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Northern Ireland has its first Irish nationalist leader in the restored power-sharing government. After a two-year hiatus, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill has taken on the top job as first minister. We hear from a journalist who spent the day watching events unfold in the parliament buildings at Stormont. Also on the programme: Gaza's youngest reporter; and the woman who donated her kidney and part of her liver to her mother.(Photo: Michelle O'Neill, Northern Ireland's first minister. Credit: Reuters)

The US has launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq in response to last Sunday's drone attack on a US military base. Iraq says that the US retaliatory strikes will bring disastrous consequences for the region and that civilians were among 16 people killed. We get reaction from an Iranian academic close to the establishment in Tehran. We will hear from Gaza's youngest Reporter - she's only 9 years old but has a huge following for her reports on the war.Also, we will be on the campaign trail in Pakistan ahead of elections. And how Nigerian Music is taking the US by storm.(Photo: Mr Biden attended a repatriation on Friday of the three troops killed in Jordan. Credit: Reuters)

Over 800 officials in the United States and the European Union have signed a letter condemning their countries' policies on Israel. The signatories say Israel has shown 'no boundaries' in its military operation in Gaza and that Western countries may be complicit in 'grave violations of international law'. We hear from our correspondent and to former US ambassador about the unprecedented letter.We then go to the United States, as the Democratic party is hosting its first presidential primary on Saturday. We get the latest from Jaimie Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee.Also in the programme: the UN food programme says people are dying of starvation in Sudan, and we discover why are experts opposed to a plan to resurface a pyramid in Giza.(Photo: Internally displaced Palestinian children seek refuge inside makeshift tent in Rafah camp, southern Gaza Strip. Credit: H. Imad/Shutterstock)

A huge gas explosion has rocked a residential suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing several people and injuring hundreds. We hear from a survivor.Also in the programme: a state of emergency is declared in the Spanish region of Catalonia as it faces its worst drought on record; and the actor Paterson Joseph tell us about the extraordinary life of Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first black person to vote in Britain, as Sancho's portrait goes on display at London's Royal Academy of Arts.(IMAGE: Fire breaks out after explosion at Kentainers Company in Nairobi, Kenya , 02 Feb 2024; CREDIT: STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban waives his country’s veto and votes to deliver the funding package to Ukraine. Orban used his veto in December to block aid to Ukraine, so why has he changed his mind? Newshour’s Rebecca Kesby speaks to Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski. Also on the programme: a state of emergency is declared in Catalonia after Spain’s worst drought on record; and President Biden sanctions four Israeli settlers responsible for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. (Picture: Orban holds a media briefing in Budapest, December 21, 2023 Credit: REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo)

European leaders have agreed a $54bn funding deal for Ukraine, overcoming objections from Hungary. The government in Ukraine described the package as 'a guarantee for victory'. We get reaction from Estonia and Kyiv. Also in the programme: we report from Cambodia where waste from the international fashion industry is adding to pollution; and Pokemon with AK47s - how a violent satire of the Japanese franchise became one of the fastest-selling independent video games ever.(IMAGE: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L), European Council President Charles Michel, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (3rdR), Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a multilateral meeting on the sidelines of a European Council meeting at the European headquarters in Brussels, on February 1, 2024 / CREDIT: Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images)

Five CEOs from major tech companies have testified at a Senate hearing about the protection of children from online sexual exploitation. We hear from a bereaved parent whose son fell victim to a sexual extortion scam. Also in the programme: a young monarchy-reform activist in Thailand speaks about his political party potentially being dissolved; and the extraordinary story of three Irish siblings abandoned at birth who found each other through DNA, and now think they may have another brother.(Picture: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Top UN officials have warned that the withdrawal of funding for its main aid agency in Gaza could lead to the "collapse of the humanitarian system". We'll hear how the war has already orphaned many Palestinian children.Also on the programme: we speak to President Putin's main political rival, Boris Nadezhdin; and Haiti's jazz festival returns to the capital in spite of the violent gang wars gripping the city.(Photo: A displaced Palestinian child holds up an empty pot as she waits with others to receive food aid provided by a Palestinian youth group in the Rafah refugee camp, Southern Gaza Strip Credit: Haitham Imad/EPA/EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human. What are the regulations governing this type of experimentation? Also in the programme: Israeli forces have killed three members of Palestinian armed groups in a hospital in the occupied West Bank; and we hear from a tech worker who filmed her viral layoff moment as US tech companies continue to cut jobs on a mass scale. (Picture: Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken. Credit: Reuters)

The former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was charged with leaking state secrets. Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption. He has called all the charges against him politically motivated. Also on the programme: we'll have a report from a frontline town in Ukraine, where even the medics are targeted; and how 64 wires as thin as hairs and implanted in a human brain could change lives. (Image: FILE PHOTO - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, gestures as he speaks to the members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan on 18 May 2023.Credit: Reuters/REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/File Photo)