Israel to cut electricity supply to Gaza “immediately”
Last week, US President Donald Trump threatened Hamas with “hell” to pay if hostages from the October 7th attack on Israel were not released. Today, Israel’s energy minister, Eli Cohen, says the country will now cut its electricity supply to Gaza “immediately.”Also in the programme: Canada’s governing Liberal Party prepares to elect a new leader following the resignation announcement of PM Justin Trudeau; the Pompidou Centre in Paris is preparing to close for five years; and after the announcement that female tennis players can get twelve months’ maternity leave, tennis star Victoria Azarenka gives us her reaction. (Photo: A tent of internally displaced Palestinians set up next to a destroyed building in the east of Gaza City, 9th March 2025. Credit: Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE-REX/Shutterstock)
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Syrian president calls for unity after hundreds of civilians killed
Syrian state media say there have been clashes between the security forces and followers of former President Assad in the country's coastal region, after interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa claimed the area was under control. More than a thousand people are reported to have keen killed in several days of violence.
We speak to a Syrian woman from the minority Alawite sect in the region and hear from our correspondent in the capital, Damascus. Also on the programme: the runners and riders in the race to become Canada's next prime minister; and the Belfast rap group celebrating the Irish language through music.(Photo: Syrian Security Forces set up checkpoints following multiple violations in Latakia, Syria. Credit: MOHAMAD DABOUL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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Over 500 killed in clashes in Western Syria
Over 500 people have been killed in violent clashes between gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al Assad and the authorities.
Assad is from the Alawite religious minority and there are reports suggesting that the community is being targeted - with many civilians being killed.
We speak to a Syrian woman trying to contact her family from abroad and an expert helps us understand Syria's new government.Also in the programme: the network outsmarting AI Chatbots to spread Russian propaganda; and we go to Greenland to judge the mood ahead of the upcoming elections at a time when US President Donald Trump has said he wants to take over the territory.(Photo: Syrian army personnel travel in a military vehicle as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria. Credit: Hossano/Reuters)
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Fourteen people killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine
The attacks came hours after the United States confirmed that it had limited Ukraine's access to commercial satellite imagery, on top of pausing military and intelligence aid.Also on the programme: we'll have more on reports that the minority Alawite community has been targeted by government troops in Latakia, Syria; and did illegal drugs, taken by some at the Nova festival in Israel attacked by Hamas on October 7th, help them recover from the trauma?(Picture: emergency services in Dobropillya, in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Credit: Donetsk Emergency Service)
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Worst violence in Syria since Assad fall as more than 130 killed in clashes
A war monitoring group says the number of people summarily executed by Syrian security forces in former president Bashar al-Assad's Latakia stronghold has risen to 134. We speak to a Syrian Alawite in the area. Also on the programme: President Trump seems to give his backing to an overnight Russian bombardment of Ukraine; a call to arms in Poland to counter the threat from Russia - military training for all adult men. We hear of the power of the micro-influencers and Lady Gaga on what she says is her angriest song ever.
(Photo: A man rides his motorcycle in front of a military convoy heading towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano)
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