
Israel vows to eliminate Hamas as Gaza truce talks enter a second day
Pressure mounts on all sides to put an end to the nearly 7-month long war.
Egyptian and US mediators are seeing signs of compromise but ceasefire prospects still hang in the balance as to whether Israel will put a permanent end to the fighting without reaching its stated goal of destroying Hamas.Israel's Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Anti-Semitism joins us.
Human rights groups have condemned an 11-year prison sentence handed to a Saudi fitness instructor and women's rights activist. 29-year-old Manahel al-Otaibi was convicted of charges for her clothing choices and views online. We speak to Manahel's sister Fawz who faced similar charges but left the country.
Also in this hour, a prefecture in central Japan is to trial an AI bear-warning system. It comes as a record number of people have been injured and killed in Japan in bear attacks.
(Photo:Children scan the skies after an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in southern Gaza. Credit:Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
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