Middle East: Fears grow for widening of regional conflict

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Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher looks at calls by Western nations for their citizens to vacate Lebanon, as the possibility of a wider conflict in the region grows. Iran has threatened retaliation for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, and that could be aided by Lebanon-based Iran-backed group Hezbollah.