Drones become Hezbollah's primary weapon against Israel
5/29/202625 min
The BBC reports from the Israel-Lebanon border, where fibre-optic drones have become Hezbollah's primary weapon of war. Also, Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli troops to take control of even more of the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the UN has added Israel and Russia to its blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones. A 21-year-old Austrian man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for planning a jihadist attack on a Taylor Swift concert. The people of Kenya are coming to terms with one of the worst school fires in the country's history. Jannik Sinner is out of the French Open in the biggest shock of the tennis tournament so far, but how much was Europe's heatwave to blame? And an underwater recording of bearded seals is named the sound of the year.
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[electronic music] This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. [electronic music] Hello, I'm Ankur Desai. And in the early hours of Friday the 29th of May, these are our main stories: As Israel intensifies attacks in Lebanon, we have a special report on how Hezbollah is responding with a new drone threat of its own. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's ordered the military to further increase its occupation of the Gaza Strip, contradicting the terms of the ceasefire deal. The United Nations has added Israel and Russia to its blacklist on sexual violence in conflict.