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Hezbollah and Israel resume cross-border attack

Hezbollah fired a new wave of rockets at northern Israel and the Israeli military carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon.

On Saturday, Israel hit around 400 targets in southern Lebanon and on Sunday, Hezbollah responded by launching missiles at northern Israel. Most of the missiles were intercepted but these recent attacks continue to spark fears of a broader war. Hezbollah and Israel exchanged fire overnight, after a week of attacks by the Israeli military in Lebanon. Lebanon's health ministry says Friday's attack on Beirut killed 37 people including two senior commanders and three children.

Also in the programme: We discuss an exhibition featuring sounds of migration from around the world - stories and experiences from migrants themselves; and we look at the rise and fall of the social media site twitter, since billionaire Elon Musk bought the company nearly two years ago.

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: Emergency personnel work at a site of houses damaged following a rocket attack from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Bialik, Israel, September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Shir Torem)

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