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More than 30 airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut

Residents were filmed fleeing in panic as explosions echoed in the background.

It's dubbed the worst night so far of Israeli bombardments of Lebanon. Huge plumes of flames and smoke could be seen billowing into the night sky, while residents were filmed fleeing in panic as explosions echoed in the background.

Also on the programme: Ukrainian officials have accused the Russians of deliberately poisoned the country's Seym River; and we hear about an exhibition about Taboo, an iconic London nightclub opened by designer and performance artist Leigh Bowery in 1985.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Noga Tarnopolsky, an Israel and Palestine reporter in Jerusalem and Amjad Iraqi, a senior editor at 972 magazine.

(Photo: Beirut's southern suburbs after a strike, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon on October 6, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

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