Gaza: Rafah crossing opens

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid begins entering the Rafah crossing to the besieged Gaza Strip. The aid convoy awaiting the opening of the crossing is a "drop in the ocean" of the amount required in Gaza, a UN agency says.

Also in the programme: An American teenager with a passion for politics; and how young adults tackle loneliness and the feeling of social isolation.

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: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip are parked outside Rafah border gate between Egypt and Gaza. Credit: KHALED ELFIQI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)