Past 48 hours were very difficult for lebanon. Bbc research difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found the i difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found the number of identified russian fighters killed on the Front Line in ukraine has reached 70,000. Hello, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, we will begin this hour with developments in the last couple of minutes and beirut, that lebanese capital, where smoke has been seen rising from the skyline in the southern suburbs of the city. This is the live shot, but i think if we can show you some pictures from just a few moments ago, you can more clearly see in the background of that picture the smoke rising. 0ur middle East Correspondent is saying this is a southern suburb which is, he says, Hezbollah Stronghold. In the last couple of moments the Israeli Military has confirmed that it has carried out what it is
And south dakota. And the World Cup has flIcked off In the town In the uk where It was Invented. Hello, Im matthew amrolIwala. We start wIth those developments In the mIddle East And Lebanon where the IsraelI mIlItary are sayIng It has carrIed out targeted strIke In the lebanese capItal. WItnesses heard a large blast In the southern suburbs of beIrut, these are the pIctures whIch show that large plume of smoke In an area descrIbed as hezbollah a stronghold. The lebanese Health MInIstry says there are three dead and more than a dozen people Injured, reports out of Israel say the operatIon was targetIng senIor hezbollah commander. StraIght to jerusalem hezbollah commander. StraIght tojerusalem and our correspond to jerusalem and our correspond her, tojerusalem and our correspond her, danIel, tell us more. That Is rIght, the news emerged wIthIn the last hour that there had been an AIr StrIke In a southern suburb of beIrut. It Is a very densely populated area. There Is a sIgnIfIcant presen
Confidential information about simi to her mates at the bbc. But of course, she was fired and i was delighted but she has now got a big new highly paid job. Isnt that good . She is now in charge of equality, Diversity And Inclusion as a new bank. Given her track record, we wish her the very very best of luck. We dont care and this party, we dont care about skin colour, we dont care about orientation, we couldnt care less who you are, we care whether you share the values of this country. We care whether you obey the law. And well judge you on who you are, we judge you on who you are, we judge you on who you are, we judge you on who you are as a person. Isnt this what everybody wants . Is that what we are going to fight for . Can we are going to fight for . Can we succeed . Can we make history . Are you going to be part of it . Thank you very, very much indeed. Applause. Nigel farage takes a bow there from his audience at the reform Uk Party conference as the banners come down, ending hi
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
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