As World Leaders meet in New York to try and avert all out war. The idf has called up two brigades to the northern borderfor what could be an imminent invasion. Sir Keir Starmer is urging british nationals to leave lebanon now. 700 troops are on their way to nearby cyprus to prepare for a possible evacuation. Well be live tonight in beirut and New York, where the un Security Council is soon to meet. Welcome to the programme. The head of the israeli armed forces, Herzi Halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Visiting his troops in northern israel today, general halevi, said the Air Force will continue degrading hezbollah, to such a point that they can put boots on the ground. Two brigades of reserve soldiers have been called up for operational missions on the northern front. Israel says it has hit more than 100 Targets Today mostly in the south. Lebanons Health Ministry says 51 people were killed, and more than 200 wounded. Meanwhile hezbo
The United States is sending more troops to the Middle East as israel continues to pound targets across lebanon, including the capital, beirut. President biden says his team is working to de escalate the crisis, not a strategy that to this point that has been very effective. How concerned should we be of a wider, regional conflagration . Also tonight, labours plans to bolster Uk Investment we will explore whether the chancellor really can find the space for extra government spending. And Coming To America President Zelensky begins a week long tour of the states that will end with his plan to defeat russia. We will see if We Can fix the gremlins with our sound along the way. Welcome to the programme. For 11 months now, Israel And Hezbollah have been locked in an escalating War Of Attrition that many had warned could one Day Lead to all out conflict. Maybe this was the day. The israelis have been pounding targets. The idf says it has hit around 1100 hezbollah positions in Southern Lebano
Welcome back. Before we get into our other stories, let me give you a summary of some of our main lines in the middle east. As Cross Border attacks between Hezbollah And Israel continue, lets bring you some live pictures from the border between Israel And Lebanon. Lebanons Prime Minister has cancelled his trip to the Un General Assembly according to reports in the last half hour. Thats after israeli attacks, including the Pager And Walkie talkie explosions. He made the announcement in a statement a short time aGo. The Un General Assembly is due to start on september 28th. We also heard earlier from the us national security adviserjake sullivan, who said he was worried about escalation between Israel And Lebanon but when he was asked about the Isralie Strik Targeting hezbollah commanders, he said, its a Good outcome when people are brought tojustice. A reminder that hezbollah are designated a Terorrist Organisation by the us and other western nations. Human rights chief Volker T Rk has
In four years. The bbc has been told that Sir Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff received a Pay Rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the Prime Minister. Sue gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 £3,000 more than the pm and more than any cabinet minister. 0ur political correspondent, henry zeffman, has more. I knew that there were tensions at the top of government and this Storys Existence in some way from Chris Mason and me attests to those, but my phone has practically blown up in the hours since we published this story yesterday, with people across Whitehall And Westminster who are furious at Sue Gray, keir starmer s Chief Of Staff. And let me explain why. It is not necessarily about her salary in absolute terms. There will be people out there who think that not only Sue Gray as prime Ministers Chief of staff, but the Prime Minister himself ought to be paid a lot more. Im sure they could earn lots more in the private sector or certainly in parts of t
The princess of wales returns to work following her Cancer Treatment earlier this year. Hello, im azadeh moshiri. We start with the latest on the electronic Pager Explosions in lebanon. Multiple reports say that israels mossad Spy Agency placed explosives in thousands of hezbollah pagers, before they detonated across lebanon on tuesday. Iran, which backs the armed group, a proscribed Terrorist Organisation by the uk, has described the synchronised explosions as mass murder, in their words, and blamed israel for the attack. So far, Israel Hasnt commented. At least 11 people died and almost 3000 people were wounded. Lebanon says hundreds are in critical condition in hospital. Some are blinded, others lost fingers or required amputation. Hezbollah has blamed israel for the explosions. Separately, israeli and us sources Say Israel detonated them earlier than planned, fearing that the armed Group Hezbollah had become aware of the plan. A number of pagers were recovered intact and now are be