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Israel intercepts boats carrying aid to Gaza

They have detained several activists on board including Greta Thunberg.

Israeli warships have intercepted an international flotilla trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza and detained the activists on board. They include the Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg.

We look at the idea of a proposed 'drone wall' that will protect Europe at its eastern flank from Russian incursion. We speak to an Estonian parliamentarian who says we need the wall now.

And our Paris correspondent meets up with an asylum family whose child died of suffocation in a boat trying to cross the English Channel with illegal migrants.

Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai

(Photo: Gaza-bound vessel Captain Nikos, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, as it is intercepted by Israeli navy forces. Credit: Global Sumud Flotilla handout via Reuters).

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Thu 2 Oct 2025 06:06GMT

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