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Again, text BDB to 989-89898. It's Monday, the 8th of December. Welcome to the

PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, a covert meeting

on American soil brings Israel and Qatar back into the same room for the first time in months.

We'll explain what the Trump administration

set in motion and why it may matter for Gaza's future. Later in the show, another Trump-brokered

peace deal is under strain. Thailand has launched new airstrikes near the Cambodian border,

raising fresh doubts about the ceasefire that the White House helped negotiate.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

We begin this morning with a covert diplomatic meeting on U.S. soil,

one that could reshape the next phase of the Gaza conflict.

Axios reports that senior Israeli and Qatari officials slipped quietly into a secret meeting in New York late last week.

That's their first high-level contact since relations collapsed in September.

The Trump administration is said to have brokered the session, placing American officials once again at the center of Middle Eastern diplomacy

and trying to pull two rivals back into alignment.

Now, if you'll remember, back in September, Israel launched an air strike in Doha,

targeting senior Hamas leadership believed to be operating inside Qatar.

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