In beirut this morning which has seen further attacks overnight. These were the strikes on the Southern Suburbs of beirut, where israel said it was targeting hezbollah weapons depots. Earlier the Israeli Defense Forces said it was targeting what it says is hezbollah S Headquarters in the capital. The groups leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the explosions. At least six people were killed in the attack and more than 90 injured according to lebanese officals. Simonjones has the latest. Explosions. New strikes overnight on Southern Beirut. Israels military said it was targeting buildings storing hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denied they were arms depots. Explosions. Earlier a series of massive explosions. It is not that i could hear was the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. It is unclear whether he was any of the buildings that were hit. Iran which backs hezbollah has called the attacks a dangerous game changing escalation. In the aftermath of the Bart
have for governor in kentucky, and trump endorsed one and ron desantis backed another, and biden just endorsed running for pennsylvania. danny, do we know who? won a bunch of races here. really cover all of them. i think the most recent was when we just guardian was that special election in pennsylvania? heather boyd, democrat, mps projecting that she has won that seat and that was consequently mentioned last night because that means the democrats will retain the new state house in pennsylvania. again, this is a last-minute everybody democrats. joe biden lead endorsement, the governor pennsylvania joshua pirro, also jumped into the race. now we know the democrat heather boyd has been the republican katie ford in that race. so that was a really close race? well, close is not necessarily the word i would use, but maybe 5000 votes in total in the race so far. it is about 34% 44 and last check but i think the expectation is that that will widen as the night goes. on
happening not just in grand rapids but in other places, flint, michigan. is this a problem happens to exist in a certain part of the country more than others? i think about my home state of new jersey. obviously we have gun violence, but it tends to be a pretty split state, mostly blue. not a heavily armed state. is this something that is particular to michigan and certain places or no? not particular to michigan. i think going back to 2015, we have seen instances where backpacks have been banned in places from new york state to others. in certain districts. so it has definitely happened before. but i think in the last few years in particular, it really has ramped up. but when you talk about the debate of what you do around school safety, people talk about hardening schools with exits and school security guards, all the way up to arming teachers. all of these solutions, these potential solutions are thrown out there. and this seems to fit into that debate as we have seen that rise in
economy moving again. and the big question is, will it work? ben king, bbc news, redding. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster for us this morning. helen, what s the political reaction been to this package of measures? despite what the chancellor says, opposition parties do see this as a gamble and they are particularly focusing on some of that analysis showing that tax cuts announced yesterday are benefiting the better. labour has said this is rewarding the already wealthy. the snp saying that it doesn t do enough for those on low incomes. and the position among conservative mps is pretty split, and a sense that is no surprise because we saw over the course of the leadership contest in the summer that the economy was