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Weekend: Ceasefire talks intensify as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens

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Ceasefire talks intensify as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens

05/05/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Ceasefire talks intensify as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens

Hamas adviser says the group is looking at the latest proposal with "full seriousness"

Hamas adviser says the group is looking at the latest proposal with "full seriousness".

Negotiators enter a second day of ceasefire talks in Cairo - brokered by Egypt and Qatar - to pause Israel's Rafah offensive in exchange for freeing Israeli hostages. In Tel Aviv, tens of thousands took to the streets to secure the release of the remaining hostages out of Gaza. 

China's President Xi Jinping arrives in Paris ahead of a three-day-visit to Europe, starting Monday. The president is expected to defend China's "no limits" alliance with Russia which is currenly fighting a war against Ukraine. After France, President Xi will visit Serbia and Hungary, understood to have close ties to the Kremlin.

Our presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Diane Roberts, Professor of Creative Writing at Florida State University and Tim Judah - a journalist and author covering the Balkans and other regions as a correspondent for The Economist.

(Photo: Protesters in Tel Aviv protest against the government and demand the release of remaining hostages out of Gaza)

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