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Fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appears to hold

A fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah is holding, but both sides are on alert. In the US, Donald Trump's incoming cabinet have received bomb threats. Also: will Parisians embrace Les Misérables in French?

27 Nov 5PM 29 min

Thousands return home as Israel-Hezbollah truce comes into force

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is in effect in Lebanon after a deal to end 13 months of fighting. Thousands of Lebanese civilians have started returning to their homes in the south.

27 Nov 9AM 30 min

Strikes continue hours before Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon

President Biden has welcomed a US and French-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. He said the deal showed that peace was possible.

26 Nov 8PM 29 min

Lebanon ceasefire Special

President Biden has announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah to come into effect on Wednesday. He described it as a new start for Lebanon.

26 Nov 3PM 18 min

Amabad

Security forces in Islamabad have clashed with thousands of protestors demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. The army has been deployed to central parts of the Pakistani capital.

26 Nov 9AM 30 min

US judge dismisses election case against Trump

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case accusing President-elect Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. Also: Israel and Hezbollah said to be close to Lebanon ceasefire deal…

25 Nov 7PM 30 min

Shock result in first round of Romania's presidential election

A little known candidate, Calin Georgescu, unexpectedly wins first round of Romania's presential election. Also: Italian museum honours the British poet Byron.

25 Nov 8AM 32 min

Arrests made in UAE after body of missing rabbi found

The authorities in the United Arab Emirates say three suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, Zvi Kogan, found dead in the country.

24 Nov 7PM 33 min

Bonus: The Global Story - Is social media changing the way we speak?

Your weekly bonus from The Global Story podcast.Language is constantly changing. But exposure to social media has seen younger generations, adopting new terms at a pace never seen before. So, how much is online culture influencing the way many of us speak? The Global Story brings you trusted insights from…

24 Nov 8AM 27 min

$300bn cash deal rescues COP29 climate talks from collapse

At the climate summit in Azerbaijan, richer countries agreed to increase their contribution to $300bn a year by 2035, to help poorer countries most affected. Also: many killed during Israeli air strike in Beirut.

23 Nov 8PM 29 min

The Happy Pod: The dolphins who 'smile' at their friends

Researchers have found that just as we smile at friends, dolphins change their expression too while interacting. Also: the college baseball star with a prosthetic leg and the first robotic double lung transplant.

23 Nov 8AM 27 min

Putin says Russia will use new missile again in 'combat conditions'

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had a stock of powerful new missiles "ready to be launched" and promised to carry out more tests including in "combat conditions".

22 Nov 6PM 31 min

Russia gives North Korea more than one million barrels of oil, report finds

Satellite images indicate that Russia has supplied North Korea with more than one million barrels of oil. Analysts say the oil is payment for weapons and troops North Korea has sent Moscow to fuel its war in Ukraine.

22 Nov 9AM 26 min

Israel and US critical of ICC arrest warrant

Israel and the United States have strongly criticised the decision by the ICC to order the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes. Neither country recognise the court's jurisdiction.

21 Nov 6PM 33 min

Amin Netanyahu

Israeli politicians denounce ICC decision to issue arrest warrants against prime minister and former defence minister. Also: the UN chief urges negotiators at the climate summit to do more to reach a final deal.

21 Nov 9AM 31 min

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time

Apple Daily founder, Jimmy Lai, appears in Hong Kong court and denies foreign collusion. Also: Ukraine uses British-made long-range missiles for first time inside Russia, and ‘manifest’ is Cambridge word of the year.

20 Nov 6PM 30 min

MSF charity pulls out of Haiti's capital after attacks on staff

MSF pulls out of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince after attacks on staff. Also: US approves supply of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine, why olive oil prices are plummeting and tennis bids adios to Rafael Nadal.

20 Nov 9AM 31 min

US confirms Ukraine used its missiles to strike Russia

The US has confirmed Ukraine used American-supplied missiles to strike Russia. Also: no charges for the Iranian student who stripped to her underwear, and King Richard III of England 'speaks' again after 500 years.

19 Nov 7PM 27 min

American missiles into its territory

Russia says Ukraine attacked Bryansk region with US missiles, after restrictions on them were lifted. Also, long jail terms for pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, and 40 years of searching for extraterrestrial life.

19 Nov 9AM 29 min

US pledges more support for Ukraine at UN meeting

The US envoy to the UN has said Ukraine will get more American security help. Also: the dozens of medics on trial in Turkey over baby deaths, and a Russian company picks a seven-year-old as its future head of training.

18 Nov 7PM 30 min