NewsHour
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15 Episodes
Israel targets Hezbollah’s finances
Israel has carried out air strikes targeting branches of a financial association linked with Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, as well as the south and east of the country. Also on the programme, how the US election is being view from Russia; and the global importance…
Wave of Israeli strikes hit banks in Lebanon
The Al-Qard al-Hassan bank has been under US sanctions since 2007, with the US saying it allows Hezbollah to bypass banking systems. Meanwhile the US Middle East envoy Amos Hochstein has arrived in Beirut in an attempt to find a negotiated end to the war between Hezbollah and Israel.Also on…
Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli strike
The Lebanese army says that three soldiers have been killed after a military vehicle was hit by an Israeli air strike.Near the border, UN peacekeepers say their watchtower was bulldozed by the Israeli army.Also in the programme: Moldova takes part in presidential elections, and also decides on the country's relationship…
Hamas-run ministry says 87 killed in Gaza
Health officials say eighty seven Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on an area of northern Gaza where people remain buried under the rubble. Israel has disputed the number of dead.Also in the programme: Moldova holds two crucial votes; and India's spate of airplane bomb hoaxes.(Picture:Fatima Abedrabbo, a displaced…
Fresh Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
Beirut hit by heaviest strikes in more than a week after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home was targeted by a drone from Lebanon. He has accused Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him. Also in the programme: How could Elon Musk affect the US election results? And, we hear from…
Dozens reported killed in the latest Gaza strike
Dozens of Palestinians are reported to have been killed in the latest Israeli strikes in north Gaza. The UN agency UNRWA tells us civilians are suffering in the camp, and unable to get out. We also hear from the Israeli Defence Forces. Also in the programme: Cuba goes dark as…
Who's likely to be the next leader of Hamas?
Since Israel announced on Thursday that it had killed the leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, people have been wondering who could replace him. We speak to a political scientist who monitors the militant group. Also in the programme: we analyse reports that North Korea has sent troops to help Russia…
With Hamas leader Sinwar dead, what now?
With the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar dead, what now for the conflict in Gaza? An Israeli minister tells us it brings a hostage release closer, but in its first statement since the killing, Hamas sounds defiant. One close observer of the group tells us that the Israeli Prime Minister will…
Israel confirms killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
Yahya Sinwar, who topped Israel's most-wanted list, was a key figure believed to have been behind the 7 October attacks. The Israeli Defence Force tells us how the operation was carried out. Also in the programme: With new questions about the likelihood of a hostage deal, we speak to one…
An Israeli strike on school in Northern Gaza
At least 22 people have been killed in Israeli raid on school in Northern Gaza. Also on the programme, Israel says it may have been killed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and the architect of the bloody October 7th attacks; and, Liam Payne, singer in the boy-band One Direction…
Zelensky announces "Victory Plan" for Ukraine
Key elements include a formal invitation to join NATO, the lifting by allies of bans on long-range strikes with Western-supplied weapons deep into Russia, a refusal to trade Ukraine’s territories and sovereignty, and the continuation of the incursion into Russia's western Kursk region.Also on the programme: we hear from a…
Israeli airstrikes resume in Lebanon
Israeli warplanes pounded the city of Nabatiyeh in south Lebanon today. The Lebanese health ministry said six people were killed, there, in strikes on municipal buildings, with a local mayor reported dead. The United Nations has warned of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as huge numbers of people are…
US letter demands Israel allow humanitarian aid into Gaza
The US has sent a strongly worded letter to Israel demanding it allows humanitarian aid into Gaza, after deliveries dropped by more than 50 per cent in the six months since the Israelis promised to do better.We ask one of Congress’s strongest supporters of Israel whether Washington should be prepared…
Gaza: A year of trying to survive
A powerful audio diary from Gaza: Two Gazans film a year under attack by Israel. Aya and Khalid's stories are two of four featured in a new BBC World Service and Storyville documentary, Life and Death in Gaza. The film, and the radio documentary, form part of a group of…
Israeli strike on a residential building in northern Lebanon kills 21
Lebanon says the number of people killed in a presumed Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon has risen to twenty-one. The strike hit Aitou, a Christian-majority village in the mountains near Tripoli. We hear from the Lebanese Red Cross.Also in the programme: a former Stasi officer sentenced for murder; and NASA's…