Or, after the business of the exploding pagers and the continuing targeted bombings, is he hoping to continue humiliating hezbollah and showing it up as powerless? but suppose hezbollah hangs on and keeps firing missiles at israel, to the point where mr netanyahu feels he s got to take that extra step of putting israeli boots on lebanese soil? i spoke to nafiseh kohnavad, a middle east correspondent of bbc world service, at her flat in beirut. Nafiseh originally worked as a journalist in iran, but was forced to leave after asking too many hard questions of iran s political leaders. At the moment that i m talking to you, israeli air strikes have intensified significantly. For the first time, when hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, was giving a speech, he clearly mentioned that now this is a new phase, and that the group was expecting that israeli forces may enter southern lebanon by land. Before that, erm, all words were around that both sides don t want all out war. Now, you re
Must be avoided. Died aged 88. Must be avoided. He said he plans to speak the operation directed by israel s defence minister. Translation: we have no i interest in expanding the war. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done, with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. Israel is not holding back, its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. And earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. For the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. This is their commandos seizing a british owned ship in the red sea last november. They have long range missiles, are supported by iran and are fiercely opposed to israel. Speaking yesterday, the houthis military spokesperson yahya saree said they wouldn t
The chance to get together and show what they can achieve. But every two years, its sport that brings them closer. They come from europe, the South Atlantic and the caribbean. 2a islands, 1a sports, across six days of action. This is the island games. 900 miles away off the north coast of scotland, shooter Ross Donaldson and his teammates are starting the long trip south. When you can get an island games squad, theres anticipation, theres excitement. So weve got 20 bikes, a lot of football kit, sailing kit, athletics kit. In st peters port, Team Managers are checking in athletes and equipment. 103 of us all arrived here safely. Im delighted. Going to head over to the two hotels, and then well unpack all the bikes and the kit. Carlos and his bikes have travelled all the way from shetland. Ive got two bikes. This is the One For The Road race. Ive got a different one for the time trial. But you try and get as much advantage as you can within the rules. Most of the teams have got two bikes
80087 to 4901 happening now, donald trump is back at a florida courtroom as his attorneys fight to have the charges in this classified documents case dismissed were live in florida. Meantime, in georgia, the Fulton County judge who just dropped three charges against trump could decide whether to remove District Attorney fani hey, willis from the election subversion case. And just moments ago on the us senate floor, the Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, called for new elections and israel sharply criticizing the Prime Minister, benjamin ateneo. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington, and youre in the cnn newsroom just two days after he clinched his partys president ial nomination, donald trump is back at another familiar role today as a court defendant. The former president of the United States is attending a critical hearing in his classified documents case trump has pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges related to his alleged mishandling of highly classified documents and for obstructin
Schools are allowed to keep a childs sexuality a secret from their parents. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the breaking information on this. Kevin good evening. Reporter evening trace. Three Monmouth County new jersey districts are being sued by the state of new jersey for passing versions of policy requiring teachers to inform parents if a student is seeking a transgender accommodation, such as using a new pronoun or bathroom. Today was the first time the state publicly argued its case against the middletown, marlboro and Manalapan Englishtown School Districts, districts whose leaders agree that the aim here, trace, is to strike a balance between care for the children and the rights of parents. I dont think that our policy is discriminatory in any way. I think we carefully crafted it to be compassionate and to actually attend to the needs of our district. Reporter meanwhile a spokesperson for the Office Of The Attorney General in new jersey said in a