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Alabama death row inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, is about to undergo the first US execution by nitrogen gas after losing last-minute appeals. We speak to Reverend Dr Jeff Hood, who will accompany him in the execution chamber, as his spiritual adviser. Also in the programme: We hear from supporters of Argentine President Javier Milei after a mass protest yesterday; and scientists in Australia have discovered that fungi exposed to acoustic stimulation seem to grow faster.(Picture: Death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith poses for an undated booking photo at Holman Prison in Atmore. Credit: Reuters)

Tens of thousands protest in Buenos Aires against President Milei's drastic economic reforms. The reforms are aimed at tackling runaway inflation, but can the new president get them through Congress? Newshour's James Menendez tests the mood on the street, and we also hear from one of Mr Milei's closest allies, MP Jose Luis Espert. Also in the programme: after Donald Trump's victory in a presidential primary, what next for America's Republicans? And the Saudi Arabian authorities open the country's first alcohol shop for decades - but only foreign diplomats are allowed to use it.(Photo: General strike in Buenos Aires. Credit: JUAN IGNACIO RONCORONI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Argentines have staged a general strike against the "ultraliberal" economic reforms of the new president, Javier Milei, in the context of sky-high inflation:Also in the programme: Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down a plane full of Ukrainian prisoners of war; and how ironic is it that the male star of the feminist blockbuster Barbie has been nominated for an Oscar, while neither the female director nor female star have?(IMAGE: People take part in a protest during a general strike called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24 January 2024. CREDIT: Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A BBC Arabic investigation finds that the United Arab Emirates has funded politically motivated assassinations in Yemen. Nawal Al-Maghafi reports. Also in the programme: A profile of Argentina's Javier Milei; and a new blood test for Alzheimer's.(Picture: A Yemeni passes graffiti sprayed on a wall depicting a child victim of Yemen's war. Credit: Photo by YAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

After Ron DeSantis bows out of US presidential race, who will win the Republican nomination? We ask a member of Nikki Haley's fundraising team if she has what it takes to beat Donald Trump.Also in the programme: campaigners for Israelis hostages storm the country's parliament, the Knesset: we speak to one of them. And why is Britain facing a major outbreak of measles, a disease which had almost been eradicated? (Photo: US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley campaigns in New Hampshire, Franklin, USA. Credit: CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock).

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened a Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya. Modi said the temple marked a 'new era' for the country, three decades after a Hindu mob tore down the Babri mosque which many Hindus believe was built on the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama. Also in the programme: Cameroon became the first country to roll-out a mass vaccine program against Malaria in a move projected to save thousands of lives; and we speak to a Haitian bishop about the kidnapping of six nuns by a criminal gang in Port-Au-Prince on Friday.(Indian Prime Minister Modi presides over inaugural ceremony at Ram Mandir temple, Ayodhya, India - 22 Jan 2024 Photo by INDIA PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A market and shopping district in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has been hit by shelling. Officials there blamed Ukraine saying the attack had killed twenty-seventy people and wounded twenty-five others.Also in the programme: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump; and we examine the impact of the war in Gaza on pregnant women and newborns. (Picture: People remove debris at a food market following, what local Russian-installed authorities say, was a Ukrainian military strike in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/REUTERS)

Tens of thousands of people demonstrate across Germany for a third day after it emerges that some members of the far-right AfD party discussed plans for the mass deportation of migrants. We hear the latest from our reporter in Berlin and ask whether growing calls to ban the party have any substance.Also in the programme: The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is to open a Hindu temple at a controversial site in Ayodhya, where the destruction of a mosque in 1992 triggered violence across the nation; and why do people shoplift when they can afford to pay for goods?(Photo: Tens of thousands attend a protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Frankfurt, Germany, January 20, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

Tensions within the emergency war cabinet in Israel have been on full display this week. At least one member of the tiny five-man war cabinet openly criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies in the conflict. A former head of the Israeli secret service Mossad joined in on Friday. Also in the programme: we'll head to the Democratic Republic of Congo where Felix Tshisekedi is being sworn in for a second term as president; and the sound of lava - we hear recordings from a nature photographer in Iceland who says he's "addicted" to volcanoes.(Photo: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected calls from the United States for a future Palestinian state. Credit: Getty Images)

The White House pushes back against Benjamin Netanyahu saying President Biden still believes in the promise and possibility of a two-state solution in the Middle East. We hear from Danny Aayalon, Israel's former ambassador to the US.Also in the programme: Japan lands a craft on the moon; and new works by Little Women author Louisa May Alcott discovered.(Picture: U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Credit: Miriam Alster/Pool via REUTERS)