this. it remains an open question as to whether hezbollah will and whether this will be seen as a reason for escalating the conflict on the northern border. but for now, israel s position is officially that it is not commenting on this, it is not taking responsibility. but at the same time, of course let s not forget in the wake of those october 7 attacks led by hamas, israel has said that all hamas leaders are fair game and israel will reach them wherever they are. elliott, thank you. russia is pounding ukraine with missiles. and volodymyr zelenskyy says that russia launched at least 500 missiles and drones at ukrainian territory in the past five days including a massive bombardment of kyiv and kharkiv on tuesday. to discuss, clare sebastian is joining us here in london.
they re up and running. we also got a response from governor reeves to president biden a proven that declaration and in it, he said that he was thankful and also that he hopes that this will help them recover. quickly fred. okay and then, um, you know, on a different topic. i mean, this is a real setback. what i m about to ask you for the biden ministrations. the president s pick to lead. the faa is now withdrawing his name from consideration, and it comes after criticism from republicans over his aviation credentials. and can you tell us more? and it is that criticism that a white house official pointed to when news broke that his nomination has been withdrawn. in fact, in a statement, they said, quote an onslaught of unfounded republican attacks led to this now. those criticisms were based on his aviation credentials as well as legal entanglements. now we re called. this is a nominee that has been waiting to be confirmed in a really critical post, especially amid the multitude of avi
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sombre ceremonies have been taking place in the united states to mark 20 years since the september 11 attacks, when al-qaeda hijackers used airliners to kill almost 3,000 people. in new york, president biden urged people never to forget the deadliest attack on us soil. in pennsylania, where another plane crashed after passengers tackled the hijackers, the former president george w bush warned of the new danger of domestic extremism. the 9/11 attacks led to us troops invading afghanistan. the british 18 year old, emma raducanu, has won the us open, in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat19 year old leylah fernandez of canada in two sets, six four, six three. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier.
this is bbc news, the headlines: sombre ceremonies have been taking place in the united states to mark 20 years since the september 11 attacks, when al-qaeda hijackers used airliners to kill almost 3,000 people. in new york, president biden urged people never to forget the deadliest attack on us soil. in pennsylania, where another plane crashed after passengers tackled the hijackers, the former president george w bush warned of the new danger of domestic extremism. the 9/11 attacks led to us troops invading afghanistan. the british 18 year old, emma raducanu, has won the us open, in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat 19 year old leylah fernandez of canada in two sets, six four, six three. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier.