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#BBCNews live page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cqxryqvz9j4t#Israel #Gaza #Lebanon latest: Families of #hostages hold memorial one year on from 7 October attacks on Israel -
Melania Trump seems to have joined a long line of Republican former first ladies who have come out in support of abortion rights, putting them at odds with their husbands' public views.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3zxk9w955oInteresting points ...Melania Trump seems to have joined a long line of Republican former first ladies who have come out in support of abortion rights, putting them at odds with their husbands' public views.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3zxk9w955o
Interesting points in this piece on why now -
V Variety:Bruce Springsteen Endorses Kamala Harris: ‘Donald Trump Is the Most Dangerous Candidate for President in My Lifetime’V Variety:
Bruce Springsteen Endorses Kamala Harris: ‘Donald Trump Is the Most Dangerous Candidate for President in My Lifetime’ -
Special rolling coverage on #BBCWorldService radio of the situation in #Lebanonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobileThe #BBCWorldService radio is available worldwide via the bbcsounds app.
If you would like to unpick some of the complexities of the current situation in the Middle East, here are two highly recommended episodes of #TheGlobalJigsaw on Iran's Axis of resistance
The home front - #IRGC , #Quds force, the #Basij militias
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb
The groups supported by #Iran in #Lebanon , #Syria , #Iraq , #Yemen and #Gaza https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0htcwzj
#Hezbollah #Hamas #Houthis #BadrBrigades #PMF -
Special rolling coverage on #BBCWorldService radio of the situation in #Lebanonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobileSpecial rolling coverage on #BBCWorldService radio of the situation in #Lebanon
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#Russia and #Wagner watchers, icymi, Shugaley (of Libya fame) has been detained in #Chad . No updates for the last 48 or so hours. -
#BBCNews live page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y32qew9z2t#Israel - #Lebanon latest: Israeli air strikes kill 274, Lebanon says, as thousands flee south of countryLebanon's government has announced that schools across parts of the country will be opened as shelters for civilians who have evacuated from the south.
Lebanese media report that buildings in Beirut, Tripoli, eastern and southern Lebanon are being opened for displaced people, according to a statement from Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi.
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#BBCNews live page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y32qew9z2t#Israel - #Lebanon latest: Israeli air strikes kill 274, Lebanon says, as thousands flee south of countryV #BBCNews Frank Gardner:
An all out war is "not inevitable and there are very good reasons for both sides to be constrained. In April I think it looked really close to being a much wider scale war that drew in Iran and the US and others. Things were very serious then, but they managed to march both sides down from the brink"."In this particular case, it's a case of who blinks first, and Israel is clearly hoping to so degrade Hezbollah's ability to hit it."
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#BBCNews live page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y32qew9z2t#Israel - #Lebanon latest: Israeli air strikes kill 274, Lebanon says, as thousands flee south of countryIsrael says it is "broadening" its strikes against Hezbollah as citizens in southern Lebanon have received phone messages warning them to leave places used by the Iran-backed group
Lebanon's prime minister says Israel's actions amount to "a war of extermination", while Israel's defence minister says strikes will continue "until we achieve our goals - to return the residents of the north safely to their homes"
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#BBCNews live page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y32qew9z2t#Israel - #Lebanon latest: Israeli air strikes kill 274, Lebanon says, as thousands flee south of country#BBCNews live page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y32qew9z2t
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#BBCNews - 'I hate Trump, she likes him - we both think he staged assassination attempts'https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglm0rjy2go#BBCNews - 'I hate Trump, she likes him - we both think he staged assassination attempts'
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#BBCNews - Harm at risk of being normalised in maternity care https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgvl8l5q0xo(Acc to NHS Rngland regulator)#BBCNews - Harm at risk of being normalised in maternity care
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgvl8l5q0xo
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#BBCNews - No electronic equipment considered safe after #Lebanon device attackshttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c781d8y397do#BBCNews - No electronic equipment considered safe after #Lebanon device attacks
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#BBCNews - Exploding walkie-talkies kill nine and injure at least 300 people in new attacks across Lebanon - live page:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl9048gx8tv #BBC Hugo Bachega:
Amid reports of devices exploding for a second day across the country, everyone is suspicious of people using phones or other devices.Several times, our team have been stopped by people urging us to put our phones down.
Communications seem to be disrupted, while ambulances try to access roads that had been blocked.
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#BBCNews - Exploding walkie-talkies kill nine and injure at least 300 people in new attacks across Lebanon - live page:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl9048gx8tAntonio Guterres is "deeply alarmed" by reports of exploding communication devices in Lebanon and Syria, the UN secretary general's spokesperson says.
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#BBCNews - Exploding walkie-talkies kill nine and injure at least 300 people in new attacks across Lebanon - live page:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl9048gx8tHowever, a short time ago, Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant said the country was opening a "new phase in the war", and the "centre of gravity" is shifting towards the north
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#BBCNews - Exploding walkie-talkies kill nine and injure at least 300 people in new attacks across Lebanon - live page:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl9048gx8tYesterday's attack left 12 dead and nearly 3,000 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Hospitals performed hundreds of surgeries on people's eyes and faces - the most common areas of injury. One doctor said he had removed more eyes overnight than in his entire 25-year career.
Hezbollah continues to blame Israel. Neither Israel nor its military has said a word about the communication device blasts.
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#BBCNews - Exploding walkie-talkies kill nine and injure at least 300 people in new attacks across Lebanon - live page:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl9048gx8t#BBCNews - Exploding walkie-talkies kill nine and injure at least 300 people in new attacks across Lebanon - live page:
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Hezbollah says exploding pagers kill three and injure many in Lebanonupdate:
Hezbollah has said two of its fighters and an eight-year-old girl have been killed. The Lebanese health ministry say eight people have been killed and at least 2,750 injured.Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon - Mojtaba Amani - is reportedly among the injured. Iranian State TV reports his wounds are "superficial" and that he is "conscious and in no danger".
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Hezbollah says exploding pagers kill three and injure many in LebanonRecommended listen on the Iran-linked groups in the Middle East - the so called 'Axis of Resistance', including Hezbollah - from #TheGlobalJigsaw
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two
The loose coalition of allies and proxies, sworn against Israeli and US influence
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