Over 17 people die in flash floods. Plus new images of the gunman who attacked the head officers of a newspaper and a bank. And find out the winner of the 2013 International Word of the year. Welcome to al jazeera, we begin our coverage in lebanon. At least 23 people have been killed after two suicide bombs exploded in the lebanese capital of beirut. A group linked to alqaeda says it carried out the attacks. There has been conflicting reports about the condition of irans coupletural attache, one suggesting he was killed another that he was seriously injured. This is where the bombs were designated. The area is known to be a hezbollah strong hold. Zanea bring us up to date on what happened today. Like you mentioned two suicide bombers, and really that is a dangerous development, because we have seen bombings over recent months but this is suicide bombers, and it is very hard to prevent such attacks. We have talked to a number of people who witnessed the explosions. They were close buy.