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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting to discuss the war in Gaza following Israel's attack on Hamas members in Qatar. His visit comes as Israeli forces continue to destroy residential buildings in Gaza City, forcing thousands to flee ahead of an expected ground offensive to seize the city. Also on the programme: We hear from an American city sitting on the border between two US states with...

As the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, begins his visit to Israel, he has once again criticised the Israeli strike on Qatar. We ask whether this will bring about a policy change in Israel and how the Gulf states will react to the strike. Also in the programme, fighter jets are scrambled as Romania becomes the second NATO country to report an incursion into its airspace by a Russian drone. And...

Nepal's major political parties have demanded parliament be reinstated a day after it was dissolved following deadly anti-corruption protests. Anti-government protests this week sparked by a now reversed social media ban saw at least fifty one people killed and more than a thousand injured. Also on the programme: 100,000 people have joined a far- right march in London featuring violent clashes, ca...

The widow of Charlie Kirk, a right-wing political activist in the US, says she will never let his legacy die. She said her cries would echo around the world like a battle cry. Charlie Kirk was President Donald Trump's bridge to young Republicans. We ask if his death is likely to aggravate political tension in the US? Also in the programme: a Qatari official, Majed Al Ansari, tells the BBC that his...

US officials say they've arrested a 22-year old man suspected of shooting dead the prominent right wing youth leader, Charlie Kirk. Also on the programme, a Nobel prize-winner weighs in on the Trump administration's vaccine policies; and, a new push to get museum visitors to spend more time in front of art.(Photo :A Washington County sheriff’s deputy joins Washington City police officers outside a...

President Trump has announced that the main suspect in the assassination of the US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, named as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, has been caught. We get the latest from the US and talk to a political historian about the recent upsurge in political violence in America. Also in the programme: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of plotting a coup...

Officials hunting for him say they've recovered a high-powered rifle from nearby woodland. The FBI has offered a reward of one hundred thousand dollars for information that could lead to the arrest of anyone involved in the killing. We have all the latest updates. Also on the programme: Kaja Kallas, the EU's High representative for Foreign Affairs talks about incursion of Russian drones into Polan...

A huge manhunt is underway after the assassination of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk. President Trump says it’s a “dark moment” for America. We'll have reaction to the killing. Also on the programme: what's happened to Syria's missing children taken from political prisoners under the Assad regime; and South Korea's president warns other companies may be reluctant to invest in the US after t...

Nineteen Russian drones entered Poland’s airspace overnight, and some of them were shot down by Polish and Nato aircraft, Polish PM Donald Tusk has said. It marks the first time Russian drones have been downed over the territory of a Nato country. We'll speak to Ukraine's defence minister and a former U.S. ambassador to Nato. Also on the programme: The UN’s children agency, UNICEF, has released a...

Poland has shot down Russian drones after dozens entered its airspace; the Polish Prime Minister says this is closest his country has come to conflict since World War Two. So is Russia testing NATO defences? Also in the programme: Israeli media says defence officials now doubt the success of Tuesday's strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar; and a new vaccine to help beat chlamydia in koalas (Phot...

Hamas claims its leadership team survived the strike, but it says six people were killed, including one member of the Qatari security forces. We'll hear reaction from Israel, Qatar and the United States. Also on the programme: There have been arson attacks and vandalism in several cities as protests escalate in Nepal despite the resignation of the prime minister; and we'll hear from Jung Chang, th...

Israel has carried out a strike in the Qatari capital, Doha, targeting the senior leadership of Hamas. They are said to have been holding a meeting to discuss the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal. It's reported that Khalil al-Hayya, the lead negotiator for Hamas, was among those targeted. Also in the programme: The Nepalese Prime Minister has resigned after public outrage over the killing of 19 anti...

