Place across lebanon. Heres a crowd gathered in beirut, in the aftermath of explosions. Weve also verified these videos of ambulances apparently taking the wounded to hospital in tibnin, in the south of the country. How many were injured . Reports say more than 2,500 people were hurt, with some killed. So what happened 7 it appears that what were blowing up were these pagers used to receive messages. The militant Group Hezbollah had switched away from using phones to using pages over Fears Israel could track those phones. But that decision appears to have been exploited to target them. We cant verify this Close Up of what appears to be a blown up pager, but the markings appear to match a particular brand. Its not clear how they were detonated simply hacking into them remotely or making them overheat would not be able to make them explode. And so, one possibility is that all the pagers were physically intercepted at some point and had small amounts of explosives planted inside, ready to
that is for life and death situations intending to make people stop and take protective action, whether evacuating a fling to a safe place. it really will be used as necessary so i really would encourage people not to be too worried about the intrusion into their lives. it is really designed as a public good and, as i was saying before, ithink as a public good and, as i was saying before, i think the media has a very important role to play in helping to sensitise people as to why this is so important.- helping to sensitise people as to why this is so important. thank you very much. why this is so important. thank you very much. do why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick with why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick with is - why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick with is now- very much, do stick with is now here. our reporter alexander mackenzie is in glasgow. the el
a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom, the u.s. and canada authorized the takedown of a third high-altitude object in recent days, but just what was it? even as the death toll in syria and turkey climbs, officials are looking for answers. why did so many buildings crumble? ukraine says it shot down 20 drones from iran during a russian attack. ahead, a live report from kyiv. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it happened again. for the third time in a week, a u.s. fighter jet has shot down an object over north american air space. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, says the latest object violated canadian air space and was taken down by a u.s. f-22 fighter jet over the yukon in the northwest of canada. mr. trudeau and u.s. president joe biden authorized the strike by the country s shared air defense organization, norad. we ll hear mor
and israel election officials confirm benjamin netanyahu and his far right allies as the winners in tuesday s vote he s set to return for a record sixth term as prime minister. the bank of england has warned that the uk is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the most in 33 years. the 0.75% point rise the eighth consecutive hike takes uk rates to 3%, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. the bank of england s move matches the us federal reserve s rate hike on wednesday, as central banks around the world battle to combat inflation. here s the bank of england governor. these are big changes. they have a real impact on people s lives. so why are we doing it and why are we doing it now when so many people are struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? we are increasing bank rate because inflation is too high. it is the bank sjob to bring it inflation is too high. it is the bank s job to bring it do
World full wednesday wall street stocks slide with major indices losing ground over a toxic cocktail of worries including Global Growth trade and higher bond yields also coming up the e. U. Agrees to curb car emissions by thirty five percent much to the displeasure of german carmakers but will it really be enough to make any difference in the big picture of Global Carbon emissions. This is your Business Update on how to humphrey in berlin glad you could join me wall street stocks fell on wednesday with major indices losing more than three percent the selloff was prompted by the sudden jump in u. S. Foreign yields the move raised fears the economy is overheating which could prompt the fed to raise rates more aggressively while at the end of a hard session the Dow Jones Industrial average had lost three point two percent or
Eight Hundred thirty points to finish at Twenty Five Thousand Four Hundred Ninety Eight and that is the dow his biggest loss since february losses were fairly broad b