After seven weeks of bombardment and rocket fire there appears to be agreement between Israel and the Palestinian factions about a new ceasefire. Denis Staunton discusses with Mark Weiss in Jerusalem and Michael Jansen in Nicosia.

The show begins in Scotland the day after the second debate of the independence referendum campaign. Mark Hennessy was in attendance and reports.

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