Hour, huge clouds of smoke has been seen rising from beirut after a series of explosions. Huge plumes of smoke 2530 minutes ago. The israeli defense forces have claimed to attack hezbollah s central headquarters in beirut saying the headquarters is under residential buildings in the suburb of the cities south. It would not stop until its objectives were met. Air strikes have continued throughout the course of the day with thousands of people being killed in lebanon. Hezbollah has been Firing Rockets into israeli cities including. Just in the last Half Hour, as i was saying, these huge blasts in beirut with the israelis giving details about their operations. More about that in a moment. Anna foster is there for us. Shes been describing what it actually felt like when those blasts went off, notjust seeing those plumes of smoke, but physically what that felt like that so many different people describing these as the since the beginning of this conflict. I will speak to anna in a moment, b
To go back to their homes. And that requires a secure environment. Joining me tonight are nadine batchelor hunt, Politics Reporter at politicshome and wills robinson, assistant Politics Editor at dailymail. Com. First the latest headlines. The leader of hezbollah has called the attacks on the groups pagers and Walkie Talkies in lebanon an unprecedented blow. But he claimed their effect had been limited, saying the leadership had survived and hezbollah s Communications Network was unscathed. Israel says its Military Chief has approved Battle Plans for its northern front, a move the defence minister, yoav gallant, says presents opportunities and risks. There are reports the idf wants to wrest control of Southern Lebanon from hezbollah and create a buffer zone. Five women say they were raped by the late owner of harrods, mohamed al fayed, when they for worked for him at the luxury department store. The bbc has now heard testimony from more than 20 female Ex Employees who say the billionai
by a remotely operated vehicle deployed in the search. the bbc has been told that the debris includes parts of the missing sub. the submersible was about 435 miles south of stjohn s, newfoundland, on a voyage to the wreck of the titanic off the coast of canada, when it lost contact. its exact whereabouts and the condition of the five crew onboard are unknown. with rescuers in a race against time to find the sub, it s thought that the on board oxygen supply may have run out. more ships are now in the area helping with the search. let s just run through what s been happening over the last few hours. two deepwater remotely operated vehicles have been scanning the sea floor. the us coast guard said on social media a submersible attached to the canadian vessel horizon arctic had reached the sea bed. another one, operated from the french research vessel atalante, has also been deployed. another remotely operated vehicle is on its way from jersey in the channel islands and is due to
the wreck of the titanic does belong to the missing tourist sub. all five people on board have died, among them three british citizens including a father and son. contact was lost with the many sub on sunday for the parts of the titan craft were spotted by remote control vehicles sent to miles down the atlantic. the official in charge of the search spoke at a news conference in boston in the past hour. this morning in a remote operated vehicle from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the seafloor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. that a short taste of the press conference we will play a fuller version at about a half now it s time it was difficult to listen to at times because confirmation are very difficult news that so many peopl