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Hello and welcome to News hour from the BBC World Service, coming to you live from our studios in central London.
Julian I'm Julian Marshall.
In a moment, the israeli offensive in northern Gaza intensifies.
That's our top story today.
Also in the program, the prison diary of the russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, in which he foretold his death.
And as gun rights groups gather in Pennsylvania, we'll debate what impact, if any, the issues having on the us presidential race.
The Democratic Party Kamala Harris recently sought to reassure voters she favours more gun controls without wanting to take away everyone's guns.
I think for far too long on the issue of gun violence, some people have been pushing a really false choice to suggest you're either in favor of the second amendment or you want to take everyone's guns away.
I'm in favor of the second amendment and I'm in favor of assault weapons, bans, universal background checks, red flag laws, and these are just common sense.
Well discuss the gun control debate in the us presidential election later in this edition of Newshab.
But first, Israels current offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon has tended to obscure Israels ongoing operation in Gaza aimed at destroying Hamas.
And now in its second year, its a goal that has involved the israeli military coming back to the same areas repeatedly in new offensives or to where Hamas has become resurgent or regrouped.