Welcome, im martine croxall. We begin with the latest in the Middle East, following two days of explosions in lebanon. The united states says its involved in intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah escalating further. The comments come after explosions triggered in pagers and Walkie Talkies used by hezbollah killed at least 32 people and injured thousands. The leader of hezbollah, which some western states have designated a terrorist organisation, is expected to address the events in a speech later today. Israel hasnt confirmed it was behind the blasts, yet the Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, has said its opening a new phase in the war, with the centre of gravity shifting to the north. 0ur Reporter simonjones has more. A funeral in Southern Lebanon is about to be interrupted. Explosion an explosion, injuring a hezbollah soldier, causing panic and fear. Screaming In Beirut, another blast caused by a walkie talkie. Explosion a new form of technol
hello, welcome to the programme. the israeli military has said air strikes on a convoy in gaza, which left seven aid workers dead, happened after a series of grave mistakes . israel has sacked two senior officers and has given its first detailed account about how and why it carried out the attack. here are the key points. the idf says the strike should not have happened and expressed its deep sorrow for the incident. it says those who approved the strike were convinced they were targeting hamas operatives. the strikes on the three vehicles were carried out in serious violation of standard operation procedure and the brigade chief of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, and the brigade fire support commander with the rank of major have been dismissed from their positions. the people who died were working for the charity, world central kitchen, which has called for an independent inquiry. in response to the deaths, joe biden says israel is doing what he ask
The latest news from around the world with Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul. Remains of americans killed in the korean war, none of it is gaining tracks trump thinks it deserves because he is back in the position of being on defense when it comes to russia, and his legal team is going after Michael Cohen now, a man trump recently was defending because the narrative surrounding the Infamous Trump tower meeting with donald trump jr. Are now being shifted. Lynn, lets talk about the economy. There are some numbers coming in this week from some of the states, one michigan, one, minnesota talking about how much support he does or does not have. Michigan, 36 approval, 56 disapproval. Minnesota the same, mid to upper 30s for approval, disapproval at 50 or below or above i should say. When you look at the numbers, you look at the midwest and then look at the numbers that came in for the economy, theres no way i should say anything i say here is not testimony. I used to represent mr. Gates. Lo
more problematic is cohen s new claim that the president was aware of the trump tower meeting previously and certainly the person with the bulls eye on them is don jr., he testified under oath contrary to that. right. he is the one that very much could be caught up for a lie if that s in fact what it turns out to be. sham shan wu, thank you. no details have been shared how to improve election security, but politics reporter is with us and cnn national security analyst. thank you for being here. jeremy, i understand you would not want to give too much into a strategy because you toent wado to compromise information. do we know if there s in fact a
tell that to christopher steele. it did. and it did compromise information that should have ideally been held private. so i mean i just don t see this. i don t see that. i think the democrats were put in a place where they needed to clarify very misleading document that nunes put out and it is unfortunate that we had to be in these circumstances in the first place. i would just say spending a lot of time on capitol hill, though, the difference between the amount of information that comes out from the house side and the senate side, you can t put them in the same conversation. there are few leaks on the senate side. but back to the substance of the memo itself, michael, the fisa warrant to surveil carter paige was reauthorized three separate times. i m wondering from a legal perspective, is a judge looking to determine whether or not the warrant is bearing fruit and the memo asserts that paige and that wiretap was providing valuable