More than a thousand people believed to have died during Hajj pilgrimage

Estimates of the death toll at the Hajj pilgrimage in Meccca have surpassed 1000. The Saudi city is experiencing a heatwave which is having a devastating impact on those travelling to the holy sites. We'll speak to a pilgrim there.

We'll hear from the US Ambassador to China about relations with Beijing and ways to reduce the chances of a military confrontation over Taiwan.

France's president Emmanuel Macron has taken a huge electoral gamble. We'll head to his hometown.

We'll speak to the leader of a major Darfuri armed group, Abdulwahid al Nur, as the war in Sudan rumbles on.

We'll get the latest from Kenya after huge protests yesterday

And our Africa Daily segment examines a recent coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.