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US urges de-escalation in Middle East

Hezbollah says it managed to fire three hundred and twenty rockets and drones at Israel. The US says it's working to avoid a further escalation in hostilities.

After the biggest clashes for some time between Israel and the Lebanon based militant group Hezbollah, the United States says it's working to avoid a further escalation in hostilities. We’ll go live to Israel and speak to a retired General there.

And how do people in Lebanon feel about a potential escalation? We’ll have the views of a journalist who’s based in Beirut.

Three weeks on since the Ukrainian incursion into Russia began, how is the operation going? We’ll hear from Ukrainian soldiers who are fighting inside Russia.

And we'll hear how violence in DR Congo is complicating the fight against Mpox.

50 minutes

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Mon 26 Aug 2024 05:06GMT

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  • Mon 26 Aug 2024 05:06GMT