Countrys year long Military Campaign as A Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. Israel says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its Beirut Air Strike oversaw logistics for hezbollah which is designated a Terrorist Group by countries including the us and the uk. Hezbollah hasnt confirmed hes been killed. In a televised statement its Deputy Leader claimed hezbollah s capabilities were intact and that Israel Israel was, in his words, deluded to think otherwise. Here are the live pictures. This is the capital, beirut. We know from israels military that its Ground Troops had started operations in south west lebanon, that is a change, they tend to focus on the South East of the border but now the
On the lebanese capital, where there have been further Air Strikes today. Israel further Air Strikes today. Says it is expanding its Ground Israel says it is expanding its Ground Invasion of lebanon. The target, according to israel, was suhail hussein husseini. He played a crucial role in Weapons Transfers from iran. Hezbollah, designated a Terrorist Group by countries like the uk and us, have not confirmed his death. Meanwhile, the decalitre of hezbollah has made a televised statement here insisting his organisation s capabilities remain intact and said israel was deluded to think otherwise and that the group had fulfilled all of its senior positions after the strides of recent weeks. This is the scene just across the skyline of beirut, the capital of lebanon. You can see the thick smoke there above the capital. In the last few minutes, israel has said that 25 projectiles were fired from lebanon, that is the israel defense force, saying they have identified projectiles which usually
By a court in germany. And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in the Middle East where israel says it has killed the commander of hezbollah S Headquarters in an Air Strike on the lebanese capital, beirut. It comes after Benjamin Netanyahu described his Countrys Year long Military Campaign as a sacred mission which he said will continue so long as israel S Existence is threatened. In a moment, we ll go to southern israel for the latest from our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet. But first, let S Briefly Recap the latest events including, as we ve been reporting in the last few hours, that claim from israel that it has killed the leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation, hezbollah. It follows a Televised address by israel s Prime Minister who said the operations in gaza, lebanon an
Looking forward to talking to julie and brian shortly but the latest Bbc News first. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that his military has eliminated the expected successor of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, and the next in line after him. In a Video Address posted on social media, made in english, he didnt refer to anyone by name but he did call on the people of lebanon to reject hezbollah, and their iranian backers. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military says its expanding its Ground Offensive into south western lebanon. Until now its focused on the south eastern side. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at northern israeli cities. President biden says Hurricane Milton could be the worst storm to hit florida in a century. The category four storm will make landfall in this next 48 hours. 51 florida counties are under a state of emergency, more than 200 State Health Care facilities have been evacuated. There are just three mps left in the race to be the n
Good afternoon. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay nearly £158 Million to their customers. The Regulator Ofwat says its because the firms have failed to meet performance targets such as cutting Sewage Spills and leaks. Some future Water Bills will be reduced to reflect the missed targets. Our Environment Correspondent Jonah Fisher reports. A warning this report contains flashing images. This Report Card does not make pleasant reading for the Water Companies. Targets for reducing leaks are not being hit, the number of Pollution Incidents has hardly changed in the last five years and Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Three Water Companies anglian, southern and welsh are rated bottom of the class. The others are just average, with none rated in the top category. So we think the sector suffers from a culture of poor performance, that companies are not taking responsibility for their performance. They are too often blaming the weather or the circumst