Israeli weapons transfers "unjustifiable", almost 40 Democrats say

The influential US Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, and nearly forty of her colleagues in Congress have signed a letter to the White House saying it "unjustifiable" to approve weapons transfers to Israel.

Also on the programme, Ukraine lowers the conscription age to 25; and, the US space agency, NASA, has unveiled plans to grow crops on the moon.

Joining presenter Audrey Brown are Samantha de Bendern, an associate fellow at the Chatham House foreign relations think-tank, and Andrea Sella, professor of chemistry at University College London.

(Photo: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)