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Hassan Nasrallah’s killing and Mexico’s leadership change

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30 September 2024

Episode 3430

01 hour 03 minutes


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Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was killed in a huge Israeli air attack on Beirut. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says that the assassination will change the balance of power in the region. What happens next? Also in the programme: Mexico bids farewell to Andrés Manuel López Obrador and welcomes its first-female president, Claudia Sheinbaum; Russia eyes a satellite deal in West Africa; and Jakarta braces for a mayoral election. Plus, we discuss the UN’s meeting on the “slow-motion pandemic” and we head to Ibiza Town for a gastronomic tour.

30 September 2024

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What next after Hassan Nasrallah’s death?

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Since the killing of Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel has continued to strike Lebanon in a dramatic escalation of its bombing campaign. Local officials say that the attacks have left more than 1,000 people dead. Tel Aviv also claims to have killed another senior Hezbollah figure. Iran, which backs the group, has said that Nasrallah’s assassination “will not go unanswered”. But who will lead Hezbollah’s response?

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Russia eyes West Africa satellite deal

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Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have turned to the Kremlin for help in battling Islamist insurgents. The three West African countries have cut ties with African and Western allies and formed their own Alliance of Sahel States. Russia’s space agency says that it has signed a partnership to provide telecommunications and satellites to the crisis-ravaged nations.

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