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Daily Cuts - Fate of ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal hangs in the air

US President Donald Trump warned on Monday (Feb 10) that "all hell" would break loose if every Israeli hostage is not released from Gaza within days, after Hamas threatened to postpone further exchanges under a fragile ceasefire deal it said Israel was violating. Tensions have been running high since a shock proposal by Mr Trump to take over the Gaza Strip and remove its more than two million inhabitants. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman examine the fragility of the situation and whether this is the beginning of the end of the truce with Nader Hashemi, Assoc. Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Georgetown University

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: Chef Sam Wong retraces his footsteps from shoes to Cantonese cuisine

Chef Sam Wong is a self-taught chef behind Lucky House Cantonese Private Kitchen, which he runs with his wife, Dr Yap Lee Yee from their house along Upper East Coast Road. Chef Sam shares how he started in the wholesale shoe business and trekked his way to becoming such a sought-after Cantonese private home dining chef with a waiting list that can stretch up to a year.

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Daily Cuts - Myanmar’s civil war: Trouble still looms one year on

Violence threatens to escalate in Myanmar, one year after rebel armies launched an offensive on the military junta, plunging the country into civil war. Its embattled ruling generals are pushing to hold another election, this time in 2025. Leong Wai Kit, CNA's Johor-Myanmar-ASEAN correspondent brings Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman the latest from the troubled nation. 

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Daily Cuts - The DeepSeek debacle: A deep dive into China’s AI disruptor

China’s DeepSeek AI app shook the tech world, even prompting US President Donald Trump to declare it a wake-up call for American tech companies. A week after its launch, it became the most downloaded AI chatbot in app stores, and challenged the need for costly materials and operations for AI. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman study the implications of DeepSeek on the industry and find out what its limitations are for users – and its creator, Liang Wenfeng. On Asia First, Kyle Rodda, Senior Financial Market Analyst, Capital.com speaks with them.

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Daily Cuts - Is a pay rise enough to retain healthcare workers?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Jeremy Lim, Associate Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS, on whether a pay rise is enough to retain healthcare workers. 

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Daily Cuts - Understanding the US helicopter-plane crash

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Shantanu Gangakhedkar, Senior Consultant, Aerospace and Defense, Asia-Pacific, Frost and Sullivan, on what could have happened. 

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