Using sabotaged pagers and Walkie Talkies a campaign widely believed to have been carried about by israels spy agency, mossad. 12 people were killed and nearly 3,000 injured On Tuesday. Yesterday, 25 people were killed and 600 people injured in a second wave of blasts. Hezbollah, which is backed by iran and is proscribed as a terrorist group, by the us and uk and western governments, has promised to retaliate. Fears of an all out warare mounting, israel announced yesterday that they have moved to a new phase in the war, the stakes could not be much higher. 0n todays programme, well hear exactly how the Hezbollah Leader responds. 0ur Teams in the Bbc Newsroom are monitoring that. 0ur Specialist correspondents will provide context and analysis. Frank gardner, our Security Correspondent, is with me. So is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Daniel de simone is our correspondent injerusalem. Bronwen maddox from Chatham House is with us. Shes just back from israels northern border.
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iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. iranian media outlets say that a letter from the head of the judiciary said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, joins me now. thank you for coming in. talk us through, first of all, what we know about what has happened here. figs through, first of all, what we know about what has happened here. as you mentioned, about what has happened here. as you mentioned. the about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme leader - about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme leader has . mentioned, the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting
huh? capital t for thing. hundreds of billions for climate change. deficit reduction and tax hikes. it could also turbocharge the i.r.s. more on that in a moment. dana: democrats named it the inflation reduction act. republicans say it s laughable and not even bernie sanders is buying it. i want to take a moment to say a few words about the so-called inflation reduction act that we are debating this evening. i say so-called, by the way, because according to the cbo and other economic organizations that have studied this bill, it will, in fact, have a minimal impact on inflation. dana: team fox coverage. marc thiessen is on deck with analysis. we begin with jacqui heinrich at the white house. democrats certainly think that bringing key priorities on healthcare and climate across the finish line ahead of the mid-terms will turn things around for them. poll after poll has shown that the biggest problem for the president and his party is inflation. and even though they ve
Dozens of people are involved in the search. But bad weather is reported to be hampering their efforts. It happened in the far north of iran, near the city of tabriz, close to the border with azerbaijan. President raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. This is thought to be footage of him earlier in the day, travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. First reports that something had gone wrong were announced on state tv. Translation there are unconfirmed reports of an incident involving the helicopter carrying the president in thejolfa region. Initial reports cite a hard landing for the helicopter carrying the president. President raisi, considered a hardliner, is the second most powerfulfigure in iran and has been regarded as a possible successor to the Supreme Leader, ali khamenei. There is no word yet on any casualties today, but across iran, there have been prayers for the president s safety. Jon donnison, bbc news. And i want to take you to the live pictu