Israel-Gaza conflict: Will the war spread?
Tensions rise in the Middle East as the Israel-Gaza conflict escalates. Will other countries get involved?
What will the escalating crisis means for the region? The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s world affairs editor, John Simpson, speaks to chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, who is in Southern Israel. Middle East correspondent, Lina Sinjab, in Beirut examines the situation in Lebanon - and the possible role Iran-backed Hezbollah, Lebanon's most powerful military force, might play. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Persian presenter, Baran Abbasi, looks at Iran and what it stands too gain - or lose - by the increase in hostilities. And, while all the focus is on the Middle East, we turn to China as it marks a decade of its Belt and Road initiative. Kerry Allen, analyst from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring, reveals if the nation's spectacular economic growth is finally coming to an end.
(Photo: A child is recovered from the rubble of a residential building levelled in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 19 October 2023. Credit: Haitham Imad/EPA)
Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Benedick Watt.
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