Israel bombards southern Gaza

The United States has called for more to be done to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip as people are ordered to leave populated areas in the south of the enclave. We speak to a civilian in Khan Younis and senior adviser to the Israeli government Mark Regev.

Also on the programme: the UN’s climate summit focuses on public health for the first time; and we speak to the academic behind a new Harvard course on Taylor Swift.

Joining Luke Jones in the studio to discuss all this and more are Karin von Hippel, director general of the defence think tank RUSI, and Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid polling institute in Canada.

(Picture: Smoke rises after an explosion on the Gaza Strip, as seen from Sderot, 03 December 2023.Credit: ATEF SAFADI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)