Watch Israel step up attacks on Hezbollah; Macron names new French government | Bloomberg The Pulse 23.09.24

Israel stepped up its airstrikes on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Monday morning and urged civilians to leave the area. The Israel Defense Forces attacked several targets as hostilities between the two sides intensified, with both sides moving toward all-out war. Last week, thousands of Hezbollah commanders and operatives were injured and several dozen killed in an orchestrated attack carried out via pagers and other communications devices that exploded simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on two consecutive days. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attacks. In France, President Emmanuel Macron’s new government sparked an immediate angry reaction from across the political spectrum, raising the risk of a rapid collapse that would further cloud the outlook for France’s strained public finances. Today’s guests: Marija Veitmane, State Street; Phoenix Kalen, Societe Generale; Marta Lorimer, Cardiff University (Source: Bloomberg)