Gaza: US hostages released as fighting continues

Two weeks into the war sparked by Hamas’ deadly attack on southern Israel, the first two of about 200 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are released by Hamas in a deal brokered by Qatar. Humanitarian situation for civilians deteriorates in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue. Leaders of a dozen countries are meeting in Egypt today to discuss the Gaza crisis.

Also in the programme: Report from the Italian-French border as more migrants make their way to Europe from north Africa; and can an outsider shake up the old political order in Argentina?

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more are Celia Szusterman, a Latin America specialist at the Earendel Associates consultancy group and Scott Lucas who is a professor of international politics at University College Dublin.

(Photo: Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza. Credit: HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)