OS Conversations: Palestinian women

As Israel continues air strikes on Gaza and Palestinian militants fire rockets at Israeli cities, we run the first of our conversations this week with people affected by the conflict. Two Palestinian women describe what life is like for people in Gaza a week since the air strikes began. Also, our correspondent in Egypt explains the efforts to broker a truce between the two sides.

Dr Eleanor Murray - assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health - will answer questions about the pandemic, and we hear about the concerns over the Indian variant of the coronavirus in England amid the latest easing of lockdown restrictions.

We also get the latest from Myanmar on reports of violence by the army against civilians - particularly women - in the town of Mindat.

(Photo: Paintings and tableware are seen in the living room of an apartment that was damaged following a rocket attack from Gaza, in Ashdod, Israel May 17, 2021. Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)