doesn't get fresh supplies. Israel is stopping new fuel supplies reaching Gaza, but accuses Hamas of stockpiling hundreds of thousands of litres. We’ll also hear from health workers in Gaza about the dire humanitarian situation there, and from Israel about the country’s latest row with UN over the war in Gaza. Also in the programme: Disruptions of key food supplies caused by the Russia-Ukraine war as winter approaches, and Japan's top court rules that it is unconstitutional to require citizens to be sterilised before they can officially change gender. (Photo: Aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Released Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifschitz says she 'went through hell' when kidnapped by Hamas, but was treated kindly while in captivity. She and her husband Oded had previously helped Palestinian families get medical treatment in Israel. Also today: the US states suing Meta over the impact of social media on young people's mental health; and we hear about Barcelona's Museum of Censored Art. (Photo: Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, speaks to members of the press after being released by Hamas militants, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 24, 2023. Credit: Reuters/Laizans)

Yocheved Lifschitz - one of the two hostages freed by Hamas on Monday - has described how she was kidnapped by Hamas gunmen on motorbikes Lifschitz and her fellow captives were hit with sticks and taken into a "spider's web" of underground tunnels, her daughter said. We also hear from Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli government told Palestinians to head there for safety, but now it's also been bombed and residents are worried food shortages could mean things turn violent. Also in the programme: The women of Iceland are on strike over inequality and gender violence; and we'll look at the carbon emissions that come from European club football competitions and what can be done about them. (Photo shows Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, speaking with the media after being released by Hamas at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Credit: Abir Sultan/EPA)

The International Committee of the Red Cross has confirmed that Hamas has released two elderly Israeli hostages from Gaza. Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were kidnapped by Hamas militants two weeks ago, when gunmen attacked Israeli settlements in the south of the country. Gaza's health ministry says more than 5,000 people have been killed since Israel began bombing the territory in response, flattening entire neighbourhoods. We also hear about political polling among Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, where 800 Palestinians have been arrested in the last two weeks. Also in the programme: scientists declare a significant breakthrough in treating cervical cancer and Argentina faces a hotly contested presidential election. (Photo: Nurit Cooper, also known as Nurit Yitzhak, is transported after being released by Hamas militants to Israel, October 23, 2023. Credit: Al Qahera News/Handout via Reuters).

Air strikes are intensifying in Gaza amid fears conflict could widen to take in other parts of the Middle East region such as Lebanon. We'll hear what calculations the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah and its Iranian pay-masters are making about the conflict. Also in the programme: We'll hear from Israelis who think it may have been a mistake to end the occupation of Gaza in 2005; and - away from the Middle East - there's been a surprise result in the first round of the Argentinian presidential election as the governing party candidate won against an insurgent right-wing libertarian. (Photo shows smoke rising behind destroyed buildings after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 23 October 2023. Credit: Mohammed Saber/EPA)

Israelis living along the frontier with Lebanon have been ordered to move out of their homes as cross-border skirmishes with Hezbollah militants continue. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants that they face counter-strikes of unimaginable magnitude if they join the current conflict. There are signs that more aid might reach Gaza today - 17 aid trucks have been seen lining up on the Egypt side of the border. We hear from a humanitarian worker who used to live in Gaza City but had to move south to central Gaza after war broke out. And the agony of the families waiting for news of the hostages taken by Hamas two weeks ago -- we will talk to one Israeli woman whose brother, his wife and their young children were abducted from their home. (Photo: Israeli soldiers are stationed at Israeli-Lebanese border as tension continue to rise, No Location, Israel - 22 Oct 2023. Credit: EPA)

Israel issues fresh warning as strikes on Gaza intensify ahead of an anticipated ground offensive in the next phase of the war against Hamas. We hear from the Israel Defence Forces, from a relative of an entire family taken hostage by Hamas, and from a Gaza resident about the dire humanitarian situation there. Also in the programme: Argentines vote in pivotal election; and Ukraine’s drone shortage due to a Chinese export ban. (Photo: Israeli airstrike on Gaza. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A special conference in Cairo to discuss the conflict in Gaza has ended without agreement. It was attended by leaders and other representatives from more than twenty countries. We have an interview with the Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide, who was at the summit. Also in the programme: Israeli violence against the Palestinian surges in the West Bank; one of England's greatest-ever footballers, Bobby Charlton, has died at the age of 86; and a former Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, returns from exile. (Photo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the Cairo Peace Summit. Credit: Getty Images)

Twenty trucks of humanitarian aid have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt, for the first time since the start of the latest war. Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza two weeks ago after Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel. The UN says far more humanitarian help is needed. We hear from aid agencies. Also in the programme: Why did Hamas decide to release two US hostages? And the man taking a chainsaw to Argentina's politics. (Photo: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid drive through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side in Rafah, Saturday October 21, 2023 / Credit: REUTERS)

The mother and daughter, Judith and Natalie Raanan, are the first of over 200 kidnapped people to be freed. Both the Islamist group and President Biden said mediation by Qatar played a role. We hear reaction from the family’s Rabbi, Dov Klein. Also on the programme: Thousands take to the streets of Cairo in support of Palestinians in Gaza, and Kenya’s world-record breaker. (Picture: Judith and Natalie Raanan. Credit: BBC News)

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has appealed for dozens of trucks on the Egyptian border to be allowed into Gaza immediately to deliver essential supplies of food, water and medicine. Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden claims Hamas and Russia both want to "annihilate a neighbouring democracy"; and the Sydney Opera House is 50 years old today. (Photo: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits Rafah border crossing. Credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Jehad Mheisen is the latest of a series of Hamas commanders killed in the course of the Israeli offensive against Gaza. The two Hamas leaders accused of coordinating the attacks on October 7th are still presumed alive. Also on the programme: We hear from Palestinian surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah on the latest conditions at the biggest medical facility in the Gaza strip, and the US State Department official who resigned in protest at Washington sending billions of dollars of arms to Israel. (Image: A Palestinian inspects the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Credit: Shutterstock.)

