To the White House for a meeting with President Biden. Hello, you are watching bbc news, i am Anna Foster live In Beirut. Some breaking news. Israel is calling up two additional Army Brigades to its Northern Border. This has been confirmed by the Israeli Defense Forces in the last half an hour or so. They say the troops would be there to continue Combat Operations against hezbollah. Many of hezbollah s leadership are based on the south and we have seen many strikes, including hezbollah s commander. Joining me now from jerusalem is our correspondent daniel de simone. Talk us through the context of the idf talk us through the context of the idf preparations on the Northern Border . The the idf preparations on the Northern Border . The context is israel set a Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for itself Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for itself of
Sir Keir Starmer will say there is light at the end of the tunnel in the form of faster ecOnomic growth and falling nhs Waiting Lists, but hell warn there are no easy answers. Well bring you full coverage of that as it happens 2pm. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has addressed the cOnference in the last Hour And Lisa nandy, the secretary for culture, Media And Sport is expected to speak in about half an hour. So, dOnt anyOne tell me that was a protest. DOnt anyOne tell me that was about immigratiOn, policing or poverty. Plenty of people have strOng views On immigratiOn, crime, On the nhs and more, but they dOnt pick up breaks and throw them at the police. They dOnt set light to buildings with people inside. It was arsOn, it was racism, it was thuggery, it was a crime. Applause and you know it happened because criminals thought they could get away with it. They saw the cracks in the system, the impunity that built up system, the impunity that built up through the tory years, and when t
Headquarters in new york city. Calls for peace in an increasingly dangerous world. As the crisis in lebanon deepens, and the Death Toll mounts, President Biden uses this final u. N. Address to urge global unity. But in a world wrecked by conflict, uncertainty and change, the harsh reality of limitations of diplomacy. Plus, the subset of voters with potentially outsized impact. The ticketsplitters in swing states, boosting Donald Trump and downballot democrats at the same time. Whats happening . That aims the barrage of baseless antimigrant claims in charleroi, pennsylvania. What our reporter found out on a visit to a town of about 4,000 people, after springfield, ohio, got the trump treatment. Lots to get to, but we start with President Biden in the u. N. Making a case for global unity at a time when wars in Gaza And Ukraine can make it feel like things are falling apart. The war In Gaza, almost a year old, and israel launched more Strikes Today following its deadliest attacks in leban
Cross border attacks. The strikes were aimed at the ramat david airbase, around 20 kilometres south of haifa. Israel had told its citizens to restricts gatherings in the city and across the northern border in anticipation of an fresh aerial assault. These pictures show part of an intercepted rocked that was launched from lebanon that fell nazareth in the early hours of sunday. Israel have been carrying out more Air Raids into Southern Lebanon. Here you can see explosions lighting up the nights sky. Saturday saw constant strikes and counter strikes between the idf and the iranian backed lebanese group. Lebanons Health Ministry now says 37 people, including women and children, were killed in fridays israeli attack on beirut. Hezbollah says 16 of its members were among the dead. And, in another development, israeli forces have raided the offices of the news network, aljazeera in the occupied west bank, closing it down for at least 45 days. Israel, said, the news network, which is owned by
Today very similar to yesterday, drier weather towards Northern Areas but wetter In The South of england and wales. Sundry downpours expected today, which could cause some problems. I will bring you the full forecast very shortly. Its sunday, the 22nd of october. Our main story the prime Minister Sir Keir starmer has said it is his job to Do Something about leaks from his government, which he has described as damaging to everybody. Mr starmer was speaking ahead of start of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool today, in a week which saw a row over donations to ministers, controversy surrounding the salary of his top adviser sue gray, and continued pressure over cuts to Winter Fuel payments. 0ur Political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports. It is his first Party Conference as Prime Minister and his partys first in powerfor years. Not surprising then that sofia was pretty upbeat as he in liverpool yesterday. Sir keir. He in liverpoolyesterday. Sir keir. ~. , keir. Welcome to liverpool