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As of today, no major US news network or publication will have a permanent presence at the Pentagon for the first time in decades. Leading news outlets have rejected a new Pentagon policy that bars journalists from the building unless they only report information that has been officially authorised by the Department of Defense. We speak to two Pentagon reporters.

Palestinians in Gaza are stockpiling food as prices surge, amid growing concern that the ceasefire may not hold. Israeli officials have said the main crossing in Rafah in the south is not due to be opened for aid convoys today, although trucks are coming in through other points. The UN humanitarian chief says Israel must uphold the ceasefire agreement and open more crossings for vital aid. We speak to our international editor about this week's developments.

This week we are checking in with communities in Israel and Gaza, who have felt the impacts of the two-year war; today we hear from a couple who are raising two children in the Israeli border city of Sderot.

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban say they've have agreed a temporary ceasefire, after border clashes flared again on Wednesday. We speak to our reporter with 蜜芽传媒 Afghan.

Presenter: Rahul Tandon.

(Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, after a meeting of NATO defence ministers at the alliance's headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium October 15, 2025. Credit: Yves Herman/Reuters)