Matt Frei , Europe Editor and Presenter

We spoke to Navin Nayak who was director of opinion research for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign; and the Republican strategist Kristin Davison.

From America’s southern border to the Panama Canal – from the UN’s health agency to electric car makers – welcome to the new age of uncertainty.

What can be expected in the coming hours and years of Trump’s second presidency?

We spoke to Fred Fleitz, who was Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council during the first Trump administration.

In his inaugural address, President Trump declared that the “entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda”.

In the final hours of his Presidency, we speak to the author and political consultant Susan Platt who was chief of staff to Joe Biden when he was a senator.

We spoke to Brigadier General Amir Avivi, who previously served in the Israel Defense Forces and founded the Israel Defense and Security Forum. 

We spoke to Dr Louisa Baxter, a doctor working for Save the Children in Gaza. She’s currently stationed in Deir al Balah in central Gaza.

So if next week is indeed the next chapter in the sorry story of the Gaza strip, what will that look like?

We spoke to Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission to the UK.

We spoke to Miri Eisin, who’s a retired colonel from the Israel Defense Forces and is now at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism.

We spoke to Sharone Lifschitz, whose elderly father is still being held hostage in Gaza, her mother was freed after two weeks in captivity. 

We speak to Mustafa Barghouti, the General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative and member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Central Council.

We spoke to Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin, and I started by asking what has led to a deal being potentially struck now.

We spoke to Jonathan Ashworth, who was in the shadow cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn and Sir Keir Starmer but lost his Leicester South seat in last July’s election, for his reaction to Tulip Siddiq’s resignation.