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A new offensive by the Israeli military has begun. Israeli attacks have killed more than two hundred and fifty people since Thursday. The operation has begun despite Israel coming under pressure even from its closest allies to lift a ten-week blockade of Gaza and allow aid in. The US has expressed concern. The UN said that the blockade together with the continued attacks amounted to ethnic cleansing.

Also in the programme: we look ahead to the main contenders at this year鈥檚 Eurovision; and we meet the producer Arthur Baker, the musical brain behind some of the biggest records of the past 50 years.

Joining Rebecca Kesby to discuss this and more are Jacquelin Magnay, Europe correspondent for The Australian newspaper, and Chris Michael, US editor for the Guardian newspaper.

(Photo: Internally displaced Palestinians move along Al Rashid road in the west of Gaza City on 16 May 2025. Credit: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)