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Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is on a mini-tour of the Middle East. Upon arriving in Tel Aviv, she warned against the danger of a broader conflagration in the region.

Experts say both Israel and Hamas have breached international humanitarian law, which dictates what can and cannot be done in times of conflict. But have or will either side be held accountable? For a closer look at the legal situation, Marco Sassoli, an international law professor at the University of Geneva, joined us on Perspective.

In this edition we focus on Poland, where opposition parties have won enough seats in the parliamentary election to oust the ruling conservative Law and Justice party after eight years in power. To analyse this major shift and what it means for Poland's place in the EU, we speak to Danuta Hübner, a member of the main opposition Civic Platform party. She's a former Europe minister for Poland and a former European commissioner who's now an MEP in the European Parliament.

Thai PM Srettha Thavisin met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this past week. The motives behind the warm encounter appear to be economical. But at what cost to Thailand's reputation?

After the Hamas terror attack, Israel launched massive attacks on the Gaza Strip. Experts warn that the war could spread across the region and are debating what comes next.

Israeli and Palestinian officials are blaming each other for Tuesday evening's strike on a Gaza hospital. Social media is filled with speculation about who was behind the blast, but little hard evidence is available.

After taking full control of Nagorno-Karabakh in September, will Azerbaijan go further? In the southern Armenian province of Syunik, residents are increasingly worried about the threat from Baku. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev claims Syunik and much of Armenian territory is historically Azerbaijani, referring to it as "Western Azerbaijan".

After the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, concern has been mounting in Germany's Jewish communities.

For years, scientists and public authorities have wrangled over the herbicide's potential danger to human health and the environment. The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer says glyphosate is probably causing cancer in humans. But some studies say the exact opposite. Let's take a look at the the evidence.

European Union energy ministers are holding talks in Luxembourg to try and defuse a spat between Germany and France over nuclear subsidies. France is a strong nuclear power proponent, Germany just shut its reactors down.

Washington has accused North Korea of supplying Russia with weapons for its war in Ukraine. Experts say there is a deep-lying "resentment" for the West among some Asian nations.

In an address to parliament, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' silence so far "shameful" and urged him to condemn Hamas' attacks. Pledging support for Israel, he emphasized Germany's place at its side.