No ceasefire in Gaza at the start of Ramadan - but an exchange of blows between Biden and Netanyahu. The Pope gives Gerhard Schröder and Sandra Hülser loses at the Oscars.

The hope that the warring parties would reach a ceasefire by the beginning of Ramadan has not been fulfilled. There are horrific and credible reports of people, particularly in northern Gaza, having to bake bread from bird seed to survive. The problem for Biden is that his rhetoric has little influence on the actions of the Israeli army.