Israel sends more troops to Rafah

As fighting intensifies, Israel's Defence Minister sends more troops to Rafah, a city along Gaza's southern border with Egypt. We're hearing from 16 year old Sanabel who is in Gaza City and reflects on how her nearing birthday will be different this year.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is in China, marking his first international visit since the start of his fifth presidential term. As both leaders declare the importance of their close friendship, we're putting listener questions to the experts about the significance of the meeting.

No more VAR? The Premier League in England faces a vote to scrap the use of video assistant referees (VAR) from next season. We're hearing the mixed fan views in the VAR debate.

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is back on the stand for another day of testimony at court in New York, as part of the former President's hush-money trial. We get the latest from our correspondent at the New York courthouse.

Presenter: James Reynolds

(Photo credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock. Photo shows Israeli soldiers with military vehicles gather at an undisclosed position near the border fence with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, May 2024)