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Israeli military targets bank it links to Hezbollah

There've been multiple airstrikes across the southern suburbs of Beirut where the Israeli military has targeted branches of a bank it accuses of helping to finance Hezbollah.

Israel has carried out more air strikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, including on branches of a bank accused of supporting Hezbollah. We'll get the latest from Beirut.

In northern Gaza, rescuers are still recovering people from the rubble of buildings destroyed in an Israeli strike on Saturday night. We'll speak to a humanitarian worker there.

We'll speak to Colombia's Environment Minister as a global biodiversity summit gets underway for nations to provide significant investment in a fund set up to conserve and restore nature.

A high ranking leader from Sudan's paramilitary forces has defected and joined the army, according to reports. We'll get the latest.

And a new BBC World Service documentary launches today asking whether an end to AIDS is possible.

(Pic:Baabda, Lebanon; Credit: Reuters)

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Mon 21 Oct 202404:06GMT

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  • Mon 21 Oct 202404:06GMT