Nine people have been killed and thousands injured in Lebanon by exploding pagers, the sort used by the militant group Hezbollah. We hear from the Lebanese government. In the rest of a special programme live from Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland in the US: as Oregon ends a four- year experiment decriminalising the possession of hard drugs – how can opioid addiction be tackled in the state? And with inflation the number one issue going into November’s US presidential election, we take the economic temperature of Oregon’s famous craft-brewing industry. (IMAGE: Lebanese soldiers and Hezbollah members gather outside the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) after an incident involving Hezbollah members’ wireless devices in Beirut, Lebanon, 17 September 2024 / CREDIT: Wael Hamzeh/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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