Ration of october seven but before we do that, lets get a check on the sport, and Olly Foster has that for us. Hello from the Bbc Sport Centre england have moved to the top of their group at the Womens T20 World cup. Their seven Wicket Victory over South Africa means that theyve won two out of two at the tournament in the united arab emirates. They lost the Toss And South africa chose to bat first in sharjah. England played a quartet of spinners, with player of the Match Sophie Eccleston taking two for 15 Off Herfour overs. Helping restrict South Africa to 124 6. England made a slightly sluggish start in the chase, but they reached their target in the final over, Nat Sciver Brunt with the winning Boundary And Unbeaten on 48. Their next match is on saturday against bottom of the Table Scotland who must first face South Africa on wednesday we have three World Class splinters who are usually in a team ended Lindsay Hasjust added to that, and made it really difficult for teams to get after
Iran said the attack was in retaliation for israeli aggression in gaza and lebanon. This morning, iranian backed hezbollah fighters continued to launch rockets into the north of israel. Translation i would like to send my sincere condolences to the fallen in lebanon. Were in the fallen in lebanon. Were in the middle of the top floor of the middle of the top floor of the evil axis of iran which seeks to wipe us out. This will not happen because we will stand together and with gods help we will win together. We will return our hostages in the south, return our resident in the north. We will guarantee the north. We will guarantee the eternity of israel. And in the past half an hour, president biden commented on the iranian attack. I called a meeting of the g7 today. Were working on a joint statement that All Of Us agree on from japan, france, germany etc and what were doing in that regard is making it clear theres things that have to be done. And obviously iran has gone way off port were
That hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah that Hassan Nasrallah has been killed . Has been killed . Well, it is a hue has been killed . Well, it is a huge victory has been killed . Well, it is a huge victory for has been killed . Well, it is a huge victory for israel, has been killed . Well, it is a huge victory for israel, there i huge victory for israel, there is No Doubt about it. They decided after a year of an attritional Border War with hezbollah, they decided a couple of weeks ago to give that up and push hard, to activate War Plans which they had been working on since The End of the last war with hezbollah in 2006, and they put them into action with devastating effect. A series of assassinations, those pager attacks, the activation of bombs in walkie talkies. Huge damage as well to whip insights, and now the assassination of the man, Hassan Nasrallah, who for more than 30 years has got himself to a position where he really was israels probably most prudent enemy. He presided over hezboll
Behind irans evil axis. He and his men were the architects of the plan to destroy israel. He was not only operated by iran, many times he operated iran. This is why earlier this week i arrived at the conclusion that the hard blow that israel had landed hezbollah over the last few days would not be enough. Nasrallah must be killed in Orderfor Israel to nasrallah must be killed in order for israel to achieve the goals we have defined, enabling the reSidents of Northern Israel to return safely to their homes and affecting the long Term Change in the balance of powers in this region, because as long as nasrallah was alive, he would have quickly rehabilitated hezbollah s capabilities. This is why i have given the Order And Nasrallah is no longer with us. His death brings us closer to enabling our people to go back to their homes in the north and brings us closer to returning our hostages in the south. Hezbollah will no longer be able to come to their rescue, the chances of rescuing hostages
We start in the middle east, where israel has launched fresh air strikes in southern lebanon, in what Security Sources there say, is some of the most intense bombing since the start of the Gaza War in october. These are the latest pictures of israeli strikes on the Southern Lebanese Border Village of rihan. The Israeli Military says its warplanes struck hundreds of hezbollah sites, including a weapons storage facility. It all comes after the leader of hezbollah a prescribed Terrorist Organisation by some western governments gave his first public reaction to the wave of attacks across lebanon. At least 37 people have been killed and thousands injured by Exploding Pagers and walkie talkies. Hassan nasrallah described the attacks as a massacre and said it could be called a declaration of war. Daniel de simone reports. With this weeks deadly explosions in lebanon, the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah has entered a dangerous new stage. Hezbollah s leader gave his first response to th