Nine killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon

The Lebanese health ministry has said that nine people were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of Nabatieh. The news came after Joe Biden said an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza and release of Israeli hostages is closer than ever following two days of talks with Israeli officials.

Also on the programme: Indonesia’s new capital battles numerous setbacks; and, the Australian weather presenter who used his on-air panic attack to educate people about the condition.

Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Paula Erizanu, journalist and writer in Moldova’s capital Chisinau, and Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House.

(Photo: Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a residential building, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 16, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)