the, the business day, the news long from berlin, the leader of lebanon, has the last threatens of fines, with no rules. if israel launch is across the border for us, and those are all that says, the group could also target a member cypress. if, if supports is really aggression, his comments come after israel reveals plans for military operation against has blocks. also coming up, russian president vladimir putin visits vietnam on his 2nd leg of his age and tore this after he signed a mutual defense packed with north korean leader kim jong own. and if you on yeah,

the welcome to the show. nicole fairly, the leader of the hezbollah militia and lebanon hass on us. rolla has threatened assigned with no rules. israel launch is a full scale war with his group. he also said, cypress, an e u member would be a legitimate target in any future war. if it continues its military cooperation with israel, and his statement followed israel's announcement that it's military had approved a plan for an operation in southern lebanon, on the latest strikes on lebanon of israel. and the militant group has boss, have been trading cross boulder, a tex almost. they know they have taken steps for the potential for a full scale conflict. israel has approved what it calls up,

irrational plans for an offense, if in lebanon we've made absolutely clear that one way or another diplomatically all through. uh, minutes remains uh, off of mold in bold. uh, the north of our country will, uh, is really silver and tara tree will be made safe for israel is population. israel's people to return as well as lead to hoss on the thrall of responded by promising a fight with no risk. they have to wait for us on the ground in the and in the see we have said this before, and i would say this again today if the boss and probably still live in on the resistance was fine with i had control with that group. and with our to see like the possible to exchange of so 5 began of to the,

to the 7th terrorist attack. by how much do you and says small, the full 100 people were killed and level known inside strikes, including dozens of civilians on the east. really side, the reports of casualties among to at least $25.00 soldiers and civilians. to hezbollah says it is a rate it 2 days colleagues, but to do so it was something that has proven difficult to achieve. less than $65.00 in gaza. dw correspondence rebecca rivers isn't showing me on israel's border with lebanon, and i asked her how as well as warning, has gone down. and israel, what is difficult to see just how seriously is riley is taking this latest statement. so at this late latest page by house on us, well as well as later when we look back in the 8 months tit for tat conflict that has been happening here between 11 on and israel, between hezbollah and israel. there's also being a tit for tat, more rhetoric,

and that is something that we has been seeing wrapped up in recent days. now i'm in showing me, as you mentioned, it's on the northern border behind me. you can see these hills on the top is a small army base and behind those hills 11 on and its cities and towns like this along the border villages. it communities along this entire living on israel border region that is relative taking into consideration when it can see to is whether or not to launch a full scale attack on 11 on and on his blog. it's trying to get the, this area into a situation where residents would be able to return. now some 7000 residents of slow me have been evacuated and they're among the 60 to 70000 ride along the border region that have been evacuated. and it's for that reason that is really looking to launch this potentially launch this offensive. we've hezbollah in order for those residents to be able to return the call. if you were in haifa earlier today,

which has the apparently filled with a drawing showing potential is really target. that's israel's 3rd largest city. how concerned or residents there as well, surprisingly, or perhaps surprisingly for people who have spent time in israel and i have spoken a lot to is rarely since, you know, mean really, really, you know, really got to understand these places, but they're actually not that concerned of course people do say that they believe and conflict, the water conflict is going to break out, but it's inevitable. and in fact that it's needed. but concern isn't what i would say the people in high fill the residents there are really feeling, you know, they say that they feel protected by the israeli military. they feel that it is a military that is strong and able to carry out the operation in lebanon. and that's what people were telling me today. not many people wanted to speak on camera, but the fee, the deed said that they, you know, basically that they thought that a conflict was going to happen. and i was probably even in,

but that sadly was needed to so the people you know, in this northern border region could return a quick look. now, some of the other stories making headlines around the world for mainly as president, has withdrawn his bid for the position of nato secretary general and is endorsing dodge prime minister mark marissa that clears the last hurdle for rita to become the new head of nato. when norway's ins suttonberg stands down in october, at least 2 people have been killed and a number injured after a head on train collision in taylor, a test train under going trials to improve its speed, hit a freight train carrying copper. the cause of the accident is still being investigated. the injured have been taken to nearby hospitals. the canyons have taken to the streets to protest tax hikes. hundreds of protesters of clashed with police and the capital and i roby with police responding by firing tear gas. the

government has not been swayed, find the demonstrations and plans to go ahead with the tax increases and overnight barrows, of russian miss solve and drones, stroke energy infrastructure across 4 regions of ukraine, including a power plant in the countries east. the company running the plan reported serious damage keeps, as russian attacks on energy infrastructure have knocked out around the house of ukraine's energy production. since march letter we're putting is in vietnam on the 2nd and last stop of his tour of asia. the russian president is showing up his relationships in the east at a time of increasing isolation in the west. he was welcomed by getting these president toll um the 2 leaders signed a number of co operation agreements ranging from education to civil nuclear projects, food and later lead or re for independence leader ho, she meant the visit has drawn

