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

I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Sunday the 29th of September,

these are our main stories.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes the

killing of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrala as a historic turning point. Hezbollah says

the loss of its leader will not stop it from fighting on.

President Biden has said it's time for a ceasefire.

And Saudi Arabia has now carried out nearly 200 executions this year, the highest number in more than three decades.

Also in this podcast, is Austria's far right poised for a historic win in Sunday's elections.

It would be a totally new situation in the history of the Second Republic because the

Freedom Party came close a couple of times but was never in first place at

least not in the general election.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the killing of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrala a historic turning point.

Nasrala, who'd not been seen in public for years because of assassination fears was killed by a massive Israeli

airstrike on Beirut on Friday. Hours later Hezbollah confirmed his death.

It described him as a martyr and vowed to carry on its fight against Israel.

Mr Netanyahu said his elimination was a necessary condition for achieving Israel's war goals.

With the United Israel Kislai Moll,

a driver-myrathrin Hassan-Assad.

The state of Israel on Friday eliminated the mass murderer Hassan-Nasser-Assad.

We settled the score with the one responsible. mass murderer

the score with the one responsible for the murder of countless Israelis

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