Why did JK Rowling want to be arrested?
Episode description
A new law has Police Scotland saying that they'd investigate every online hate crime.
But what they've categorised as a hate crime has caused controversy. Why? And should the state decide what is and isn't a protected characteristic?
And - Israel accept responsibility and apologise for a rocket strike that's killed foreign aid workers in Gaza. It comes after a precision stirke on the Iranian consulate in Syria. What is the IDF doing - and is it ostracising their greatest allies the US even further?
Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Video Production: Shane Fennelly and Arvind Badewal
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