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Apr 2024
10m 19s

Ceasefire stumbling blocks amid Rafah in...

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Could a ceasefire deal really be ‘not far off’? The US has urged Hamas to accept what it calls Israel’s ‘extraordinarily generous’ proposal. Our Middle East correspondent analyses how likely that will be as Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to follow through with an invasion of Rafah regardless of whether or not a deal is reached. Also, how the death sentence for a rapper amid Iran’s morality crackdown has sparked protests around the world. As the student standoff at Columbia escalates, campus occupations by pro-Palestinian demonstrators spread even further to universities in Britain and France. Plus claims of ‘Olympics cleansing' as authorities in Paris are accused of bussing homeless migrants to the provinces before television crews arrive for the games. 


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