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World Service,01 Oct 2024,49 mins

Israel launches "limited" ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon

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The Israel Defense Forces launches a "limited, localised and targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. We get the latest. US ports brace for shut down as dockworkers strike is set to halt container traffic along the east and gulf coasts. We look at the numbers. The markets haven't welcome the arrival of Japan's new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba. We find out why. Rahul Tandon discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: freelance journalist Fermin Koop in Argentina, and Zyma Islam, a journalist for The Daily Star in Dhaka in Bangladesh.

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