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World Service,01 Feb 2026,54 mins

Gaza's Rafah border crossing to open

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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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