The Conservative Partys annual conference starts today in birmingham. The event is a chance for The Partys four leadership candidates to make an impression, with each of them due to give a speech on wednesday. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg this morning, leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick explained why he is the man to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party after losing out to labour in the general election. In the article that i wrote in the hours after the election, then i came on your show that weekend, i said that we failed to deliver on the economy, on the nhs and our borders. So there are multiple failures that we need to acknowledge as a party, whilst obviously defending the things we got right in government, and then weve got to listen to the public and set out serious answers to those challenges. Ive spent the last few months thinking very deeply about how we do that, and i dont want to waste the next five years debating those things. Thats a recipe for more infightin
Now looking like a ghost town. Thousands have left, many more are still trying to leave. Driving through dahieh this morning, we saw cars packed with mattresses and bags. Some people seemed to be leaving on foot. Israeli Air Strikes destroyed this building yesterday. The smell of the explosives was still hanging in the air and we could hear the sound of drones flying overhead. Israel says it will continue to target hezbollah, even after killing the groups leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Dahieh is no longer safe. There is a tense and anxious wait in lebanon following the killing of Hassan Nasrallah. The wait for a possible response from hezbollah. For 30 years, Hassan Nasrallah led A Group often described as a state within a state. Hezbollah has been weakened but it has Not been defeated. There is a trail of destruction in dahieh and across the country. A Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon feels more imminent. But here, the impact on those caught up by the violence. Lebanon saysi million peo
Thani million people face thani million people face being forced from their homes. Theres reports that the body of the hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has been recovered from the site of fridays israeli Air Strike in beirut. Hezbollah has confirmed that two other top senior figures have been killed. Israel says they killed more than 20 members of the iranian backed group. Israel has confirmed its carried out Air Strikes on the yemeni city of Hodeidah Targetting houthi sites. Videos have been posted on social media. Bbc verify has confirmed the location. Israel says it was targetting Power Plants and a sea port. For the very latest, lets cross live to the lebanese capital, beirut and my colleague anna foster. Anna. Israeli planes have been active smoke over southern Beirut Smoke over Southern Beirut hezbollah s base struck again. Hezbollah s base struck again. Driving through daraya, once hezbollah s beating heart, driving through daraya, once hezbollah s beating heart, and now look
On lebanon as crossborder attacks between israel and hezbollah intensify. These are live pictures from of the session in new york. The egyptian representative is speaking right now. It comes as the head of israel s army has told troops to prepare for a possible ground invasion of lebanon saying air attacks are in preparation for boots on the ground. Us presidentjoe biden has warned an all out war in the middle east is possible, but said there is still an opportunity to settle the conflict. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 72 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in israeli strikes on wednesday. Un secretary general antonio guterres said lebanon cannot become another gaza and called for an end to hostilities between israel and hezbollah. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation. Lebanon is at the brink. Of course, the blue line is see intentions for aeons. Since the 6th of october, they ha