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The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said that Iran could start producing enriched uranium again “in a matter of months”. 

Lebanon's health ministry says hundreds of people have been killed and more than a thousand wounded in Israeli strikes today - the deadliest day of Israel-Hezbollah conflict in the past year. Over the border in northern Israel, we hear from a resident who has returned home, despi ... Show More

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 Leb ... Show More

Lebanon's health minister says at least thirty-one people are now known to have been killed by Friday's Israeli airstrike in Beirut - a third of them women and children.Also in the programme: do France's rape laws and the way it prosecutes cases need to change? And on World Alzhe ... Show More

Israel and Hezbollah report clashes near their borders in southern Lebanon as air strikes hit Beirut.We hear from the Lebanese government about how it can keep its people safe Also in the programme: We speak to Sharone Lifschitz, whose parents were taken hostage on October 7th. O ... Show More

President Biden has led calls at the annual gathering of the UN General Assembly to prevent a slide into full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. After another day of cross-border strikes, Israel says it's killed a senior commander of the Lebanese group in Beirut. Also in the ... Show More

Lebanon says Israeli air strikes in two Beirut neighbourhoods have killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 100. Also: thousands rescued in Florida after Hurricane Milton swept through the US state. 

Israel says it hit over one thousand Hezbollah targets and tells civilians in southern Lebanon to flee areas near the group's weapons. Also: Albania plans microstate within its borders. 

Israel’s war has left many Lebanese people contemplating what once seemed unimaginable: is Hezbollah finished? Michael Safi reports from Beirut. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus