Gaza war: Hostage families
The negotiators from Israel and Hamas have met in Qatar with no reports of progress.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says it is recalling its team of ceasefire negotiators in Doha, Qatar, to Israel. We have the latest on the talks, and we speak to Israeli families of the hostages still in Gaza. With warnings of mass starvation in Gaza, we also hear from residents there.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News and three leading news agencies have expressed desperate concern for journalists in Gaza, who they say are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. We hear from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Director of News Content, Richard Burgess.
Gangs in Haiti now control 90% of the capital Port au Prince. The police are outnumbered and outgunned, government authority has all but collapsed, and ordinary Haitians are trapped in a daily struggle for survival. In the past six months, more than 4,000 people have been killed – that’s nearly half the total number recorded last year. We speak to our correspondent Nawal al-Maghafi who has had a rare access to the streets of the capital.
Cambodian and Thai soldiers have fought near several temples along their shared frontier in a deadly escalation of a border dispute. We speak to our correspondent in the region and hear messages from both countries.
(Photo: Hostages’ families and reportedly over 50,000 supporters, march to the U.S. Embassy in a plea for the US to help Israel and Hamas secure a deal to bring the hostages home - 19 July 2025. Credit: Paulina Patimer)
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