Hello. Im annita mcveigh. More now on our top story, the situation in the middle east, where lebanese officials say that nine people have been killed in an israeli Air Strike that Hit A Multistorey Building in central beirut. The Israeli Military says it carried out what it calls precise strikes in the bachoura neighbourhood, near the lebanese parliament. And in the south of the Country Israel says their warplanes killed around 15 hezbollah members in an Air Strike in bintjbeil. Meanwhile hezbollah claims their fighters confronted israeli forces attempting to advance at the fatima border crossing. The Israeli Military is yet to comment on these reports. Lets get more on the missiles fired into israel. Iran is thought to have used ballistic missiles like this, they fly high and fast in an arc, and can get from iran to israel injust 12 minutes. But israel has a sophisticated, multi layered air defence system. Best known is the Iron Dome but that only deals with shorter range rockets fro
Music plays and the next president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, is back in the country and will be sworn in on friday. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news countdown to midnight the ashes series gets underway. England captainjoe root says theyre ready to go. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A britain fit for the future thats what the chancellor has promised in todays budget. It had a few giveaways but was delivered against the backdrop of a faltering economy with lower than expected growth and falling productivity. Among Philip Hammonds announcements from now, First Time Buyers in england, wales and Northern Ireland will pay no stamp duty on homes up to £300,000, more in london. Scotland has a different system. For the nhs in england, the chancellor promised an extra £1. 6 billion over the next year, though thats still short of what the nhs says it needs. The wait for the welfare benefit universal credit which has attracted criticism from both sides of the house
Been hoping for and less than labour had been demanding. Economic growth has been revised down, productivity growth has been revised down, Business Investment revised down, peoples wages and Living Standards revised down. What sort of Strong Economy is that . Well have the detail, and reaction to the second budget delivered by Philip Hammond this year. Also tonight mr mladic, sit. In the hague, the former bosnian serb commander, ratko mladic, is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. Zimbawes former Vice President , emmerson mnangagwa, has returned home to succeed Robert Mugabe as head of state. And, were all set for the start of the first ashes test, in brisbane. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news chelsea are through to the last 16 of the Champions League with celtic and Manchester United also in european action. Good evening. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has delivered his second budget this year, warning that the economy is expected to grow more slowly than previou
Please welcome doug jones to this program. Last month he won the democratic primary in alabamas special senate race. His republican opponent is roy moore, a former state Supreme Court chief justice. They will face off in a special election on december 12. Mr. Jones joins us tonight from alaba alabama. Good to have you back on. Great to be with you, tavis. Let me start by explaining to the audience why this race is so important. One, because its a u. S. Senate race, all u. S. Senate races are important but this is the seat to replace Jeff Sessions who is now the attorney general. This is also the seat in the state of alabama where donald trump was a few weeks ago when he called those nfl players s. O. B. S while he was there campaigning for senator Luther Strange. Donald trump was throwing, to my mind, red meat to a red state. Trumps candidate, senator strange, lost to the former Supreme Court chief Justice Roy Moore so hes the republican nominee, doug jones is the democratic nominee. S
Please welcome doug jones to this program. Last month he won the democratic primary in alabamas special senate race. His republican opponent is roy moore, a former state Supreme Court chief justice. They will face off in a special election on december 12. Mr. Jones joins us tonight from alaba alabama. Good to have you back on. Great to be with you, tavis. Let me start by explaining to the audience why this race is so important. One, because its a u. S. Senate race, all u. S. Senate races are important but this is the seat to replace Jeff Sessions who is now the attorney general. This is also the seat in the state of alabama where donald trump was a few weeks ago when he called those nfl players s. O. B. S while he was there campaigning for senator Luther Strange. Donald trump was throwing, to my mind, red meat to a red state. Trumps candidate, senator strange, lost to the former Supreme Court chief Justice Roy Moore so hes the republican nominee, doug jones is the democratic nominee. S