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is to travel to israel, egypt and the west bank to urge israel and the palestinians to de—escalate tensions. that's after israeli forces killed seven palestinian fighters and two palestinian civilians during a raid. the raid happened here — in a refugee camp in the flashpoint town ofjenin. an elderly woman is reportedly among the dead. this is an eyewitness. we heard gunshots that we fled into the cloud and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army beseeched us in the club and we heard the sounds of the classes after about an hour, military destroyed cars on both side...

hello and welcome to the programme. we began in new york city where two men have appeared in court charged with operating a chinese secret police station in manhattan. they are accused of acting on behalf of china's military to monitor and intimidate dissidents. unlike typical officers, they are not focused on preventing crime, ratherthe are not focused on preventing crime, rather the complaints charged these nps offices with engaging in transnational repression schemes, targeting members of the chinese deist for a community in new york city and elsewhere in the united states, and as...

hello and welcome. let's start with the situation in sudan, and the us secretary of state antony blinken has spoken on the phone to the leaders of the warring factions there and called for a ceasefire. he's said to have expressed grave concern about civilian deaths and injuries in separate calls with the heads of the armed forces and the rival paramilitary rapid support force. this is the latest footage coming out of the conflict. sudanese citizens have been seeing this barrage of artillery fire light up the night sky in the capital khartoum. both sides now claim to control key sites...

let's start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world's second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid—19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three—year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans—pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we're looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the...

sudan's rival generals have agreed a 24—hour ceasefire, after four days of intense fighting in the capital, khartoum, and other towns. the country's de facto leader, general abdel fattah al—burhan, said the ceasefire would start at six o'clock tonight — though other members of the army have denied that. the head of the rival rapid support forces, general mohamed hamdan dagalo, said he had approved the ceasefire, to ensure the evacuation of wounded civilians. these are the latest pictures from the capital, khartoum. at least 180 people have been killed so far, hundreds more have...