Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon test fragile US-Iran ceasefire
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Waves of deadly Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon are threatening to derail the US-Iran truce. Also, concerns are growing that authoritarian tactics to squash basic rights are returning to Indonesia, given increasing threats made against activists, influencers and journalists. And, the UK and Norway are tracking Russian submarines in the North Sea. Plus, the jar of Nutella that appeared across the screen during a livestream of the Artemis II mission around the moon.
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| 0:00.0 | In the near term, the future of the Middle East might come down to what happened in one country. |
| 0:10.3 | Lebanon has always been the petri dish, the battleground, the arena for other countries' battles. |
| 0:20.9 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:22.4 | And I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 0:23.3 | Today we zoom in on Lebanon. |
| 0:25.4 | Also, attacks on influencers and journalists in Indonesia |
| 0:28.4 | are threatening the country's young democracy. |
| 0:30.7 | Climate change activists are also targets. |
| 0:33.2 | The climate is very dangerous. |
| 0:35.4 | It's sending a very dangerous alarm to human rights defenders. |
| 0:39.3 | Plus what humanity can gain by following the Artemis 2 astronauts in space at a time of deep unrest here on Earth. |
| 0:47.3 | Notice the magnificence of this and what people are capable of when they cooperate. |
| 0:52.3 | That's all ahead today on the world. |
| 0:57.4 | This is the world. I'm Marco Werman. |
| 0:59.7 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for being here. |
| 1:02.5 | A ceasefire has been in place for a day and a half, but you wouldn't know that in Lebanon, |
| 1:06.5 | where Israeli missiles are currently raining down. |
| 1:09.5 | Yesterday, bombardments hit several towns right on the heels of airstrikes on |
| 1:13.5 | Beirut and southern Lebanon that killed an estimated 200 people. |
| 1:17.4 | Vice President J.D. Vance has called the question of whether the ceasefire applies to just |
| 1:22.7 | Iran or also to Lebanon, a misunderstanding. |
| 1:26.8 | Look, if Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting |
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