Speech in around 90 minutes time from behind a bullet proof glass. Ill have a full bulletin of news for you at nine oclock. Now on bbc news, newscast. Newscast, from the bbc. Its laura in the studio. And its paddy in the studio. So, we are recording just after 2 00 on Saturday Afternoon and, paddy, it has been another week of mounting, mounting, mounting tensions and more and more worrying conflict going on in the Middle East. Last saturday we were talking about, is a wider war now inevitable . And somebody, a former official, said to me yesterday. Actually, sorry, a former Foreign Minister said to me yesterday on the phone, lets get real. This is a war now. We shouldnt be talking about escalation. Yes, because on friday, thats last week, the Hezbollah Leader, hassan nasrallah, was killed by an israeli Air Strike on beirut. Thats just before our last weekends edition. And three days later, on monday, israel invaded lebanon. And the next day, tuesday, iran launched nearly 200 ballistic
Be a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow starts dry and ChIlly Chubut there wIll be some wet and WIndy Weather later In the day. Dry and chIlly too. Fresh attacks have contInued on the lebanese CapItal BeIrut overnIght. It comes after Israels MIlItary carrIed out a StrIke South of the CIty Yesterday targetIng Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It has not been confIrmed If he was In the buIldIngs when It was struck. Lebanons Health MInIstry say sIx people were kIlled and 91 Injured. Our reporter SImon Jones has the latest. ExplosIons, screamIng 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 thought the target here 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 attack a dangerous, game changIng escalatI
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Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic with low Staffing Levels. And the princess of wales returns to work following her Cancer Treatment earlier this year. Hello, im azadeh moshiri. Welcome back. Lets turn our attention now to the Covid Inquiry which is continuing today. Yesterday it heard from the former chief nurse, Dame Ruth may, who said that nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic with low Staffing Levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment. With me is our health reporterjim reed. The inquiry has been going on, this phase of it, for about a week. What have been the standout moments to you . This art of standout moments to you . This part of the standout moments to you . This part of the Inquiry Standout moments to you . Ti 3 part of the inquiry looks just at the impact on the nhs and the Health Service across the whole of the uk, and it started actually by speaking to those directly affected, so patients and Family Members of people who sadly lost their lives to covid. L
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