About 20 trucks carrying food, water and medical supplies may be allowed to enter Gaza in the coming days. But leading humanitarian organisations warn the aid delivery will only be a drop in the ocean. Israel cut electricity, most water and stopped deliveries of food and medicine to Gaza following an attack by Hamas militants on 7 October. Since then, Gaza's 2.1 million residents have been rapidly running out of basic supplies. We'll hear from a former UN official who dealt with aid distribution in Gaza in the past and a senior figure in the US foreign policy establishment talks us through what might happen next. Also in the programme: The US has eased sanctions on Venezuela - why has it done that? And Russia's foreign minister is in North Korea - are North Korean arms now flowing to the Ukraine conflict? (Photo shows a truck of a humanitarian aid convoy for the Gaza Strip, parked outside the Rafah border gate, Egypt. Credit: Ali Moustafa/EPA)

US President Joe Biden says Israel has agreed to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt -- although the border hasn't opened yet. The main UN relief agency in Gaza tells us deliveries need to begin immediately: Also in the programme: What to make of the claims and counter-claims relating to the explosion at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City last night? And we hear from two parents who have lost children in the long Israel / Palestine conflict - one Israeli, one Palestinian - from a group which brings together bereaved parents across the divide. (IMAGE: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

US President Joe Biden had arrived in Israel on a high-stakes visit overshadowed by a large blast at a hospital in Gaza. Also in the programme: Biden said evidence presented by the US and Israeli militaries backs the claim that Palestinians were responsible for the blast; and while many have fled to the south of Gaza, we hear from an academic who decided to remain at his home in the northern Gaza Strip. (Photo: US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: Reuters)

Hamas officials in Gaza say an Israeli airstrike has killed more than three hundred people in a hospital in Gaza City run by the Anglican Church. We hear from one of the Church’s leading figures in Jerusalem. Israel has denied responsibility and blamed Islamic Jihad. It happens the day before President Biden visits Israel; we ask a former prominent US diplomat what Mr Biden is hoping to achieve. And we hear from the mother of one French dual-national taken hostage. (IMAGE: An injured person is assisted after an Israeli air strike hit At Al-Ahli Hospital, according to Gaza Health Ministry in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Ma)

UN agencies have warned that Gaza is barrelling towards catastrophe, with fuel, water and food running out. They're pleading for aid to be allowed into the territory, which has again come under heavy Israeli attack. Ahead of a visit by President Biden, there are growing concerns the region is on the edge of the abyss. We'll be speaking to Egypt's foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry. Also, Iran and the militant group Hezbollah threaten to take action against Israel - how seriously should Israel take the threat? (photo: A man cries as he looks at a building destroyed in Khan Younis. Credit: Reuters)

BBC correspondent Rushdi Abu Alouf tells us he travelled 10 km to secure bottled water and that rubbish is piling up on the streets. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths says Gaza's health system and hospitals are "collapsing before our eyes" without water, fuel and medical supplies. Also on the programme: Poland on the cusp of getting a new government; and China's Belt and Road Initiative promised increased trade with Russia, how successful has it been? (Damage in Gaza City following Israeli strikes. Credit: Mohammed Saber via EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Likud minister for Intelligence Gila Gamliel says supply lines to Gaza have been suspended in order to "amplify pressure". We hear from a Gazan resident in Khan Younis who was turned away at the Rafah border crossing. Also in the programme: is Poland on the brink of a new government? And cricket in the Olympics. (Picture: Palestinians gather to collect water, amid shortages of drinking water, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 15, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has warned that every precaution must be taken to avoid harming civilians, as Israel prepares a major ground offensive in Gaza. Also in the programme: we hear from the Jordanian foreign minister; a senior member of Hamas; and the Israeli ambassador to the UK. We also speak to an IDF reservist in New York who explains why he will be fighting in this war. (Picture: Residents of Gaza City continue to evacuate. Credit: Mohammed Saber via EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

As the tensions around Gaza build ahead of a widely-expected Israeli ground offensive, the Jordanian foreign minister, Ayman Safadi says Palestinians being moved from Gaza to Egypt "unacceptable" to his country. Also in the programme: we'll hear from an Israeli whose sister was at one of the kibbutzim attacked a week ago; and we'll ask a Hamas member speaking from Gaza whether he accepts the organisation has committed war crimes. (Photo shows Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaking at a press conference. Credit: Alaa Al Sukhni/Reuters)

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has visited troops preparing for an expected ground assault near the border with Gaza. Meanwhile, in Gaza, citizens continue to attempt to move south as the strip is bombarded by missiles. The UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has said the situation in Gaza is fast becoming untenable. Also in the programme: Thousands of people have been taking part in Pro-Palestinian protests across Europe today. We speak to a French-Israeli MP about why these demonstrations have been banned in France; and voters in Australia have rejected a proposal to recognise indigenous people in the constitution. (Picture: Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza strip, Sderot, Israel. Credit: Atef Safadi)

On the programme today we have a co-presentation with Tim Frank's in Jerusalem and Andrew Peach in London. We will be following all the latest news on the Israel-Gaza war. Israel has ordered Palestinians living in north Gaza to evacuate south, and thousands have been fleeing by vehicle or on foot. We hear from a Palestinian man who left with his family, and an Israeli politician defending the order. We also hear from a clinical psychologist in Tel Aviv who explains how hard it is to treat family of those taken hostage in Gaza. Also on the programme we head to Poland ahead of a presidential election, and pop icon Madonna's latest world tour kick's off. (Photo: Homeless family in Gaza. Credit EPA)

The Israeli military has said that they have carried out 'localised raids' in Gaza. This comes as the deadline approaches for an evacuation order for people in the north of Gaza to move south, before an expected ground offensive. Also in the programme: The latest on clashes at Israel's northern border with Lebanon; and Newshour's James Coomarasamy reports from Poland, ahead of a bitterly fought general election. (Picture: Palestinians are fleeing their homes in Gaza City. Credit: Getty Images)

The Israeli military tells people in northern Gaza to leave by the end of the day, but the UN says it will be impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. We hear from people inside Gaza, and from a spokesman of the Israeli Defence Force, with reporting by Newshour's Tim Franks in Jerusalem. Also in the programme: Newshour's James Coomarasamy reports from Poland, ahead of a bitterly fought general election. (Photo: People leave Gaza City after the Israeli Defence Force called for an evacuation ahead of an expected ground invasion, 13 October, 2023. Credit: Mohammed Saber/EPA)

The World Food Programme has warned that food and water are quickly running out in Gaza, describing the situation as "dire." Also in the programme: Poland is holding elections this weekend, with the right-wing Law and Justice party looking to win an unprecedented 3rd term in office; and the former head of Formula One racing, Bernie Ecclestone, has been spared jail, after he admitted major fraud. (Photo: Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza City. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel to underline America's support for the country - and its response to Hamas' deadly attacks. The Israeli government says it won't lift its siege of Gaza until all Israeli hostages held by Hamas are released; we gauge public opinion in Israel, and hear from people in Gaza City. (IMAGE: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make statements to the media after their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Oct. 12, 2023 / CREDIT: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS)

The Israeli military says it has massed troops near the border with Gaza. We hear what a ground offensive could look like. And a mother in Gaza describes her plans as the Israeli siege continues and Gaza's only power station runs out of fuel. Also on the programme: Nasa reveals the first look at a rare asteroid sample. Image: Palestinians walk amid debris in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Gaza City, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

