In beirut right now. Again, we have had strikes here through the day, and smoke once again rising on the skyline of the lebanese capital. The prime minister of this country, the Acting Prime Minister has called again for a diplomatic solution to the conflict and he warns that up to A Million people here in lebanon could be displaced by the ongoing violence. The streets of dahieh, this is the Beating Heart of hezbollah in beirut, now looking like a ghost town. Thousands have left, many more are still trying to leave. Driving through dahieh this morning, we saw cars packed with mattresses and bags. Some people seemed to be leaving on foot. Israeli Air Strikes destroyed this building yesterday. The smell of the explosives was still hanging in the air and we could hear the sound of drones flying overhead. Israel says it will continue to target hezbollah, even after killing the groups leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Dahieh is no longer safe. There is a tense and anxious wait in lebanon following
Are already addressing it because just as the last Labour Government brought Child Poverty right down, so will this government and we will work with you and others and everybody in the room to make sure we make that commitment because its so important to us and we will work with you on it so Thank You for raising it. On the question of offences against retail workers. This truly is shocking. You have raised a number of times and there was a very important campaign on it. I went to warrington to an Iceland Store there to talk to staff it was there to talk to staff it was the first thing they spoke to me about. I went to swindon to morrisons shop and we had an extended session and the number one issue for them was the abuse that they were coming under. Sometimes in relation to shoplifting, which is prevalent as you know, but also more generally and then in southampton in smaller shops but still it was the same issue over and over again. Its not acceptable, can be acceptable in any circum
We start this hour with a Special Report from afghanistan, a country where millions of children are malnourished, and where in one hospital, 700 children have died injust the last six months. Its a humanitarian crisis that deepens every day, with much of the Country Living in Extreme Poverty, after years of war causing economic collapse. The un says more than Three Million children under five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder since the taliban took control in 2021. The bbc s yogita limaye, Camera Journalist sanjay ganguly, and producer Imogen Anderson have been in the country for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning their report shows images of children in distress. This is what an average morning looks like at jalalabads main hospital. Hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as Extreme Poverty pushes more children into disease each day. Zara, 13 months old, one of 3 Million malnourished children in the country. A disease thats
Warns of Human Rights violations with a Special Report coming up on good News in northumberland in the uk as they often population as the clear and stable after fears about Bird Flu, we will be speaking to a puffin ranger. Let me turn to Breaking News just as i was reading those headlines, a line coming in from kenya, from the Deputy President , an update on that story with that Dormitory Fire in central kenya, we know 17 pupils dying but the latest and it is a disturbing update from the Deputy President saying 70 children are missing after that steadily can your school fire, 70. We had expected the numbers to go up but a big, Big Jump In to go up buta big, bigjump in terms of to go up but a big, Big Jump In terms of the numbers of children missing and we know some children have already been taken to hospital, 17 pupils at least have died and he really distressing details at the scene with parents arriving there to try to make identifications but they had warned us that the numbers wou
An hour of international an hour of international news from the bbc. News from the bbc. We start in the us state of georgia. The School Shooting there. A 14 year old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering two classmates and two teachers at his high school. This is the boy, colt gray. Arrested shortly after the shooting on wednesday. Today, he was in court in person, here with the blonde hair. He didnt enter a plea. Murder and cruelty to children. Hes accused of giving his son a weapon despite knowing that he was a threat to himself and others. He appeared separately and was told the charges against him, if hes convicted, could total 180 years in prison. Take a listen. For Felony Murder in the second degree, the maximum penalty for each count is up to 30 years imprisonment. For felony involuntary manslaughter, of course again there are four counts, the maximum penalty for each of those offences is ten years imprisonment. For the eight Felony Cruelty to children counts, the max