What is Hezbollah and can anyone avert all-out war?

As fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah, who is the Iranian-backed group and could this new conflict break out into a wider, regional war?

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Guests: 

• Oliver Marsden, journalist, The Times.
• Rami Khouri, journalist.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Clips: ITN, CBS, 13News Now, TMJ4 News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, PBS, AP.

Photo: Getty Images.

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