And as First Minister of scotland when his party faced the latest in a series of crises. John swinney, welcome to political thinking. Lovely to be with you, thank you. It has been something of a rollercoaster six months, havent it . You retire from Front Line politics, then the First Minister of scotland is forced from office and you decide to come back into Front Line politics, come to your partys rescue. Then Rishi Sunak calls a surprise early election in the summer, then you have a bit of a kick in the general election, the westminster election. Has it all been very stomach churning . Its been absolutely a whirlwind. A whirlwind, i think is the best way to describe it, because i quite literally, in the days before Humza Yousaf resigned as First Minister, was making further plans about what would be my gentle scaling down of political activity. And i was actually on the day that he resigned, giving a reflective speech about 25 years of devolution in scotland down here in london. And
These are the latest pictures we can bring you showing a large explosion following one of those strikes. Earlier on saturday, the Israeli Military had issued orders to residents of specific buildings in Southern Beirut to evacuate. We dont yet know what was hit in the strikes, but israeli forces have bombed areas reported to be Hezbollah Strongholds. They have also clashed with hezbollah fighters in lebanons southern border region. The Israeli Military says it has killed 440 hezbollah fighters since the start of the ground invasion. Meanwhile, hezbollah has fired rockets into northern israel, with reports that residential buildings were hit. Also on saturday, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed iran s missile on his country earlier this week, saying israel has the duty and the right to defend itself and respond to these attacks and we will do so. We can go live to our correspondent In Beirut, Anna Foster now. Anna, what is the latest you can tell us . Just after 1am he
Were destroyed in lebanon held minister Says that it leads to people have been killed and said that those numbers are likely to rise in the coming hours. Health minister. Thereve reported that hezbollah S Leader was the Target And Source close to hezbollah Says that he is still alive and the united nations expects alarm at israel attacks on lebanon. We are watching the events of Grid Alarm and we will share more information with you. Inert Middle Eastern correspondence and beirut,. We are correspondence and beirut,. Are reporting from a School Thatis are reporting from a school that is receiving people from the south of lebanon and those who fled from Air Strikes in that part of the country and we heard round and round, explosions. First, we thought it was the Sound Barrier being broken Sonic Boom by israeli jets was something that weve gotten use to but it was so strong and continued and moments later, we saw thick smoke rising from behind that school that we are reporting from people
Keir starmer is not for turnIng and sets out a vision of a Country that belongs to you. Is that a vision that buy Into . That you can buy Into . Welome to newsnight live from liverpool at the Labour Party Conference with Interviews and Insight. In a few mInutes, the Environment Secretary we Talk Austerity and what he can do to stop sewage beIng dumped Into our rivers. Your panel this evenIng political editor of the Liverpool Echo, liam thorp. Labourmp, Barry GardIner. And labour peer, ayesha hazarika. Keir starmer by The Way is on En Route to New York right now for a un general Assembly MeetIng can anyone there do anythIng to stop the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah from escalatIng further . 564 people In lebanon have been killed so far In israeli strikes. Hezbollah, seen as a Terror Organisation by the british government, has vowed to fire even more missiles Into the north of israel. We have some BreakIng News from the Prime MInister on this . Prime mInister on this . We have he
Welcome back. Before we get into our other stories, let me give you a summary of some of our main lines in the middle east. As Cross Border attacks between Hezbollah And Israel continue, lets bring you some live pictures from the border between Israel And Lebanon. Lebanons Prime Minister has cancelled his trip to the Un General Assembly according to reports in the last half hour. Thats after israeli attacks, including the Pager And Walkie talkie explosions. He made the announcement in a statement a short time aGo. The Un General Assembly is due to start on september 28th. We also heard earlier from the us national security adviserjake sullivan, who said he was worried about escalation between Israel And Lebanon but when he was asked about the Isralie Strik Targeting hezbollah commanders, he said, its a Good outcome when people are brought tojustice. A reminder that hezbollah are designated a Terorrist Organisation by the us and other western nations. Human rights chief Volker T Rk has