Its nine in the morning in singapore, and 4am in the Middle East, where more israeli strikes have been reported in beirut after israel issued further Evacuation Orders in parts of Southern Lebanon. Were looking at pictures of a huge explosion in the last few hours. Now i want to take you to live pictures from the lebanese capital, beirut. On Saturday Night The City experienced one of its most intense bombardments so far in this conflict. Authorities say at least 25 people were Killed. On sunday the Israeli Military said it had Killed a senior hezbollah commander, although the group has not yet commented. The Israeli Military says its investigating why five rockets fired from Southern Lebanon on Sunday Night managed to penetrate Israels Air defences and explode in the northern Port City of haifa. Several people were injured. Meanwhile in gaza, israeli attacks are continuing. The hamas run Health Ministry says 26 people were Killed in strikes on a mosque and a School Housing displaced pa
hello and welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from uk newspapers with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their home country from the dateline: london. this was the week when sue gray delivered her report into whether downing street partied during the covid lockdowns did the gray report deliver? we learnt the likely impact of surging energy prices a doubling of the numbers in fuel poverty in the uk. the goverment s answer to it throw money at the problem. is it proportionate or inflationary? and what about those other sharply rising bills: is inflation stalking the globe? to discuss all that, in the studio are: the american journalist stephanie baker, a senior writer with bloomberg markets. steve richards, a political commentator who presents the podcast rock and roll politics; and ian martin, who founded and edits the news website reaction, and is a columist for the times. straight in. at the end of the week,
and all eyes on the georgia primaries, it s a big night for the gop and for donald trump. what will it tell about his power to shape the republican party? tonight with the context former eu foreign policy adviser nathalie tocci, and bryan lanza, a former trump communications director. hello, welcome to the programme. we don t yet have sue grey s full report into the parties held in downing street during lockdown, but we do have new and damning evidence of what went on. for the first time, insiders who attended these gatherings have told the bbc that parties were routine. they say staff sat on each other s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, the same party at which the prime minister is seen raising a glass, and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. laura keunssberg has spoken to three people who worked in whitehall, for the bbc s panorama programme, one of whom had attended one of these parties. their voices are spoke
# eastenders theme and there is a new couple in albert square, as the duke and duchess of cornwall star in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders. good morning. ithink good morning. i think many parts of the uk will see the sun at some stage today, particularly the further south and east you are, but will that sunshine sparked off some thundery showers for you this afternoon? more details on what is happening where coming up. it is sunday 22 may. our main story: the long awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has given people she intends to name in her report until 5:00pm today to respond. meanwhile, pressure is growing on the prime minister to explain what was discussed at a meeting between him and ms gray several weeks ago. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the long awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend an