DescrIbIng It as an open ended battle of reckonIng. NaIm qassem was speakIng durIng the funeral of a senIor Hezbollah Commander kIlled In frIdays IsraelI AIr StrIke on beIrut. That attack has been followed by a further escalatIon of Cross Border strIkes wIth three people kIlled In an IsraelI attack on Southern Lebanon. And Israel says hezbollah has fIred more than 150 rockets Into Its terrItory. In haIfa, 30 kIlometres from the lebanese border, HospItal PatIents have been moved to underground facIlItIes and resIdents have been told to restrIct gatherIngs and stay near shelters. We start wIth thIs report from our dIplomatIc correspondent, paul adams, from jerusalem. Northern Israel under attack thIs mornIng. Houses hIt far from the lebanese border. Hezbollah are seekIng revenge after days of devastatIng setbacks. Israels AIr Defences In actIon over the northern cIty of haIfa. Hezbollah rockets now reachIng deeper than ever Into Israel. EvIdence across the north that the IranIan backed g
We start this hour with the tensions in the Middle East following the escalating fighting between israel and lebanons iranian backed hezbollah group. Egypt has warned it risks igniting a regional war and damaging the chance of Ceasefire Deal In Gaza. Arriving back at the white House President biden addressed the tensions. Lets take a listen to what he told reporters. Are you worried about rising tensions in the Middle East . Yes, i am, tensions in the Middle East . Yes, iam, but we tensions in the Middle East . Yes, i am, but we are going to do everything we can to keep a wider war Breaking Out and we are still pushing hard. The united Nations Chief has said he fears the escalating Cross Border Conflict between Israel And Hezbollah could Risk Lebanon becoming another gaza. Antonio guterres also voiced his pessimism about the chances of a Ceasefire Deal in the gaza strip. His comments came as the funeral took place for a senior Hezbollah Commander killed in fridays israeli airstrike on
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We ll start with a busy evening of champions league football and a surprising loss for the five time winners of the competition. Barcelona have won theirfirst five la liga games of the season, but they were beaten 21 by monaco. Hansi flick s side were forced to play most of the match with 10 men, after defender eric garcia was sent off. George ilenikhena scored the winner for the french side, who are back in europe s top competition for the first time in five years. They bringa lot of players in and it wasn t easy to defend it after ten minutes or 12 minutes, for the game change, totally, but i can see is the positive thing that we try to do first, we tried to defend as a team and also attack as a team and we had chances. But today, we have to accept that. 21. Elsewhere, a late header byjose maria gimenez gave atletico madrid a 21win over rb leipzig. The german visitors took the lead in the fourth minute but atletico dominated for the most part with 20 attempts on goal before finding t
You re very welcome along to the programme, wherever you are watching around the world. Let s start then, with the busy evening of champions league football around europe and a surprising loss for the fivetime winners of the competition. Barcelona have won their first five la liga games of the season, however, they were beaten 21 by monaco. Hansi flick s side were forced to play most of the match with ten men after defender eric garcia was sent off. George elnikecina scored the winner for the french side, who are back in europe s top competition for the first time in five years. They bring a lot of players in with the youth speed and it was not easy to to defend and after 10 minutes or 12 minutes with a red card, the game changed totally. But what i can see is really the positive things we tried, first, we tried to really to to defend as a team and also attack as a team. And we have chances. But today they deserve the 21 so we have to accept that. Elsewhere then a late header byjose ma