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Sep 2024
12m 40s

New wave of blasts in Lebanon, Israel’s ...

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Israel bombs southern Lebanon and said it had thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot. A second round of attacks in Lebanon saw hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated after similar explosions of the group’s pagers a day earlier. We look at the Israeli military’s secretive, cyber warfare group – Unit 8200. And what the U.S. Federal Reserve’s big rate ... Show More
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