We hear from one man in Gaza City, sheltering with his extended family and from Newshour's Tim Franks who's spent the day in southern Israel, still under fire from Hamas rockets. Also on the programme: the loan sharks blackmailing the people who borrow from them, driving some to suicide; and how the taste of beer is changing because of global warming. (Photo: Israeli artillery unit fires towards Gaza along the border in southern Israel, 11 October 2023 Credit: Atef Safadi /EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on the Kfar Aza kibbutz by the Gaza border. We speak to a survivor of the Israeli Supernova festival and a Gaza resident tells us how the besieged residents of the Gaza strip are facing shelling and increased shortages of basic goods. Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden pledges full support to Israel and two of Poland's highest ranked military generals have resigned during a hotly contested election (Photo: Israeli soldiers carry the body of a victim at Kfar Aza kibbutz. Credit: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun)

Newshour hears from presenter Tim Franks in Jerusalem, a correspondent in Gaza, as well as a man who says the Israeli authorities still haven’t told him whether his mother has been killed or kidnapped. Also on the programme: the High Court in Kenya temporarily blocks the deployment of its police officers to Haiti; and the extreme rower Tom Robinson on what went through his mind during the 14 hours that he was left clinging naked to his handmade rowing boat. (Photo: Houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 2023 Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a "terrible" response to the killing of at least nine hundred people by Hamas. He compared the group to Isis and called on parliamentary opposition to form a broad collation government in order to react to the attacks. Also on the programme, this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to the American economic historian Claudia Goldin for her pioneering research on how women have affected labour markets, and the key drivers behind the gender pay gap (Photo: Destruction in Gaza Strip as Israel retaliates after Hamas attacks - 09 Oct 2023. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Dozens have been kidnapped by Hamas militants as family members ask how it could have happened. Criticism has been directed at Israel's Defence Forces. Newshour hears from their spokeswoman. As Israel orders a complete siege of Gaza, we speak to a resident. Also on the programme: a feat of human endurance as the men's marathon world record is broken in Chicago. (Photo: Rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in Gaza on October 9, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Seven hundred Israelis have been killed in two days of intense fighting following Hamas rocket attacks and militant incursions inside Israel; with some two hundred and fifty bodies being recovered from the site of a music festival attacked early on Saturday. Airstrikes by the Israelis on the Gaza Strip have killed more than four hundred people in retaliation. We’ll hear from the governing Likud Party and from a senior Hamas official as well as from survivors of the attacks.

The Israeli military has said that all residents in towns near the Gaza border will be evacuated within the next 24 hours as Israel intensifies its offensive against Hamas targets. The army says that more than 400 Palestinian gunmen have been killed and dozens arrested as fighting in several areas in southern Israel continues for a second day. We will get the latest from Israel and Gaza. (Picture: Israeli tanks drive on a road following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, near Sderot in southern Israel. Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

Israel has responded to Hamas' unprecedented attacks by launching air strikes on Gaza. More than two hundred Palestinians and more than a hundred Israelis have so far been killed, and dozens are being held hostage. We hear from residents of Israeli towns and villages under attack from Hamas and others in Gaza. And a former head of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad tells us his thoughts on the agency's failings. (Photo: Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, 7 October 2023. Credit: Saber/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 500 injured in Israel after a major attack with militants crossing into Israel from Gaza during heavy rocket fire. Islamic Jihad, which operates in Gaza, claims its fighters have also captured "many" Israeli soldiers. Also in the programme: how a Romanian town is faring after protests by environmentalists stopped a huge gold-mining project in the mountains of Transylvania 10 years ago; and Martin Scorsese's latest picture Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Robert De Niro and Leonardo di Caprio. (Photo:Smoke rises following Israeli strikes in Gaza. Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi receives the Nobel Peace Prize – we’ll have reactions from friends and family as well as the more muted response of the Iranian establishment. Also in the programme, we hear from the Russian journalist who fled Russia after a public TV protest against the war, and was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in absentia this week. (Photo: Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi. Credit: Mohammadi family via Reuters)

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi. We'll hear from someone who's known her for twenty years. Also in the programme: A Ukrainian member of parliament tells us that she is - as she puts it - "desperately worried" about future levels of American military support; and new evidence that the first humans in North America were not quite as destructive as first thought. (Photo: Nagres Mohammadi, pictured here in 2007, is serving a lengthy sentence in Evin prison. Credit: Getty Images)

Ukraine's president Volodymir Zelensky told his western allies at a summit in Granada, Spain, the importance of carrying on with their support to fight Russia. Today there's been another deadly attack by Russia leaving more than 50 people dead. American Ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, says she is sure the US is prepared to continue with support for Ukraine – but the politicians are signalling that this may not be the case. Also in the programme: We speak with a woman who fled Nagorno Karabakh with her three children; and the world has now seen the hottest September on record – just how hot is it? (Photo: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the European Political Community Summit in Grenada, Spain. Credit: EPA/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service)

The BBC goes inside Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnic Armenian enclave, after Azerbaijan undertook a lightening offensive causing residents to flee for Armenia. Also on the programme: flash floods in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in north-east India have led to a number of deaths; and the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. (PHOTO: Thousands of ethnic Armenians flee breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Goris, Armenia - 29 Sep 2023)

Without a speaker no business can be conducted. Has this action damaged the Republican party? We hear from one of the rebels and one of the moderates. Also on the programme: we hear from the first indigenous person to be elected to the role of premier of a province in Canada. Wab Kinew is from the Ashinaabe First Nation; and we also hear from one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Professor Moungi Bawendi. (Picture: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Credit: Reuters)

What's next for the Republican Party after the ouster of US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy? We hear from Congressman Matt Rosendale, one of the eight Republicans who voted for him to go. Also in the programme: as a UN deadline passes to renew the mandate of the only international body monitoring atrocities in Ethiopia, is this evidence of double standards? And we talk to the scientist threatened with dismissal for refusing to compromise his green principles and fly back to Europe from Oceania after a field trip overran. (IMAGE: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to the media as he walks to the House floor in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 02 October 2023 / CREDIT: EPA/Shawn Thew)

The government of Pakistan has said all illegal migrants must leave the country by the end of the month or face expulsion. Also in the programme: the Nobel Physics Prize has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Hullier for their research into experimental methods of generating extremely short pulses of light - or attosecond science; and police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have raided the offices and homes of journalists working for the independent news website, Newsclick. (Photo: Afghan refugee girl living in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: Getty Images)

The UN Security Council has approved a plan to send an international force to Haiti, made up mostly of Kenyan police officers. But can they quell the gang violence plaguing the country? We hear from Kenya's foreign minister: Also in the programme: as the US government issues its first fine for space debris, we hear why defunct satellites in orbit are such a problem; and why people in the town where Hitler was born are sceptical about a plan to turn his home into a police station to deter neo-Nazi tourists:

