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UN refugee chief warns war in Lebanon a 'catastrophe'

Season 2026 Episode 79 | 6m 05s

The toll of the wider war in the Middle East has been severe in Lebanon. Israel has invaded the country's south again and is demanding that people vacate more land. The United Nations' top refugee official, Barham Salih, is there on a mission to survey the crisis and he sat down with special correspondent Simona Foltyn.

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