Welcome to Bbc News. First of All of course we dont see Cross Border Fire from hezbollah and from the Israel Defense forces, so on the ground, any talk of a ceasefire seems very very remote. Let me ask you about your take on what is happening on the ground first of All. Is happening on the ground first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of fire first of All. Well on Ground It | is this exchange of fire which will continue and sometimes intensifies, both sides think that they can get an advantage, israel particularly, in that it is claiming to knock out hezbollah positions, particularly Rocket Launching Site and Command And Control posts, it is striking into beirut at times, which is causing a lot of Collateral Damage but they seem to be targeting commanders, the intelligence is working well at the moment, as far as israel is concerned and the hezbollah leadership is concerned, t
Has been whipping up too, creating wild conditions. In birmingham, cars have been caught out. In selly oak, its been a busy time for the Emergency Services helping rescue drivers. Public transport has been doing its best to keep on running, but at birmingham new Street Station there have been delays and cancellations. The Environment Agency has this advice for anyone heading out. There will be a lot of water out on the roads and travel might be really difficult, so we need them to make sure they pay attention to any Emergency Services. And later in the day we are expecting further rainfall in areas through the midlands. Telford United Football club says its been deluged after a thunderstorm. Its appealing to fans to come and help dry out their flooded pitch. This nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. With Rain Falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. And simon updated us from one of the worst affected areas. Im in
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Hour, huge clouds of smoke has been seen rising from beirut after a series of explosions. Huge plumes of smoke 2530 minutes ago. The israeli defense forces have claimed to attack hezbollah s central headquarters in beirut saying the headquarters is under residential buildings in the suburb of the cities south. It would not stop until its objectives were met. Air strikes have continued throughout the course of the day with thousands of people being killed in lebanon. Hezbollah has been Firing Rockets into israeli cities including. Just in the last Half Hour, as i was saying, these huge blasts in beirut with the israelis giving details about their operations. More about that in a moment. Anna foster is there for us. Shes been describing what it actually felt like when those blasts went off, notjust seeing those plumes of smoke, but physically what that felt like that so many different people describing these as the since the beginning of this conflict. I will speak to anna in a moment, b
Welcome to inside politics. Im Dana Bash in washington. We have a lot of Breaking News this hour we begin with major news out of the middle East Israel says it has struck hezbollahs Central Headquarters in the lebanese capital of beirut. Cnns Jomana Karadsheh is now here with us from beirut. Jomana, what are you seeing and hearing . Well, dana, a short while ago, we were here on the roof and we heard massive blast that shook our hotel as well as the rest of beirut. And then we could see the thick plume of smoke rising from the direction of beiruts Southern Suburbs that is an area one of the most densely populated areas of the country where you have hezbollah presence, where their leadership has been known to have been based in the past where we have seen multiple Israeli Strikes in recent days. But this certainly was the largest blast that anyone here has witnessed since the start of this escalation, according to lebanese colleagues, they say that this is the biggest Israeli Strike tha