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49:30

Israel-Gaza: Biden hopes for a ceasefire by next week

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2024/02/27

US President Joe Biden has said Israel has agreed in principle not to launch military action in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, as negotiations for a temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel continue. Speaking on US television, Mr Biden said a pause in fighting could begin on Monday, about a week before the start of Ramadan. In the Newshour studio- our Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf, who had been reporting from inside Gaza for us, until he moved to Istanbul for

48:34

Israel presents Rafah evacuation plan but UN calls...

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2024/02/26

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

48:22

Rafah: Where will Palestinians go?

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2024/02/26

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

48:28

Ukraine says tens of thousands have died in war

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2024/02/25

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

49:23

Haley vows to stay in race after South Carolina defeat

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2024/02/25

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

48:26

Ukraine enters its third year of war

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2024/02/24

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

48:28

More sanctions on Russia on Ukraine war anniversary

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2024/02/23

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)

49:18

Shamima Begum loses bid to regain UK citizenship

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2024/02/23

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

48:25

Uncrewed US spacecraft orbits the Moon for touchdown

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2024/02/22

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

48:27

Has the war in Ukraine changed Russia?

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2024/02/22

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)

48:53

US abortion clinics start to close after landmark ruling

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2022/06/25

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)

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