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Radio 4,24 Sep 2024,45 mins

Thousands of Lebanese flee Israeli bombardment in country's south

The World Tonight

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told British nationals in Lebanon "now is the time to leave" as Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah continue. An additional 700 UK military personnel are being flown to Cyprus tonight, joining 500 who were sent earlier this year. Meanwhile thousands of Lebanese civilians are fleeing the country's south and the Bekaa Valley. Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets into Israel. Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken at the United Nations Security Council saying "Russia can only be forced into peace." And a sound designer in LA has developed a new way to start marathons that avoids the sound of a gunshot.

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