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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on his fourth visit to the Middle East in three months to ensure the Israel-Gaza war does not spread into a regional conflict.Also in the programme: Gabriel Attal, 34, has been named France's next prime minister, becoming the youngest person ever to hold the office; and South Korea passes a law banning the slaughter and sale of dog meat. (Picture: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Kirya military base in Tel Avi. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Al Aqsa hospital in central Gaza is on the verge of shutting down. We hear from a doctor from an aid agency who had to leave the hospital behind. Also on the programme; tribute have been paid to the German footballing legend Franz Beckenbauer who has died at the age of 78. And we meet the writer of the TV drama which has shone a light on what has been called the most widespread injustice in British legal history. And which has placed enormous political pressure on the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Picture: Patients in Al Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza. Credit: Reuters)

A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence of rape, torture and forced abortions by the late TB Joshua, one of Nigeria's most influential pastors. We hear from one of his victims. Also in the programme: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Palestinians must not be pressured into leaving Gaza, after some Israeli ministers call for Palestinians to leave; we speak to an MP from the ruling coalition. And after multiple awards at the Golden Globes we speak to the director of hit TV drama Succession(IMAGE: TB Joshua, Nigerian evangelical pastor and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria; CREDIT: Getty Images)

Following the death of the eldest son of Al Jazeera's senior correspondent in Gaza, the news network has issued a statement calling the killing of Hamza al-Dahdouh and the journalists travelling with him as a targeted ‘assassination’. We get the response from Mark Regev, a spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister. Also on the programme: the ruling Awami league in Bangladesh have won an election boycotted by the opposition - we speak to a special envoy to the prime minister; and we hear all about the Hollywood stars gearing up for the Golden Globe Awards with our Los Angeles Correspondent, Emma Vardy.(Picture: Brother of Palestinian journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, the son of Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh, attends his funeral, after Hamza was killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

The eldest son of Al Jazeera's senior correspondent in Gaza is among the latest casualties of Israel's offensive, weeks after he lost his wife and two other children and his cameraman in previous airstrikes. We speak to one of Hamza Al-Dahdouh’s Al-Jazeera colleague, Ali Hashem, and put the accusation to an Israeli spokesperson. Also on the programme: Polls have closed in Bangladesh after an election marred by violence and a boycott of voting. We speak to a senior opposition leader about why his party is boycotting the poll.And we ask why US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalisation was kept secret from the White House for four days. (Picture: Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh hugs his daughter and son as they attend the funeral of his son, Palestinian journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh, January 7, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Doctor Graeme Groom is a British orthopaedic surgeon, who's been travelling to Gaza for many years - and is currently volunteering at The European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. We got through to him just before he went into surgery.Also in the programme: US aviation regulators have ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing planes worldwide after an Alaska Airlines aircraft lost part of its fuselage mid-air; and one day before Bangladesh goes to the polls, at least 14 polling stations have been set on fire.(Photo: A Palestinian girl who was wounded in an Israeli strike in which her parents and three of her siblings were killed, is comforted by her grandmother at The European Hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 6, 2024. Reuters/Arafat Barbakh)

Hezbollah has launched a barrage of rockets at northern Israel, calling it a preliminary response to the killing of a top Hamas official in Beirut. The Israeli military said there'd been at least forty launches, and that it had responded.Also on the programme: A British surgeon describes desperate scenes in hospitals in Gaza. A nun providing aid to the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia. And a former police officer on duty at the US Capitol remembers the January 6th attacks in 2021.(Picture: IDF says it struck southern Lebanon targets after rocket sirens sounded in northern Israel, Kiryat Shmona. Credit: Atef Safadi/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole after serving eight and a half years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. We hear from her family's lawyer about their reaction.Also on the programme: Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has set out a proposal about what should happen in Gaza once the fighting stops - but it hasn't been signed off by the Israeli government. And is North Korea's dictator grooming his young daughter to be his successor?(Photo: Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius arriving to court in Pretoria for his sentencing for murder charges, June 2016. Credit: Cornell Tukiri / Shutterstock)

As Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri is mourned following his assassination in Beirut, what are the risks of a wider regional conflict? We hear from analyst Paul Salem.Also in the programme: a high tide of youth unemployment in China; new research sheds light on the physical changes that occur in Long Covid patients; and controversy over a new method of execution in the US state of Alabama.(Photo: A man holds a Palestinian flag as mourners gather during the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut. Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)