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Beirut: Hezbollah confirms a second senior commander was killed in Israel's strike

A senior UN official has warned that the Middle East is at risk of a conflict that could "dwarf" the devastation witnessed in the region so far.

A top Hezbollah military commander was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, in a major escalation that has added to fears of an all-out war.

Also in this hour, forty years on from its original release, a tribute to the Oscar-winning film, Amadeus, that was credited with introducing the music of Mozart to a new generation. Geoff Colman, renowned acting coach joins us.

Our presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Stephanie Baker, a senior writer on the projects and investigations team at Bloomberg News in London and Richard Black, director of policy and strategy at Ember, a global think-tank dedicated to promoting cleaner sources of energy.

[Picture:A view of a barricaded road, the day after an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs. Credit: Amir Bdallah/Reuters]

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