Tragedy in Gaza: Will this week’s events change anything?

Two events in the Middle East have grabbed the headlines this
week - the killing of seven aid workers, including three British
nationals, in Israeli strikes in Gaza and the assassination of
three Iranian generals in Syria. But will these events change
anything?


Nick is joined by former chief of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, almost
six months after his first appearance in the wake of the Hamas
attacks. They reflect on how the war has changed since they first
spoke.


Tel Aviv-based political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin updates us on
the Israeli public’s view of the war as it nears the six month
point.


And Radio 2 DJ and novelist Sara Cox swings by the studio to give
us her moment of the week.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor
for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s
also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has
presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producers are Hazel
Morgan and Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from
Ricardo McCarthy and digital production from Elliot Ryder.