From each one and James Cleverly vowing to sell the benefits of conservativism with a smile. He talked about positivity as the person who talked before him, Tom Tugendhat, had. He went further and tugendhat, had. He went furtherand told tugendhat, had. He went further and told the tories, they need to be more normal, as he put it. He talked about such a wide range of different issues. His wife and how she battled cancer, and how the nhs was wonderful when she needed it, and he talked about some of the achievements of the conservative government. He also talked about his time in government. Lets talk to our Correspondent Listening in. Damian, what do you take from James Cleverly . It felt like it went on for more than 20 minutes, im not sure if itjust felt like that. I sure if it just felt like that. I think its dead. We were not tailing exactly. We think it went on for maybe 30 minutes we were not i think it did, we were not timing exactly. You could hear some of the moments were clear
The irony of all this is that asheville became known asclimate city. What do you know of it . Ive sent a what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of time what do you know of it . I e spent a lot of time there. My brother lives there. They lost power for 18 hours. Everybody is fine. I have a cousin in Bryson City much more rural who we couldnt hear from for about three Days. Fortunately he is ok. Asheville is a very 0k. Asheville is a very democratic town. Its sort of a democratic enclave within a very republican part of the state, and what we know right now is, one, Anyone Speculating on the political impacts right now is inappropriate, probably doesnt know what theyre talking about. But we know there are real challenges. We have about 1k counties right now where the board of elections are closed. In addition to every other type of local Government Operation struggling Tojust Get local Government Opera
Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, Land And Sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Mr gallant also said the next phase of the war against Lebanons Hezbollah will begin soon and that the killing of hezbollah S Leader was not the final step. Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged that Hassan Nasrallah s assassination was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. We are hearing the British Government has chartered a flight for vulnerable british citizens. Presidentjoe biden maintained his call for an end to fighting. Weve also heard from the us department of defense. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh spoke to the bbc about the conflict in the last hour. What doing along the Northern Border is conducting limited operations to dismantle Hezbollah Infrastructur
Has been happening here. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has instructed the Israeli Military to continue fighting with full force against hezbollah In Lebanon, despite growing calls for an immediate ceasefire. This was a statement released by his office just a few hours ago. Mr Netanyahus Office said that he had not even given a response to a proposal by the us and france for a 21 Day Ceasefire. The key thing is they will continue with full force. The World Leaders were hoping to have a period of negotiation, ofjust have a period of negotiation, of just trying to have a period of negotiation, ofjust trying to de escalate but at the moment it is difficult to see whether that will be successful. The israeli Foreign Minister has said that therell be no ceasefire until they achieve victory over hezbollah. Some of Netanyahus Coalition partners in his government have also been speaking out against it. The Israeli Military is targeting infrastructure on The Border there, infra