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President Biden tells Israel's prime minister that Washington's future policy on the Gaza conflict will depend on Israel taking new and immediate action to protect civilians and aid workers after the killing of humanitarian personnel by an Israeli strike. Also in the programme: In Taiwan, focus turns into rescuing hundreds of people stranded in the mountains after the deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake; and trees lost in tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia fell dramatically last year.(Photo: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the White House in Washington. Credit: Reuters).

The Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has marked the alliance's 75th anniversary by saying "we must be doing something right". It has grown from 12 countries at its inception to 32. Its newest members, Sweden and Finland, abandoned their neutrality and joined the alliance as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Addressing a ceremony in Brussels, Mr Stoltenberg said the alliance's success came from the interdependence of its North American and European members. The former and possibly future US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly voiced scepticism about Nato. Also in the programme: a drone attack on the Burmese capital; and some good news for the American man who received the world's first genetically-modified pig kidney. (Photo: Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Indo-Pacific partners at the Nato Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2024. Reuters/Johanna Geron/Pool)

The World Central Kitchen founder, Jose Andres, says Israeli forces deliberately targeted vehicles carrying people working for his organisation in Monday’s strikes in Gaza. Meanwhile, some world leaders have also condemned the attack that left seven people working for the charity dead.Also in the programme: we hear from the epicentre in Taiwan of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that has hit the country; and as gang violence persists in Haiti, we speak to a journalist who was kidnapped in the Caribbean nation.(Photo: People stand near a destroyed car of the NGO World Central Kitchen in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: EFE).

In the wake of foreign aid workers' killed in Gaza, international calls are growing to curb arms sales to Israel and for a swift investigation into the deaths. We hear from a friend of Zomi Frankcom, one of the aid workers who was killed. Also in the programme: Taiwan’s worst earthquake for 25 years; and we hear how NASA is to set up a unified time zone for the moon.(Photo: Bodies of foreign WCR workers killed in an Israeli strike are transported to their families outside Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters, Taken by Mohammed Salem)

There's been widespread international condemnation of the deaths of seven foreign aid workers in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. We hear from a spokesman for the Israeli government and a US congresswoman.Also in the programme: the crisis on South Africa's northern border; and we hear from Turkey's main opposition party.(Photo: A destroyed car of the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) sits along Al Rashid road, between Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 02 April 2024. Credit: Mohammed Sabera)

Seven aid workers in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli air strike. The US based-charity World Central Kitchen and other aid groups will suspend their operations. Also in the programme: Iran has vowed to avenge the killing of one of the senior commanders of its elite Quds Force in Damascus; and French theatre-goers speak up after an actress is accused of mumbling. (Photo: Seven aid workers killed as missile strike hits World Central Kitchen convoy in Deir al Balah - 02 Apr 2024. MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Palestinian medics say they are recovering dozens of bodies from the remnants of Gaza's biggest hospital, Al Ahifa, after the Israeli army ended two weeks of intense bombardment. The IDF says hundreds of militants were killed and detained. The Gaza health ministry says the hospital is completely out of service. Also in the programme: Why Germany has become more cannabis friendly; actors and best friends, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain on starring in the new film Mothers Instinct; and the artefacts, that have been hidden for 150 years that Ethiopia wants back from the British Museum. (Photo: Palestinians say numerous bodies were found after the Israeli forces withdrew. Credit: Reuters)

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party is on course to hold key positions in major cities, in municipal elections across the country. With more than half the votes counted, the opposition was on course for its strongest ever showing in local and mayoral contests. We'll bring you the latest from Istanbul. Also in the programme: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he'll do everything in his power to get hostages in Gaza home, as major protests take place in Jerusalem; and investigators say one of the world's most wanted men has been leaving Google reviews on the internet.(Picture: Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party, poses for a selfie after casting his vote during the local elections in Istanbul. Credit: Murad Sezer/Retuers)

Millions of Turks vote in elections to decide who runs their biggest cities - and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can wrest back control from the opposition. Also in the programme: In Israel, after nearly six months of war in Gaza, is there weariness among Israelis?. The Brazilian farm workers exploited to harvest an everyday ingredient; and the movement in South Korea to get rid of the Tokyo cherry blossom trees because of their imperial connotations. (Photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan voting at a polling station during the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: EPA).

The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has expressed concern about extended Israeli shelling into the territory after three UNIFIL observers and their translator were injured by an explosion. Several Lebanese media reports blamed Israel for the incident, which they said was the result of a drone strike. But Israel said it was not responsible.Also in the programme: Peruvian police search the presidential palace and the home of the country’s president Dina Boluarte looking for Rolex watches; and a Haitian documentary film maker tells us about life in the capital plagued by gang violence. (Photo: A UNIFIL patrol is pictured at the site of an overnight Israeli bombardment in the southern Lebanese village of Kafra, on February 29, 2024. Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat /AFP via Getty Images)