The French PM resigned after his government lost a parliamentary vote of confidence he had called for; Also in the programme security fears in Israel after Jerusalem shootings; and Gen Z protests against a social media ban in Nepal turn deadly.(Image: French protesters holding banner with ‘bye Bayrou’. Credit: Reuters)

Gunmen have killed at least six people in Jerusalem, and seriously injured several others. Police said both attackers were shot dead after opening fire at a bus near a busy road junction. Also in the programme: A rare report from inside Cambodia, after their recent conflict with Thailand; and the Booker-prize-winning author, Ian McEwan, on his new novel, which he calls science fiction without the...

Russia has fired more than 800 missiles and drones at Ukraine, hitting the main government building in Kyiv - the first time in the war that a Ukrainian government headquarters has been directly hit. We speak to a Ukrainian MP and get reaction from the US.Also on the programme: an Italian teenager has become the first millennial saint; and a total lunar eclipse has been taking place across the wor...

Russia has launched its largest aerial bombardment of Ukraine of the war, firing over 800 missiles and drones into the territory. The attack killed at least three people and has hit a government compound for the first time. We get the latest from Kyiv and speak to a member of Ukraine's parliament. Also in the programme: US President Trump threatens to send the national guard to Chicago, after depl...

Israel's military has urged all residents of Gaza City to evacuate to what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south, as it expands its military operation in the territory's largest urban area. For a second day running, it's destroyed a high-rise block. Israel says the tower was being used by Hamas, which the group denies. Also in the programme: the Universal Postal Union says deliveries to the Un...

Israel's military has urged all residents of Gaza City to evacuate to what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south, as it expands its military operation in the territory. For a second day running it's struck and destroyed a high-rise block in the territory's largest urban area. Israel says the tower was being used by Hamas. The militants deny this. Also, Totalitarianism in the age of Donald Trum...

On the 700th day of the war in Gaza Fania Oz-Salzberger, an Israeli historian and daughter of the writer Amos Oz, speaks to us about the prospects for peace with the Palestinians. Also in the programme: the British prime minister loses his deputy, leading to a sweeping reshuffle of the government; and David Bowie's unlikely ambition to write a musical about 18th century London.(Photo: Three-year-o...

The Israeli military says it is stepping up its military operation in Gaza City. It says it has now captured 40% of the city, which the largest urban centre in the territory - and has announced its intention to strike multi-storey buildings which it says Hamas has converted into military infrastructure. We hear from a Palestinian mother who says she can’t evacuate. Also in the programme: President...

Tributes have been paid to the legendary Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani. We speak to Lady Helen Taylor, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, who in the 1980s and 90s became something of a muse to the designer and a brand ambassador, wearing his clothes when she was on royal duties. Also today: Some fiery exchanges in the US Congress as health secretary RFK Junior defends his ideas about vaccines;...

President Macron hosts a meeting for Ukraine's coalition of the willing to discuss how to protect Ukraine if a peace deal is reached with Moscow. Also in the programme: Portugal in mourning after a deadly funicular accident; Argentine police resolve riddle of paining stolen by the Nazis; and how monitoring mice brains could help treat human brain conditions.(Photo: Presidents macron and Zelenskiy...

President Xi Jinping welcomed North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and many other leaders at a huge military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Also in the programme: we report on the disappearance of opposition activists in Tanzania; and after a series of legal setbacks for the Trump Administration, could the coming term be crunch time for both the pres...

He is accused of masterminding an attempt to stay in power after losing his bid for re-election in 2022, which culminated in his supporters breaking into and vandalising government buildings in the capital, Brasília. Bolsonaro has always denied any wrongdoing and said the charges were politically motivated. His cause has been adopted by US President Donald Trump, who has called the trial a "witch-...

Efforts continue in remote eastern Afghanistan to rescue thousands of people hit by Sunday's earthquake, as the number of dead and injured continues to rise. We hear from a health official close to the epicentre. Also in the programme: Brazil's Supreme Court starts the final stage of former president Jair Bolsonaro's trial on charges of plotting a coup; and an early ‘proof of concept’ study in the...