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Palestinian official says Gaza ceasefire talks '90% complete'

A key sticking point is the continued Israeli military presence in the south of Gaza

A senior Palestinian official has told the 成人论坛 the talks to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas are 90% complete. However, key sticking points still remain including on the continued Israeli military presence in the Philadelphi corridor, a strategically important strip of land in southern Gaza along the border with Egypt.

Also in the programme: US President-elect Donald Trump says will sue a newspaper over a rogue poll published days before November's election; and we hear from a woman who has travelled to every UN-registered nation on earth.

Joining Gary O'Donoghue to discuss this and more are Gaia Vince, British environmental journalist and author, and Fola Aina, an international security and development policy expert affiliated to SOAS at the University of London.

(Picture: Palestinians inspect the site of an airstrike on a house in Gaza City. Credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/REUTERS)

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