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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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Israeli jets target Iran with airstrikes
26/10/2024 Duration: 47minIsrael has finally retaliated for Iran's missile strikes earlier this month, carrying out a series of relatively restrained air attacks overnight. The Israeli army struck Iranian military sites, including air defence batteries and missile manufacturing facilities, killing two Iranian soldiers. Tehran denies there's been any serious damage, but says it has a right to defend itself and may strike back - although the US and UK have urged de-escalation.Also on the programme: We hear from north Gaza, where the UN human rights chief says the "darkest moment" of the war is taking place, and get an update on elections in Georgia, which are being seen as the most consequential in 30 years.(Picture: A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard, in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2024 Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS)
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Former Ugandan rebel sentenced to 40 years in prison
25/10/2024 Duration: 43minThomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the notorious Ugandan rebel group, the Lords Resistance Army has been sentenced to forty years in prison for war crimes. We speak to Peter Oloya, who was eleven when he was abducted by the rebels to fight. Also on the programme: a second major US newspaper has announced that it will not be endorsing either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in the presidential election; and rockstar Bruce Springsteen, tells the BBC's Music correspondent he has no plans to retire. (Picture: Thomas Kwoyelo, sits in the dock at the International Crimes Division court sitting in Gulu, Uganda October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa)
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US secretary Blinken meets Arab leaders in London
25/10/2024 Duration: 47minFollowing a meeting with the the Lebanese prime minister US Secretary Antony Blinked said a resolution to the current conflict is urgent. We hear from Ibrahim al-Jazie, former Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs in Jordan. Also on the programme: the search, rescue and release of a baby monkey abused online; and in Mexico Newshour's James Menendez discovers what is at stake in these elections for the USA's largest trading partner.(Picture: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in London, Britain, October 25, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
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UN: The world is on its way to "catastrophic" climate change
24/10/2024 Duration: 47minThe United Nations is warning that the world is on its way to "catastrophic" climate change, unless huge efforts are made to curb carbon emissions. It says the current goal of limiting warming to one-and-a-half Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, will soon be dead. Current projections are closer to three degrees. We will speak to one of the authors of the UN report. Former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris have continued to attack each other as the US election draws closer. Immigration remains one of the major election issues and a top concern of American voters. Newshour's James Menendez has been travelling from Mexico to the southern United States to find out what's driving the debate.Also, grief and chaos for Palestinians as Israel predicts a ‘sharp conclusion’ in northern Gaza. We hear form a nurse, who filmed moments after an Israeli strike. And why the Foreign Minister of the Bahamas believes reparatory justice from the UK for the slave trade will happen
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Immigration debate remains crucial in US election
24/10/2024 Duration: 47minFormer president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris have continued to attack each other as the US election draws closer. Immigration remains one of the major election issues and a top concern of American voters. In this special edition of Newshour, James Menendez has been travelling from Mexico to the southern United States to find out what's driving the debate.Also in the programme: Commonwealth leaders at their summit in Samoa are expected to defy the United Kingdom and debate ways of securing reparations for historical slavery; and we meet the director Tim Burton who is known for his eccentric and gothic filmmaking.(File picture: Texas National Guard troops patrol the border for migrants in Eagle Pass, Texas on March 20, 2024. Credit: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/REUTERS)
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North Korean troops in Russia
23/10/2024 Duration: 47minThe US and South Korea have said that about 3,000 troops from North Korea are now in Russia, raising concerns that they may fight in Russia war in Ukraine. Also on the programme, the World Health Organisation has postponed a huge polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza because of worsening violence; and, a recently discovered piece of music written by a Polish prisoner whilst he was held in the Nazi concentration camp - Auschwitz.(Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the headquarters of the 2nd Corps of North Korean army, October 17, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS )
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WHO suspends polio vaccinations in Gaza
23/10/2024 Duration: 47minWHO has suspended its polio vaccination campaign in Gaza due to the ongoing violence. Also in the programme: rape victim Gisele Pelicot takes the stand in the mass-rape trial in France; and the film-maker sentenced in absentia by Russia. (Photo: Palestinian families leaving Jabalia camp in the north of Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters)
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Ex-Abercrombie CEO arrested on sex trafficking charges
22/10/2024 Duration: 47minThe former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch and his partner have been arrested and charged with running a prostitution and international sex trafficking business. Also on the programme, after Moldova voted for pro-EU constitutional changes by only 0.16 of a percentage point, there are now accusations that there was meddling and interference in the referendum; and, Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail.(Photo: Press conference with federal authorities on former Abercrombie & Fitch chief Mike Jeffries arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, New York, USA - 10 Oct 2024. SARAH YENESEL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstocki)
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Lebanon says 13 killed as Blinken arrives in Israel
22/10/2024 Duration: 47minLebanese officials say an Israeli airstrike near the country's biggest hospital has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 50. Also on the programme: we speak to the man accused by the Moldovan government of trying to bribe people to vote against joining the European Union; and new research into a huge meteorite that hit the Earth about three billion years ago says it may have caused the biggest tsunami in the history of our planet. (Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks an aircraft as he arrives in Tel Aviv. Credit: Reuters)
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Israel targets Hezbollah’s finances
21/10/2024 Duration: 47minIsrael 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 of fungi conservation. (Photo: People stand near a damaged branch of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Sunday that hit several branches of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon, October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher)
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Wave of Israeli strikes hit banks in Lebanon
21/10/2024 Duration: 47minThe 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 the programme: the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator in Lebanon talks about the situation on the ground; and we head to Moldova, the eastern European country which has voted by a tiny margin in favour of joining the European Union.(Image: A poster depicting late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is seen outside a damaged branch of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in Tyre, Lebanon, on 21 October 2024. Credit: Reuters/Aziz Taher)
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Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli strike
20/10/2024 Duration: 47minThe 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 with the European Union; Cuba - already suffering power blackouts - braces itself for a storm that could hit the island's main electricity generators: and what Japan's doing about its abandoned homes.(Photo shows Lebanese army soldiers and people stand at the site of an Israeli strike in the town of Baaloul, Lebanon October 19, 2024. Credit: Abou Taleb Maher/Reuters)
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Hamas-run ministry says 87 killed in Gaza
20/10/2024 Duration: 47minHealth 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 Palestinian woman who fled Jabalia due to an Israeli military operation, prepares dough, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City October 19, 2024. Credit: Reuters)
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Fresh Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
19/10/2024 Duration: 47minBeirut 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 one of Italy's last cantastorie - the wandering story tellers.(Photo: Smoke billows after an Israeli air strike on southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Credit: STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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Beirut rocked by huge blasts
27/09/2024 Duration: 32minSeveral buildings are destroyed by a series of huge explosions in a densely-populated area in Lebanon's capital; Iran describes the attack as ‘a game changing escalation’. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah, telling world leaders at the UN General Assembly 'We are winning'. Also in the programme: we hear from Haiti where armed gangs are targeting journalists; and Sir Michael Palin pays tribute to actress Dame Maggie Smith, who has died at the age of 89.(IMAGE: A screen grab shows smoke rising behind buildings in Beirut, Lebanon on 27 September 2024. CREDIT: Reuters TV)