Hello. Im annita mcveigh. More now on our top story, the situation in the middle east, where lebanese officials say that nine people have been killed in an israeli Air Strike that Hit A Multistorey Building in central beirut. The Israeli Military says it carried out what it calls precise strikes in the bachoura neighbourhood, near the lebanese parliament. And in the south of the Country Israel says their warplanes killed around 15 hezbollah members in an Air Strike in bintjbeil. Meanwhile hezbollah claims their fighters confronted israeli forces attempting to advance at the fatima border crossing. The Israeli Military is yet to comment on these reports. Lets get more on the missiles fired into israel. Iran is thought to have used ballistic missiles like this, they fly high and fast in an arc, and can get from iran to israel injust 12 minutes. But israel has a sophisticated, multi layered air defence system. Best known is the Iron Dome but that only deals with shorter range rockets fro
Rain and strong winds, stay tuned to the forecast. And thats Bbc News at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. Tough times for ten hag can the Manchester United Manager Weather the storm with a win in europe . They play porto tonight, and six other british teams are in European Action, too. One of those is welsh champions the new saints, wholl make history when they kick off later tonight. And away from Football A First Ever Match For Scotland Women In the T20 World Cup, but it didnt end well. Well bring you the highlights. Welcome to the programme. Theres a busy night of football ahead, with seven british teams in European Action some of them have kicked off already, and well bring you the latest on those matches. Manchester united have travelled to portugal, and will take on porto injust over 90 minutes time in the Europa League. And the heat is on for manager eric ten hag. After only drawing at home with
Months Nations League matches agAinst greece and finland. Its the striker s First Call up since his one and only Cap Back in 2017, when he was a substitute agAinst brazil. England Manager Lee Carsley has also recalled kyle walker, Phil Foden and jude bellingham, while harry maguire, tino livramento, Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze all miss out. With the squad that weve got, weve got so many talented players. Always looking at finding the right balance, you know, who complements who in terms of the way that we play. I try not to get too caught up in positions and to positional. Its more the attributes and the way we can potentially attack the opposition. Meanwhile, kylian Mbappe Isnt in the France Squad for their upcoming uefa Nations League matches despite being back to fitness. The Real Madrid forward missed his sides draw with Atletico Madrid last weekend because of a thigh injury, but then did come off the bench in their surprise Champions League Defeat to lille. So hes seemingly read
Violence has surged in the West Bank since the start of the war In Gaza. Well bring you more information on both of these developing stories as it comes in. Turning back to lebanon, earlier in the day, israel carried out Air Raids against what it called hezbollah s Intelligence Headquarters in Southern Beirut. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega sent us this report. Another night in beirut and more israeli Air Strikes. War returns to this city. And this attack came with no warning. We went to inspect the damage. A residential building near the lebanese parliament. Beirut appears increasingly under threat. This is where an Emergency Response Group linked to hezbollah operated now gone. There were just Emergency Service workers. This is the truth. We only saw them helping people out, says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. The damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack, and theyve been cleaning up the rubble here, but i can still