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Gaza's Rafah border crossing to open

Israel said the crossing would open, in accordance with phase two of the ceasefire deal.

Israel said Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt would open, in accordance with second phase of the ceasefire deal. More than a thousand Palestinians have died waiting for treatment, according to Israeli NGO Physicians for Human Rights Israel.

Also in today's programme: a judge in the United States has ordered the release of a five- year- old boy and his father, who were detained by immigration agents in Minneapolis.; and why European cinema is enjoying a new wave of success amongst audiences and critics.

Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Georgina Goodwin, a Zimbabwean-born broadcaster and journalist and Manas Chawla, a geopolitical risk expert and chief executive of the London Politica consultancy in the studio.

(Photo credit: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel line up at the Rafah border to cross into the Gaza Strip, on the Egyptian side, in Rafah /Reuters)

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  • Sun 1 Feb 202607:06GMT