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Aug 2024
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Ukraine continues its offensive in the R...

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Ukraine says it has destroyed a second bridge in Russia, as it continues its offensive in the Kursk region. The commander of the Ukrainian air force posted a video appearing to show the moment the bridge was brought down, saying the aim was to cut Russian supply lines.

Also on the programme: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken due in Israel, in a renewed push for a Gaza ceasefire deal. We look back at the life and times of handsome French film star Alain Delon, who died aged 88 today. And we speak to Parwana Fayyaz and Batool Haidari, two writers involved in “My Dear Kabul”, a book featuring the WhatsApp messages that gave 23 Afghan women solace when the Taliban took over their country three years ago.

(Photo: A destroyed Russian tank outside Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk region. Credit: YAN DOBRONOSOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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