This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 26th of September.

These are our main stories.

Israel's prime minister has told the military to continue striking Hezbollah in Lebanon

with full force, despite international calls for a ceasefire.

President Biden has announced he's releasing nearly $8 billion of assistance for Ukraine.

The world's longest serving death row prisoner has been acquitted on a retrial in Japan.

Also in this podcast, I'm madam, we actually decide you

that you may often hear from you to be comfort.

Speaking from beyond the grave was this the likely voice and language of England's King Richard

the third who died in 1485.

The world is waiting to see

if international pressure for a three week's

ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah will be accepted by both sides.

The proposed 21-day pause and fighting has been welcomed by the Lebanese Prime Minister,

but is still likely to happen only if other demands were met.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Lebanese and Israelis have been displaced.

The Secretary General Antonio Guterresch warned the situation in Lebanon is dark.

Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon.

We should all be alarmed by the escalation.

Lebanon is at the brink.

Since October, nearly 200,000 people within Lebanon and over 60,000

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