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Israel strikes dozens of Hezbollah sites in Lebanon

Israeli strikes may have displaced a million people across Lebanon, according to Lebanon's prime minister Najib Mikati.

We'll head to Lebanon where the country's prime minister says up to a million people may have been displaced, as Israel continues its airstrikes in several parts of the country. We'll hear from some of those affected.

We'll also hear how officials and the public in Iran are reacting to the death of the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The Iranian government is a key backer of the Lebanese group.

The head of the influential Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, tells Newsday the Mpox outbreak could be under control by the end of the year as efforts to buy vaccine against the viral disease are stepped up.

And as Rwanda grapples with it's first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus, we hear what it can learn from countries like Uganda and Equatorial Guinea that have battled previous outbreaks.

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