Starmer s chief of staff received a cOntroversial Pay Rise after the electiOn. And the princess of wales returns to royal duties for the first time since her Chemotherapy Treatment earlier this year. Hello. Welcome to todays verified live. The United NatiOns says the timed explosiOn of pagers, used by his brother in lebanOn marks an extremely cOncerning escalatiOn in tensiOns in the Middle East. Health officials say, at least 12 people were killed, and nearly 3000 wounded. Hezbollah, a proscribed Terrorist OrganisatiOn by the us and Uk Governements blamed israel for the attacks, and promised to retaliate. Jordan accused israel of pushing the whole regiOn, to the brink of war. So far, Israel Hasnt commented. The lebanese Health Ministry says, two children were amOng the dead with hospitals overwhelmed by the injured. Security sources say Israels Mossad had placed explosives inside 5000 pagers, which were brought into lebanOn mOnths ago and which detOnated when a coded message was sent
WIth InjurIes. Ambulances have been rushIng through the suburbs, the mInIstry has called on staff to report on people to donate blood. Anyone wIth a pager should ImmedIately dIscard It. Unnamed SecurIty OffIcIals say the pagers were hacked by Israel, whIch has not commented. WIth me Is our SecurIty Correspondent Frank Gardner. These are stIll the early detaIls of thIs, It was fIrst reported less than two hours ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. It ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. All, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, almost unprecedented. I cannot thInk of any case where you have got a sImultaneous, almost sImultaneous explosIon of so many personal devIces. These were not MobIle Phones, they were not MobIle Phones, they were pagers, whIch sounds very 20th century. But the reason for that Is that when the Gaza War or conflIct began after october seven massacre In
National security, but did not name any of the diplomats. It said the move was a measure against multiple unfriendly acts. Its not clear whether the diplomats are currently in russia. In response, the Foreign Office here in london says that russia had revoked the staff members diplomatic accreditation last months and that russias accusations against them were completely baseless. The statement adds that the uk was unapologetic about protecting its national interests. For the very latest on this developing story, i spoke to our eastern European Correspondent sarah rainsford. I think the timing of this is key, its not accidental that this has been released, that this is happening precisely as those discussions are taking place in washington about whether or not ukraine can use western long range missiles to strike inside russia. They are absolutely connected. Its interesting looking of a statement from the fsb, the russian security agency, talking about expelling essentially six members
Looking live at philadelphia where in two Days Vice President harris and former President Trump will face off in their first debate. Surrogates for both candidates gave new insight into their approach and expectations. She is a very focused and disciplined leader but it will take almost superhuman focus to deal with him in a debate and no ordinary propositions of the less we talk about him and the more we talk about you the better it will be for the Vice President. I think he does that by traveling around the country and takes talks to the voters taking questions from the press and every day is that for Donald Trump and he will go in gametime ready. Today we learn the Harris Walz Campaign Will Barn Storm Battleground States after the debate and thursday the Vice President will be in North Carolina while Tim Walz is in michigan and Friday Harris will head to pennsylvania while Tim Walz goes to michigan and wisconsin. Meanwhile new polling shows them neck in neck leading into the pivotal