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Hezbollah drone attack kills at least four Israeli soldiers

The attack also injured more than sixty Israeli soldiers. It was one of the deadliest attacks on an Israeli position in the past year of conflict.

A drone attack by the Lebanese militants Hezbollah has killed at least four Israeli soldiers and injured more than sixty others at a military base in northern Israel. Israel has continued to strike southern Lebanon. We'll hear from medical staff on both sides of the border.

The head of the United Nations has said attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon may constitute a war crime. We'll hear from a spokesman for the UN force.

Southern Africa has suffered months of drought, with consequences for food supplies. Twenty-seven million people face hunger.

And we'll hear from Africans prepared to make the risky Atlantic crossing to the Canary Islands in a desperate bid to gain entry to Europe.

(Pic: Ramat Gan, Israel; Credit: Reuters)

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