Welcome everyone. Thanks for joining me. Im Omar Jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. Were going to start today with Breaking News because yet another Hurricane Threat is facing floridas West Coast. Just moments ago, tropical Storm Milton Florida as a category three storm in just a few days. Now, governor Ron Desantis has declared a State Of Emergency for 51 counties ahead of and it could bring devastating Storm Surge to parts of the state still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Cnns Rafael Romo joins me. Now, Rafael Helene slammed into florida just ten days ago. I know you were on the ground covering some of its devastation. Can you tell us what were learning now ahead of this potential impact here yes, some are high. This is probably going to feel like a onetwo punch for many floridians in addition to we clearing a State Of Emergency and 51 states, florida governor Ron Desantis has ordered Management Sites to be opened 24 7, so that many areas covered by debris after Hurricane Helene
Israel said it was targetting hezbollah Weapons Depots in the lebanese capital. Earlier on friday a series of explosions levelled a number of buildings. The israeli defense forces says it was targetting hezbollah s headquarters in beirut s densely populated southern suburbs. Hezbollah s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the explosions. Neither Israel Nor Hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. At least six people were killed in the attack and more than 90 have been injured according to lebanese officals. The embassy of iran which backs hezbollah called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. 0ur Bbc teams on the ground describe the situation as chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. 0ur Correspondent Hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalat
As chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalation with unpredictable consequences. Explosion. An attack so powerful that it was seen and heard across the city. Lebanon now on the brink of another war. Chaos on the streets and here is what they are running from. Dahieh, in southern beirut, now looking like gaza. But amid so much destruction, jubilation. Two children rescued from the rubble alive. Hezbollah s backers, iran, say this strike marks a dangerous game changing escalation in the conflict. For israel, it s a strike targeting the heart of hezbollah s operations. Moments ago, the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the hezbollah terror organisation that serves as the epice
Of the country, as fighting between the Idf And Hezbollah continues he warned hezbollah s Backer Iran that there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach. Mr netanyahu said hamas has got to go and would have no role in the reconstruction of gaza and he described the united nations as this House Of Darkness mired in antisemitism. Here are some of the key parts from Mr Natanyahus 35 minute speech. The curse of October 7th began when hamas invaded israel from gaza, but it didnt end there. Israel was soon forced to defend itself on six more War Fronts organised by iran. On october 8th, hezbollah attacked us from lebanon. Since then, theyve fired over 8,000 rockets at our towns and cities, at our civilians, at our children. We are focussed on mopping up hamas s remaining fighting capabilities. We are taking out senior Terrorist Commanders and destroying remaining terrorist infrastructure. But all the while, all the while and ill say this one more time, we remain focussed
Were destroyed in lebanon held minister Says that it leads to people have been killed and said that those numbers are likely to rise in the coming hours. Health minister. Thereve reported that hezbollah S Leader was the Target And Source close to hezbollah Says that he is still alive and the united nations expects alarm at israel attacks on lebanon. We are watching the events of Grid Alarm and we will share more information with you. Inert Middle Eastern correspondence and beirut,. We are correspondence and beirut,. Are reporting from a School Thatis are reporting from a school that is receiving people from the south of lebanon and those who fled from Air Strikes in that part of the country and we heard round and round, explosions. First, we thought it was the Sound Barrier being broken Sonic Boom by israeli jets was something that weve gotten use to but it was so strong and continued and moments later, we saw thick smoke rising from behind that school that we are reporting from people