They can safely seek shelter in they can safely seek shelter in the city. Official saying that nearly 800 people have now been killed in israeli attacks since monday. That monday is that number is expected to rise. The death of the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah was first announced by the Israeli Military and was then confirmed on hezbollah s Tv Channel in Lebanon Al Manar heres the presenter announcing the news. Translation we congratulate his eminence the Secretary General of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. May god have mercy on him for receiving the highest divine honour. 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. In the coming hour well be assessing what impact the killing could have on the situation here and across the Middle East. But first, our security correspondent, frank gardner, reports on this latest escalation of the conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy art
Welcome to Bbc News. First of All of course we dont see Cross Border Fire from hezbollah and from the Israel Defense forces, so on the ground, any talk of a ceasefire seems very very remote. Let me ask you about your take on what is happening on the ground first of All. Is happening on the ground first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of fire first of All. Well on Ground It | is this exchange of fire which will continue and sometimes intensifies, both sides think that they can get an advantage, israel particularly, in that it is claiming to knock out hezbollah positions, particularly Rocket Launching Site and Command And Control posts, it is striking into beirut at times, which is causing a lot of Collateral Damage but they seem to be targeting commanders, the intelligence is working well at the moment, as far as israel is concerned and the hezbollah leadership is concerned, t
Many roads are under water and nearly Two Million people are without power. Residents are being warned not to go outside. These pictures are from fort myers beach, where boats were sent to rescue those trapped in theirflooded homes. And this was the scene from the Pilots Seat flying in the eye of the storm. Two people have died in georgia while one person has been killed by a falling Road Sign in florida. Our North America Correspondent David Willis reports. Hurricane helene touched down on Floridas Gulf Coast bringing with it winds of around 130 miles an hour. Officials had warned of potentially catastrophic and unsurvivable coastal storms surges, in places the height of a two storey building. Lashing rain proceeded helene s arrival, flooding streets hello, im lauren taylor. In the next few minutes, were expecting to hear the results of the Scottish Conservative leadership race. One of these candidates one of these candidates will soon takeover from douglas will soon takeover from dou
And is now the worlds fourth largest economy. It had been the second largest until china overtook it in 2010. Japan has also been battling a deflationary spiral for a generation, but that ended late last year. Mariko oi has been following the story for us from our asia business hub. What more can you tell us about ishibas economic manifesto . Well, his economic policies are still rather unclear. He has been criticised during the Election Campaign for lacking a clear economic vision. One thing we do know is that he was quite critical of the shinzo abe, who implemented investor friendly policies. During the Press Conference he held this evening he talked about how investors may have benefited, but not ordinary consumers, so we may see some changes there. The value of the japanese yen, it jumped the value of the japanese yen, itjumped because shigeru it jumped because Shigeru Ishiba itjumped because Shigeru Ishiba supported the independence of the central bank, as opposed to his oppositio
Costs down and whether therell be more PrIce Cuts ahead. Good mornIng. In sport, a hIstorIc nIght for scottIsh Football CeltIc celebrate becomIng the fIrst scottIsh team to qualIfy for the maIn Group Stages of the womens ChampIons League. And as you saw, raIn Is stIll fallIng across parts of england and wales In partIcular but It Is set to clear two brIghter but colder weather. One of the forecast detaIls here on breakfast. All of the detaIls later. Good mornIng, Its frIday the 27th september. Our maIn story. HurrIcane helene, a dangerous category four storm has made landfall In the Us State Of FlorIda. One person has been kIlled and theres more than 350 Thousand homes and busInesses are currently wIthout power. AuthorItIes warn the hurrIcane could brIng a catastrophIc and unsurvIvable storm surge, wIth wInds of around 140 mIles an hour beIng recorded. Our North AmerIca Correspondent DavId WIllIs reports. HurrIcane helene touched down on florIdas Gold Coast brIngIng on FlorIdas Gulf