The World Tonight

What open source data reveals about the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital

Former national security adviser HR McMaster on the risks of regional escalation

Hundreds are feared dead after a strike on an hospital in Gaza. We hear from a representative of the church which funds it. The authorities in Gaza have blamed Israel for the attack - but the Israeli government tells us it wasn't responsible.

The attack comes on the eve of President Joe Biden's visit to Israel. We'll ask whether the evening's events risk derailing his trip.

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The 18-year-old who's gone from a pupil referral unit to Cambridge University.

Poland's election: what's behind the liberal renaissance there?

China's Belt and Road initiative marks 10 years since its launch

Also on the programme: a British rabbi resigns over the FA's decision not to project he Israeli flag on Wembley Stadium; and turning the film, Withnail and I, into a play.

Israel says it will continue its siege of Gaza until dozens of people taken hostage by Hamas are released. We hear from a doctor in Gaza and one in Israel.

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We’re live in Warsaw ahead of a significant election for Poland.

And the referendum for indigenous rights that’s divided Australia.

Voices from Ashkelon in southern Israel and Gaza City

Why the BBC - and some other media organisations - are reluctant to describe Hamas as "terrorists"

The Israeli government says it's moving to a full-scale offensive against Gaza, in response to the massacres carried out by Hamas. We hear from two mothers - on either side of the conflict - on life under attack.

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Sir Keir Starmer has promised a decade of national renewal if Labour wins the next general election. His message went down a storm in the conference hall - but how will it be received beyond?

An Israeli who hid in his house as it was stormed by gunmen, before he was rescued - by his father

Life under siege in the Gaza strip

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy

An electoral test for both the SNP and Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election

The stories of women during the 1980s miners' strikes

In the biggest speech of his premiership so far, the Prime Minister has launched an attack on his predecessors. One of those predecessors has gone public to criticise the decision to cancel the northern leg of HS2, confirmed in the speech. Rishi Sunak insists every penny of the £36bn intended for it will be spent on other projects. But opinions among northern leaders are divided - we hear from two of them.

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The rare testimony of young Albanian man who was trafficked to the UK and forced to work on a cannabis farm.

And as Paris is gripped by panic over a bed bug infestation, our correspondent is on the hunt to see them first hand.