a sharp rebuke from the us embassy and annoy which warned, against normalizing rushes, violations of international law in ukraine pollutants. vietnam visit follows a rare trip to north korea. and a new agreement between those 2 nations trumpeted as a major upgrade and security trade and investment relations. it's $35.00 and of course want 8. our defense pledge, north gloria and the former soviet union, signed a comprehensive treaty back in 1961. but the deal was discarded after the fault of the item garden. then in the year 2000, the 2 countries signed a new agreement, but the security assurances were somewhat weak is more than 2 tickets on i solution from the west has struck the 2 port lies closer than ever having a powerful country like russia, as a strategic partner is an immense source of pride and

a great achievement for us. the fact that just util 8, if i the country face has submitted progression. the not good in lead that it's under the police to be supplying the shop with large amounts of munitions for its war in ukraine and return the russian president is set to be hoping. not because you have smithson and space surveillance programs. but the state of these big for relationship even higher is the thing is the russian federation does not roll out the development of military technical co operation with a democratic people's republic of korea by the documents side, the footage from north. good. yeah. show us the 20 does one thing at the very bus 11. but the partnership is also about the business. but the restaurant in north we got trying to get around rest infections. dyslexia, the russian mid august limousine was gifted with the north korean leader. but it's the minute to aligns between him and boat and that is causing an hour in the west.

earlier i asked the w correspondence, yegell, she manascale in re go, why the russian president shows vietnam as a 2nd. stop on is asia tour after north korea to oh, that's right nicole. this is because both north korea and vietnam have historically had good relations with the soviet union and with russia now. so putting wants to praise the loyalty and also show to the world if he still has partners and options in asia. now, in north korea, his focus was on securing weapons for his war against ukraine. and in vietnam, the focus was more diplomatic. i would say, putting really wanted to praise the congress loyalty to russia. vietnam has not confirmed russia over its war against ukraine. and the timing of this visit is also important. it is happening right after the ukraine peace summit that took place over the last weekend in switzerland and ukraine managed to gather over 90

countries to and then efforts to set an agenda for a future piece. for future peace negotiations, no rush. it was not invited. so what she, what is the russian was criticizing this summit and, and trying to play it down. but now it really wanted to go out with a show of its own support in vietnam has, was not represented in switzerland to. so this was a good, an option, a good possibility for letting me put into show that she still has a partners to go see my know, ski from re go, a searing heat wave. and saudi arabia has led to the depths of over 1000 people in the city of mac are during the annual highs, pilgrimage, according to a tally by the f. p. news agency. at least 2000 people were hospitalized as temperature as they are rows above 50 degrees celsius. the hodge is one of the largest gatherings of people in the world with an estimated 1800000 people attending this year. following in the footsteps of profits of religious journey,

in blistering heat beneath a burning sun, more than 1800000 muslims travels to saudi arabia to make the holy pilgrimage from mecca to mount to have a fat and back again. it's a journey of more than 20 kilometers, meant to be traveled on foot over $5.00 to $6.00 day period. to the pilgrims. it's a profoundly spiritual experience that helps wiper by sin. but this year, temperatures in isms hardly as city mecca reached a scorching $51.00 degrees celsius. extreme heat took its toll, leading to thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of debts. many still missing the yesterday we were on our way and we saw corpses on the road. they were just covered with a sheet because the temperatures here are really high. and i'm not just talking about old people. young people have died to miss

the we thought we were about to die. we didn't even have the strength to reach and steals extremes. but hands were shaking. i body was about to collapse and i was unable to continue the south, the ministry of house that deployed to thousands of power medics in the set top field hospitals will to stations missing systems in an attempt to manage the crisis of the month. because the area around the grand most was developed with the english, i'll run path project unless to make it most suitable for walking to make transportation easy and convenient. the largest air conditioning unit in the world was also installed and purified the air and the grandmother. and cooled down the pilgrims coming to the holy house, he called them hodge has come to an end for this year. the climate change is set to

push temperatures still higher. so in a year's time decided you saw a diesel faces similar challenge. because by then, the pilgrims will be back, no matter what. and onto the euro. 2024 competition taking place here in germany, scotland fans are keeping their hopes of reaching the last 16 alive after 11. draw again switzerland. the boy. the master cologne scottish fans who are bringing and the party atmosphere and living up to their reputation for being some of the jolly as teams and corners out there. got that and will play their final group stage game against hungry on sunday the. and before we go, a story of successful conservation, the endangered species of the barium lynx has been brought back from the brink of extinction. the numbers of the endangered feeling fell as low as 62. but a successful reading program has seen the numbers rise to over 2000 since 2001 link

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