Tzipi Livni: 'We're seeing the rebirth of liberal democracy in Israel'

Israel's former foreign minister Tzipi Livni sees hope in the recent protests, saying it marks a rebirth of liberal democracy in Israel.

Also in the programme: the BBC World Service launches a brand-new education series for children in Afghanistan aged 11-16 who are deprived of school, especially girls; and in Britain the Guardian newspaper, known for its championing of social justice and liberal values, has been looking into its past and has discovered an uncomfortable truth - that its 19th century founders had a connection to the transatlantic slave trade.

(Photo: Tzipi Livni, former Israeli minister of foreign affairs, speaks to protesters of reserve soldiers in the Israeli army during the anti-government protest next to the Israeli Prime Minister's office (background) in Jerusalem on 2 March 2023. Credit: EPA/Atef Safadi)