Hamas hostages: families still hold out hope for loved ones

Families of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas are still waiting for news as airstrikes on Gaza intensify. We hear from an Israeli woman whose elderly parents are believed to have been kidnapped and taken to Gaza by Hamas.

Also in the programme: Argentina goes to the polls today in the first round of one of the most open presidential elections for decades; and a new exhibition about the writers Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins opens in London next month.

Julian Worricker is joined by two guests Jeremy Shapiro, Director of research at the European Council on Foreign Relations and Jane Kinninmont who is policy and impact director at the European Leadership Network.

(Photo: Residents of Tel Aviv show solidarity with the families of hostages and missing people. Credit: REUTERS/Ammar Awad)