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Unicef: Situation for children getting worse in Israel-Gaza war
Residents of Rafah say western areas of the overcrowded city have come under heavy fire, over the past 24 hours, with Israeli helicopter missions and street battles. We hear from a spokesman from the UN's agency for children.
Also in the programme: South Africa is on course for a historic coalition government after the centre right Democratic Alliance announced it would join the African National Congress; and researchers say Pacific grey whales are rapidly getting smaller.
(Photo: Girls walk while carrying a container as Palestinians flee Rafah following heavy fighting, 13 June 2024. Credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters) -
US signs new security pact with Ukraine
Presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky sign a ten year security deal as the G7 agreed to send Ukraine $50bn in aid from frozen Russian assets.
Also on the programme: Argentina's president Javier Milei gets Senate approval for his economic reform plans; and the airlift to return endangered wild horses to the plains of Kazakhstan for the first time in more than two hundred years.
(Photo: Presidents Biden and Zelensky arrive at a press conference in Fasano, Italy. Credit: Reuters) -
G7 leaders meeting with Ukraine and Gaza on the agenda
In this edition of Newshour, presented by Tim Franks:
Can the G7 leaders squeeze Russia more over Ukraine? Argentina's radical economic reforms move ahead. Another huge increase in the world's displaced. And a big advance in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
(Photo: Discussions have begun at the G7 meeting in Puglia, southern Italy. Credit: PA MEDIA) -
New UN report accuses Israel, Hamas of war crimes
The report, compiled by investigators from the UN's Commission of Inquiry, accused both sides of war crimes for mounting attacks against civilian populations and "murder or wilful killings". We hear an Israeli response, and from a Hamas spokesman.
Also in the programme: Haiti's Prime Minister and new government are sworn in; and France's conservative party, Les Républicains, says it's dumped its leader.
(Photo: A woman and child walk among debris in the central Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024. Credit: Reuters/Abed Khaled) -
UN investigators accuse Hamas and Israel of war crimes
A commission of UN investigators finds both Hamas and Israel responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. We hear how Israel has responded and get the latest on diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.
Also in the programme: President Macron of France explains his decision to call a snap vote following his party's defeat in the EU elections, and we pay tribute to the French 1960s icon Francoise Hardy, who has died.
(Photo: Displaced Palestinians carry water containers as Gazan families struggle with water pollution and scarcity, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, 8 June, 2024 Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters) -
US court finds President Biden's son guilty
A US court has found President Biden's son, Hunter,guilty of lying about his drug use when buying a gun.
He has been found guilty on all three charges in a federal gun crime trial. The jury in Delaware found that he'd lied about his drug use on a form while buying a weapon in 2018.
He is the first child of a sitting president to be convicted in a federal court. How will this affect his father's re-election campaign?
Also in the programme: Donors have gathered in Germany for a conference on Ukraine's reconstruction, but there are concerns as to whether it's free of corruption; how President Macron's surprise announcement of a snap election has triggered a potentially dramatic re-alignment in French politics; and we'll hear about a production of King Lear - staged by Ukrainians in Ukrainian - in the town of Shakespeare's birth.
(Photo shows Hunter Biden holding hands with First Lady Jill Biden and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden as he departs his federal gun trial in Wilmington, Delaware, USA on 11 June 2024. Credit: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA)