Funerals held for five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza

Al Jazeera has condemned Israel for what it called "the targeted assassination" of its journalists in Gaza. Israeli officials claim the network's correspondent, Anas al-Sharif, was a Hamas operative -- an allegation strongly denied by Al Jazeera. The BBC understands that he worked for a Hamas media team in Gaza before the current conflict. We speak to two journalists in Gaza and get the latest from our correspondent in Jerusalem.

EU foreign ministers have been holding a video meeting to discuss their position on Ukraine - ahead of Friday's planned summit between the US President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. We speak to our correspondent in Brussels and bring together Ukrainian MPs to share their expectations from the meeting.

According to the UN, Pakistan has stepped up its deportations of documented Afghan refugees over the past weeks. We hear from two Afghan women who have had to return to their country.

Presenter: Mark Lowen.

(Photo: Palestinians attend the funeral of journalists killed in an Israeli strike, outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 11 August 2025. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA/Shutterstock)