CIA head in Egypt to mediate Gaza truce

The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns, has travelled to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to help mediate a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Hamas say its delegates are travelling to Cairo in a "positive spirit" after studying the latest proposal.

Five-and-a-half centuries on, Michelangelo Buonarroti remains one of the most influential artists of all time. A new show at the British Museum in London looks at part of his life which is sometimes neglected — the years Michelangelo spent in Rome before he died at the age of 88.

Also in this hour, we discuss new border controls at UK ports for plant and animal products coming from the European Union.

(Photo: Rescue operation following an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp - Gaza. Credit: Haitham Imad/ EPA)