Hello, im mathew amroliwala. The israeli military says, its expanding its Ground Offensive against hezbollah by moving into a new zone, in south western lebanon. It says it now has some 15,000 soldiers deployed in the south of the country. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at northern israeli cities and while israel says it shot most of them down, there has been some damage in the Port City of haifa. Amid the fighting, the Deputy Leader of hezbollah has said he supports a call from lebanons parliament, for a ceasefire with israel. Its thought to be the first time hezbollah has called for a ceasefire without tying it to a truce in gaza. 0ur chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet is in tel aviv. Clear Signs Today of an escalation in israeli military operations in southern lebanon, with forces moving away from the South East where they have been focusing their actions to the south west, giving evacuation Orders Yesterday for people to move out of that area. It said from the
Another elimination tomorrow. Helen is standing by. You another elimination tomorrow. Helen is standing by. Helen is standing by. You got the results helen is standing by. You got the results there helen is standing by. You got the results there of helen is standing by. You got the results there of that the results there of that Ballot And Tom tugendhat goes out. He was broadly expected to lose out today in this round. It is interesting if you look at the numbers, Tom Tugendhat with 20 votes, he went back one from the last round when he got 21, robertjenrick had been in the lead in each round until this one, he had 33 votes in the last one but now it is 31. Kemi badenoch has increased by two votes but the big win in this round is James Cleverly. Last time he was joint last with Tom Tugendhat with 21 votes but he has leapt up to 39. It was suggested he had had a pretty good Party Conference last week and he really made the most of the opportunity he had to talk to members. His speech wa
And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start with all the latest developments in the middle east, and more than 100 rockets have been fired by hezbollah into the northern israeli city of haifa. Ma ny were intercepted by israeli defences. By israeli defences. But some did get through. But some did get through. Israel says it fired back at israel says it fired back at the launch is used for the the launch is used for the beirut, israel says it has attack. Attack. The latest salvos came the latest salvos came after a separate announcement after a separate announcement by israel that it had by israel that it had expanded its Ground Invasion expanded its Ground Invasion into south west lebanon. Into south west lebanon. In Lebanons Capital in Lebanons Capital beirut, israel says it has killed the commander of he
Downpours and thunderstorms pushing northwards and eastwards across england and wales. Weve also had this band of Rain Across Southern and Central Scotland and Northern Ireland. That will weaken overnight. The showers will move eastwards in the south but still with the chance of localised Flooding And Transport disruption. Itll start to turn cold as the night wears on in the north of scotland. Northerly winds digging in here. Tomorrow, our area of low pressure still with us. This is the deep low running to the south of us. That is a former hurricane kirk. All of these different areas of low pressure will be moving eastwards over the next couple of days, taking the rain away eastwards too and bringing in this northerly wind. Tomorrow for many, cloud, pieces of rain, the showers in the South Shouldnt be as numerous or as heavy as they have been today, but that cold air starts to dig in. Nine. In a way and aberdeen, those are the afternoon highs. Looking at the Ms Chart as we head into th
On the World Today. The art that ended up in the bin will understand how this work made out of cans caused a stir at a gallery in the netherlands. Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. Within the last hour, the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told lebanese people to reject hezbollah, or lebanon would face War And Destruction like gaza. The stark warning came in a video message, posted in a video message, online in english, in which Mr Netanyahu confirmed israel had killed the expected successor of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, and also said the next in line after him had been killed. Though, he didnt name anyone. Lets cross straight over to our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet is in tel aviv. A stark Warning Tonight from the israeli Prime Minister, not the israeli Prime Minister, not the first time he has spoken directly to the people of lebanon, but he is very much amplified the fears that many in lebanon now fear