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World Service,13 May 2026,49 mins

Gaza envoy says ceasefire 'far from perfect'

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The international official overseeing the planned reconstruction of Gaza has said that seven months into the ceasefire, the door to the future of the Palestinian enclave remains closed. Our correspondent gives details, and we speak to residents in Gaza. Gunshots have been heard inside the Philippine Senate during what appears to have been an operation to arrest a legislator wanted by the International Criminal Court. We speak to a journalist in Manila. The political future of the British Prime Minister is again in doubt, with a challenge to his leadership of the governing Labour party expected imminently. Our political correspondent explains. We explain why polycystic ovary syndrome is being relabelled polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and we speak to women living with PMOS. Presenter: James Reynolds. (Photo: High representative, director-general for Trump's Board of Peace press briefing in Jerusalem - 13 May 2026. Credit: ATEF SAFADI/EPA/Shutterstock)

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