The World Health Organization has recommended a new vaccine that is 75% effective against malaria, a disease which claims hundreds of thousands of children’s lives each year. We speak to one of the scientists who developed it. Also in the programme: Former US President Donald Trump is in court facing allegations he fraudulently inflated the value of his properties and we speak this year's winners of the Nobel Prize for medicine, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, whose work was critical in developing effective mRNA vaccines, which were crucial in developing COVID19 vaccines. (Picture: A child receives a malaria vaccine. Credit: Reuters/Ratner)

EU foreign ministers meet in Kyiv for the first time amid growing calls from a few politicians to stop helping Ukraine. Estonia’s Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahna, tells us the bloc remains united behind Kyiv. Also in the programme: human rights groups tell the UN Egypt's systematic practice of torture amounts to a Crime Against Humanity; and is it possible to be an elite athlete while refusing to travel for environmental reasons? We hear from one young sportswoman who has taken a stand. (IMAGE: EU-Ukraine foreign ministers meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine October 2, 2023/ CREDIT: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS)

President Biden says the US cannot allow support for Ukraine to be interrupted, a day after Congress dropped such funding provisions to agree a last minute budget deal to avoid a government shutdown. Also in the programme: Tens of thousands of Poles have joined an opposition rally in Warsaw ahead of crucial elections; and former US President Jimmy Carter celebrates turning 99. (Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden. Credit: Getty)

The Smer-SSD party led by former PM Robert Fico had a clear lead with almost 24% of the vote despite exit polls suggesting victory by a liberal centrist party. Also on the programme: The US Congress suspends aid to Ukraine, we hear from a concerned Ukrainian politician; Poland sees hundreds of thousands turn out for an opposition rally ahead of elections; and former US President Carter celebrates his 99th birthday. (Photo: Slovak former Prime Minister Robert Fico talks to media after Slovakia's parliamentary elections at party's headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia Credit: Martin Divisek/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The US House of Representatives has approved a temporary funding bill aimed at avoiding a government shutdown due to start at midnight. The deal includes disaster funds, but no US aid for Ukraine. A Republican congressman tells us why he would vote against the deal. Also in the programme: In Greece, people are counting the cost of the devastating floods that hit the centre of the country after Storm Daniel in early September; and as a suspect is arrested after the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, we hear why it's taken so long. (Picture: A view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Picture credit: Ken Cedeno/Reuters)

More than 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia from Nagorno Karabakh since Azerbaijan took control of the territory. Also in the programme: Slovakia votes in election that may see it end its support for Ukraine; and people born using a sperm or egg donor in the UK, who turn 18 after tomorrow, will be able to find out the identity of the donor because of a change in the law which ends former donor's anonymity. (Photo: Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region ride in a car transporting chickens upon their arrival in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia on 27 September 2023. Credit: Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze)

Heavy overnight rains have left parts of New York City under water. The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has declared an emergency in the city. Also on the programme: President Putin’s plans to bring Wagner mercenaries under the control of the government; and police in Las Vegas arrest a man in connection with the murder of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur. (IMAGE: A flooded street near the Williamsburg Bridge, in New York City. CREDIT: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The United Nations says 60% more unaccompanied children made the dangerous sea crossing from North Africa to Europe last year. Also in the programme: a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan has killed more than fifty people gathering at mosque on a religious holiday. And the family in Norway looking for an earring lost in their garden who found Viking treasure instead. (IMAGE: On 26 September 2023 at the ‘hotspot’ reception centre for migrants on the island of Lampedusa, Italy, unaccompanied children and adolescents sit together while they wait to be transferred to other reception facilities. / CREDIT: UNICEF / Niccolò Corti)

The self-declared leader of Nagorno-Karabakh formally declares an end to the struggle for independence from Azerbaijan. We hear from the border crossing point and a woman whose family is fleeing. Also in the programme: the actor Michael Gambon has died; and Barbie in Russia. (Image: Vehicles carrying refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited by ethnic Armenians, queue on the road leading towards the Armenian border, in Nagorno-Karabakh, September 26, 2023. Credit: Reuters/David Ghahramanyan)

More than half of the ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh have now fled the territory. Armenia's prime minister has accused Azerbaijan of ethnic cleansing; we hear from an advisor to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. Also in the programme, Taiwan unveils its first military submarine, built in just seven years; and how a distress call to a BBC reporter helped save six migrant women trapped in a truck in France (Photo: A long line of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh queue to cross the border from Azerbaijan into Armenia near the village of Kornidzor, Armenia, 28 September 2023, Credit: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA)

A US soldier who crossed the border into North Korea from South Korea two months ago is back in American custody and on his way home. Travis King was handed over to US officials in China. Also in the programme: A group of young people from Portugal are taking legal action against more than 30 European countries to try to compel them to cut carbon emissions; and what do Haitians make of Kenya leading a multi-national force to the Caribbean country to combat gang violence. (Photo: A man watches the news showing US soldier Travis King on screen, at a his home in Seoul, South Korea, 27 September 2023. Credit: EPA/Jeon Heon-Kyun)

Six young people from Portugal have filed a lawsuit against 32 governments, including all EU member states, the UK, Norway, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey. They accuse the countries of insufficient action over climate change and failing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions enough to hit the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5C. It's the first of its kind to be filed at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. We'll hear from a legal advisor about the case. Also in the programme: We hear from Iraq, where fireworks seem to have started a blaze at a wedding party, killing more than 100 people; the filmmaker Ken Loach talks about refugees' rights and his latest film; and the Amateur Gardener magazine, a 140-year-old British instutution, closes down. (Photo shows, Martim, Mariana and Claudia Duarte Agostinho, some of the young people bring the case. Credit: Claudia Duarte Agostinho)

The death toll from last night's explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karakakh is rising. The cause of the blast is still unclear, but it happened as Azerbaijan moved in to take control of the contested enclave. Hundreds were injured. Nearly 30,000 thousand ethnic Armenians have now fled Nagorno-Karakakh, the Armenian government says. We speak to a former Armenian foreign minister. Also in the programme: The BBC has rare access to a special Ukranian military brigade; and we'll hear about an historic first as a US president joins a picket line. (Photo: Rescue and medical personnel work following an explosion in the gas warehouse near the Stepanakert-Askera highway in Berkadzor on 26 September. Credit: Reuters)

The International Energy Agency says renewable technologies could help limit global warming to 1.5*C - but it added much bolder action was required. The watchdog said international co-operation would be vital and called for massive investments of more than four trillion dollars every year. It also said industrialised countries need to do much more to wean themselves off fossil fuels. Also in the programme: We'll hear why Saudi officials are making a rare visit to the occupied West Bank; and we'll talk to the head of the streaming service Spotify about artists' royalties and the use of AI in music. (Photo shows wind turbines in Hendreforgan, South Wales in the UK. Credit: Matthew Childs/Reuters)

