The conflict between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel has been intensifying for weeks. The two parties carry out attacks on the other side every day. Last week, the Israeli military killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, among others. On Sunday, the Israeli Air Force also attacked targets in Yemen. According to the company’s own statements, the operation was directed against Houthi militia facilities. These attacks also indirectly affect the Iranwhich has been expanding its influence in the region for years. Together with Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, the country forms the so-called Axis of Resistance. What connects them? And how stable is this axis at the moment? Elise Landschek talks about this with Hauke ​​Friederichs, security policy correspondent at ZEIT ONLINE.
In the evening, the largest report to date on biodiversity in Germany was presented in Bonn: the Biodiversity fact check. And the results are, at least at first glance, devastating. According to this, around 60 percent of the habitats are in inadequate or poor condition. A third of the 30,000 recorded species are endangered and three percent are already extinct. However, a closer look at the report reveals a much more nuanced picture, says science journalist Friederike Walch-Nasseri. Because diversity is not decreasing everywhere. In many places the species composition is changing and new species are appearing. She explains in the podcast what this means for biodiversity.
And otherwise? 3,500-year-old kefir found.
Moderation and production: Elise Landschek
Editor: Jannis Carmesin
Cooperation: Clara Löffler, Sophia Boddenberg
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The conflict between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel has been intensifying for weeks. The two parties carry out attacks on the other side every day. Last week, the Israeli military killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, among others. On Sunday, the Israeli Air Force also attacked targets in Yemen. According to the company’s own statements, the operation was directed against Houthi militia facilities. These attacks also indirectly affect the Iranwhich has been expanding its influence in the region for years. Together with Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, the country forms the so-called Axis of Resistance. What connects them? And how stable is this axis at the moment? Elise Landschek talks about this with Hauke ​​Friederichs, security policy correspondent at ZEIT ONLINE.
