World

Peru has been wracked by violent street protests against the president for almost two months, after her left-wing predecessor was unseated and arrested. 

In Jerusalem, another Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli security forces, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down in the country. 

At least 59 people have been killed by a bomb that targeted police officers praying in a mosque in Pakistan. 

A father and son were wounded by a 13-year-old who opened fire at a historical site in east Jerusalem – the second attack in the city in the last 24 hours. 

Traumatic video footage showing a man crying out for his mother as he’s attacked by Memphis police officers has been released – a day after all five of the former officers were charged with murder. 

We spoke to Professor Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fellow of the Middle East and Africa Programme at Chatham House.

Now survivors of the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau have gathered to commemorate the 78th anniversary of its liberation – as events were held around the world to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a shooting attack at a Jerusalem synagogue after a gunman opened fire – the suspect was shot dead by police as he tried to escape the scene – while dozens of officers are searching for any possible accomplices.

We spoke to DeRay Mckesson, an activist and co-founder of Campaign Zero, an organisation focused on reforming policing in America, and began by asking for his reaction to what appears to have happened to Tyre Nichols.

In this week’s episode, we speak to the head of middle eastern studies at the Royal United Services Institute, Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi. She discusses whether the regime is weak right now and how worrying it is that as Iran becomes more ostracised from the west, it draws closer to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Donald Trump was kicked off Facebook after praising participants in the deadly Capitol building riot in 2021.

A decision by the home secretary to drop commitments designed to prevent another Windrush scandal was branded a “slap in the face” for the communities affected.

We spoke to Aaron David Miller who was Middle East Negotiator for the US State Department during the presidential terms of Bill Clinton and George W Bush, and began by talking about how recent changes in the make-up of the Israeli government might have led to today’s attack.

A raid by Israeli special forces has left nine Palestinians dead. One of the dead was a 61-year-old woman.

Just over a hundred thousand Ukrainians have sought refuge in the UK – the vast majority of them women and children.