SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I
specialist trained armed police, attended and carried out a thorough search. this search is both complex and meticulous in nature as we sought to ensure there were no further injured parties as well as seeking the arrest of the suspect. the academy was locked down and two neighbouring schools were asked to close their doors as a precaution. specialist resources including the national police service and plainclothes officers were deployed to the local area. and the suspect was arrested by firearms officers this afternoon. the national police air service. a knife was seized as part of the arrest. there were no further casualties and we can confirm no one else was injured in the attack. at this stage, the motivation behind the attack is unclear and at this time there is no evidence to suggest it is terrorism related but we are keeping an open mind of further while further inquiries are carried out. the suspect, a teenage boy from tewkesbury, was arrested on suspicion of a
remains rock solid. in his brief visit to london en route to lithuania the president called in on the king at windsor and then on number 10. we will dig into what the purpose of that visit might have been. yevgeny prighozin led a mutiny on moscow two weeks ago. five days later he and his wagner generals were sitting in a meeting with vladimir putin. what was discussed, what does it mean for their future role in ukraine. and deep sea mining returns a two year moratorium comes to an end. why do we to go hunting beneath the waves, and what danger could that pose to pristine deep water habitats. our panel tonight is the former head of the russia desk at mi6 christopher steele and media law expert, david banks we are going to start with those allegations made on friday evening that a bbc presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the young person, now aged 20, is being represented by a lawyer who has issued a statement in the last few h
earlier, he met prime minister rishi sunak at downing street, with the war in ukraine high on the agenda. during the meeting the president described the us uk relationship as rock solid with rishi sunak adding that the two countries were the firmest allies . both leaders are travelling to that nato summit tomorrow. but that meeting with the king is still on going at windsor and my colleague maryam moshiri is there now. yes, the helicopter on marine one left windsor castle around about 30 minutes ago after what felt at least from what we were looking at a very relaxed and happy and warm meeting between the two men, as we saw earlier in pictures, they greeted each other quite warmly and that was followed by an inspection of the welsh guard and after that the two men entered into windsor castle and together they spent we believe a bit of time having afternoon tea or lunch and then discussing the subject of climate change and climate finance and there was a group of peop
lots to get into this evening including new information concerning the allegations that the bbc present presenter paid a teenager hundreds of thousands of pounds for inappropriate images. the victim claims nothing has taken place. we will get reaction to all that is evening. we will get reaction to all that. joe biden in the uk today en route to a nato summit in lithuania. the president says relations with the uk are rock solid but there are disagreements over ukraine. floods in north america, and they are running out of water in uruguay. the opposing extremes of our changing climate. the un says it is extremely worried about the record high temperatures. all that to come. we are going to start with those allegations made on friday evening that a bbc presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the young person, now aged 20, is being represented by a lawyer who has issued a statement in the last few hours. it says: in response, the sun