Biden unveils Israeli proposal to end Gaza war

The US president has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposition to end the conflict, saying that "it's time for this war to end". The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel Defense Forces would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza.

Also today: South Africa's governing African National Congress looks to have lost the parliamentary majority it has enjoyed for three decades; and we hear how the Swedish pop group ABBA came together to accept one of their nation's highest honours.

Today’s guests are Nelufar Hedayat, a British-Afghan journalist, documentary maker and podcaster, and Laurie Bristow, president of Hughes Hall, a college at Cambridge University and former UK ambassador to Afghanistan and Russia.

(Picture: US president Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Middle East at the White House. Credit: REUTERS)