New Israeli strikes in Lebanon after Iranian warning
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Israeli military has carried out strikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, a day after Iran called for attacks on Lebanon to stop. Thousands of people have fled the city. Also: medical sources say Taliban forces in western Afghanistan have killed two people demonstrating against the detention of women who'd ignored religious dress codes; Honduras approves a series of reforms to tackle the high rate of femicide in the country; rescuers in the Philippines are working to reach isolated areas after an earthquake struck Mindanao; a BBC investigation reveals hundreds of Iraqi migrants were kidnapped and threatened with forced organ removal in Libya; and Japanese wildlife officials have caught a bear that had been roaming a city, causing widespread school closures.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.3 | I'm Celia Hatton and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday, the 9th of June. |
| 0:16.3 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:18.2 | Israel's carried out new airstrikes on the Lebanese city of Tyre a day after an |
| 0:22.3 | Israeli truce resumed with Iran. There are reports that Taliban forces in western Afghanistan |
| 0:27.8 | have shot and killed two people demonstrating against the detention of women who'd ignored religious |
| 0:33.5 | dress codes. Also in this podcast, a BBC investigation tracks migrants traveling through Libya, who were |
| 0:42.1 | kidnapped and threatened with organ removal. |
| 0:44.7 | They want the money. |
| 0:46.1 | He'd say, I want your kidney, you know. |
| 0:49.5 | My family pays $5,000. |
| 0:56.8 | We start with the latest in the Middle East. |
| 0:59.0 | The pause in fighting between Iran and Israel is still holding for now. |
| 1:04.4 | Announcements that military operations would come to a temporary halt |
| 1:07.9 | came after President Trump told both countries he didn't want their fighting |
| 1:11.9 | to block any deal aiming for a longer-term ceasefire. But Israel is still carrying out air strikes |
| 1:17.9 | inside Lebanon against the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah, even though Tehrans threatened to attack |
| 1:23.8 | Israel again if it continues bombing Lebanese territory. |
| 1:30.8 | I got the latest from our correspondent in Beirut, Lena Sinja. |
| 1:34.9 | After halting attacks between each other, the Israelis and the Iranians, |
| 1:41.1 | Israel continued here in the south and issued even new evacuation orders in the city of Tia. |
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