There say 569 people including many children have been killed since monday. The foreign minister says the number of people displaced from southern lebanon is probably approaching half a million. Israel says it wants its campaign against hezbollah to be as short as possible and says it s killed a senior commander of the iranianbacked group, which has been firing rockets into northern israel. And as world leaders meet in new york, the un security council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Orla guerin starts our coverage. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a sevenyearold girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, din
Hezbollah after the deadliest day of conflict across the border in nearly 20 years. Lebanese officials say nearly 500 people were killed on monday, including dozens of women and children, and at least 1,600 others injured after israeli strikes on town and villages in the south and the eastern bekaa valley. The Israel Defense forces say they hit 1,300 hezbollah positions. The iranian backed group, which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by many western countries, including the uk, says it fired dozens of its own rockets back at israel. The increased hostilities between the two countries have caused many people in Southern Lebanon to flee their homes these pictures show a Mass Exodus of cars heading to beirut in the north. We will bring you those pictures a little later. World leaders are trying to defuse tensions with the G7 Group of foreign ministers warning that no country would gain from a wider conflict. The White House said president biden will present concrete plans for endin
Reeves, who while saying there were difficult decision to come she was trying to say we have a plan for a better Future And Thatis plan for a better future and that is exactly the tone of Keir Starmer ll speech today, as we expect it to be. So we will talk about light at the end of the tunnel. He will talk about a shared struggle. What they are trying to do in light of the criticism about being overly gloomy is explain to the country they are not just about doom, they have a plan and a vision, for things to get better and the centre of that is they say about economic stability, if they can stabilise the economy and get it growing, they are making the argument that Everybody Willent up argument that Everybody Willent up feeling better off and it will filter down to public services and the pound in your pocket. That is the narrative of the speeches today, but the other Point Worth mentioning there isnt a huge amount of policy, so they are trying to sell a story and the Style And Tone of
Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Sir Keir Starmer has promised National Renewal in his first speech to the Labour Party Conference as Prime Minister but he warned of tough choices ahead. The Prime Minister insisted that keeping a Cool Head during challenging times would be better in the long term than easy answers. And he pledged to stabilise the economy but made it clear that some of his decisions would be unpopular. Our political editor, Chris Mason is at the conference in liverpool. Conference, please welcome| Keir Starmer, prime Minister And Leader of the labour party. Little wonder the audience in here are whooping. They have waited 15 years to hear a sentence like that at their conference. A party so often crushed by defeat, basking in winning. Take pride that labour won in every single region in england. Take pride that labour won in wales. Take pride that labour won in scotland. Governing is always difficult for every party, and thats before Slip Ups and unforce
Rockets across the border, israel replying in kind with Strikes Tonight inside beirut. We will get reaction from New York and from lebanon. Also tonight Keir Starmer s first speech to a Labour Party Conference, as Prime Minister. The speech offered some detail of what he wants to achieve while in office. We will have reaction from liverpool. And would you take a flight 50 mins longer across the atlantic, if you were told the Plane Hello and welcome. The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres says the world cannot afford for lebanon to become, what he called another gaza. Mr guterres was speaking as clashes between Israel And Hezbollah intensified. In his speech to the Un General Assembly us president Joe Biden said full Scale War was in no one s interests. But diplomacy has its limits. The two sides are inching towards full Scale War. Today international airlines suspended more flights to lebanon amid an israeli bombardment that authorities say has killed almost 560 p