Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, Land And Sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Mr gallant also said the next phase of the war against Lebanons Hezbollah will begin soon and that the killing of hezbollah S Leader was not the final step. Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged that Hassan Nasrallah s assassination was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. We are hearing the British Government has chartered a flight for vulnerable british citizens. Presidentjoe biden maintained his call for an end to fighting. Weve also heard from the us department of defense. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh spoke to the bbc about the conflict in the last hour. What doing along the Northern Border is conducting limited operations to dismantle Hezbollah Infrastructur
Well tell you who each of the four british clubs involved will face in the womens Champions League Group stage, with celtic becoming the first Scottish Side to ever get this far. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Two boys, both aged 13, have been detained for at least eight and a half years after becoming the uks youngest ever Knife Murderers. The boys were 12 when they used a machete to kill 19 year old Shawn Seesahai In Wolverhampton. The pair, who cant be named because of their age, are the youngest convicted murderers since the killing of James Bulger in 1993. Our Midlands Correspondent Phil mackie is at nottingham Crown Court. Phil, what happened at sentencing . This was the day where the two boys who are now 13 learned they will serve a minimum of at least eight and a half years in custody before they were eligible for parole, but this is probably one of the most shocking cases of the scourge of Knife Crime that has hit this country over recent years where even more
A ballistic missile from the armed group has been launched towards tel aviv. Let me take you through the details of the attack and why it symbolises such a significant escalation. This video, filmed from eastern tel aviv, was posted around 6. 1i0am on social media and it shows the moments after the single surface to Air Missile was intercepted by israel using its Air Defence system. This white plume of smoke is where the missile had been intercepted. There were no casualties or injuries reported as a result of the attack. In a statement, hezbollah confirmed that it launched the missile. It said it was targeting the headquarters of israels intelligence agency, mossad, which it believes is in this location, north of tel aviv. Hezbollah also said that mossad was responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up pagers and wireless Devices Something that, although israel has been widely blamed for, it hasnt commented on. Israels Defence Force also released this footage, which shows it s
To European Markets opening up, and the close in asia saw significant gains in Hong Kong and japan. The picture there is across the world, that is last night but this is what we are drawing our attention to here, the Hang Seng up by almost 4 and then Ak Injapan up by 3 as well. For more, joining me now is rory green, chief China Economist at t5 lombard. How significant are the new measures . It isa it is a significant Step Up in stimulus from beijing. What we have had announced so far, and we have got clarity on the monetary Side And Today the Politburo Set for september gave us an indication, we do not yet know the size of a fiscal stimulus and that will be crucial to assess the acceleration of growth. As you touched on, until traders are loving these signs and china assets are ripping higher. Observers have been saying for quite some time that beijing needs to do something dramatic to stimulate its economy. Why has it waited so long or until this point to do so . It has it waited so