Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. The Israeli Military says it will step up its offensive against hezbollah in lebanon, after mondays intense bombardment which s killed more than 560 people. Bombardment which has killed more than 560 people. It was the deadliest bombardment the country has seen in decades. President biden has warned the United Nations General Assembly of the need to prevent a Full Scale War. Fierce Cross Border clashes are continuing with hezbollah Launching Dozens of rockets from lebanon, shown here in purple. The locations of Israels Air strikes are marked in red. In the past few hours, the Israeli Military says it has killed a senior Hezbollah Commander in its strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction and the wreckage in the aftermath of that attack. Its led to a Mass Escape of civilians from their homes, causing gridlock on the roads. Tens of thousands of people have been trying to move further north. W
Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Sir Keir Starmer has promised National Renewal in his first speech to the Labour Party Conference as Prime Minister but he warned of tough choices ahead. The Prime Minister insisted that keeping a Cool Head during challenging times would be better in the long term than easy answers. And he pledged to stabilise the economy but made it clear that some of his decisions would be unpopular. Our political editor, Chris Mason is at the conference in liverpool. Conference, please welcome| Keir Starmer, prime Minister And Leader of the labour party. Little wonder the audience in here are whooping. They have waited 15 years to hear a sentence like that at their conference. A party so often crushed by defeat, basking in winning. Take pride that labour won in every single region in england. Take pride that labour won in wales. Take pride that labour won in scotland. Governing is always difficult for every party, and thats before Slip Ups and unforce
With my guests shortly. First, the latest headlines. Lebanons Health Ministry says israeli Air Strikes are now known to have killed over 560 people including 50 children with hospitals struggling to cope with the number of casualties. Israel says it has killed a Hezbollah Commander in an Air Strike in beirut. In a direct address to lebanese civilians, Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, our war is not with you, our war is with hezbollah. President biden has told the United Nations General Assembly that the world cannot grow weary and look away from supporting ukraine in its defence against russias invasion. The president said vladimir Putins War had failed in its core aim of destroying ukraine, but support must be sustained. Meanwhile the Ukrainian President , volodymyr zelensky, has told a Special Session of the un Security Council, that the war with russia cannot be calmed by talks. Mr zelensky said russia could only be forced into peace by united, international action. He described Ir
Are hezbollah terrorists. The crossborder strikes have intensified after a series of exploding device attacks on hezbollah members were blamed on israel. 0ur chief international correspondent 0rla guerin has more from beirut. Explosion. Southern lebanon awoke to this. It looks like allout war. The israeli army says it hit 1,300 hezbollah sites today. There were gazastyle warnings, telling residents to go, including from the israeli leader. Now, starting this morning the idf has warned you to get out of harm s way. I urge you, take this warning seriously. Don t let hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. Don t let hezbollah endanger lebanon. Please get out of harm s way now. But where to find safety in the middle of all this? explosion. Screaming. For one man, too late. My siblings and their children were all killed here, he says. The israeli army insists its air strikes are destroying weapons, some hidden in homes, and it accuses hezbollah of using civilians as
Of exploding device attacks of exploding device attacks on hezbollah members was blamed on israel. We have ontheground reporting from both sides of the border first to our chief international correspondent 0rla guerin, who s in beirut. Explosion. Southern lebanon awoke to this. It looks like allout war. The israeli army says it hit 1,300 hezbollah sites today. There were gazastyle warnings, telling residents to go, including from the israeli leader. Now, starting this morning the idf has warned you to get out of harm s way. I urge you, take this warning seriously. Don t let hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. Don t let hezbollah endanger lebanon. Please get out of harm s way now. But where to find safety in the middle of all this? explosion. Screaming. For one man, too late. My siblings and their children were all killed here, he says. The israeli army insists its air strikes are destroying weapons, some hidden in homes, and it accuses hezbollah of using ci