As thousands of ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno Karabakh, Newshour hears from a volunteer who has been at the border. Also on the programme: A possible end to Hollywood's longest strike in decades; and why Lego bricks are struggling to go greener. (Photo: Armenian Red Cross Society volunteers prepare food and drinks for ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh arriving at a registration centre of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, near the border town of Kornidzor, Armenia. Credit: Narek Aleksanyan/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A growing stream of ethnic Armenian refugees are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan's seizure of the disputed region last week. Amidst fears of ethnic cleansing, more than 3,000 people have so far crossed into Armenia from the enclave, which is home to a majority of some 120,000 ethnic Armenians. Also in the programme: American screenwriters reach a tentative deal with the Hollywood studios to end their five month strike; and the former UK prime minister Gordon Brown calls for a windfall tax on the world's richest oil states -- to help developing countries cope with climate change. (Photo shows a child refugee from the Nagorno-Karabakh region looks out of a car window upon arrival at a temporary accommodation centre in Goris, Armenia on 25 September 2023. Credit: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters)

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Armenia's prime minister blames Russia for failing to ensure security after as Azerbaijan took control of disputed Nagorno Karabakh. Nikol Pashinyan says the security arrangements in Nagorno Karabakh were ‘ineffective’. We hear from the Armenian ambassador in UK and the US Senator Gary Peters, who is in the region. Also on the programme: We hear from the daughter of an acclaimed Uyghur scholar who has been sentenced to life in China; and actor Tom Hanks talks about his fascination with the moon. (Photo: Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross drive past an Armenian checkpoint from the direction of the border with Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh region. Credit: REUTERS)

The Red Cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid to Nagorno-Karabakh for the first time since Azerbaijan captured the disputed territory this week. Some have sought refuge in the main city amidst dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. Also on the programme: the head of Sudan's army tells the BBC he's open to talks to try and end five months of fighting; and a new study reveals the effects of long Covid on major organs. (Vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross transporting humanitarian aid for residents of Nagorno-Karabakh drive towards the Armenia-Azerbaijan border along a road on 23 September 2023. Credit: Reuters/Gedenidze)

Ethnic Armenian civilians say conditions in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh are becoming critical, as thousands seek shelter in the city. We hear from the ICRC. Also in the programme: Ukraine may get long-range ATACMS missiles; and Italy's new surrogacy law. (Picture: A still image taken from a handout video provided by the Russian Defence Ministry press-service shows civilians at the Russian peacekeepers' camp near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, 21 September 2023)

Ukraine has mounted a missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea navy in Crimea. A source at the Ukrainian Air Force has told the BBC it used a type of cruise missile supplied by Britain and France. Russia illegally annexed the southern Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014. So what will Russia's response be to the attack? Also in the programme: As ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno Karabakh hand over their weapons, what assurances can Azerbaijan give them as well as civilians about how life will be under its rule? And Brazil's Supreme Court is posed to vote on whether to legalise abortion, but conservatives are vocal in their opposition. (Photo shows smoke rising from Russia's Black Sea navy HQ in Crimea. Credit: MASH)

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled that a Yemeni man charged over the 9/11 attacks is mentally unfit to stand trial. His lawyer has long claimed his client was "tortured by the CIA". Also on the programme, anti- government protests are again taking place in the Armenian capital Yerevan, amid anger over Azerbaijan's defeat earlier this week of ethnic- Armenian separatists in the disputed enclave of Nagorno- Karabakh; and Nasa's Osiris-Rex capsule will come screaming into Earth's atmosphere on Sunday at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet. (File Photo: In this image reviewed by the US military, members of a legal defence team walk at a US military war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool/File Photo)

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch says he is stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp, with his son Lachlan to head both companies. In a memo to employees, Murdoch said "the time is right" for him to take on "different roles". Murdoch said he will transition to the role of Chairman Emeritus of both firms in mid-November. Murdoch, 92, launched Fox News in 1996. It is now the most watched TV news channel in the US. We'll discuss his legacy and the succession, and look back at his love affair with news - particularly newspapers. Also in the programme: How Ukrainian soldiers who have lost limbs in the war are facing life as amputees; and we'll hear about life inside the notorious Venezuelan jail, run by its inmates complete with swimming pool and a zoo, and which has now been taken back by the military. (Photo shows Rupert Murdoch in London on 22 June 2023. Credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

For some years, British governments have proclaimed themselves leaders in the global fight against climate change. The UK's recent de-carbonisation progress has been faster than most. But critics of the current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, now claim he risks losing the high ground. Mr Sunak today used a BBC interview to defend delays to a number of his climate pledges. Also in the programme: The Polish decision to pause arms supplies to its ally, Ukraine; and we look at TikTok 'frenzies' and the behaviour they inspire. (Photo: The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at a news conference in Downing Street, London, 20 September 2023. Mr Sunak was told weeks before deciding to roll back his green policies, that he risked jeopardizing Britain's place as global leader on climate as well as his legally binding net zero goal. Credit: Chris J Ratcliffe/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev says he has restored full sovereignty over Nagorno Karabakh, after ethnic Armenian separatists in the enclave said they'd give up their weapons and agree to peace talks. We speak to Azerbaijan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister. Also in the programme: women and girls in Iran face up to ten years in jail if they break new laws on covering their hair; and we hear from the mother who named their kid "Methamphetamine Rules". (Picture: Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev addressed his country this evening following a ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh. Credit: Roman Ismayilov/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Azerbaijan says it's halting it's military offensive in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenian separatists there agree to disarm. We hear from a resident inside the enclave, also from both sides in the conflict. Also on the programme, the British prime minister Rishi Sunak appears ready to dilute key climate change commitments; and who'd name their kid "Methamphetamine Rules"? We hear from the mother. (Photo: Russian peacekeepers evacuate civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh; Credit: Reuters)

Gunfire could be heard in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh today, after the Azerbaijani government launched a military offensive in the majority-Armenian territory. The Azerbaijani government called it an ‘anti-terrorist operation’, after eleven Azerbaijani civilians were killed by landmines, but officials in Nagorno-Karabakh say the offensive is an attempt to drive Armenians out of the territory. Also in the programme, journalists in Libya have been asked to leave the devastated city of Derna and we hear from survivors of the Westgate shopping centre shooting in Kenya ten years after the tragedy. (Picture: An offensive by Azerbaijan military caused damage to residential buildings and vehicles in Stepnakert, the capital of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Credit: OC Media)

