DescrIbIng It as an open ended battle of reckonIng. NaIm qassem was speakIng durIng the funeral of a senIor Hezbollah Commander kIlled In frIdays IsraelI AIr StrIke on beIrut. That attack has been followed by a further escalatIon of Cross Border strIkes wIth three people kIlled In an IsraelI attack on Southern Lebanon. And Israel says hezbollah has fIred more than 150 rockets Into Its terrItory. In haIfa, 30 kIlometres from the lebanese border, HospItal PatIents have been moved to underground facIlItIes and resIdents have been told to restrIct gatherIngs and stay near shelters. We start wIth thIs report from our dIplomatIc correspondent, paul adams, from jerusalem. Northern Israel under attack thIs mornIng. Houses hIt far from the lebanese border. Hezbollah are seekIng revenge after days of devastatIng setbacks. Israels AIr Defences In actIon over the northern cIty of haIfa. Hezbollah rockets now reachIng deeper than ever Into Israel. EvIdence across the north that the IranIan backed g
new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid
before france s top judges and betting on a crackdown: premier league clubs agree to remove gambling sponsors from shirt fronts within three years. campaigners say it s nowhere near enough. hello there. giving in to big pay demands by striking workers would be, quote, a terrible mistake so says the uk s finance minister chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who s been defending his policies after official figures confirmed the economy flatlined in february with growth of 0%. industrial action is seen as a key factor dragging on the economy with teachers, rail workers, civil servants and nowjunior doctors among those walking out in a wave of strikes over pay. mr hunt is in washington for the spring meetings of the world bank and imf, where he was asked about the strikes. the one thing we won t do, because it would be a terrible mistake, is to agree to an inflationary pay rise that means that we are still talking about inflation in one year s time. if we stick to the pl
now, it s hard to remember a time when sunday morning television didn t feature a live political interview programme. come the new year, there ll have been one on bbc one for 30 years. the late sir david frost was host for 12 years, andrew marr for 16. and at the start of september, laura kuenssberg inherited the mantle. it s one of the most high profilejobs in television news. and like her predecessors, she s hooked some important guests. hello, and a very warm welcome to a new show and a new political era. tomorrow, one of these two will be chosen as our new prime minister. thank you so much for coming in. and whatever happens, do come back. applause well, i was going to say going for some reaction from our panel, because listening to that interview at the desk and seeming to applaud joe lycett, the comedian. i love it! this morning, we ll bejoined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. the key issue at
in about ten minutes, we ll have this week s edition of newswatch. but first on bbc news, click. 0h. there was another whiff of something there. sniffs. i don t know. grapefruit? is it the sea? today, i m having a rather smelly experience while trying to solve a mystery from history. this is one of the most famous shipwrecks in the world. the mary rose was king henry viii s favourite warship and in 1516, while battling the french, it sunk under mysterious circumstances. for more than 400 years, it lay on its side at the bottom of the river solent but amazingly, the starboard half was preserved under the silt. which led, in 1982, to one of the most complex maritime salvage operations in history. and now, exactly a0 years on, i have donned a bluetooth connected backpack that will release different smells as i chase around the mary rose museum in portsmouth, trying to work out why the ship went down. right in the bowels of the ship now and i m smelling tar. it s like the roadwor