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Israel strikes Lebanon for second day

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President Biden has led calls at the annual gathering of the UN General Assembly to prevent a slide into full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. After another day of cross-border strikes, Israel says it's killed a senior commander of the Lebanese group in Beirut. Also in the programme, Ukraine's president speaks to the United Nations; and how an octopus and a fish join forces and go hunting.(Photo: Smoke billows over southern Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher)
24 Sep 4PM English United Kingdom News

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