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Welcome to americast. Hello, it's sarah, and i'm in the bbc*s bureau in washington, dc. And it's justin in the worldwide headquarters of americast in london, england. It is such a big question, isn't it, whether or not the american election is affecting the events in the middle east, and vice versa, whether they will affect the outcome of the election? and a fascinating one, i think, because we often say that foreign policy doesn't really impact on us elections. But i wonder if this is creating enough background noise that it will get into people's heads. I don't think anyone*s going to go to ...

We start in the middle east, where there have been more overnight israeli strikes in the lebanese capital, beirut. These pictures show a large explosion following one of those strikes. Earlier on saturday, the israeli military had issued orders to residents of specific buildings in southern beirut to evacuate. We don't yet know what was hit in the strikes but israeli forces have bombed areas reported to be hezbollah strongholds. They have also clashed with hezbollah fighters in lebanon's southern border region. The israeli military says it has killed 440 hezbollah fighters since the start of ...

Hello, Im samantha sImmonds. Youre watchIng the context on Bbc News. The uk sets out plans for an ambItIous reset wIth europe as the PrIme MInIster vIsIts germany. SIr KeIr Starmer has made hIs fIrst bIlateral trIp as uk PrIme MInIster on a two Day VIsIt to some of europes bIggest powers. In the last few hours, weve seen hIm arrIve In parIs where he met wIth french presIdent Emmanuel Macron at the elysee, ahead of the paralympIcs OpenIng Ceremony. EarlIer, the pm met wIth german Chancellor Olaf Scholz In berlIn. The paIr announced theyre workIng a new bIlateral treaty to deepen cooperatIon on...

Donald trump says he has told his team to co operate with the transition to a joe biden presidency, after the agency which oversees the process ruled that it could formally begin. The General Services administration will now release funds to mr biden, and his officials will receive security briefings. This is how mr trumps acceptance came, in a tweet that says its in the best interests of the United States for his team to co operate with protocols. Joe biden has unsurprisingly welcomed the decision, saying todays decision is a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, inc...

In beijing can and cant say. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to the programme. We start with the latest on the ukraine crisis and the news that President Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 troops to bolster nato allies in the region. This would be the first Major Movement of us forces in russias Military Standoff with ukraine. 2,000 will be sent to poland and germany, and a 1,000 strong squadron will be redeployed from germany to romania. A pentagon spokesman said the deployments were a signal that america was ready to defend its allies but he ...