Still waiting for people who are still being held hostage In Gaza and new research on a revolutionary treatment aims to discover why immunotherapy fails to work for most cancer patients. Hello. Welcome to bbc news. Israel has been stepping up its offensives against hamas in Gaza And Hezbollah in lebanon the eve of the first anniversary of the hamas attacks on israel that killed about 1,200 israelis and started the widening war. Lets bring you the latest developments from the Middle East this hour. The lebanese capital, beirut, experienced one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the southern part of the city last night. The strikes continued into the morning. Fresh Evacuation Orders have been issued for residents of several areas in Southern Lebanon as israel pushes forward with its campaign against hezbollah. In northern israel, Rocket Barrages from lebanon are continuing to trigger sirens and interception systems. 0vernight, the Isra
The Prime Ministers top adviser Sue Gray has resigned from her position as downing Street Chief of staff. She said she was standing down because it had become clear that intense commentary around her position Risked Becoming A Distraction to the governments vital work of change. It had recently been revealed she earned more than the pm. In a written statement, Sir Keir Starmer thanked her for all the support she had given him, both in opposition and in government. Iain watson reports. This is how close Sue Gray was to the Prime Minister, Meeting President biden alongside Keir Starmer just last month. The Sue Gray report into Government Lockdown parties has just been published. She is probably best known as the Senior Civil Servant who drew up the partygate report, which hastened borisjohnson s departure from number ten. The conservatives were outraged when she traded her Whitehall Job for an influential role with labour. Since last september, she was Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff in op
Now on bbc news. Newscast. Today, were going to talk about a lot about the Middle East. And we talked about it a little bit yesterday. But obviously its one huge big dominant News Story this weekend, notjust because its the anniversary of the terrible October The 7th attacks, but also because overnight lots of things have been hotting up still further with more strikes on the lebanese capital, beirut. Yes. Said to be the largest so far. So well get to that. And also ask, when this politics comes home, how will it influence this government, all on this Sunday Episode of newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. And paddy in the studio. And nick in the studio. Thank heavens youre here because theres this giant Middle East crisis, and its clearly going to have a big defining impact on this new labour government. Well, indeed. And it already has, because, as laura was saying on her show this morning, you know, you can directly say that labour lost five cons
Circo donald trump was it with you there is a link between hurricane helene aid and migrants. What is behind melania trump s endorsement of enforcement rights? i am ayman mohyeldin. Let us do it. For the middle east is on edge yet again. Waiting is really a salivation to both and ron s attack on tensions are flaring up as the whiting war washington sought and failed to prevent intensifies by the hour. Israeli strikes pummel beirut. Nbc news crews reported seeing 20 flashes per the largest they have seen in the nighttime strike so far. At least two plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the area where the strike hit. Israeli drones were also heard circling over the neighborhood with lamb booms. It is also to the north the country will continue to bomb the south and clash with horses along the border. The u. S. Central command set it struck transiting targets with the u. S. Military sending dozens of fighter jets and thousands of troops to the region. Meanwhile the israeli military
Smerconish in philadelphia, the final day of voting is four weeks from tuesday. And even without my showing you the latest polling, you already know the State Of Play while Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight edge over former President Trump at a popular vote the seven widely recognized Battleground States are within the margin of error this after a long strange trip in which nothing has moved the nation from an intractable divide when it began, there was a lot of talk about a third Party Factor but they couldnt find a ticket to meet the moment. And the fresher face from florida never got the traction that some had anticipated so trump cruised to the nomination without ever having to debate his opponents and was actually bolstered by four indictments and suffered know setback among republicans, even after being convicted. The general election field, then took shape. Age was immediately a factor. The only thing these candidates could agree on was to debate at the start of summer a