Hello, im Karin Giannone. Israel has been carrying widespread attacks on Southern Lebanon with fighter jets, as The Us warns the risk of an escalation in fighting between Israel And Hezbollah is acute and real. These are the latest pictures weve received, showing explosions lighting up the Night Sky in Southern Lebanon. Saturday has seen cross Border Fire between israel and the iranian backed lebanese group, hezbollah throughout the day. And those attacks have continued into the night. The Israeli Army says its using dozens of fighterjets and striking extensively after it learnt that hezbollah was preparing to launch a large Scale Launch against israel. Lebanons Health Ministry now says 37 people, including women and children, were killed in fridays israeli attack on beirut. Rescue workers have been searching through the rubble of a high Rise Building that was targeted in the attack. Hezbollah has confirmed two of its senior commanders were killed in the strike. The us national Secu
Hello, and welcome to world news today. Donald trump has become the first sitting us president to enter north korea. He walked across the border into the north from south korea shortly after meeting kim jong un. Critics have dismissed the occasion as political theatre. But mr trump later claimed to have brought peace to the korean peninsula. This report from our correspondent nick bryant in seoul. Meet me at the dmz, said the president. His impromptu invitation on twitter to the north korean leader, like a diplomatic form of online dating. Donald trump was savouring this moment a smile of satisfaction as his choreography came together. Because the chance of this brief encounter had kim jong un almost skipping down the steps. And from the lips of this brutal dictator came almost starry eyed words of welcome, delivered in english by his translator. This place is where the armistice in the korean war was signed, the line that divides the north from the south, a threshold no american presi
above that and will be for the rest of the month. we have the dilemma now, concerns of climate change, benefits of not having the heating on as much. we are dragging in the airfrom a long way on as much. we are dragging in the air from a long way south of the uk. with low pressure anchored to the west, we are seeing spells of wet and windy weather. we have another one sweeping the wet weather through into tomorrow morning, then clearing to sunny spells and the chance of a shower. patchy rain in scotland will clear away northwards. here is the wetter weather after midnight, running into western scotland tomorrow morning. the risk of disruption, coastal gales in the west and another mild night. tomorrow morning wet already in the west, that rain feeds north and east. not too much at all for east anglia and south england. behind it, it clears away for an afternoon of sunny spells. largely dry with the chance of a shower. it is a windy day out there, and from north wales northwar
ready to form a new executive. a new election will be called at one minute past midnight if no executive is formed that s 2a weeks since the last poll. in other news: the oil giant shell reports quarterly profits of nearly $9.5 billion its second highest on record but pays no windfall tax in the uk. and now we know the title of prince harry s much anticipated and controversial memoir. it s called spare, and it documents his move to america. the elected assembly which runs northern ireland is hours away from collapsing, over the region s post brexit trade arrangements. politicians have until one minute past midnight uk time that s around five hours from now to restore a power sharing agreement before a new election is called. political parties met at stormont today in a last ditch effort to try to form a new executive nearly six months after they were elected. procedures though are being blocked by the democratic unionist party the dup which objects to the no
actually a large area of high pressure is keeping things very dry and settled and warm across much of central europe. but for us, don t expect it to be settled, there is going to be a lot of rain over the next few days. the next batch starts to show its hand over the next few hours, pushing into the south west of bringing a lot of low cloud and mist and fog, keeping it on the mild side across england and wales, but clearer skies, single figures into aberdeenshire, where the best of the sunshine will be first thing tomorrow morning. but it will not last, the rain will push gradually northwards, fragmenting, showery outbreaks, some of it heavy, with the odd rumble of thunder. clearer skies with some sunshine following on behind, and it is in that sunshine where we might see 20 22. more rain to come on friday, still staying mild but we will see some wet and increasingly windy weather coming in from the west, gale force gusts on that band of rain. the heaviest of the rain will be