Israeli forces withdraw from a corridor bisecting the Gaza Strip - will they now commit to pulling out of Gaza entirely? We hear from an Israeli government minister. Also in the programme: President Trump accuses South Africa of seeking to seize white-owned land with a new law - we ask the minister responsible if that's true; and the joys of going to a concert in the dark. (IMAGE: Palestinians wait to cross through a checkpoint run by U.S. and Egyptian security contractors after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor, allowing people to travel in both directions between southern and northern Gaza, February 9, 2025 / CREDIT: Reuters / Dawoud Abu Alkas)
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And coming up later in the program,
a deepening diplomatic rift between the US And South Africa over a new land expropriation law.
There, President Trump's close advisor, Elon Musk.
Musk has called it racist because most farmers are white.
We'll hear about his upbringing in apartheid era South Africa.
Musk left South Africa on the dawn of the release of Mandela.
And for a moment, it seems, you know, he may have embodied that optimistic view of South Africa.
There's been a turn in Musk's politics which is very difficult to understand.
That's coming up in half an hour.
We'll also be hearing about Sam Nioma, who led Namibia to independence from South Africa.