India denies involvement in the murder of a Canadian Sikh activist, however Canada's prime minister says there are credible allegations to investigate. We hear from both countries and get an assessment of the Sikh separatist 'Khalistani movement.' Also on the programme, heavy shelling has been heard in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh where Azerbaijan says it has begun an anti-terrorist operation. Plus, what is the new dress code at the US senate? (Photo : Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead outside a temple in British Columbia in June. Credit : Sikh PA)

Five Americans jailed for years in Iran are flying back to the United States, after being freed in a controversial prisoner swap. The former captives stopped briefly in Qatar before getting on a plane home. The US is releasing five Iranian prisoners in return, and has allowed the transfer of six billion dollars of frozen Iranian funds. Also in the programme: Canada has announced it's funding a British-led air defence partnership for Ukraine.; and the US military has appealed to the public for help to find an advanced fighter jet that went missing over South Carolina. (Picture: Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between U.S. and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport. Credit: Mohammed Dabbous/Reuters)

Access to six billion dollars of frozen Iranian oil revenues is part of the deal. Leading US Republicans and Iranian activists have warned the deal will only encourage more hostage taking. They will first land in Qatar before flying to the US. Also on the programme, in South Africa, Operation Dudula, a notorious anti-migrant campaign group, has registered as a political party ahead of next year’s general election. We hear from the leader. And Ukraine's new minister of defence, who has only been in the job for two weeks, has sacked six deputy ministers. (Picture: Journalists at Doha airport await the soon to be freed prisoners. Credit: BBC)

International aid has started to arrive in Libya after the devastating floods hit the city of Derna last week. But the UN has warned that politics is blocking international aid getting to those who survived the floods and need the aid. Also in the programme: The European Commission president has visited a migrant reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa as it struggles to deal with small boat arrivals; and we'll hear from an architect involved in building a landmark skyscraper in Sudan which has become the latest casualty of the conflict in the country. (Photo shows people queuing in line to receive food aid in Derna, Libya on 15 September 2023. Credit: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters)

Italy's prime minister Georgia Meloni has warned that uncontrolled migration is putting the future of Europe at risk. She was speaking alongside Ursula Von der Leyen on a visit to the island of Lampedusa, which has seen thousands of arrivals in recent days. The European Commission President offered help with the crisis. The Libyan government says a quarter of the buildings in the city of Derna have been destroyed or damaged by last week's flooding. And we hear the prison songs compiled by a Grammy award winning producer. (Photo credit: Reuters)

Nearly a week after a torrent of water ploughed through the centre of the the Libyan city of Derna, officials from the Eastern Libyan government felt for themselves the wave of public anger... when they visited Derna today. More than 11,000 people are known to have died in the catastrophic flooding that followed the collapse of two dams last weekend. Thousands more are still missing in the port city where bodies are still being washed back from the sea. In a country divided between rival governments - we hear a call for unity in Tripoli. Also in the programme: On an Italian island, residents say they can't cope with the surging number of migrants; and we'll savour a last curry at London's first refuge for Indian food fans. (Photo shows a car submerged in water following floods in Derna, Libya, September 16, 2023. Credit: Amr Alfiky/Reuters)

The authorities in eastern Libya are sealing off the flood-hit city of Derna to allow search teams better access, as rescue efforts are scaled up. The government in the west says the disaster demonstrates the need for national unity. The Oslo Accords: 30 years of lost Palestinian hopes. And the mother of the Kurdish Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, has on the first anniversary of her death in custody, thanked those who've kept her memory alive. (Photo: Rescuers search for dead bodies at a beach, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 16, 2023. REUTERS)

A BBC team in Derna, in eastern Libya, says international aid agencies still have to arrive in force to help the victims of last weekend's deadly floods. Our correspondent there, Anna Foster, says Libyan rescue workers are bringing clean water from other parts of the country to the destroyed city. Earlier, local authorities denied reports that many of those killed by the floods had been ordered not to evacuate but to shelter in their homes. Also in the programme: we discuss what might have happened to China's Defence Minister, Li Shangfu, who has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, which is unusual for such a high profile figure; and protests in the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, as residents express their concern over the settlement warming at nearly twice the rate of other places in the Arctic. (Photo: A view shows the aftermath of floods in Derna, Libya. Credit: Reuters)

More than 11,000 people are known to have been killed. A further 10,000 are reported missing. We hear voices from the affected areas and are also from the minister for health from the government in the east of Libya. Also on the programme; the women of Iran who still defy the authorities over the hijab, a year after Mahsa Amini's death in custody. And we meet the designer of a jumper for the late Princess Diana which has been sold at auction for more than a million dollars. (Photo: Buildings reduced to rubble in Derna after the floods. Credit: Reuters)

Bodies are still being retrieved from the mud in Derna, the port city in eastern Libya, after two dams collapsed during a storm at the weekend. Up to 20,000 people are feared to have died after raging floods swept through eastern Libya and officials estimate about 30,000 people have been left homeless. Also in the programme: An investigation found that the rapid improvement of AI tools has led to a flood of false science on YouTube; and a Nasa probe into hundreds of UFO sightings found there was no evidence aliens were behind the unexplained phenomena, but the space agency also could not rule out that possibility. (Picture: An overhead view of destruction in the city of Derna. Credit: Reuters)

Several countries have sent rescue workers to Libya to support the search for survivors of the floods that devastated the city of Derna. Newshour hears from the Turkish Red Crescent in Derna. Also in the programme: the UK spy jet attacked by a Russian jet; and China responds angrily to Europe's EV trade probe. (Picture: A view shows people looking at the damaged areas, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 14, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)

Nearly three days after catastrophic floods swept away a large part of the Libyan port city of Derna, the security forces are still recovering bodies from the sea. On land, rescue teams are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the hope of finding survivors. We speak to a journalist in Derna and a doctor who is preparing to visit the affected areas. Also in the programme: the UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, has announced he is stepping down and warns the conflict risks becoming a full-blown civil war; and the largest newspaper chain in the United States has announced it will hire a full time Taylor Swift reporter. (Picture: Cars were damaged after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall in Derna. Credit: Esam Omran Al-Fetor/Reuters)

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has praised the strengthening of future co-operation with North Korea, after a rare visit by the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, to a space centre in the Russian far east. Mr Putin promised to help North Korea with its space programme. US officials suspect Moscow wants to buy North Korean munitions for its war in Ukraine. Also in the programme: we hear from a resident in Timbuktu following a spate of attacks in Mali; and a former Secret Service agent says he has a new nugget of information about the assassination of President John F Kennedy. (North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un and Russia's President, Vladimir Putin. Credit: Reuters)

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A minister in the eastern government of Libya tells us what he saw in the worst hit city, Derna, where two dams collapsed. Also in the programme: for the first time in the history of the Israeli state, all 15 Supreme Court justices have convened to hear appeals against the government's attempt to restrict their power; and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entered Russia for a meeting with President Putin, so will an arms deal be on the table? (Photo: People stand in a damaged road after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Shahhat city, Libya, September 11, 2023. Credit: Reuters/Omar Jarhman)

