# Israel and Lebanon agree ceasefire

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Podcast: [Newshour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927)
Published: 2026-06-04T14:19:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730bn168lwp35
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The US State Department has announced Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of "pilot" security zones inside Lebanon in which Hezbollah operatives would be banned. Hezbollah has rejected the agreement. Also in the programme: Tech executives are calling for stricter regulations to prevent AI from being used to develop biological weapons and find out why a 62-million-year-old Egyptian fossil is exciting scientists. (Picture: The US, Israel and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire at the State Department in the US. Credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

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