New strikes by the New Strikes by the Israeli Military, the israeli air force, on southern areas of lebanon. And in particular a large escalation this morning where hezbollah has lodged a Ballistic Missile towards Tel Aviv, the most populous area in israel. Its the first time they have lodged a weapon of this scale towards Tel Aviv. Hezbollah says the attack was directed at the headquarters of Israeli Intelligence Agency mossad. They blame them for assassinating senior hezbollah commanders. Let me show this piece of footage. You can clearly hear the Air Raid sirens in this footage which shows the missile just after it was intercepted by israeli Air Defence systems. The Israeli Military says it detected the Missile Crossing from lebanon. Hezbollah said it fired at mossad holding them responsible for the assassination of senior hezbollah leaders and for blowing up pagers and wireless devices last week. Hezbollah confirmed its commander was killed in a raid in beirut, just a couple of kil
Thinking, with nick robinson. Should israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should his Defence Minister, yoav gallant, face a Trialfor War crimes . That is what my guest on political thinking this week is arguing. He is the prosecutor, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Hes a british lawyer, whos trying also to bring the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar, to that court a court thats been derided, condemned for having no real teeth. And its notjust the two sides in the Gaza Conflict who hes targeting. Hes also said that President Putin of russia should Face Trial for war crimes. Karim khan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you for having me. Now, on the 24th Of May this year, you stood in front of a camera and you announced that you would be applying for Arrest Warrants at the International Criminal Court, for crimes committed during the ongoing conflict in gaza. Did you have any idea of the row that would follow . Well, i knew it was a powerful moment. I kne
by her daughter the princess royal. we are here live at buckingham palace or you can hear the crowd is heating up. it s seriously getting quite loud. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severo donetsk where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending events across the uk. tonight there s an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. one couple who aren t expected to attend are harry and meghan, they re spending the day quietly at windsor. let s head to the mall there now and to the bbc s katty kay. katty? we are right outside buckingham
Were infected with hepatitis c and hiv after being given contaminated Blood Products and transfusions between the 1970s and 90s. The high court in london has, at least for now, blocked the extradition of the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, to the United States. It granted him permission to appeal against the order that he should stand trial for leaking military secrets that endangered lives. Donald trumps one time lawyer is today finishing his testimony at the former president s Hush Money Trial in new york. Michael cohen has been a witness for the prosecutors, who hope to establish that mr trump knew about the payments to buy the silence of the adult film star Stormy Daniels and efforts to cover them up. Good evening. The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal court, karim khan, is seeking Arrest Warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and yahya sinwar, the hamas leader, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He is also issued separate warrants for yoav gallant, th