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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)