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Exchange fees and fair usage limits apply. Hello everyone and welcome to Amampur. Here's what's coming up. We've got to

turn down the heat on US-China relations. so says California governor and Democratic heavyweight

Gavin Newsom speaking to me from Beijing. Plus Caitlin Collins on what

remains after slaughter at an Israeli kibbutz and Jomana koradche on the hellhole

that is Gaza under continuous Israeli bombings.

Then Michelle Martin talks to historian Tarig Bakoni on the evolution of Hamas.

And finally, the intersection of technology and loneliness.

I speak to renowned relationship therapist Esther Perrault. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London.

Before the catastrophe and threat of wider war in the Middle East,

the United States was throwing its strategic weight at its China problem.

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom tells me from Beijing, divorce is not an option.

Saying the US and China need to manage strategic differences in their often contentious

but deeply interconnected relationship.

And today he met with President Xi Jing Ping, who says that he hopes Newsom's visit would pave the way for more cooperation between Beijing and Washington.

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