There is news of a possible reconciliation in the Gulf - the end of the blockade of Qatar - and some careful message management is under way.

Contributors:

Zaid Benjamin - Washington correspondent, Al Araby TV

Hussein Ibish - Arab Gulf States Institute

Zarqa Parvez - Lecturer, Hamad bin Khalifa University

Nabeel Nowairah - Gulf affairs analyst

On our radar

Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi discuss how a state visit by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt to France became a media story.

Science journalism in the spotlight

Historically underappreciated, and usually underrepresented in newsrooms, science and health reporters have found their expertise in demand in this pandemic year.

Contributors:

Helen Branswell - Senior infectious disease reporter, STAT

Kai Kupferschmidt - Contributing correspondent, Science magazine

Vidya Krishnan - Health and science journalist

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