Alongside the trauma - now the frustration: survivors of Morocco's earthquake say rescue and aid have come too slowly. Rescuers in Morocco have been using their bare hands as desperate search efforts continue for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake. The tremor was the country's deadliest in 60 years. Also in the programme: Flooding in eastern Libya kills at least 150 people, though reports say there could be many more dead; Chile marks the anniversary of the coup that ended democracy for almost two decades - but 50 years on, the memory is increasingly contested; and why the US wants to cosy up to communist Vietnam. (Photo shows rescue workers carrying the body of a victim killed in the village of Talat Talat N'Yaaqoub. Credit: EPA)

Rescue teams are still battling to find survivors trapped in the rubble following Friday's earthquake in Morocco. Heavy lifting equipment can't get through roads blocked by boulders, so villagers have been forced to dig with their hands through the debris from collapsed buildings. Also in the programme: it is 50 years since the Chilean president Salvador Allende was overthrown by General Pinochet - we hear from someone who saw the coup unfold, and a man has been arrested in the UK for allegedly spying on behalf of China. (Photo: Some are trying to salvage what they can, including here in a hamlet on the outskirts of Talaat N'Yaaqoub. Credit: Reuters)

Morocco is facing a race against time to save those trapped under the rubble by Friday's earthquake, as emergency services battle to supply remote mountainous areas. The earthquake, the country's deadliest in 60 years, struck below a cluster of villages south of Marrakesh. We'll hear about trauma and heartbreak in Morocco as reports begin to emerge from the remote mountainous areas totally devastated by the earthquake. Also in the programme: After an airstrike on a market in Khartoum kills dozens of Sudanese civilians - we speak to a medic treating the wounded; and Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the Spanish Football Federation following criticism for kissing Spain forward Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup final. (Photo shows three mourners crying during a funeral in Moulay Brahim, Morocco. Credit: Reuters)

The Moroccan army has cleared one of the main roads to the areas worst affected by Friday's earthquake, allowing vital assistance to reach people. A landslide had blocked the road to the small town of Asni in the Atlas mountains. Video footage shows ancient hilltop villages reduced to rubble and dust by the quake. More than 2,000 people have died in the earthquake. Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden has arrived in Vietnam's capital Hanoi to sign a partnership agreement; and we hear from the actor Louis Garrel who has been a star of French cinema for 20 years. (Picture: People inspect a destroyed building, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in the town of Amizmiz. Credit: Nacho Doce/Reuters)

Morocco has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of last night's earthquake. So far more than 1000 people are known to have died, with reports of entire villages being razed to the ground. We hear from eye witnesses, a relief worker and a doctor. Also in the programme: the star conductor who opened and closed London's Prom concerts says sexism is still rife in the classical music world; and a human rights campaigner from Bahrain tells us why she's risking her freedom to try to save her father. Photo: A room damaged by a powerful earthquake in the village of Tansghart in the Asni area, Morocco Credit: Reuters/Abdelhak Balhaki

The 6.8 magnitude quake has killed more than 800 people in Morocco. Also on the programme, India is hosting the latest G20 summit which has just admitted the African Union as a permanent member. And we also hear from one of the organisers of Belgrade Pride, which takes place today. (Picture: A man and a boy walk beside a ruined building in Marrakesh. Credit: Morchidi / EPA)

Gabon's ruling junta, which seized power in a coup last week, has appointed a former opposition leader as prime minister of its transitional government. Raymond Ndong Sima tells us that the decades-long influence of the Bongo family, which ruled for decades, is not over. Also in the programme: Elon Musk says he didn't act on a request from Kyiv to activate his Starlink satellite network to help Ukraine carry out an attack; and the challenges that faced the first American women in space. (Picture: Gabonese Prime Minister, Raymond Ndong Sima. Credit: Getty Images)

Hong Kong and southern Chinese cities are battling widespread flooding as the region endures some of its heaviest rainfall on record. On Friday, streets and subway stations were under water in Hong Kong as officials shut schools and workplaces. The region's weather bureau said the downpour, which began on Thursday, is the biggest to hit the city in nearly 140 years. Also in the programme: As Delhi welcomes world leaders to the G20 summit hosted in India - what does Prime Minister Narendra Modi hope to achieve? And, the new boss of a Japanese pop talent agency faces sexual abuse allegations just a day after the previous boss stepped down. (Photo shows drainage workers assisting a driver stranded due to flooding in Hong Kong. Credit: Reuters)

Thousands of Haitians had been displaced from their homes in the capital Port-au-Prince in recent weeks. With gang violence out of control in the city, one woman tells Newshour how gangs raided her neighbourhood. Seven members of her family including her mother, siblings, and eldest son have not been heard from since. Also in the programme: Mexico's Supreme Court legalises abortion across the country; and a sexual abuse scandal rocks Japan. (Picture: Residents gather outside a military base demanding help after fleeing Carrefour-Feuilles, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Credit: Reuters)

The head of Japan's most powerful talent agency resigns over allegations that her late uncle - who founded the firm - sexually abused young men. Julie Fujishima's departure comes a week after investigators found Johnny and Associates' founder Kitagawa abused hundreds of boys and young men over six decades. Also in the programme: America agrees to send Ukraine tank shells made of depleted uranium; and how Italian experts are helping to repair Odesa's cathedral, which was badly damaged by a Russian missile in July. (Photo shows the former president of Johnny and Associates, Julie Fujishima, during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan on 7 September 2023. Credit: Franck Robichon/EPA)

President Zelensky has condemned a "deliberate" attack on Ukraine's "peaceful city" of Kostyantynivka. According to the Ukrainian authorities, 17 people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in the missile strike on a market area in the town. Also in the programme: scientists grow cells that closely resemble a two-week-old fertilised human embryo; and a new Rolling Stones album. (Photo: Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba (L) speaking with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) during his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, 06 September 2023. CREDIT: EPA/FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY HANDOUT)

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has attended a wreath- laying ceremony at a military cemetery in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. His unannounced visit aims to underline US support, three months into Ukraine's counter- offensive. Also on the programme: African leaders call for new global taxes to fund action on global warming; and the Rolling Stones launch their first album of new material for 18 years. (Image: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal shake hands prior to their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 6 September 2023. Credit: REUTERS/SMIALOWSKI)

Spain's football federation has sacked Jorge Vilda, the head coach of its World-Cup-winning women's team. He was a close ally of Luis Rubiales -- the suspended president, who has been under fire for kissing the player Jenni Hermoso on the lips, she says without her consent, as the team celebrated winning the tournament. Also on the programme: why the North Korean leader seems likely to visit Russia's far east to meet President Putin; and why the hosts of the African climate change summit are being sued for inaction. (Picture: President Putin and Kim Jong Un in Vladivostok in 2019. Credit: REUTERS)

