Ibrahim aqil is considered the most highprofile member of the group to be killed in the current conflict, with the us having had a multimilliondollar bounty on his head. Well, israel says the targeted strikes killed around 10 hezbollah military commanders. The lebanese health ministry says 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured. In response to the attack, hezbollah has called the killing of mr aqil a crime and said israel will pay the price. From beirut, our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports on the attack. Explosion this footage captures the moment of the attack, in the heartland of hezbollah. Explosion the skyline looks like a city at war. Israel hit hard, without warning, in the densely populated residential district of dahiya. Calling this a precision strike, the target was the veteran hezbollah military leader ibrahim aqil. Israel said he had been eliminated, along with about ten commanders of an elite unit. At the time of the strike, aqil and the comma
Has successfully completed its journey Back To Earth but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the international Space Station. Touch Down. Star line is back on earth at 1101 and 35 seconds central time. On earth at 1101 and 35 seconds central time. Thats the moment the capsule central time. Thats the moment the capsule landed central time. Thats the moment the capsule landed a central time. Thats the moment the capsule landed a few the capsule landed a few moments ago in the new Mexico Desert. The capsule landed in the new Mexico Desert a few hours ago. It had developed technical problems, including helium leaks, shortly after its original launch and nasa decided it would be safer to leave the two astronauts on board the iss. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return to earth next february in a spacex capsule, after spending eight months in Orbit Theyd only expected to be there 8 days. Nasa says both astronauts are in good spirits. Nasa held a Pre
Years Mercury Prize for their debut album, this could be texas. Hello and welcome to the programme. Im lukwesa burak. The civil War in sudan thats lasted 18 months now shows no signs of ending and the bbc has seen, first hand, the desperate conditions civilians are enduring. Millions have been displaced and Aid Agencies are Warning the Hunger Crisis is of historic proportions. Nawal Al Maghafi has gained rare access to the city of Port Sudan and a key Border Area in neighbouring chad, where refugees are still flowing out, as Aid Agencies desperately try to get aid in. The faces of a forgotten War. These are some of the Familys Court at the centre of what is being called one of The Worlds worst humanitarian crises. Here in sudan, 26 Million people are facing acute hunger. We only get one meal a day, this woman says. In this Displacement Camp in a Port Sudan, the essay from the front lines of the conflict that life is hard. In another camp nearby people 0 for water. Their most basic righ
World if ukraine is not free then the world is if ukraine is not free then the world is not safe. But this Contact World is not safe. But this Contact Groups gives us the structure to keep ukraine sovereign and secure. The Coalilion Sovereign and secure. The coalition is built to succeed and coalition is built to succeed and It Coalition is built to succeed and it is coalition is built to succeed and it is built to last. President biden has said russia will not President Biden has said russia will not prevail in this conflict. The independent people conflict. The independent people of ukraine will prevail. The united states and our allies the united states and our allies and partners will continue to stand with them every continue to stand with them every step of the way. So thanks every step of the way. So thanks for being here. And with that, thanks for being here. And with that, We Thanks for being here. And with that, we will pause while our friends that, we will pause while our fr
Opener at hampden. Stop a murky start but for most of us Warm Sunshine developing today, watch out for more heavy thundery rain in the south. I will have the details. Its Friday 6th of september. The Home Secretary Will chair a meeting of senior ministers, Intelligence Agencies and Law Enforcement Bodies Today to discuss how to tackle criminal gangs which smuggle people across the channel. 12 people died on tuesday when their small boat came apart off the french coast. Yvette cooper said this showed the moral imperative of dismantling the gangs. Our home editor, mark easton, reports. The government claims the deaths of 12 migrants in the channeljust off the french coast earlier this week is evidence of both the moral imperative in destroying the smuggling gangs, and also that measures to disrupt the criminal networks are having an impact. The Home Office says it suggests the Business Model of the smugglers is under pressure. More people are being crammed into less seaworthy vessels, wi