Welcome to the World in 10.
In an increasingly uncertain world, this is the Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security.
Today with me, Laura Cook and Stuart Willey.
As soon as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into force in January,
the world's attention shifted to a significant degree elsewhere,
to Ukraine and the US's negotiations with Russia, to signal gate and to tariffs.
In between these stories, the ceasefire unraveled,
with Israeli airstrikes killing hundreds of people in Gaza and reminding everyone of the desperate situation there.
So, what has happened since those strikes and what are the prospects for another ceasefire?
Our guest today is Dr Julie Norman,
Senior Associate Fellow in Lucy's Middle East Programme and Associate Professor at University College London,
where she teaches on Middle East politics and US foreign policy.
Julie, Donald Trump took a lot of credit for the Gaza ceasefire,
but do you think the US president is now content to just let the war go on?
Well, I think we never know exactly what is on Trump's mind and what his intentions are.
What we do know is that Trump came into office really intent on getting
that first part of the ceasefire through and to give credit where credit is due.
He did that and largely through his envoy, Steve Whitcock, and they did get that first ceasefire deal in place.
But the question worked with that was always how much they were going to put the pressure on to get from the first phase of that ceasefire,
which allowed for the initial exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and of course,