Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine are currently giving a presser to push the Trump’s’s claims that the recent US attack “obliterated” Iranian nuclear facilities.

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In this episode of Centre Stage, our guest is Dr Gabor Mate, a retired physician, author and Holocaust survivor who has written extensively on trauma and child development, as well as Israel and Palestine. Mate talks about the colonial foundations of Zionism, how living under it has traumatised Palestinians and the ways mainstream media distorts the realities on the ground in Gaza.

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Israel's war on Gaza raged on during its recent conflict with Iran - which ended with a US-brokered ceasefire. Meanwhile Qatar has announced renewed mediation efforts to end the genocide. So, what are the prospects for peace now?

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Russia has launched its largest drone-and-missile attack on Ukraine since the war began three years ago. But among the missiles, came a war of words. US President Donald Trump lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin on social media. And he criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy's public rhetoric after the Ukrainian President condemned what he called 'the silence of America'. Not even former US president Joe Biden was spared. Trump stated 'This is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s and Biden’s War, not Trump’s'. So was that a warning the US may be ready to walk away from talks on a ceasefire?

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Is laughter truly the best medicine? Pakistani cartoonist Nigar Nazar believes it might be. She is the first professional female cartoonist in Pakistan and the Muslim world and through her work has sought to address social and cultural issues through her witty and thought-provoking cartoons transforming complex topics.

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The Madrid Group has convened in Spain’s capital for a fifth time, attended by major European and Arab nations. Pressure on Israel this year has ramped up, with Spain calling for an arms embargo on Israel and the imposition of sanctions on individuals who obstruct a two-state solution to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The UK has paused trade talks and sanctioned a number of Israeli settlers in the Occupied West Bank. Canada and France have also threatened punitive measures. And the European Union – Israel’s biggest trade partner – is reviewing its landmark Association Agreement covering trade and political dialogue. But after 20 months of Israel's destruction of Gaza, why is this happening now? And without changes on the ground for Palestinians, are these actions anything more than diplomatically symbolic?

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So much has happened since Israel launched strikes on Iran on June 13th and there are so many questions about what could happen next.

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After bombing Iran, US President Donald Trump tried to turn down the temperature in the Middle East with a ceasefire declaration on Truth Social. The all-caps announcement fell flat as both continued striking. How long can a truce hold when each side insists the other broke it first?

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The US president says Israel and Iran are “tired”, but the conflict between the two countries could start again. President Donald Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week, continuing a dialogue that was interrupted by the recent war between Israel and Tehran. Trump has also said that it is possible that Russian President Vladimir Putin has territorial ambitions beyond Ukraine.

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260 miners have been brought to the surface in South Africa after being stuck underground at a gold mine for 24 hours. Africa is at the centre of a rising demand for minerals and precious metals. Lithium is essential to the transition away from fossil fuels, used for batteries in electric vehicles and other clean energy technologies. But in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rights groups continue to denounce the dangerous working conditions of children in artisanal mines, particularly for cobalt. So, are the continent's critical minerals at a critical juncture? And what will be the impact of the global scramble for Africa's natural resources?

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