For years, Lebanon was a hub for medical tourism, renowned for its world-class specialists and first-rate care. But today the Lebanese healthcare sector is fighting for survival, as crisis after crisis pushes growing numbers of doctors to seek work abroad. Many have become disillusioned amid falling wages and shortages of even basic equipment, as the country runs out of cash to pay for imports. Our correspondent Linda Tamim reports from Beirut.
Meanwhile, human rights organisations accuse the French president of turning a blind eye to abuses in Egypt, as Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Paris this week.
And we hop aboard the SS Sudan, the opulent 1920s steamboat immortalised in Agatha Christie's novel "Death on the Nile".
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