As the conflict continues, we hear how a business tries to stay afloat in Israel, and we look into the role cryptocurrencies may have played in the financing of Hamas.

The trial of the founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, goes on in New York. We get the latest from our correspondent.

An undercover investigation by the BBC has exposed a blackmail scam using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We hear more about how it worked.

Rahul Tandon discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Mehmal Sarfraz, Co-founder of The Current in Lahore, and Tony Nash, chief economist at Complete Intelligence in Houston.

(Picture: An Israeli army flare illuminates the sky above the northern Gaza strip on 11 October 2023. Picture credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)