Israel launches overnight airstrikes on Iran
A review of the week with the latest news.
Tehran and other areas of Iran hit by Israeli air strikes. The United States has urged Tehran to refrain from attacking Israel to create a break in the cycle of violence. The Israeli government had been promising retaliation for the ballistic missile strikes Tehran launched at the beginning of October.
Also on the programme: a French General who led the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon talks about the risk to the organisation's staff now, plus; an essay on the ancient Lebanese city of Tyre.
Joining Rebecca Kesby to discuss all this and more are Shachi Kurl, President of Angus Reid Institute, a Canadian public opinion research organization based in Vancouver where she joins us from, and Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations in Washington DC.
(Photo: A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard, in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)