Israel’s army advances deeper into Lebanon; hundreds injured in France’s football riots, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
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| 0:53.7 | Israeli troops made their most significant incursion into Lebanon for decades on Sunday, |
| 0:58.0 | advancing near one of the country's largest southern cities. |
| 1:01.0 | Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, intends to deepen and expand Israel's grip on places deemed under Hisbalah's control. |
| 1:09.0 | The Iran-back militia, meanwhile, fired more than |
| 1:12.1 | 300 projectiles at Israel and its soldiers over the weekend. Israel and Lebanon normally |
| 1:17.0 | agreed to a cease-fight in April. 6,000 police officers watched over a parade in the French |
| 1:23.8 | capital celebrating Paris and Germain's victory in the Champions League. |
| 1:27.9 | The football team's triumph on Saturday sparked widespread unrest in which more than 200 people |
| 1:32.9 | were injured, one died, and 780 were arrested, according to government officials. |
| 1:38.6 | It is the second year in a row that violence has followed PSG winning the tournament. |
| 1:44.4 | At least 55 people were killed and dozens injured by an explosion in a village in a region of Myanmar, |
| 1:50.1 | controlled by the Taang National Liberation Army, |
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