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Widespread condemnation of US plan for Gaza

Arab states have rejected the plan and the UN has warned against "ethnic cleansing".

There's been international condemnation of President Trump's plans for Gaza and Arab states have rejected it. Meanwhile the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has warned the US leader against ethnic cleansing. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said Mr Trump only wanted Palestinians to leave temporarily, while Gaza was reconstructed.

A key figure in any future plan for Gaza will be Mr Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. We'll take a closer look at the billionaire property developer and friend of the president.

And in another move to exclude women from work and public life, a women run radio station in Afghanistan has been shut down by the Taliban

Presenters: James Copnall and Victoria Uwonkunda

Photo:Palestinians fill up containers with water, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp. Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters.

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