Our coverage continues on the last word with my friend lawrence odonnell. Good evening. A big newsnight. Yes and minutes before you started your live coverage, we just got the news and i was reading it as you are handling it live. I have been following these Swarming Investigations of City Hall and Eric Adams at what i felt was relatively closely, but i have never been able to describe to anyone the full shape of it. I think by tomorrow we will have the diagrams built to put on screen to show you the number of commissioners who resigned from this administration. The number of people in the Adams Administration alone who have had telephones seized. I first covered it on this program two weeks ago for the first time when the Police Commissioner was forced to resign. That had reached a level that really made it feel like it was now happening at the very top and here we are tonight at the top of the top, at City Hall. Stunning news and new York City history in the making. Have a good show.
By sending around 700 additional Uk Military personnel to cyprus as part of a possible evacuation. They willjoin 500 british troops who are already based at raf akrotiri. Meanwhile, Israel And Hezbollah continue to exchange heavy cross borderfire, defying calls from World Leaders for an immediate de escalation. The lebanese government has called on the us for help to end a wave of israeli assaults, the deadliest bombardment the country has seen in decades. Health authorities there say 569 people, including many children, have been killed since monday. Hezbollah continues to launch rockets in the other, direction. The purple dots on this Map Show where those rockets landed. Israels Air Strikes within lebanon are marked here in red. And as World Leaders meet in new york, the un Security Council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Aru na iyengar reports. Firing across borders, there is rarely iron Dome Defence System intercepts rockets fired by hezbollah from lebanon
And smartwatch payments, the once essential item could become a thing of the past. Good morning. Its goals galore for chelsea and signs of lift off this season, as they beat barrow 5 0. All the Premier League sides in action avoiding an upset in Last Nights League Cup. A dry start to the day for many. A few showers around. When wilful on areas already saturated. All of the details shortly. When will all. Its wednesday, 25th september. Labours first Party Conference since the party was elected injuly is due to come to a close this afternoon, with the Prime Minister promising delegates that change is on the horizon. Today the focus will be on the scrapping of the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners, and the debate from unions to reverse it. Our political correspondent Helen Catt sent this report. Applause. It was the first time in 15 years that a sitting Prime Minister had addressed labours Party Conference. In his speech, Sir Keir promised the country that change was coming. I know that
Football. Well start with football, and one of the games Greats Rafael Varane has announced his retirement at the age of 31. The french World Cup Winner injured his knee last month on his debut for newly promoted como in serie a, and its forced him call time on his career. He won the Fa Cup with Manchester United last season, but the defender will be most closely associated with Real Madrid before that, a 10 year spell the Spanish Giants that saw him win 18 trophies including three La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues. He was capped 93 times for his country, winning the World Cup in 2018 Manchester United start their Europa League Campaign later. They face dutch Side Fc Twente at old trafford. Its the club where the united manager erik ten hag made his name as a player and then cut his teeth as a coach under Steve Mclaren at the time. Ten hag says he still has a soft spot for his former side and would rather not be playing them but knows the competition offers a path to the Champi