Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. In another Body Blow for hezbollah, one of the groups top commanders in lebanon has been killed in an israeli airstrike. Ibrahim aqil was hezbollah s second in command, and the United States had labelled him a Global Terrorist putting a multi million Dollar Bounty on his head because of his links to the bombing of Us Marines in lebanon in 1983. He died in an Attack Today in beirut s Southern Suburbs that israel has called a targeted strike. In total, its left 12 people dead and 66 injured, according to the lebanese authorities. It is another humiliation for hezbollah, coming at The End of a week in which thousands of the groups fighters were killed or injured by Exploding Pagers and Walkie Talkies. It also follows Israels Assassination of hezbollah s military leader, fuad shukr, injuly in the same area of south beirut. Todays strike is the latest and most of the dating this right. We dont yet have confirmation from
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Joe lynskey, bbc news. ThIs programme contInues on bbc one. A genocIde and a declaratIon of war. So says hezbollah S Leader of the ExplodIng Pagers In lebanon. As Israel strIkes tonIght, Is It over for Peace Talks . And Im In control, says the PrIme MInIster durIng a messy week of DownIng Street feuds, leaks and expense rows. Is he . Good evenIng. Welcome to newsnIght for the best of late NIght Talk and takes. TonIght. ExplodIng pagers and walkIe talkIes In lebanon and a row over freebIes for the PrIme MInIster at home. Our Panel SIt on two sIdes of uk polItIcs. Labour grandee HarrIet Harman whos makIng headlInes wIth her advIce for her own party leader, and Robert Halfon one of the conservatIves who gave RIshI Sunak a headache when he saId hed quIt. Thank you both are comIng. We wIll also see NIck Watt shortly. Lets start abroad. The explosIons In Hand Held DevIces have been called an Act Of War by hezbollah s Leader SheIkh Hassan Nasrallah speakIng on tv. Over two days more than 30 w
Its a good steppingstone. Jericka and Tonights Eye on america. The new neighborhoods popping up with plenty of houses, but none for sale. Well explain. This is just the perfect inbetween for us. Jericka the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im Jericka Duncan in tonight for norah. We begin with the growing tensions in the Middle East following those exploding Pager And Walkietalkie attacks in lebanon. The highly unusual attacks targeting the Terror Group Hezbollah killing at least 37 people and leaving thousands wounded. Tonight, israel says it struck hundreds of Hezbollah Rocket Launcher barrels inside lebanon before they could be fired into israel. Earlier, hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered his widely anticipated response to those exploding devices pointing blame firmly at israel, saying the attacks could amount to a declaration of war. And it is that wider war the world has feared since an assaults between Hezbollah And Israel have escalated since october 7th. And