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Israel asks for direct talks with Lebanon

Netanyahu orders direct negotiations with Lebanon, aimed at 'disarming Hezbollah and establishing peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon'.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders his cabinet to begin direct negotiations with Lebanon. We hear the latest.
On the same day, the UK warns that Russian submarines have been hovering near undersea cables. At a challenging time for NATO, PM hears from Rose Gottemoeller, who helped to lead the alliance during President Trump's first term.
Also on PM, surge pricing may be coming to supermarkets. And Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi, tells us why he decided to read the Iliad for the first time in his fifties, and how it inspired his new novel.

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