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Israel marks second anniversary of Hamas attacks

Memorials are being held, including one at the Nova music festival site.

Israel is marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks that killed more than twelve hundred civilians and soldiers, and started the war in Gaza. Memorials are being held, including one at the Nova music festival site, where nearly four hundred people were killed -- and another at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. We speak to the father of one of the hostages.

Meanwhile indirect talks continue on the future of Gaza in Egypt. We look at what position Hamas might take in these talks.

In Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has appeared on television to announce the appointment of an army general as the country's new Prime Minister. Last week following protests against power cuts and water shortages the former Prime Minister Christian Ntsay was fired. The demands from the Gen Z led protests have expanded to calls for wider reforms in a country which is one of the Africa's poorest.

Ten people deported by the US have arrived in Eswatini, its government said, the second group of third-country deportees to be sent to the southern African kingdom by the Trump administration.

Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai.

(Photo: Members of the kibbutz community of Kfar Aza hug one another as they attend a memorial to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas. Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters).

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