Airstrikes kill 35 Islamic militants in Borno state - Nigerian military

Nigeria's military says it's killed more than thirty jihadists in air strikes near the border with Cameroon. It says it was responding to attempted attacks on ground forces in the area.

Also in the programme: Gaza's health ministry says sixty-one people died on saturday from Israeli strikes and malnutrition. In one attack, on a displacement camp in Khan Younis, nineteen people were killed - including the members of an entire family. Eight more Palestinians in the territory are reported to have died from malnutrition; and, Denmark is taking dramatic measures to combat a 'reading crisis' in the country.

Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Charlotte Higgins, British journalist and author and Yaroslav Trofimov, Ukrainian born author and Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent of The Wall Street Journal in Dubai.

Photo: Nigeriens gather in a street to protest against the U.S. military presence, in Niamey, Niger April 13, 2024. Reuters /Mahamadou Hamidou