Seamus Kearney looks at at the PR disaster in Brussels over the response to the Israel-Hamas conflict, after the EU Commissioner responsible for enlargement announced all money to Palestinians would be suspended which he was forced to retract after a massive backlash. The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been criticised for not explicitly calling for Israel to show restraint. And France has been put on its highest terror alert after a teacher was killed in an Islamist attack. The French President has ordered up to 7,000 soldiers to be deployed across the country for increased patrols, as the country hosts the rugby world cup.

The All Blacks have conquered Ireland to make the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup, while England needed a late drop goal and penalty to get past Fiji in the quarter-final earlier this morning. The final quarter-final is to be decided between hosts France and South Africa. France led 22-19 at half time. RNZ's Joe Porter is in France.

Neale Jones, Tim Hurdle and Bernie O'Donnell analyse Saturday night's election results. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of public affairs firm Capital. Tim Hurdle is a former National senior adviser, was the National Party Campaign Director in 2020. He is a director of several companies, including Museum Street Strategies, a public affairs firm. Bernie O'Donnell is the chairman of Manukau Urban Maori Authority and a Labour Party Member.

The week that was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Kirsty Pickett is in Fiordland, where feasibility testing is underway on the Milford Opportunities Project's masterplan, which could radically change the way tourists interact with the national park. The proposal includes a permit system for international visitors, removing fixed-wing aircraft and some cruise liners, and also banning foreign motorists. And in Tuatapere, the completion of the multi-million dollar upgrade on the country's next Great Walk has been delayed another year. The Hump Ridge Trace was meant to reopen in late 2022 but the date has been pushed back due to supply chain delays and bad weather.

Melissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Transposium by Dani Yourukova, published by Auckland University Press. RRP $30.00

Dr Maddy McAllister is a maritime archeologist who calls herself a shipwreck detective. She is Senior Curator in Maritime Archaeology at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, in Townsville, where she is responsible for managing some 8000 artefacts recovered from about 30 shipwrecks. Maddy began diving aged 14 in South West Australia where she grew up. And after attending a lecture on by the Australian Museum of Shipwrecks, she knew Marine Archeology was what she wanted to doShe has dived wrecks all around Australia, in the Indian Ocean and in Oman. She says she wants to find and document as many shipwrecks as possible before they're lost. She speaks with Kathryn Ryan from Townsville.

Elizabeth Beattie discusses an artillery strike in Myanmar which has killed at least 29 people, including women and children, at a refugee camp near the border with China. It is one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the country since the military seized power in a 2021 coup. Also, Australian Cheng Lei has been freed from detention in China and arrived in Melbourne. She previously worked at Chinese state-owned media, CGTN, and was accused in 2020 of "supplying state secrets overseas". Her charges were never made public.

When Prue Young was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 18 months ago, people assumed she'd have to give up work and sport. This week, the 33-year-old Nelson paramedic is in Hawaii to compete in the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship.