Hello. Lebanon says at least ten people have been killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabatieh. The lebanese state news agency says two children were among those killed. Israel said it was targeting a hezbollah weapons depot. Lebanese media say hezbollah has fired more than a0 rockets into northern israel in retaliation. Also on saturday, hospital officials say an israeli strike in central gaza killed at least 15 people. They say a house and warehouse sheltering displaced people was hit. As the fighting continues, ceasefire and hostage release talks continue in qatar. Wyre davies has more from jerusalem. Images and reports from across the region show that there are still huge obstacles to peace, despite the positive messages coming from talks in qatar. In gaza, an overnight israeli air strike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of the palestinian territory. Although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several w
Controls almost a thousand square kilometres of territory inside russia, the biggest cross border incursion by ukraine since the war began. Our security correspondent frank gardner has the latest. One week into ukraine s incursion into russia, the kremlin s forces are scrambling to push back its advance. Extra units have been sent as ukraine now claims to be holding up to 1,000 square kilometres of russian territory. Russian residents in the kursk 0blast are being evacuated as the fighting continues. Around 180,000 civilians have so far been moved, many shocked that russia has been invaded for the first time since the second world war. In ukraine, public morale has been boosted by this unexpected turn of events. Russia still occupies nearly a fifth of the country, but president zelensky is hoping this incursion will strengthen his hand in future peace negotiations. Translation: russia brought war i to others, and now it s coming home. We can see how useful this can be for bringing peac
In a russian air raid near kyiv, part of a series of attacks targeting six regions of ukraine. Meanwhile further south in the occupied region of zaporizhzhia a fire, at a nuclear plant has now extinguished. The region s kremlin installed governor said there was no spike in radiation before the fire was reportedly put out. Russia blamed a ukrainian drone attack while kyiv accused russian officials who control the plant of starting the fire. Ukraine s nuclear power company said a cooling tower and other equipment were damaged. The un s nuclear agency said there was no reported impact on nuclear safety following the blaze. Joining me live is senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, charles kupchan. Welcome to the programme. Firstly i wanted to get your reaction on developments that are happening in kursk. The ukrainians have really caught the russians on guard here they did not see this coming and the ukrainians have advanced to somewhere ten and 20 miles into russian territory.
Counting the cost of pothole damage. Average repairs rise to nearly £500. Could more of us be claiming compensation from the council?. I take a look. Good morning. Temperatures today could reach 35 celsius in parts of the south east quarter of the country, making it the hottest day of this year so far but further north we have got some heavy thundery downpours. I will have all of the details shortly. It s monday the 12th of august. A doctor who treated valdo calocane three years before he fatally stabbed ian coates, barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar in nottingham warned his mental illness was so severe he could end up killing someone, according to medical records seen by the bbc. In their first interview, calocane s mother and brother told bbc panorama this was one of a series of missed opportunities over three years that could have prevented the killings. Navtej johal has this report. For so long we thought that it would end in tragedy. But i thought the tragedy would be him ta
Streets to counter planned anti immigration protests the police have been warning about. Authorities were preparing for over 100 anti immigration protests but they did not materialise and there was no repeat of the violent disorder which has hit the uk in the last week. This map shows some of the areas where antiracism protesters have been gathering, from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. Apart from some isolated incidents in chatham and aldershot, the marchers have been largely peaceful. In brighton there was a large police presence at a counter protest that spilt out onto one of the main streets in the city. And this wasn t bristol earlier this evening when more 1000 counter protesters gathered. This was the counter protest in liverpool outside a refugee centre. But one of the largest protests has been in east london from where our uk affairs correspondent reports. Refugees are welcome here! after police concerns that could be widespread violence by