Israel’s defence minister says his country intends to occupy a large part of southern Lebanon to create what he calls a ‘defensive buffer’ against Hezbollah. That would include the entire area up to the Litani River which amounts to nearly a tenth of the country. Hezbollah has declared it will fight advancing Israeli forces, calling the move an ‘existential threat’ to the Lebanese state
00:00 Israel says it will occupy parts of southern Lebanon as a ‘defensive buffer’ as troops blow up bridges on the Litani River
03:47 Australia weighs in on Israel’s ongoing military action in Lebanon
06:09 The US will send thousands more soldiers to the Middle East adding to the large military build-up in the region
09:22 A national emergency declared in the Philippines as the global energy crisis continues
11:35 Russia has launched its biggest 24-hour aerial attack on Ukraine since the war began four years ago
14:11 Libyan authorities have reportedly retrieved a Russian tanker which has been drifting ….in the Mediterranean for the past three weeks
14:38 At least 88 people have died in Kenya following flooding that swept parts of the country this month according to the local government.
15:00 A court in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $537m (AUD) for misleading its users over the safety of its platform
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