Israel has carried out air strikes targeting branches of a financial association linked with Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, as well as the south and east of the country. Also on the programme, how the US election is being view from Russia; and the global importance of fungi conservation.

(Photo: People stand near a damaged branch of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Sunday that hit several branches of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon, October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher)