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The mayor of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh was among six people killed on Wednesday in Israeli strikes. An eyewitness described the situation as "frantic terror", saying at least nine violent air strikes had targeted the city within the span of 30 minutes. The eyewitness, a local of the city, said one of the air strikes had hit Nabatieh's municipality building where the mayor was attending a crisis cell meeting to deal with the humanitarian situation in the city. Our Middle East editor Mike Thompson brings us the latest.

A row between the governments of India and Canada is continuing to worsen over the assassination of an Indian Sikh separatist on Canadian soil in June 2023. Both countries have expelled the top envoys of the other governments. Our reporter in Toronto, Nadine Yousif, tells us more.

In Nigeria, a fuel tanker exploded in the north of the country, killing at least 104 people. One hundred other people who were injured in the explosion have been taken to hospital in the nearby town of Ringim in Jigawa state, many of them are in a critical condition. The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Chris Ewokor speaks to us from Abuja.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been setting out his "victory plan" to his country’s parliament. He believes – if the plan were implemented now – it could end the war with Russia by 2025. Ukrainecast's Vitaly Shevchenko explains the plan for us.

Presenter: Mark Lowen

(Picture: A view of a damaged site after an Israeli strike in Nabatieh. Credit: Reuters)