Erstellt am: 28. 5. 2013 - 14:45 Uhr

Kerry's economic carrot

Reality Check: Palestinian economy, EU-Syria arms, Australia cyber attack, Egypt's sexual revolution, the Biography of the Tomato

Could a massive economic package to get the Palestinian economy on its feet be the key to getting the peace process restarted? After years of silence, an economic package hammered out by John Kerry and Tony Blair, with top Palestinian and Israeli business leaders, is providing a glimmer of hope that politicians from both sides will finally get back to the negotiating table.

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Israeli President, Simon Peres, US Secretary of State, John Kerry, and Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas at the close of the World Economic Forum in Amman

The proposal, which offers investment in return for talks, is being hailed as "bigger, bolder and more ambitious than anything since the Oslo accords". Irris Makler reports from Jerusalem on the huge scale of the proposal, and what it represents.

EU arms to Syria

Sandra Gathmann reports from Brussels on the implications of the expiry of the EU embargo on arms to Syria and the impact it may have on the planned international conference on Syria in August.

• China hacks Australian government security plans

A report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation alleges that plans for Australia's new intelligence headquarters have been stolen in a cyber-attack launched from China. The investigative reporter who broke the story, Andrew Fowler, talks to John Cummins.

• Egypt's sexual revolution

Hoda Salah tells Riem Higazi about how the revolution has changed the attitudes to sex in Egypt.

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The biography of the tomato

Italians are famously proud of their tomatoes - and will be shocked to learn how many come from Dutch or Spanish seeds.

Journalist and writer, Annemieke Hendriks is using the tomato to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of Europe's food chain, and she has come up with some surprising, and also alarming, facts.

Annemieke talks to Hal Rock about her curiosities and anomalies of Europe's fresh food trade.

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