Kim Jong Un has not left North Korea for four years. US officials believe this is part of efforts by Moscow to boost supplies of weapons for its troops in Ukraine. It's expected to happen at the end of September. Also on the programme: the children of Lebanon who cannot afford an education and who are forced into work. And how is it even possible for two people to tunnel through the Great Wall Of China? (Picture: President Putin and Kim Jong Un in Vladivostok in 2019. Credit: Getty Images)

Scientists say invasive species are responsible for the majority of plant and animal extinctions and cost the world hundreds of billions dollars a year. The UN Convention on Biodiversity said they destroy forests and crops, and cause pollution. The UN study says human activity is making the effects worse, and recommends tougher border controls. Also on the programme: teachers strike in South Korea; and classical music performed by dogs. (Photo: A grey squirrel sitting on a branch. CREDIT: BBC)

Ukraine is to get a new defence minister - but why now in the middle of the counteroffensive against Russia? And what difference will it make? Also in the programme: the first ever Africa Climate Conference opens in Nairobi, with a focus on finance; we hear from the new head of the UN's Green Climate Fund, set up to help developing countries. And school teachers in South Korea go on strike over bullying by parents. (IMAGE: Rustem Umerov, chairman of Ukraine's State Property Fund and President Zelensky's choice for defence minister to replace Oleksii Reznikov / CREDIT: Getty Images)

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has said he will ask parliament to dismiss the defence minister Oleksii Reznikov this week. In his nightly television address, Mr Zelensky said Mr Reznikov had served for 550 days during a full-scale war and now was the time for what he called "new approaches". It will be the biggest shake up at the Ukrainian defence ministry since the Russian invasion. Also in the programme: Israel says it's considering deporting asylum seekers who were involved in clashes on the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday; and thousands have been stranded at America's Burning Man festival as heavy rain turns the site into a mudbath. (Photo shows Ukraine's former defence minister Oleksii Reznikov at a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on 11 July 2023. Credit: Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

Thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets to demand the withdrawal of French troops from the country. On Saturday there was a mass demonstration. The demand to expel Niger’s former colonial ruler is backed by Niger’s military regime, which seized power in a coup in July. Also on the programme: Pope Francis’s visit to Mongolia’s tiny flock of 1,500 ends with a Mass in an ice hockey arena. Flanked by two bishops from Hong Kong, the Pope urged Chinese Catholics to not only be good Christians, but ‘good citizens’. And the ousted president of Gabon’s surprising relationship with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. (IMAGE: Supporters of the military junta protest against the French military presence in Niger, Niamey, 2 September 2023 CREDIT: ISSIFOU DJIBO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Police in Israel have opened an investigation into the use of live fire by officers, during clashes in Tel Aviv between rival groups of Eritrean asylum seekers. Nearly a hundred and fifty people were injured. We hear what life is like for the community living in Tel Aviv. The Nobel Foundation has reversed a much-criticised decision to invite Russia, Belarus and Iran to this year's awards ceremony in Stockholm. Will Oslo, which hosts the Nobel Peace Prize do the same? And a new film about Bobi Wine, Uganda's pop star turned opposition politician - speak to his wife and one of the directors of the film. (Photo: Police said demonstrators for and against the Eritrean regime planned to rally in different areas, but did not stick to the arrangement. Credit: Reuters)

India has launched its first observation mission to study the Sun in the latest success for the burgeoning space power. Large crowds gathered to watch the Aditya-L1 satellite blast off from Andhra Pradesh state, with India's Space Agency later confirming the craft had successfully separated from the rocket. Also in the programme: Nobel Foundation cancels its invitation to the Russian and Belarus ambassadors to this year's ceremony after widespread criticism; and two members of the Proud Boys militia are sentenced. (Photo: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Aditya-L1 mission payloads blasting off from a launch pad aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) XL rocket, in Kolkata, India, 02 September 2023. Credit: Piyal Adhikary/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Families have been searching mortuaries in Johannesburg a day after the fire that killed over 70 people. The cause of the fire is still unknown. Forensic investigators have been at the site, picking through the charred remains of the burnt-out structure. Also on the programme: Anger in Sweden over the decision to invite the Russian ambassador to the Nobel award ceremony; and a relative remembers one of the Moroccan jet skiers killed by the Algerian coastguard. (Image: A view of damaged buildings in the aftermath of a deadly fire in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 1 September 2023. Credit: Reuters/Tassiem)

Super-typhoon Saola prompts flight cancellations, railway closures and severe weather warnings across Hong Kong and southern mainland China; we get an update from Hong Kong and hear about the global economic importance of Guangdong, in the typhoon's path. Also in the programme: Algerian coastguards shoot dead two tourists who strayed into Algerian waters on their jet skis from a Moroccan resort; and we report from Kashmir, where journalists say the administration is carrying out a systematic campaign of arrests and intimidation. (IMAGE: People brave strong winds in Hong Kong, China, as Super Typhoon Saola approaches, September 1, 2023. CREDIT: Reuters / Tyrone Siu)

The South African president says he expects actions to be taken to prevent any recurrence of the fire in a derelict building that killed more than 70 people in the South African city of Johannesburg. It's thought 200 families were living in an abandoned five storey building when it caught light. We hear from government minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Also in the programme: Filipino fishermen face off against China; and ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog's new single. (Picture: Firefighters work at the scene of a deadly blaze, in Johannesburg, South Africa August 31, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)

More than 70 people have been killed and 50 injured in a fire in Johannesburg, South Africa. We get the latest on the search and recovery operation, and hear about so called "hi-jacked" buildings. Also in the programme: former French president Francois Hollande on the coup in Gabon and how the situation compares to that in Niger; and why the wild boar in Bavaria's forests are still radioactive, long after Chernobyl. [MAGE: An emergency services member climbs a ladder at the site of a fire that broke out at a five-storey building in the city centre, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 31 August 2023 / CREDIT: EPA / KIM LUDBROOK]

Spain took the football title after a fiercely contested final at Stadium Australia in Sydney, despite late English pressure. Also on the programme, Russia's first mission to the surface of the moon in nearly 50 years has ended in failure after crashing; and the Vienna cemetery that’s home to famous composers and fresh vegetables. (Photo: Spain players celebrate with the trophy after winning the World Cup REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli)

Activists say they will stage more protests against the US Supreme Court ruling that's removed the constitutional right to abortion. Also in the programme: Russia has launched a barrage of missiles at targets in the north and west of Ukraine; and police in Norway say they are treating shootings in and outside a gay bar in Oslo as a terrorist attack. (Photo: Some protesters gathered outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Credit: Reuters)