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It's Super Tuesday in the US - the biggest day of the 2024 election so far, when people in 15 states will vote for their presidential candidate. But are the results a foregone conclusion?Also today: the controversial deal that could see the deployment of 1000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti; and we head to Ukraine, where the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet defy the war and launch underground performances.(Photo: Super Tuesday voting in the 2024 United States primary elections, Fairfax, USA - 05 Mar 2024. Credit: SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

As the US Vice President Kamala Harris holds talks in the White House with Benny Gantz, an influential member of the Israeli war cabinet, we hear from a member of Israel's governing Likud party who opposes the unauthorised trip. Also: Haiti slips another rung into chaos as the government declares a state of emergency; Ghana's finance ministry warns billions of dollars of foreign aid could be lost because of an anti-LGBT law; and members of the Afghan Youth Orchestra denied visas to the UK ahead of a planned performance. (Photo: FILE PHOTO: Israeli Emergency cabinet minister and opposition politician Benny Gantz leaves after he addressed the press in Kiryat Shmona, Israel November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

As reports emerge of deaths by starvation and famine conditions in northern Gaza, US Vice President Kamala Harris calls for an immediate ceasefire and for more aid to enter the territory. Meanwhile, ceasefire negotiations stall as Israel declines to attend talks in Egypt. Also on the programme: the government declares a state of emergency in Haiti after armed gangs storm a Port au Prince prison, releasing nearly 4,000 inmates; and we hear from the teenagers who went back to Ukraine for their school prom. (Picture: Palestinians search for survivors in Al Nuseirat after Israeli air strikes on Gaza, 4 Mar 2024 Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

With ceasefire talks in Cairo apparently stalled, we ask a Hamas political bureau member why it won't give Israel a list of surviving hostages. Also: the death of Nigerian actor John Okafor; and are German police closing in on Baader-Meinhof militants who have spent decades on the run? (Photo: The sun sets over Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, Israel March 3, 2024. Credit: Reuters)

A Hamas delegation has reportedly arrived for talks in Cairo as hopes for a Gaza ceasefire rise again, though Israel is demanding a full list of hostages still alive before it proceeds. It's not clear yet whether Israel will attend the talks. We assess the prospects for progress. Also in the programme: Pakistan gets a new prime minister; and we hear from a Soviet-era Russian dissident who draws parallels with how Alexei Navalny was treated.Photo: Israel continues military strikes on Gaza, Northern Gaza Strip in early February Credit: SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

The US military has carried out its first air-drop of food aid into Gaza amid an intense humanitarian crisis in the territory after months of Israeli military operations against Hamas. But how effective are they?Also in the programme: apparent intercepts of German military officers discussing the potential supply to Ukraine of long-range Taurus missiles have been released in Russian media; and we hear an appreciation of flamboyant American fashion icon Iris Apfel, who has died aged 102.(Photo: Members of the Jordanian Armed Forces air drop aid parcels along the Gaza coast, in cooperation with Egypt, Qatar, France and the UAE, 27 February 2024. Credit: Reuters/Jehad Shelbak)

The United Nations says its team visiting Gaza's largest hospital has met many people wounded by gunshots as they crowded around an aid convoy. More than 100 Palestinians were reported killed and there have been international calls for an investigation into the incident. We hear from one of the UN team, Also in the programme: after the Ghanaian parliament passes a bill criminalising the country’s LGBTQ community, a leading activist in the country tells us what the implications will be if the bill is signed into law; and the orca which took on and killed a great white shark in South Africa.Photo: Palestinians wounded while waiting for aid rest on beds at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Credit: Reuters/Kosay Al Nemer

But for Iranians the question isn’t who to vote for, but whether to turn up.Also on the programme: In spite of a heavy police presence, thousands pay their respects as the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is laid to rest in Moscow. And will a Palestinian pop singer take Iceland to the Eurovision song contest? We hear from an Icelandic judge.(Picture: Iranians vote during the parliamentary election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters)

Thousands of his supporters lined the streets of the Russian capital for his funeral service and burial. We hear from a mourner.Also on the programme: we get rare access to Iran, where parliamentary elections are taking place. And with a new species discovered off the British coastline, we hear about the wonderful world of sea slugs. (Picture: A mourner at the funeral of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Credit: Reuters)

Dozens of Palestinians were killed while trying to get food from an aid convoy in northern Gaza in the early hours of Thursday morning. The US has said it is urgently seeking information on the incident. We speak to IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner. Also in the programme: footballer Paul Pogba has been banned from the sport for four years after testing positive for a testosterone-enhancing drug. The 30-year-old World Cup winner has said he will appeal his ban; and we hear from the former Chief-of-Staff to Alexei Navalny ahead of the late Russian opposition figure’s funeral tomorrow. (IMAGE: A still from IDF aerial footage of the deadly incident in Gaza City, 29 February 2024 CREDIT: IDF Handout)