Welcome to bbc News Broadcasting to viewers Around The World. And we start in the Middle East where fears of an all out regional conflict are growing. Lebanese officials say more than 490 people have been killed, including 35 children, and at least 16 Hundred others injured in israeli strikes on the south of the country. The Israel Defense forces say theyve hit 800 positions held by the iranian backed group hezbollah. It says its fired dozens of rockets at israel. The Cross Border strikes have intensified after a series of exploding Device Attacks on hezbollah members were blamed on israel. Ourfirst report come from our senior international correspondent, Orla Guerin whos in beirut. Explosion. Southern lebanon awoke to this. It looks like all out war. The israeli army says it hit 1,300 hezbollah sites today. There were Gaza Style warnings, telling residents to go, including from the israeli leader. Now, starting this morning the idf has warned you to get out of Harms Way. I urge you, t
We will start with developing news out of the us. This is georgia and this is to do with criminal proceedings against donald trump. You may be aware of the latest developments in georgia and those allegations of election interference. The way the system works there as there is something called a grand jury system. 0rdinary members of the public sit on that and they make a preliminary decision about Whether Terminal Proceedings should go ahead. In this case, they did. There have been reports in the last few hours that personal details, some of those ordinary members of the public, have been allegedly leaked online. We now have allegedly leaked online. We now have a statement from the Fulton County sheriffs office. Lets take a look at that and then we can on partygate. It said in a statement. As a lead agency, our investigators are working closely with local, state, and federal Law Enforcement agencies to track down the origin of threats in Fulton County and other jurisdictions. That is
all of their in-person events in iowa less than 72 hours out from the critical first vote in the nation. the extreme weather and subzero temps upending their plans. plus, new u.s. strikes against iranian backed militants in yemen tonight hours after president biden said he had delivered a message to iran with that barrage of strikes last night. the question now is is escalation inevitable? also potential complications for the trump case in georgia. allegations of an improper relationship between the fulton county district attorney and her lead prosecutor, and a judge is now looking into the matter. i m kaitlan collins. and this is the source. we are now down to the crucial final three days before the first vote in the nation, and right now the republican front-runner will be off the trail and on the phones ipinstead just like his gop rivals. donald trump s campaign forced to cancel three of its four scheduled rallies this weekend in iowa out of an abundance of caution
just begun, let s get right to it. first coast guard district commander. brief recap of our coordinated search efforts for the 21-foot submersible with the five on board and update on current search efforts and plans for the next 24 hours. on behalf of all the men and women of the united states coast guard and our search partners, we offer our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the five crew members, their families and their loved ones. our crews are working around the clock to ensure we are doing everything possible to locate the titan and the five crew members. yesterday we set up a unified command consisting of expertise from the united states coast guard, united states navy, canadian armed forces and coast guard, and the titan s parent company, oceangate expedition. a complex search effort, requires multiple agencies with subject matters expertise and specialized equipment. the u.s. coast guard has assumed the role of mission coordinator, we do not have all the nec
that s it for us, have a great weekend. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight straight from the source, donald trump and his gop rivals now canceling almost all of their in-person events in iowa. less than 70 hours out before the critical first vote in the nation. the extreme weather and sub zero temps up ending their plans. plus new u.s. strikes against iranian backed militants in yemen tonight hours after president biden said he delivered a message to iran that the barrage of strikes last night. the question now is escalation inevitable? and complications of the trump case in georgia. allegations of the improper relationship between the fulton county district attorney and her lead prosecutor. a judge is now looking into the matter. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. we are now down to the crucial final three days before the first vote in the nation. right now the republican front runner will be off the trails and on the phones instead just like