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Israel's ultimatum over Gaza City

A shattered landscape in southern Gaza; what sparked Thailand's border conflict with Cambodia?; mass protest is back in France; a fast, furious but friendly cycle race in Slovenia

Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' stories from southern Gaza, the Thai-Cambodian border, the streets of Paris and a village bike race in Slovenia.

Around a million Palestinians have been told to leave Gaza City ahead of a new Israeli offensive - though many now say there is nowhere left to go in Gaza which is safe, or which has access to facilities and food. Lucy Williamson was granted rare access to Gaza by the Israeli army, and was taken to see the planned new aid distribution site for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Thailand has a new prime minister – its third in just over a year - following a political crisis that ignited a short, sudden conflict with Cambodia. What tipped these neighbouring countries - with their long shared border, common Hindu-Buddhist heritage, and tightly intertwined economies - into war? Our Southeast Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head unpacks how a falling-out between political dynasties led to this catastrophic breakdown of relations.

France also has a new prime minister, after François Bayrou, lost a no-confidence vote and was ousted from office. Last week street protests took place across France as people their voiced anger over his proposals to remove two national holidays and impose a pensions freeze. Their slogan was "Bloquons Tout" - "Let's Block Everything" - so is there any way out of the French political impasse? Andrew Harding watched events unfold in Paris.

Slovenia may be small - with a population of around two million people - but it's something of a sporting superpower. It's produced some of the best male cyclists in the world today, including four-time Tour de France champ Tadej Pogacar. Every year, he hosts a cycling festival in his home village of Komenda that showcases the sport's social side. Guy De Launey went along for the ride.

Producer: Polly Hope
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Production co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge

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