Following extensive israeli Air Strikes in lebanon on saturday. The rockets targeted the city of haifa, nearly 30km from the border with lebanon, and the ramat david airbase, further south. Israel has told its citizens to restrict gatherings in the city, and in areas near the northern border, in anticipation of a fresh aerial assault. These pictures show part of an intercepted rocket that was launched from lebanon and fell near nazareth in the early hours of sunday. And israel has been carrying out more Air Raids in southern lebanon. Saturday saw constant strikes and counter strikes between the idf and hezbollah, which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by several western countries. Lebanons Health Ministry now says 45 people, including women and children, were killed in fridays Benjamin Netanyahu said israel had inflicted heavy blows on hezbollah, and the Health Ministry of lebanon says 45 people were killed in the israeli attack on beirut. Hezbollah says that includes 16 of its m
of football fun. we all have a mate who takes it too far on a night out and that was man city players last night as they celebrated winning the treble. can you really blame them, though? that is very good work, lads! you are all caught up now. bye! this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk from manchester. i m stephen sackur. this city styles itself the capital of the north of england, but with the pride there is also some resentment of the degree of centralisation in england, the dominance of london, and the lack of regional autonomy. my guest today is the mayor of this city, andy burnham. he quit westminster politics to come here and he is committed to a radical vision a decentralised, united kingdom. but is own party, let alone the country as a whole, ready for his brand of radicalism? andy burnham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, mr mayor, y
the city is growing in stature, physically, but i think also in terms of its reputation, both in the uk and around the world. this was, obviously, the home of industry going back a couple of centuries. hit a decline in the second part of the 20th century, but manchester is most definitely back. and i think there is a lot of energy flowing around the city right now. but i guess we have to measure your performance against promises, and you made some key promises. one was on housing tackling manchester s housing problems but, in particular, tackling the number of people sleeping rough on the streets, the number of homeless people in the city. sure. if you look at the latest report from the respected housing charity shelter, they say that the number sleeping rough have gone up in the last year, that manchester s rate of homelessness is far worse than the national average, and that, as they put it, it is the most problematic city in the north west of england. so, you failed? no,
interviews instead a ten page home office questionnaire will decide the cases. labour leader sir keir starmer is launching what he calls five national missions for a future government. we ll bring you his speech live at 10:30. a tv reporter and a nine year old girl have been fatally shot near orlando, florida close to the scene of a murder that took place hours earlier. the bbc learns that only half the recommended number of medical staff were on duty at the 02 brixton academy in london on the night of a crush, which killed two people in december. david bowie s personal archive comprising of more than 80,000 items, has been purchased by the victoria and albert museum and will be on display in 2025. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a senior police officer shot in northern ireland has been named as detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell. an attempted murder investigation is underway; police say their primary focus is on dissident repub
hello and welcome to bbc news. russian divers are beginning a fuller examination of the damage caused by saturday s explosion to the kerch bridge which the kremlin had previously hailed as one of its best, ultra modern and well defended structures. though limited traffic has resumed along one carriageway, a section of the other was brought down by the blast. these satellite images give an idea of what happened. this is the i9 kilometre long crossing that s 12 miles which you can see here linking russia, on the right of the screen, to crimea. you can make out smoke coming from one span of the bridge. and this closer image shows how two parts of the road bridge have collapsed. one carriageway remains intact, but at the top of the screen you can see what appear to be flames coming from a train on the railway bridge. russia has promised to fix the damaged sections as soon as possible. ukrainian officials have have not indicated that their forces were behind the attack alt