Thousands of Lebanese Flee as Israel-Hezbollah Fighting Flares

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Sept. 24. The WSJ’s Rory Jones updates us on Israel’s intensifying military campaign against Hezbollah. Plus, we interview California Attorney General Rob Bonta about the message he hopes to send by suing Exxon Mobil for allegedly misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastic products. And, China cuts interest rates and dangles loans for stock-market investors amid concerns that its economy risks missing its growth target. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4	slash Wall Street.
0:19.4	Lebanese flee their homes as Israel edges closer to all-out war with Hezbollah.
0:25.0	Plus Donald Trump threatens tariffs on farm equipment maker deer
0:30.0	over made-in-Mexico equipment imported to the US, and we speak with California's attorney
0:36.3	general about his lawsuit alleging ExxonMobil misled the public about the recyclability of plastics.
0:43.2	There's policy pathways, there's activist pathways, but broadly yes, litigation is a very critical
0:49.2	pathway to accountability and ultimately change.
0:52.6	It's Tuesday, September 24th.
0:54.6	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,
0:56.8	and here is the AM edition of What's News,
0:59.7	the top headlines and business stories
1:01.6	moving your world today.
1:06.0	We begin in Lebanon where the country is reeling a day after Israeli strikes targeted more than
1:12.0	1300 locations as part of an effort to degrade Hezbollah's
1:16.8	military infrastructure. But with hundreds reported dead, including women and children,
1:22.4	the risk of further escalation that could lead to an all-out war
1:26.0	is now as high as it's been since 2006 when the two sides engaged in a deadly month-long conflict.
1:33.0	Journal Middle East reporter Rory Jones is tracking the situation for us today.
1:38.0	Rory, our colleagues on the PM edition of the podcast
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