Heavy urban battles raged Monday in the Gaza war which has killed 101 Israeli soldiers and several thousand Palestinians. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims "It is the beginning of the end of Hamas".

Also in the programme: a COP agreement edges closer, and Nikki Haley's bid for the US presidency.

(Photo: Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes, as seen from an undisclosed location near the border between Gaza and southern Israel. Credit: Abir Sultan/EPA)