hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we begin with a developing story hamas says its deputy head saleh al arouri has been killed in a blast in beirut, in lebanon. local media have described the explosion as an israeli drone attack on the hamas office in the south of the city. reports say five other people were killed in the blast. video footage shows a car in flames and damage to buildings in a busy residential area known as a hezbollah stronghold. the israeli military has told the bbc it will not comment the israeli military said whoever did this it was a surgical strike against hamas leadership. we did reach out to them after local media as you mentioned, attributed this blast to an israeli drone attack, we reached out to the idf who came back to the bbc and said they would not comment on reports from foreign media. we did get confirmation that saleh al?arouri, the deputy head, or deputy chairman of hamas political bureau has been killed in this blast, and
you are watching bbc news and now it is time for today s sport. good afternoon and let s start with manchester united boss erik ten hag who says it is too early to assess the severity of the injury to martinez which was picked up during their europa league quarterfinal draw with sevilla on thursday. they were reduced to ten men, leading to one at that stage. the argentine defender looked visibly upset and was helped off the pitch by international team mates. sevilla scored deep into injury time to take the drawback to spain for the second leg next week? i the drawback to spain for the second leg next week? leg next week? i can t say at this moment but leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when we leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when we have - leg next week? i can t say at this moment but when we have news| leg next week? i can t say at this i moment but when we have news we leg next week? i can t
should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
that came to mind as we stood for the pledge what america stands for is under threat and it s really serious we see it in this preposterous prosecution of donald trump in new york, what does it say in the pledge liberty and justice for all, even ex-president you may hate or as it says on the front of the supreme court equal justice under law. is even for presidential candidates you may be desperate to stop, of course no one is above the law but no one is below it either. all week you ve been hearing the details about why this case is trumped up and ludicrous we don t need to spend time on that tonight only the most demented and cultish trump partisan would take any of the seriously unfortunately most of the media seem to be demented and trump hating partisans these days. there you go the important point is this, the privacy over the rule of law in america is one of the things that america has most been admired for its one of the things i most admire america for from afar, now