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Labour is facing a significant rebellion in the Commons tonight. Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Yasmin Qureshi has already stepped down to back the SNP amendment calling for a ceasefire.

Action Aid UK’s CEO Halima Begum tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about her journey from youth activism to NGO work, the West’s ‘moral responsibility’ to humanitarian aid and the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Theoretical physiscist and writer Carlo Rovelli tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about his search for ‘white holes’ and how science can bridge different global narratives in the geopolitical arena, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy how he can ‘be useful’, why world leaders are failing to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict and why America needs a new candidate to enter the presidential race, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

We’ve been speaking to members of Jewish and Muslim communities across the country.

In the United States, President Biden has been speaking about the situation in Israel.

We spoke to Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner of the Israel Defence Forces. We began by asking him for his response to criticisms by Israelis of the IDF’s slow response time – in some cases up to ten hours – following Saturday’s attacks.

We’ve been speaking to the American-Israeli family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of those who’s been taken.

We spoke to Osama Hamdan, he is a spokesman based in Beirut for Hamas, which is a designated terrorist organisation according to the UK government.

We spoke to British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who is currently working at a hospital in Gaza.

The Gazan health ministry says 830 Palestinians have already been killed in the bombardment – while the UN human rights chief said Israeli strikes had hit residential buildings and schools.

We can’t get inside Gaza to report on what is going on, but our colleague – filmmaker Yousef Hammash – lives there. 

Earlier, the Israeli military said it had secured the border with Gaza, which is now under the heaviest bombardment in its history

Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely joined us live.

We look at the reaction here in the UK to the shocking events in Israel and Gaza.