Return to austerity. And the new leader of Sri Lanka says he wants to restore faith in politics. Hello, welcome to Bbc News now. Fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We begin in lebanon where the Health Ministry says 182 people have been killed and more than 700 injured in the latest wave of israeli Air Strikes in the south of the country. Israel says it carried out more than 300 strikes on hezbollah targets, aimed at preventing the group from launching a large Scale Rocket Attack on israel. In response, hezbollah has said it has fired dozens of rockets across the border. Israeli troops could also mount a Ground Offensive to create a Buffer Zone so that civilians who have been evacuated from the north of israel can return to their homes. From jerusalem, here is our correspondent. The idf put out this Video Set to be showing hezbollah operatives launching Cruise Missiles from civilian house. We ask residents of villages to pay attention to the Message And Warning published by the
Between kamala harris and donald trump here in the battleground state of pennsylvania. The rivals will go head to head to win the white house in what many experts say will undoubtedly be a close race. The debate will be 90 minutes long with two commerical breaks here in philadelphia at the national constitution center. The us network abc news is hosting the debate. There will be no audience in attendance, and the candidates microphones will be muted when they are not speaking. It comes at a pivotal moment in the campaign, with both harris and trump aiming to win over undecided voters in key swing states. Joining me now is our north america correspondent gary o donoghue from the spin room floor. Gary, i know the action is picking up there, tell us what you ve been hearing from some of the surrogates for both campaigns. gs of the surrogates for both campaigns of the surrogates for both camaians. A. ,. Campaigns. As you would expect, some of the campaigns. As you would expect, some o
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