Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

Israel and Lebanon break the diplomatic ice after 40 years. What this could mean for the

humanitarian crisis on the ground and the IDF's still expanding operation into Lebanon.

I speak to MSF official Christopher Stokes

and military analyst Amos Harrell. Also ahead.

We have no food or water with no clothes and bare foot and we came fleeing on foot.

As Sudan enters its fourth year of bloodshed and loss,

I speak with philanthropist Mo Ibrahim, who warns the fallout could spill beyond the country's borders.

Plus, men have a fear of sort of admitting vulnerability, because vulnerability can be misconstrued somehow as weakness.

Who needs friends?

How a cross-country road trip rekindled old friendships.

Actor Andrew McCarthy tells Harry Srinivasan why men need closer connections with each other. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biana Gola-Galryga, New York, sitting in for Christian Armantpur.

Does diplomacy still stand a chance? Israel and Lebanon are meeting in Washington in their highest-level direct talks in more than 40 years. The historic negotiations are part of a U.S. brokered attempt to end Israel's war with Hezbollah. But the gaps of disagreement are wide, and progress could be dashed by the Iran-backed militia, which says that it won't abide by any agreement reached in the meeting. Yet, as

momentous as these talks may be, on the ground the reality is far less hopeful for civilians.

Although Israel has scaled back attacks on Lebanon this week, dozens of people have been reported killed in the past day.

And Lebanese communities are still reeling from the biggest Israeli assault of the conflict last Wednesday, which killed 300 people and wounded more than 1,000.

That is according to Lebanon's health ministry.

And for the Lebanese people grappling with loss and displacement,

there's little hope that negotiations will herald change.

As for the negotiations, as usual, I'm not very hopeful.

But God willing, this will lead to a lasting solution.

We hope that our prime minister will pay close

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