into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. israel s military said that operational plans for an offensive in lebanon had been approved and validated . the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned there is a real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. with me now said shehata from bbc arabic a from bbc arabic strike near the icrc compound, a strike near the icrc compound, what more can you tell us about it. tell us about it. the international - tell us about it. the - international committee of tell us about it. tue: international committee of the red cross on the x platf
perfect and there was more that needed to be done but he said that every year that the conservatives were in power, they had built more houses than labour did in its previous administrations and we will have to go and fact check that but thatis have to go and fact check that but that is the claim from michael gove this morning and also, finally, on levelling up, i put to him that people from the red wall that did very well under boris johnson s people from the red wall that did very well under borisjohnson s of look for money for northern communities in particular, they would have really noticed a difference and will they really put conservative? and he said that real money had gone into these communities and more can be done but they won t need a conservative government to do that. the liberal democrats are talking about the country s roads today with a promise to invest £300 million in the next parliament to fill 1.2 million pot holes a year. the party says money from the
Good morning, this is bbc news at 11. The Prime Minister is set to announce more training and resources for schools and companies in england to deal with what she calls the Hidden Injustice of Mental Illness. In a speech in Central London shortly, theresa may will order a review of Mental Health services and outline her plan to create a Shared Society. But her announcement has been called puny by some. Norman smith is outside the speech venue in Central London. An interesting and obviously very significant choice of subject for this first major speech of the new year . Its the first instalment of what is expected to be a series of major Domestic Policy Announcements by mrs may over the next month or so. Really to try and give substance to her governments agenda beyond brexit because other than grammar schools, really weve heard nothing from theresa may about what she actually wants to do. Today, she wa nts to actually wants to do. Today, she wants to give us some sense of what her visi
Temperatures with double figures in the west. Tomorrow night and into monday, there is still not wet weather will stay lodged across the central slice. On either side of it, it will be drier. The coldest air will remain lodged here. Further north and west it will be more mild with temperatures in double figures. Next week High Pressure will tend to ta ke next week High Pressure will tend to take over and that should get rid of most of the rain clouds. Things will settle down, but we will keep the contrast and temperatures. South eastern areas will see the best of the sunshine but there will best of the sunshine but there will be some sharp overnight frost. Further north it will be cloudy but also more mild. All the latest can be found on the bbc weather website. We will be back in half an hour. Headlines the government has warned gps in england that they must keep their surgeries open for longer hours, orface a cut in some of theirfunding. The British Medical Association accused minist
Declare their defiance after wednesdays Terror Attack. Let this be the message from this house, and this nation today, our values will prevail. The archbishop of canterbury praises those who stepped in to help. There is a victory for what is right and good, over what is evil, despairing and bad. Members of the Scottish Parliament also joined together to send a message of support. And as Westminster Returns to work, mps debate how to improve Social Mobility. One study found that children in low income households hear up to 30 million fewer words by the age of three. But first, parliament gathered fewer than 2a hours after the Terror Attack that left a Police Officer and two pedestrians dead, and ended with the attacker being shot and killed by armed police. At around 2 40pm on wednesday the man drove a car at high speed across Westminster Bridge before trying to enter parliament. He was shot dead by a protection officer, after he stabbed and killed Pc Keith Palmer. More than a0 people f