To go back to their homes. And that requires a secure environment. Joining me tonight are nadine batchelor hunt, Politics Reporter at politicshome and wills robinson, assistant Politics Editor at dailymail. Com. First the latest headlines. The leader of hezbollah has called the attacks on the groups pagers and Walkie Talkies in lebanon an unprecedented blow. But he claimed their effect had been limited, saying the leadership had survived and hezbollah s Communications Network was unscathed. Israel says its Military Chief has approved Battle Plans for its northern front, a move the defence minister, yoav gallant, says presents opportunities and risks. There are reports the idf wants to wrest control of Southern Lebanon from hezbollah and create a buffer zone. Five women say they were raped by the late owner of harrods, mohamed al fayed, when they for worked for him at the luxury department store. The bbc has now heard testimony from more than 20 female Ex Employees who say the billionai
to the impact of his tourette s. we ll be learning a bit more about it. i want to start by introducing my panel for the next hour. tonight, i mjoined by the broadcaster and political reporter at politics home, nadine batchelor hunt, and bryan lanza, who is a former director of communications on presisent trump s transitions team and a partner at the global on president trump s transitions team and a partner at the global strategy firm mercury. hello. a proper hello in a moment, but i want to bring details out of that ukrainian city of kramatorsk, that city centre, you can see the pictures, which has been hit by a russian missile attack. we know that potentially people are trapped under the rubble as they are attempting to be rescued. we know there are injuries and we know there are fatalities there. this is effectively city centre, so an area with restaurants, and the attack happened about 7:30pm in the evening, so it would have been busy at the time. the latest numbers are t
to take it 6 1. the third set was an absolute nailbiter. swiatek 4 1 down and seemingly out somehow survived breakpoints and even a matchpoint to take the set 7 5. she s now won 16 consecutive singles matches at roland garros. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. over on the men s side, carlos alcaraz needed to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper de jong and reach the french open third round. spain s alcaraz looked subdued at times in a 6 3, 6 4, 2 6, 6 2 victory over a player ranked 173 places below him. a rusty performance from the two time grand slam winner, who twice had to come from a break down in the fourth set. in the end, though, doing what he had to do. he dominated most of the points in the first set, and i was struggling to get to my good tennis, or the tennis and i was playing in the first and second set. then in the fourth set, i had to fight. i had to overcome the problems that i had much of the time with myself, but
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. you re watching the context on bbc news. london s free newspaper, the evening standard, is to scrap its daily print edition and move to a weekly publication instead. let s return to that breaking news from new york and donald trump s hush money trial. we heard earlier that thejury we heard earlier that the jury had returned to ask further questions. they wanted to hear some of the evidence again as they continue their deliberations. our north america correspondent nada tawfikjoins us now. just bring us up to date on what s been happening where you are. yeah. been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury been happening where you are. yeah, well. the jury has been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been sent been happening where you are. ir u well, the jury has been sent home now. they have not reached a verdict yet. they are still about nearly five hours int
first, the latest headlines. in the last hour, the jury in donald trump s hush money trial has requested some further evidence after beginning deliberations. the former president is now close to learning his fate after becoming the first american president to face a criminal trial. the polls have now closed in south africa s general election. the vote is being seen as the most pivotal in three decades and is considered a test of the ruling anc s the african national congress hold on the country. the dutch authorities are investigating the death of a person who fell into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passengerjet at amsterdam s schiphol airport. the death occurred outside the busy hub s terminal as a klm flight was ready to depart for billund in denmark. and breaking news a father and son from cheshire are missing after a hillwalking trip in the scottish highlands. tom parry and his 12 year old son richie were due to return home on wednesday after visiting g