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Oct 2023
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Israel-Gaza: Fear For Hostages Taken By ...

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Hundreds of people have been killed and kidnapped as fighting in Israel and Gaza continues.

The BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner is on to discuss what we know about the situation.

And after Sir Keir Starmer’s Sunday morning interview, Victoria and Paddy chat to chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman about Labour’s ideas for the NHS and housing.

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere

Today's Newscast was hosted by Paddy O’Connell and Victoria Derbyshire. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

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