Ibrahim aqil is considered the most high profile member of the group to be killed in the current conflict, with the us having had a multimillion dollar bounty on his head. Well, israel says the targeted strikes killed around 10 hezbollah military commanders. The lebanese health ministry says 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured. In response to the attack, hezbollah has called the killing of mr aqil a crime and said israel will pay the price. From beirut, our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports on the attack. Explosion this footage captures the moment of the attack, in the heartland of hezbollah. Explosion the skyline looks like a city at war. Israel hit hard, without warning, in the densely populated residential district of dahiya. Calling this a precision strike, the target was the veteran hezbollah military leader ibrahim aqil. Israel said he had been eliminated, along with about ten commanders of an elite unit. At the time of the strike, aqil and the com
The number of identified russian fighters killed on the frontline in ukraine has hit 70,000 thats according to bbc research. While official statistics may be hard to come by, an investigation by Bbc Russia and the independent russian media outlet, mediazona, has been collating data and identifying dead russian soldiers since the beginning of the war with ukraine. Our analysis reveals volunteers are increasingly older men with lower incomes and are not surviving long in battle. 0lga Ivshina reports. The faces of russian fighters killed in ukraine are changed. Now, more and more men in their 40s, 50s and even 60s are volunteering for the frontline. 62 year old Rinat Khusniyarov was one of them. Before he volunteered, he had two jobs. Fighting for russia, he earned seven times what he did before. Russian authorities have repeatedly increased sign up bonuses to attract men like rinat. He died in february this year. We dont know where exactly, but thousands of kilometres away from his home
Should thin and break with some sunshine developing, but then that threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, hail could be mixed in and some torrential downpours through parts of the midlands, wales and the south west of england. Again, this area most prone, but there could be one or two elsewhere. Temperatures about 16 to 23 degrees again on saturday, so fine in between any of those showers and some sunshine again in the north, which is going to be the picture on sunday. Again for Northern Ireland and western scotland, sunny, warm conditions here, but cool and cloudy around the North East coast. Further south, though, those showers and thunderstorms by sunday are going to be heavier and more frequent as well. Could be some frequent hail and lightning. Into next week things turn cooler and more unsettled. A distinct autumnal and fairly windy spell of weather on the way. Bye for now. This is bbc news. The headlines lawyers representing some of the women who have accused the late Mohame
Stay dry. We will have some of that low cloud affecting the North Sea coast. Into next week, low pressure continues to fire across the atlantic, across england and wales, bringing further zones of heavy rain. Is that clear through later in the week, turns friday we will start to get these colder northwesterly Wind Diving its way southwards. Next week we will see a sharp drop in temperatures, average at this time of year in edinburgh is 17 degrees, so it will be quite a cold week next week. Fayed welcome to Bbc News. Welcome to Bbc News. Israel launches another strike on the outskirts of beirut reports suggest the target was a senior Hezbollah Commander. Mohamed Al Fayed is described as a monster by lawyers, representing women whove accused the former billionaire of sexual assault. The allegations involve cover ups, threats and a Quarter Century of Sexual Abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed after he purchased harrods and became its chairman. A busy research has found that the number of identifie
To avoid eating foods which contain mustard. And as parkrun celebrates its 20th birthday, ive been finding out why the Weekly 5k has become so popular. And coming up on sportsday on Bbc News. Can anyone stop chelsea making it six in a row . The new Wsl Season starts with the champions taking on aston villa. Well be live at the game to look ahead. Hello and welcome to the Bbc News at six. Lawyers representing some of the 37 women whove accused Mohamed Al fayed of rape and Sexual Assault say the former Harrods Owner was a monster whose behaviour was enabled by the department store. It comes after a Bbc Documentary that aired yesterday heard testimony from more than 20 women who said they were sexually assaulted by the billionaire, who died last year. Harrods current owners say theyre appalled by the allegations, and have a Settlement Process in place for alleged victims. Earlier today, Fulham Football Club, which was once owned by Mohamed Al fayed, said its trying to establish whether an