Last week, US President Donald Trump threatened Hamas with “hell” to pay if hostages from the October 7th attack on Israel were not released. Today, Israel’s energy minister, Eli Cohen, says the country will now cut its electricity supply to Gaza “immediately.”

Also in the programme: Canada’s governing Liberal Party prepares to elect a new leader following the resignation announcement of PM Justin Trudeau; the Pompidou Centre in Paris is preparing to close for five years; and after the announcement that female tennis players can get twelve months’ maternity leave, tennis star Victoria Azarenka gives us her reaction.

(Photo: A tent of internally displaced Palestinians set up next to a destroyed building in the east of Gaza City, 9th March 2025. Credit: Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE-REX/Shutterstock)