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The food progamme, known as SNAP, costs about eight billion dollars a month. It's been jeopardised by the government shutdown, which is on course to be the longest in history.

People in Tanzania have been sharing images of dead bodies strewn on the streets after the violence that followed last week's election - we'll speak to a former Zambian foreign minister to discuss how this election is being received across the continent.

And we'll head to Gaza where most schools are fully or partially destroyed - despite this we'll speak to one teacher to speak to a school teacher whose helped set up a tented school to get students back into classes.

(Photo: A sign outside the US Botanical Gardens alerts visitors that it is closed due to the government shutdown; Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)