Israel continues to strike Lebanon
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Israel is continuing its attacks on what it says are Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, even as reports emerge from Washington that an extension of the wider ceasefire with Iran is close. We hear from our correspondent in Beirut.
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(Photo: People inspect at the site of an Israeli strike in Tyre, Lebanon, May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Stringe)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.3 | Hello and welcome to NewsAft from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.6 | We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm James Menendez. |
| 0:15.8 | There are reports that the US and Iran have reached a deal to extend their ceasefire, |
| 0:20.1 | but it's still waiting for President |
| 0:21.3 | Trump's sign-off with what can only be described as very mixed messages coming out of the Middle East. |
| 0:27.2 | On the one hand, reports out of Washington suggest the US and Iran have reached an outline agreement |
| 0:32.4 | to extend their current ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. |
| 0:41.4 | This is what the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had to say at the White House a short time ago when he was asked about those reports. |
| 0:44.6 | It is a multifaceted agreement and nothing is going to be on the table until we see the |
| 0:52.3 | Strait of Ramos open and the Iranians agree that |
| 0:57.4 | they have to turn over the highly enriched uranium and that they can't have a nuclear program. |
| 1:04.4 | However, the existing ceasefire has been looking increasingly shaky today with each side attacking |
| 1:09.7 | the other. Add to that a fast deteriorating |
| 1:12.4 | situation in Lebanon where Israel's continued to step up its attacks against Hezbollah, Iran's |
| 1:17.5 | proxy force in the country, and now all of southern Lebanon is under an Israeli evacuation order. |
| 1:23.5 | It all looks a long way from peace. And even the capital Beirut was struck by Israeli forces today. |
| 1:29.9 | Our correspondent there, John Sudworth, has been telling me more. |
| 1:33.1 | So I went down to the site of the strike today in the southern suburbs of Beirut, James. |
| 1:40.2 | Pretty clear evidence of extensive devastation there. |
| 1:43.5 | Rubble strewn across a courtyard and clearly |
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