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
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 in beirut, of course, and i can hear, in the background, children playing.
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
good morning, everyone, and welcome to your new day. middle are it is saturday, october 15th. 16 days away from halloween. i m amara walker. good morning, amara. i m boris sanchez. we are so grateful you startsing your weekend with us. up next, the countdown to not just halloween, but the elections. the 2022 mid-term elections are on the way and candidates across the country are working hard to lock down support. the balance of power in congress is up for grabs and there are a handful of states which could determine which party takes control. that includes arizona where the race for u.s. senate is leaning to the democrats and mark kelly over republican blake masters. in nevada the contest for u.s. senate is a toss-up and at pennsylvania, the race between mehmet oz and john fetterman also up for grabs. another key senate race is right here in georgia where the candidates met in a heated debate last night. senator warnock faced off against herschel walker af
issue of pennsylvania democrat john fetterman s recovery from a stroke earlier this year? fetterman suffered the stroke on may 13, the friday before the tuesday may 17 primary election did not reveal it until two days after it occurred. when he did so he didn t share an underlying heart condition that required the implanting of a defibrillator, and we wish him god speed and he s worked hard to win the nomination and it s a shame that his health has become an issue. the polls suggest that fetterman s senate race over dr. mehmet oz has narrowed as the pennsylvania gubernatorial race has widened and while oz won multiple debates, fetterman agreed to only one. it will be october 25th after pennsylvanians have voted and it will last 60 minutes. fetterman was looking to run out the clock, a strategy in the 2020 election when biden stayed in delaware when trump barnstormed the nation and he counted on early balloting, but as oz continues to close the gap, fetterman may regret not ag