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Radio 4,20 Aug 2025,45 mins

Israel says Gaza City offensive has begun

The World Tonight

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Israel's military says it's in the first stage of a new offensive to capture and occupy Gaza City, and has authorised the call-up of tens of thousands of reservists. One reservist who's refused to serve tells us many more will do the same. Also tonight: The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has released a letter telling Tory council leaders to fight asylum hotels in their areas. As the government comes under growing pressure over asylum, we discuss whether international laws on refugees need to be rethought. And the feud brewing in the remotest reaches of the UK: with two Scottish islands claiming the title of the “UK’s most remote inhabited island”, a resident from each of them will make their case.

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