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Hezbollah and Israel have resumed cross-border attacks with a new wave of rockets fired at northern Israel and air strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon by the Israeli military. The Lebanese armed group confirmed 37 people died on Friday when Israel carried out an attack on Beirut and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) says it killed 16 Hezbollah members in the strike, including 12 senior commanders.

Also in the programme: Polls have now closed in Sri Lanka's first presidential election since 2022 when the former president was forced out of office; and Ukraine's health ministry says the number of Ukrainians who have reported mental health issues has doubled since last year.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Janine di Giovanni, a journalist, author, and Executive Director of The Reckoning Project - a transitional justice organisation that trains researchers in Ukraine to collect war crime testimonies that can be used in court; and Anand Menon, a Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of the thinktank the UK in a Changing Europe.

(Picture: Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanese village of Zawtar, as seen from Marjaayoun, southern Lebanon, 21 September 2024. Photo by STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (14732489h) )