This podcast episode discusses the challenges facing humanitarian organizations in providing aid to Gaza due to Israeli military obstructions, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza with hundreds of thousands displaced and in need, the impact of the war in Gaza on US politics, the reactions to French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion to send Western troops to Ukraine, Europe's military aid to Ukraine and the sentencing of a Russian human rights activist, the discovery of a Spanish galleon that may contain billions of dollars in treasure, and the challenges and opportunities in the cigar industry in Southern Africa and Cuba.