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Lebanon says at least ten people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of Nabatieh. Israel said it was targeting a Hezbollah weapons depot. Lebanese media say Hezbollah has fired more than forty rockets into northern Israel in retaliation. We have an interview with Lebanon's health minister, Firass Abiad. Also in the programme: Doctors in India go on strike in protest at the rape and murder of a junior doctor in a hospital last week; and the London play that reflects on the legacy of rock legend, Janis Joplin.(Photo: A man inspects the scene at an industrial area hit by an airstrike in Wadi Al Kfour, Nabatieh province, southern Lebanon, 17 August 2024. Credit: EPA)

Aid agencies are warning of a critical shortage of treatments and vaccines for Mpox across Africa, and are urging wealthy countries with supplies to share them. The warning comes following the World Health Organisation’s decision to declare the latest Mpox outbreak a global health emergency.Also in the programme: The three countries trying to mediate a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza have presented a new proposal to Israel and Hamas; and US Congressman Joaquin Castro congressman on a mission to make his country's musical heritage more Latino!(Photo: Hundreds of deaths from mpox have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: Reuters)

"It's devastating. This was the moment I realised it's finally here, like a boomerang." A resident of the Kursk region describes the moment she realised the war had come to Russia.Also in the programme: one Palestinian killed in West Bank settler violence; and Thailand's new prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.(Picture: A sign reading 'Kursk - 108 km' on a road not far from the Ukraine - Russian border, Ukraine, 15 August 2024. Mandatory Credit: EPA-EFE)

A new round of Middle East peace talks have begun, despite Hamas’s refusal to send a delegation. The US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says there’s been a “promising start” to the meetings. Delegations are coming together as the Hamas-run health ministry says the Gaza death toll has now reached 40,000. Also on the programme: Five people have been charged in connection with the ketamine-related death of ‘Friends’ actor Matthew Perry; and three years on since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, a UN representative for the country tells us how women’s rights have been affected.(Photo: Families of Hamas hostages protest for their release, Tel Aviv, Israel, 15th August 2024. Credit: Abir Sultan/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has condemned violence against women after a night of protests across the country following the rape and murder last week of a young doctor in Kolkata. How bad is the situation for women in India?Also in the programme: the woman jailed in Russia for donating $51 to Ukraine; Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg's statue of his wife.(Picture: A woman holds a candle during a vigil condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, on a street in Mumbai, India. Credit: Reuters)

We hear from Yan Furtsev, a Russian opposition politician in Kursk helping evacuees from areas under Ukrainian control. President Zelensky said around one hundred Russian troops had been taken prisoner, but Russian state TV claimed that the Ukrainian advance had been almost ‘completely blocked’. Also on the programme: a special report from Afghanistan, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have been forced to return after being expelled by Pakistan; and with the rise of ‘age-blind’ casting, can older actors play roles traditionally given to much younger performers? (Picture: Ukrainian servicemen ride military vehicles from a crossing point at the border with Russia in Sumy region, Ukraine August 13, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)

Since the war between Hamas and Israel erupted in October 2023, the fear has been that the conflict in Gaza could lead to a wider regional war across the Middle East. Questions are growing as to whether Iran will retaliate against Israel, which is widely believed to be responsible for a strike that killed former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. US President Joe Biden thinks a ceasefire deal could make all the difference. We hear from a former Israeli diplomat and an expert on Iranian politics. Also in the programme: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky claims Ukrainian forces have continued to advance further into Russia's Kursk region; and an Australian weather presenter tells us what it was like to experience a panic attack live on air.(Photo: Smoke rises after an explosion following an Israeli airstrike in the Central Gaza Strip, July 20th, 2024. Credit: Reuters/Omar Naaman)

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has said his country now controls seventy-four communities in the Kursk region of western Russia. It's a week since Kyiv sent large numbers of troops over the border into Kursk in a surprise military incursion that caught Russia off guard. We will have a view from Moscow while our correspondent reports from the border with the Kursk region. Also in the programme: The highly infectious disease, Mpox, has been declared a public health emergency in Africa by the continent’s leading health body; and Banksy's eighth London artwork in eight days defaced. (Photo: The offensive into Russia has boosted morale on the Ukrainian side. Credit: Reuters)

The Ukrainian army has pushed its way into Russian land and claim to have taken control of 1,000 sq kms of territory. In the programme today we discuss Ukraine's surprise incursion and get reaction from Moscow. Also on the programme: Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s relationship, and the battle of the air cons in Portofino, Italy.(Photo: A damaged car on the side of the road following the Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk border region. Credit: Reuters)

The governor of Russia's Kursk region has told President Putin that one- hundred- and- eighty- thousand residents are being evacuated as Ukraine continues its surprise offensive. Mr Putin vowed that the enemy would be "kicked out."In the programme today we will be looking at some Russian reaction to the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk and in particular what Russian military bloggers are saying. Also in the programme: The fires in Greece getting nearer to Athens; and two male flamingos in a zoo in Southern England who have successfully nurtured an egg!(Photo: Residents in parts of the Kursk region have been warned to shelter in basements, and a growing number have been evacuated. Credit: Reuters)