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Israel has bombed a school in Gaza City that was sheltering displaced families, killing at least 12 people.

We spoke to Terry Szuplat, a former speechwriter for Barack Obama, and author of the upcoming book ‘Say It Well’.

Joe Biden got several minutes of emotional, standing ovation here in Chicago – Democrats cheering his dedication and surely also his decision to pass the baton to Kamala Harris.

Since the Hamas-led massacre on October 7th and Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza, Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians in the strip.

We’re joined by Simon Rosenberg, a party strategist who founded the New Democrat Network.

In a few hours time Chicago will be filled with thousands of delegates and party grandees.

Once Joe Biden’s unpopular Vice President, Kamala Harris is now leading in some polls and has dramatically changed the mood within her party. But it’s not the Democrat faithful in this convention centre who need to be convinced.

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter are among six people who are still missing after a luxury yacht sank off Sicily during a fierce storm.

We’re joined by Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli diplomat who has been chief of staff and foreign policy adviser to one Israeli prime minister and four foreign ministers.

In testimony collected for this programme we can reveal shocking allegations of physical, psychological and sexual abuse inflicted on Palestinian detainees.

Back then, there were divisions within the party, anti-war protests on the streets, and a Republican rival talking all about law and order. Sound familiar?

Immigration is already one of the big political issues in the US election, one that Democrats arriving in Chicago for their National Convention will be talking about over the coming days.

In Venezuela the country’s political opposition has been taking to the streets to denounce the results of last month’s election.

We spoke to Dr Mohammad Salha, acting director at Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza which is running out of fuel, and I began by asking him about the situation there now.

Palestinian health authorities say at least 21 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight, including seven members of one family – a mother and her 6 children.