内容摘要：Mr Walsh is also sceptical of whether people smuggling gangs can be cracked at scale, drawing the comparison of drugs gangs. ”There’s a fair amount of investment that goes into controlling the sale of illicit drugs, yet they continue,” he argues. “So the idea that you can stamp it out entirely is just not feasible.

Mr Walsh is also sceptical of whether people smuggling gangs can be cracked at scale, drawing the comparison of drugs gangs. ”There’s a fair amount of investment that goes into controlling the sale of illicit drugs, yet they continue,” he argues. “So the idea that you can stamp it out entirely is just not feasible.

Despite Hezbollah’s devastating losses, it has vowed to fight on in Lebanon.And history shows us it is easy for Israel to enter Lebanon, but difficult for them to leave.

As for Israel’s response to Iran, the region - and the world - has been on tenterhooks since Tuesday.US president Joe Biden said he has discouraged Israel from striking Iranianas part of its retaliation.

, though, and some of Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent rhetoric suggests that he might be thinking, ultimately, of regime change in Iran.But Israel’s immediate objectives are closer to home. “Total victory” in Gaza and removing the threat posed by Hezbollah along the northern border.

Israeli leaders point out that they at war on many fronts. Benjamin Netanyahu says there are seven: Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank, Yemen, Iran, Iraq and Syria.

It’s true that over the past year, attacks have come from all these directions, even though pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria have so far posed little real threat.Climate leaders are putting a lot of faith in the fact that the transition to green energy will not be derailed by the new Trump administration.

"The result from this election will be seen as a major blow to global climate action," said Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief."But it cannot and will not halt the changes under way to decarbonise the economy and meet the goals of the Paris agreement."

to get exclusive insight on the latest climate and environment news from the BBC's Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, delivered to your inbox every week.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to present a "plan for victory" in the country's war with Russia to President Joe Biden during this week's visit to the US.