A second day of explosions in lebanon, this time involving walkie talkies used by hezbollah. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed in tuesday s walkie talkie explosions. More than 400 others were wounded. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from beirut. His polo coming to bury its deadin his polo coming to bury its dead in south beirut today. Casualties of a new chapter in middle east warfare. Killed not by airstrikes but by exploding pages. Apparently a message from mossad. Among the dead, an 11 year boy. But even the mourners were not safe. Suddenly, the sound of another blast. Chaos and panic filling the street and a rush to evacuate the wounded. The authorities say this time, walkie talkies exploded, not just in beirut. Here it a ceuphone just in beirut. Here it a cellphone shop in the southern city of sidon. Israel is being blamed for the past 24 hour is of unprecedented attack. Well, one more ambulance there passing by, we have bee
Celtic overpowered slovan bratislava at celtic park to get their campaign up and runing in style. Making their debut in the competition, a tough lesson for slovan who lost 5 1 in glasgow it s the first time celtic have won their opening champions league game and, as it stands, only bayern munich are ahead of them in the new format table. The competition stops now, we ve played bayern munich in the final. But no, it was a great night for everyone. I thought you just sensed it before the game, the feeling in the crowd. But i m so proud of the crowd. But i m so proud of the team, the intensity with which we played for the ball was so good. And yeah, it was a great night. We know our next three games are really tough games but they re really exciting games for us. But i thought tonight, we had to make a really good start in the competition, and i think we made a fantastic start with three points on the board, so it s a back to back win at this level from the end of last season or the
Lets take a quick look at a few of the stories on the Front Pages. Starting with the Daily Telegraph, the headline on the Front Page, of course, we have been talking about it, new phase of Mideast War after Walkie Talkie blitz. If we move on to the guardian, unsurprisingly, the top Story Tonight on newsnight again is on the Front Page, fears of escalation as Second Wave of deadly explosions hits 11 on. And the Daily Express has the same headline, or a very similar one, Walkie Talkie blasts in Second Wave of attacks, against hezbollah up to his following page explosions. And the daily mirror, after pager attack, Walkie Talkie bomb blitz, everyone seems to go with those headlines and as i say, unsurprising. The Daily Mail has come labour has undermined israel, says netanyahu. And I Think finally, there is the daily star, the king of the carriages. They have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we havejust been have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we have just been talking about it.
Now on Bbc News its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Today, im in tuscany, italy, at the home of one of the worlds most famous photographers, oliviero toscani. Now, you may not be familiar with his name, but youve almost certainly seen at least some of his work. For decades, hes photographed fashion and famous faces, but hes perhaps best known for his extraordinary Advertising Campaigns where hes used images, provocative images of sexuality, Illness And Death to promote brands, but also to get all of us to confront uncomfortable truths. He has combined glamour with a social conscience, but has he sometimes gone too far . Oliviero toscani, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you for inviting me into your home. I must begin by asking, how are you . Because we know that youve been struggling with illness. Lately, not so good. Lately. You know, i belong to a generation thats forever young. Yes and then, it was like that until two days before i got to 80. I was working like befo
The entire country has emitted as much Carbon Dioxide since the 19505 as americans have in wait for it the last three days and in the uk, conservationists declare an emergency, as Butterfly Numbers fall to their lowest on record. We start this hour in the Middle East, where at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a new wave of attacks in lebanon this time its Walkie Talkies that have been detonated. The latest blasts come just 2a hours after pagers used by the armed Group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 3,000 in hospital. Iran which backs hezbollah has described the attacks as mass murder. Hezbollah is blaming israel and has vowed to retaliate. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant says the country is opening a new phase in the Gaza War and the Centre Of Gravity is shifting to the north. 0ur Senior International Correspondent 0rla Guerin sent this report from beirut. Hezbollah, coming to bury its