Israeli warplanes have launched new attacks on buildings in south Beirut where the military says Hezbollah is storing weapons. Israel strikes Beirut buildings after reportedly targeting Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Elsewhere, in Myanmar, the military junta made a surprise offer to hold talks with rebel groups on a political solution to the country’s nationwide armed conflict. Ethnic armed groups sceptical of this offer have rejected it. Devina Gupta looks at the civil war’s impact on the country’s economy. And, India’s gold imports tripled in the month of August, according to the World Gold Council. Gold prices recently hit an all-time high. But why are prices rising?

Devina is joined by Nga Pham, freelance journalist and filmmaker in Taipei and Andy Uhler - journalism fellow at University of Texas Energy Institute and Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.