Live from Lebanon

Our correspondent Anna Foster broadcasts from Beirut, bringing stories of people from across Lebanon including those displaced by Israeli strikes.

Iran's Supreme Leader gave a rare sermon during Friday prayers in Tehran, defending his country's missile attack on Israel earlier this week. Our Persia correspondent joins the programme.

Hurricane Helene's death toll in the US south east has crossed more than 200, making it the deadliest since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
We speak to our correspondent who's just been to North Carolina where flooding has killed dozens of people.

We hear from people who took part in the world's longest treasure hunt for the statuette of a golden owl.

Presenters: Anna Foster in Beirut and Krupa Padhy in London.

(Photo: People inspect the damage after Israeli strikes on the Mreijeh neighbourhood in Beirut, Lebanon, October 4, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Ali Alloush)