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The Chair of the Federal Reserve chair are under scrutiny from Donald Trump after fraud allegations emerge about Governor Lisa Cook. How will it affect the interest rate decision?

The authorities in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi have declared an emergency and a public holiday after monsoon rains paralysed the city. We hear from the local business owner.

Sony PlayStation increased the price on its console. Is it one of the consequences of the trade war?

And we look at Denmark's decision to tax cow and sheep burps for greenhouse gas reasons.

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Israel's military says it's in the first stage of a new offensive to capture and occupy Gaza City, and has authorised the call-up of tens of thousands of reservists. One reservist who's refused to serve tells us many more will do the same.

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The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has released a letter telling Tory council leaders to fight asylum hotels in their areas. As the government comes under growing pressure over asylum, we discuss whether international laws on refugees need to be rethought.

And the feud brewing in the remotest reaches of the UK: with two Scottish islands claiming the title of the “UK’s most remote inhabited island”, a resident from each of them will make their case.

Israel says it's widened its offensive in Gaza City has begun, while also approving the construction of a settlement that largely splits the occupied West Bank. Newshour hears from Israeli politician Simcha Rothman, a member of the Religious Zionism party, and from Mustafa Barghouti, general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative.

Also in the programme: the ongoing deportation raids in California; and the battle to save one of the world's tallest trees from fire.

(Picture: Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich speaks at a press conference regarding settlements expansion, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim)

Chelsea finds a new hobby, and Freddie is puzzled.

Net profits of Labubu maker, Pop Mart, have soared by nearly 400%, and the company's Hong Kong-listed shares are up more than 570%, and it's now worth more than twice as much as Mattel – which makes Barbie. We will look at why these elf-like dolls, made by the Chinese, are trending.

After a five-year pause, China and India are going to restart direct flights between the two countries.

And today, in our Africa series, we're in Kenya, where a tech company in Nairobi is encouraging the use of Bitcoin in one of Africa’s largest slums.

Two prominent journalists in Ethiopia, Abdulsemed Mohammed and Yonas Amare, have been missing for more than a week after being abducted by what reports say, were men wearing masks and military uniforms. There has been no news about their whereabouts but their disappearances have raised concerns about a crackdown on media freedom in the country.

Aid agencies warn that a surge in the number of people with the respiratory illness diphtheria is becoming 'the most urgent and dangerous threat' to public health in Somalia. Why are cases of the disease increasing?

And how the conflict on the ground in Sudan is affecting migratory birds in the sky.

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Producers: Tom Kavanagh and Nyasha Michelle in London. Richard Kagoe in Nairobi

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NATO military chiefs are meeting to work on security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Moscow. Russia's foreign minister has called the talks a 'road to nowhere'. The Israeli Defence Ministry approves plans to call up tens of thousands of reservist soldiers ahead of an offensive to occupy Gaza City. Public offices and schools in Karachi have been closed as the city deals with deadly floods from torrential monsoon rains. Artificial Intelligence has been used to recreate the voice of a woman with motor neurone disease, by analysing seconds of old video footage of her speaking. India and China have agreed to resume direct flights and step up trade and investment flows, as they rebuild ties damaged by a deadly clash in the Galwan valley five years ago. The picturesque South Korean holiday resort island of Jeju tells tourists to mind their manners. Researchers find people can tell who their best friends may be, just by watching film clips with them... and what new research into chocolate can tell us about our tastes and our health, as well as how to make the most delicious blend.

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