Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up in beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecessor was assassinated by israel. To thousands, maybe millions of Shia Muslims in lebanon and beyond, he was a hero. To israel, he was a wanted terrorist. Armed with up to the minute intelligence, the israeli Air Force targeted the underground bunker where hezbollah s leadership was meeting. This is both a major escalation and a challenge to iran. Translation this is not | the limit of our capabilities. We must be very clear, there are more tools at our disposal and the message is simple anyone who threatens the state of israel will be reached, whether in the north, the south or even a more distant places. Or even in more distant places. Hezbollah s power has been seriously weakened by the recent assassinatio
The honour of imam hussein, peace be upon him. In achieving the highest level of faith and pure worship. A martyr on the Path Ofjerusalem and palestine. Our Security Correspondent, frank gardner, reports on this latest escalation of the conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy artillery fire. A devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah s Command Centre in beirut. Within hours, the Israeli Military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the groups leader. Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up in beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over The Leadership in 1992 when his predecessor was assassinated by israel. To thousands, maybe millions of Shia Muslims in lebanon and beyond, he was a hero. To israel, he was a wanted terrorist. Armed with up to the minute intelligence, the israeli Air Force t
Northern israel as hezbollah launches new rocket attacks. There are israeli Air Strikes on hezbollah and continuing through the night after the deadliest day of conflict in decades, more than 500 people reported to have died. Tens of thousands of people On The Road leaving Southern Lebanon after israel wants people to evacuate. Sir Keir Starmer will use the Labour Conference Speech to say there is light at The End of there is light at The End of the tub at The End of the tunnel. Here in the uk, Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to give his first Labour Conference Speech as Prime Minister. He will say there is light at The End of the tunnel in the form of faster economic growth and falling nhs Waiting Lists but hell warn there are no easy answers. Lets cross live to the conference and our political correspondent alex forsyth. The penultimate day of the Labour Party Conference and the big Ticket Item is the speech with the Prime Minister which we are expecting in an hour and a half. We have
Everton. The friedkin group, who also own italian side roma, have agreed a Dealfor Farhid Moshiris 94 stake in The Club. The american Investment Group had previously agreed a deal in principle injune, but talks back then broke down. Theyve had talks this weekend and have come to an agreement and i am told the deal is done and has been signed. Ive been told the finances are already in place. Any issues they had over the loans have been resolved as well. So all this now needsis resolved as well. So all this now needs is primarily gratification and i am told that can happen pretty quickly as well. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy burnham has taken manchester Uniteds Case for a new stadium to the Labour Party Conference in liverpool. Burnham is on the old Trafford Regeneration Task force, which also features former defender gary neville. Its looking at whether to recommend redeveloping the existing stadium or building a new ground with a 100 Thousand capacity on adjacent land owned by The Clu
And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h