EvenIng. There wIll not be any meetIng wIth PresIdent Trump, he of course has grown, former PresIdent Trump, he has grown IncreasIngly crItIcal of PresIdent Zelensky, accusIng hIm of havIng a favourIte In thIs comIng electIon whIch does reInForce how crucIal the next sIx weeks could be for ukraIne and for the europeans lookIng on. The one element of good news for PresIdent Zelensky Is that he was dIscussIng wIth the former PrIme MInIster Is thIs reassurance has been gIven that the Defence Department wIll allocate all of the remaInIng SecurIty AssIstance that congress had approved for ukraIne by The End of the year. So, before the next admInIstratIon comes In. Mary and, presumably, when he meets Kamala HarrIs In the next hour, he Is goIng to hear that there wIll be contInuIty If she becomes the next presIdent. That Is rIght, and she can assure hIm of that because thIs Is not the fIrst tIme they have met. In fact, kamala Is not the fIrst tIme they have met. Infact, Kamala HarrIs Is not t
A warm welcome to the programme. The White House says negotiations with israel over a ceasefire in Southern Lebanon are continuing despite the israeli Governments Rejection of international calls to end hostilities. The us, France And Other Allies have proposed a three week ceasefire. The israeli Prime Minister said the army would keep hitting hezbollah with Full Force until residents of Northern Israel could return to their homes. The french president whos also been heavily involved in negotiations said he would not tolerate Southern Lebanon becoming another gaza. Meanwhile on the ground, strikes have been ongoing in lebanon, with israel saying in the last few hours that its fighterjets have hit around 220 hezbollah targets in the last day. Theyve mainly been in the south, in the eastern Bekaa Valley and in the capital beirut. Around eighty missiles were fired the other way from lebanon into israel. Our first report is from the bbc s Anna Foster in beirut, who witnessed an israeli air
Told the general lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation stop to all sides, let us say with a clear voice, stop the killing and destruction, tone down the rhetoric and threats, step back from the brink. An allout war must be avoided at all costs. It would surely be an allout catastrophe. The prime minister of lebanon told the security council that it was vilely in his country s sovereignty and call for a wider ceasefire to include gaza. Translation: today i would like gaza. Translation: today i would like to gaza. Translation: today i would like to call gaza. Translation: today i would like to call upon gaza. Translation: today i would like to call upon the i would like to call upon the council would like to call upon the council to act seriously and immediately to guarantee the withdrawal of israel from all of the withdrawal of israel from all of the occupied lebanese territories and in the violations that are repeated on a da
A21 a 21 day ceasefire along the israeli lebanese border will generate significant support from europe as well as the arab nations. I will have more to say tomorrow. There s been no indication yet from israel or hezbollah if they will agree to the terms of the proposed ceasefire. It all comes as israel continued deadly air raids in southern lebanon on wednesday, killing at least 72 people, according to lebanon s health ministry. It brings the death toll from israeli strikes in lebanon to nearly 600 just this week. Lebanon says a quarter of those killed have been women and chlidren. Israel s military chief has told troops that israel s air strikes could pave the way for a possible ground invasion into lebanon. Israel said wednesday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by hezbollah towards tel aviv the first such rocket to target the city. The un secretarygeneral warned wednesday that hell is breaking loose in lebanon. Antonio guterres made the remarks at an emergency security counc
There s been no indication yet from israel or hezbollah if they will agree to the terms of the proposed ceasefire. It all comes as israel continued deadly air raids in southern lebanon on wednesday, killing at least 72 people, according to lebanon s health ministry. It brings the death toll from israeli strikes in lebanon to nearly 600 just this week. Lebanon says a quarter of those killed have been women and chlidren. Israel s military chief has told troops that israel s air strikes could pave the way for a possible ground invasion into lebanon. Israel said wednesday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by hezbollah towards tel aviv the first such rocket to target the city. The un secretarygeneral warned on wednesday that hell is breaking loose in lebanon. Antonio guterres made the remarks at an emergency security council meeting convened as world leaders and diplomats gathered in new york for the 79th un general assembly. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general