Paul welcome to the journal editorial report, The Middle East is on as the world prepares to mark the 1year anniversary of the October 7th Terror Attack with the israeli military pressing forward on multiple frontend taking the fight to irans socalled Axis Of Resistance in gaza, lebanon and yemen. Benjamin netanyahu vowed to change the Balance Of Power in the region. How has the at least changed since the israel hamas war began . Lets ask seth jones, senior Vice President and director of the international Security Program at the center for strategic and international studies. Good to see you again, happy to have you here. How has October 7th and the Israel Response to that changed The Middle East . There is both a shortterm and longerterm impact in the change of the Balance Of Power. The first is in the short term, weve seen hezbollah knocked on its back for the Command And Control structure that has been severely degraded. The leader of hezbollah has been killed and its interesting to
Underway. Campaigning for Kim Harris in michigan right now after the event, Shawn Fain will join us to discuss the importance of Union Support in this election. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Ns right now. 31 days until Election Day with voting underway in several states and both campaigns ramping up their efforts as we enter the final highstakes push to november 5th. Vice president harris is expected to travel to North Carolina to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Helene while Donald Trump alongside the Tech Billionaire Elon musk will be in butler, pennsylvania, returning to the site for the first time since the Assassination Attempt against him in july. Meanwhileag Bernie Sanders and Sean Fain are rallying Union Members in michigan. We will talk to Sean Fain later in the show. The month before the Election Day, mistakes could not be higher. Republican plans and agenda 47 to drastically alter the structure of the federal government and reshape the power around a man who
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced irans enemies pointing to israel for trying to sow the seeds of division in the islamic world. At Friday Prayers . It was a significant at Friday Prayers . It was a significant speech at Friday Prayers . It was a significant speech coming | at Friday Prayers . It was a i significant speech coming at at Friday Prayers . It was a significant speech coming at a time when here in israel, israeli leaders are basically planning their response to Tuesday Nights iranian Missile Attacks on israel. That response we feel he could come any moment, any hour, any day now. And No Doubt israeli leaders were watching what is going on in tehran too, where, as you say, the iranian leader, for the first time in nearly five years, appeared at a massive, Mass Prayer In Tehran to basically Mark Watt has been going on in the last few weeks and also particularly the leader of hezbollah recently. He is defiant, he is angry, he called on muslim nations to unite. He said the enemy
With syria, cutting off a road used by many trying to flee the bombardments. Im Geeta Guru murthy in london. Also coming up. A man who cable tied the hands of three children in western australia, after he caught them in his swimming pool, has been found guilty of two counts of aggravated common assault. The Uk Government is set to announce a plan to invest nearly £22 billion in projects, hoping to capture and store carbon dioxide. Researchers say the worlds first vaccine for ovarian cancer, being developed in the uk, could wipe out the deadly disease. You are live with bbc news, i am Anna Foster here in beirut bringing you the latest on the developing situation, the escalating crisis here in the middle east. We will hearfrom our correspondent here in beirut and Northern Israel and a couple of minutes, and also look at the situation in tehran. Irans supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali khamenei has denounced irans enemies for trying to sow the seeds of division in the islamic world, as He Led
First time in nine years. Campaigners in weber welcomed the move, while others are cautious. An inquest has been opened into the deaths of four people who died when a Luxury Yacht sank off the coast of sicily. Hello, im geeta guru murthy, welcome to Bbc News now. Irans supreme leader has defended his Countrys Missile Attack on israel earlier this week as totally legitimate. Leading Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years, Ayatollah Khamenei said it was the minimum Punishment Israel deserved. Overnight there were more israeli Air Strikes on lebanon including one near a Border Crossing which israel says targeted a tunnel used by hezbollah. Our diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley has the latest. This was designed as a show of strength from a regime deeply humiliated by a series of devastating blows to its allies. Hezbollah and Hamas Supporters gathered first to commemorate the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah, killed in an israeli Air Strike a week ago today. Free