This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Monday, the 11th of November, these are our main stories.

Israel's new defence minister says Hezbollah has been defeated in comments made shortly after the Lebanese group fired further rockets into northern Israel.

The Kremlin has given its most positive reaction yet

to Donald Trump's election, praising him for not talking about inflicting defeat on Russia.

Hungary's main opposition leader has accused Viktor Orban's government of illegally gathering

information to use to smear him.

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As rockets continue to fly in both directions over the Israel-Lebanon border, there seems to be little end in sight to the conflict. But now Israel's incoming defence minister, Israel

Katz, has declared that Hezbollah has been defeated.

He described the killing of the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, as the crowning jewel.

Our correspondent in Jerusalem, John Donison, gave me his assessment of Mr Katz's statement.

Just before he made those comments, Hasbola fired a barrage of 15 rockets into northern Israel. So, yes,

the war is not over, but Israel cats clearly saying that Hezbollah, he believes, are defeated

and they have eliminated the threat. And I do think at the moment we have got a real

push from the Americans to get some sort of deal, not only in Lebanon, but also in Gaza, either

in the dying days of the Biden presidency, and certainly Donald Trump, the president-elect in the United States,

has said he wants an end to the conflict in the Middle East.

Now Israel Cats replaced You have Gallant, who was fired on that job a few days ago by Benjamin Netanyahu

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