Others express caution. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to todays bbc verify. We start with the crisis in the middle east. Irans Supreme Leader, ayatollah khamenei, has defended his Countrys Missile Attack on israel earlier this week as a minimum punishment in a rare public speech, as He Led Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years. He told a huge crowd of supporters that iran and its allies must prepare for action as He Led commemorations for the Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by israel last week. Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles into israel on Tuesday Night in retaliation for his assassination, and israel has promised to hit back. Overnight, there were more huge explosions in beirut, close to the main airport. Us officials say israel was targeting the potential successor to nasrallah. There have also been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel. Lets go to the live pictures from beirut. Smoke can be seen rising ov
Im nowjoined by our North America Business correspondent ritika gupta. What is it that markets make of what they are saying . They are nervous because they dont know whats going to happen next. Yes. The mood of nervousness. Little change now but losses off the back of those Middle East tensions. There is a dent to risk appetite. Markets dont like Uncertainty And Risk now is can this respondent is this going to blow into wider war. One of the sectors that is bucking the trend and going higher Todays Energy stocks and that is off the back of oil as you mentioned. It was up as much as 3 today and continuing again from yesterday over Supply Disruption concerns. Yesterday we saw some of those Safe Haven assets like gold, we are seeing some of Varese Today but i still think overall there is this wait and see mode and a very risk of town. Is this Waitandsee Mode and a very risk of town. Very risk of town. There is one thing they very risk of town. There is one thing they are very risk of town
Cbs News Correspondent Aviv Chris Livesay is in Tel Aviv and sent this report. The israeli military confirms that its begun, quote, limited, localised and targeted raids against his brother in the Border Area of Southern Lebanon. But as we saw at a staging ground, its building up For much more. There were more than 100 israeli tanks, Armoured Fighting Vehicles and bulldozers in the clearest sign yet that israel is mobilising For a full blown ground offensive. But on the other side of the border with lebanon, just a few miles away, Tens Of Thousands of his Brother Soldiers are waiting. In fact, israel said intense clashes erupted this morning. His brother is known to have a vast neTwork of tunnels and a reputation For Guerrilla Warfare and suicide bombers. For its part, israels Elite 98th Division has been prepping in the darkness to enter mountainous and treacherous terrain across the border, where explosions were heard throughout the night. Their mission is to stop hezbollah s onslaug
Im Jesse Watters along with Judge Jeanine pirro, Jessica Tarlov, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new York City and this is the five. Fox news alert, we are just hours away from the huge Vice President ial debate between tim Walz And J. D. Vance. But first, the world is on the brink of war. With Joann Kamala at the helm. Israel is planning their next steps after getting attacked by iran. The terrorist supporting Regime Firing over 100 missiles at the jewish state. Joe and kamala trying to act like they are on top of things after iran attacked israel. Watch this. The United States Military actively supported the defense of israel, and we are still assessing the impact, but based on what we know now and the attack. Have been defeated and ineffective, and this is testament to Israeli Military Capability and the u. S. Mil military. Jesse lets go to Trey Yingst in israel. Trey . Yeah, jesse, this was a significant attack that took place across israel earlier today. The iranians fi