Why is Israel targeting Lebanon’s bridges?

An Israeli air strike damaged the Qasmiyeh bridge on Sunday, one of the main routes linking the south to central Lebanon, near the coastal city of Tyre. This comes after Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said in a statement that Israeli forces had been instructed to destroy the crossings over the Litani river that were […]

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BBC in Cuba as island plunged into darkness

More than 10 million people in Cuba have had power cut to their homes and businesses after the country’s national electrical grid collapsed. The Caribbean island has been hit with several blackouts this month, as a result of a US fuel blockade that cuts off the foreign oil imports needed to keep power stations running. […]

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