In northern israel. The us Defense Secretary Lloyd austin has given his support to israels objectives after speaking with with his counterpart, yoav gallant. Mr austin also warned iran it faced Grave Consequences if it carried out a direct attack against israel in support of hezbollah. This is the scene in beirut where explosions have continued overnight in the capitals southern suburbs. Israel had ordered the evacuation of 3 areas. These pictures show explosions and smoke rising near beirut international airport. There have also been reports of an Air Strike hitting a crowded palestinian Refugee Camp near the southern lebanese city of sidon. Syrian State Media says that 3 people have been killed by israeli strikes on the capital damascus. Israel is yet to comment on the reports. Meanwhile, the Uk Government has charted a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. In a moment, we will hear from my colleague anna foster, who is in beirut but f
Send you a freedom prebooked to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 800 a31, 3,700 tonight on 360 new polls from Battleground States have some good news for Kamala Harris, but Bad News is the teamsters declined to endorse her or any candidate for president also, another giant by a Trump Surrogate had harris for not having biological children. What trump is saying about Sarah Huckabee Sanders Remarks at a Town Hall and a day after hundreds of hezbollah pagers exploded with devastating consequences across lebanon now, its Walkie Talkies being targeted as well. And the Death Toll is rising good evening. Thanks very much for joining us. Take a look. The live feed from uniondale on New Yorks Long Island, where the former president is holding his first rally since sundays apparent attempt on his life now, New York is not expected to be in play this election, despite trumps recent claims that it could be the former president moments ago, blasted the Harris Campaign for
Joining us tonight on 360 new polls from battleground states have some good news for kamala harris, but the bad news is the teamsters declined to endorse her or any candidate for president also, another jibe by a trump surrogate at harris for not having biological children. What trump is saying about sarah huckabee sanders remarks at a town hall and a day after hundreds of hezbollah pagers exploded with devastating consequences across lebanon now, it s walkie talkies being targeted as well. And the death toll is rising evening, thanks very much for joining us. Take a look at the live feed from uniondale on new york s long island, where the former president is holding his first rally since sunday s apparent attempt on his life. Now, new york is not expected to be in play this election despite trump s recent claims that it could be the former president moments ago, blasted the harris campaign for saying he s a threat to democracy the and then immediately said that she is a threat to demo
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Joining me tonight are political Strategist And Commentator Rina Shah and columnist for the i and former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher first , the latest headlines. Israels Defence Minister has said the military is opening a new phase in the war, and will be diverting troops and resources northwards. Yoav gallant was speaking to troops at an airbase near the border with lebanon. It comes as 14 people have been killed and at least a50 injured in further explosions across lebanon involving Walkie Talkies. The us Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point in its first reduction since the pandemic. It puts the Central Banks benchmark Lending Rate at between 4. 75 and 5 , sharply lowering the cost of borrowing with less than 50 days to go until the us president ial election. The Foreign Office has summoned the russian ambassador to the uk over the expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow. A spokesperson Accused Moscow Of Making malicious and