Hezbollah s attack comes after pagers and radio devices held by members of the group detonated across lebanon last week, killing at least 20 people. Israel hasn t said whether it was involved. As the fighting intensifies, un chief antonio guterres says he fears lebanon could become another gaza. The lebanese health ministry raised the death toll to 45 in friday s strike by israel targeting hezbollah commanders in southern beirut. Most of those killed were civilians. Authorities say women and children are among the dead. On sunday, israel launched further strikes on towns in southern lebanon, killing three people. And the israeli military says it destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launcher barrels over the past few days. Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. No country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. We can t accept it, either. We will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe back to their homes. Meanwhil
Have been dashed after he was knocked out by Daniel Dubois in the fifth round. Hello, im kasia madera. Start with some Breaking News from Sri Lanka. The left wing opposition candidate, anura kumara dissanayake, has won Sri Lankas first president Ial Poll since the country defaulted on its international debts two years ago. That news just coming into us here at the bbc. He won when second preference votes were Ta Ken into account after winning about forty percent in the initial round of counting. The opposition leader, sajith premadasa, came second, with the outgoing president , Ranil Wikremesinghe Trailing in third. Breaking news from Sri Lanka on that election. The left wing opposition candidate, anura kumara dissanayake, has won Sri Lankas first president Ial Poll since the country defaulted on its international debts two years ago. We will speak to our correspondence on the ground. She willjoin us live with the latest on that. We start in the Middle East, where israel says hezbollah
Ebola, the World Health Organization approves the first vaccine. And venice underwater the highest tide in 50 years causes severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under way. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding dra
At the time he felt it was the right and honourable thing to do. The year is 2010. Prince andrew was in new york. He is videoed staying at the mansion of a convicted child sex offender called Jeffrey Epstein who had just been released from an 18 month prison sentence. Andrews presence gives rise to questions put to him by bbc Newsnights Emily Maitlis. You were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. Yes. It was a convenient place to stay. I mean, i have gone through this in my mind so many times. At the end of the day, with the benefit of all the hindsight that one can have, it was definitely the wrong thing to do. But, at the time, i felt it was the honourable and right thing to do. I, i admit fully that myjudgment was probably coloured by my, um, tendency to be too honourable, but thats just the way it is. And then, there is andrews alleged friendship with the then 17 year old Virginia Roberts who was onJeffrey Epsteins payroll. She has alleged andrew seduced her. She says
and the deepest dive into outer space a kaleidoscope of colour emerges from the first images received from the james webb telescope. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the funeral of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe will start in the coming hours following his assasination on friday. the 67 year old was shot at a campaign event in naru. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects.these are scenes from a vigil at the zojoji temple. world leaders have also paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. shinzo abe was a fresh faced 52 year old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan s youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he staye