From rising suicide levels to surveys showing how Gen Z is the loneliest generation ever, we look at the reasons behind this global sentiment. We ask is the digital world helping — or hurting — our ability to truly connect? What happened to communities that support their members?

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Dr. Ramzy Baroud, journalist, author, and editor of The Palestine Chronicle, joins the show to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and the collapse of Israel’s two-year genocide. Why has Tel Aviv accepted terms that undercut its own military goals? Baroud argues that while Gaza has suffered immense destruction and loss of life, the ceasefire represents a significant achievement. He says it wouldn’t have been possible without the determination of Palestinian resistance groups and the Palestinian civilians who refused to submit to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to completely drive Palestinians out of Gaza.

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US President Donald Trump made a last-minute trip to the Middle East on Monday, in the wake of the Gaza ceasefire deal. He landed in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh late on Monday after having flown in from Israel, where he addressed the Israeli Knesset. The first phase of Trump's 20-point ceasefire plan has now been completed. With Hamas releasing all 20 living Israeli captives in Gaza and Israel freeing Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank So, will this deal finally bring peace to the region? And what does Trump's plan mean for the broader Middle East?

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For the past couple of months, the billionaire father-son duo of Larry and David Ellison have been making deals involving major media brands. Having acquired Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, they appointed Bari Weiss - an outspoken supporter of Israel - as the network’s editor-in-chief. The moves by the Ellisons are not just about growing their media empire, but about shaping the narrative around Israel in the US, where public support continues to decline.

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Tens of thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails - most of them without charge. And with the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel centred on the release of detainees, about 2,000 of them are due to be released. But the mistreatment of detainees by Israeli forces has been documented for decades. So as well as international law, is Israel breaking its own laws in its arrest and treatment of prisoners? Why did it arrest and torture so many people during the war on Gaza? And is it using mass detention to maintain its occupation?

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After two years of horrific and criminal genocide and assault on Gaza, there is now a ceasefire. Israel is committing more crimes against Palestinians, but mass public opinion has majorly shifted, changing the balance of forces. On the home front, the Trump White House is waging a war against immigrant families, and basic democratic rights.

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The release of nearly two thousand Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails begins after Hamas frees all 20 living Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire deal. Families of many of the Palestinian prisoners and detainees being released by Israel under an exchange deal say their long-awaited freedom is bittersweet after they learned their loved ones would be deported to third countries. That includes more than 1,700 Palestinians that were detained in Gaza, since the war began. Buses carrying the detainees have arrived in Khan Younis, where they were greated by large crowds. They will now have medical examinations and reunite with their families.

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Israel has received the first seven captives released by Hamas and handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal. Thirteen more living captives are due to be released today. Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank wait for the release of nearly 2,000 people from Israeli jails as part of the agreement.

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The Hague Group is a new alliance of nations, primarily from the Global South, taking coordinated legal action to uphold international law and hold Israel accountable for its actions in Palestine. But will this effort bring real accountability?

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Demilitarisation and no role for Hamas and other factions in the future governance of Gaza. That is part of US president Donald Trump's 20-point plan that led to the ceasefire deal. So what is next for Palestinian resistance movements?

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