And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h
World if ukraine is not free then the world is if ukraine is not free then the world is not safe. But this Contact World is not safe. But this Contact Groups gives us the structure to keep ukraine sovereign and secure. The Coalilion Sovereign and secure. The coalition is built to succeed and coalition is built to succeed and It Coalition is built to succeed and it is coalition is built to succeed and it is built to last. President biden has said russia will not President Biden has said russia will not prevail in this conflict. The independent people conflict. The independent people of ukraine will prevail. The united states and our allies the united states and our allies and partners will continue to stand with them every continue to stand with them every step of the way. So thanks every step of the way. So thanks for being here. And with that, thanks for being here. And with that, We Thanks for being here. And with that, we will pause while our friends that, we will pause while our fr
Opener at hampden. Stop a murky start but for most of us Warm Sunshine developing today, watch out for more heavy thundery rain in the south. I will have the details. Its Friday 6th of september. The Home Secretary Will chair a meeting of senior ministers, Intelligence Agencies and Law Enforcement Bodies Today to discuss how to tackle criminal gangs which smuggle people across the channel. 12 people died on tuesday when their small boat came apart off the french coast. Yvette cooper said this showed the moral imperative of dismantling the gangs. Our home editor, mark easton, reports. The government claims the deaths of 12 migrants in the channeljust off the french coast earlier this week is evidence of both the moral imperative in destroying the smuggling gangs, and also that measures to disrupt the criminal networks are having an impact. The Home Office says it suggests the Business Model of the smugglers is under pressure. More people are being crammed into less seaworthy vessels, wi
police hunting for the man suspected of attacking a woman with a corrosive substance in london last week say he s probably dead. abdul shakoor ezedi was last caught on cctv on chelsea bridge, on the night of the attack. detectives believe he went into the river thames. prince harry has settled his remaining claims against mirror group newspapers for phone hacking and invasion of privacy. the amount he ll receive has been described as substantial . the publisher will also pay all his legal costs, beginning with an interim payment of £400,000. the parties of two former prime ministers in pakistan, nawaz sharif and imran khan, have both claimed victory in yesterday s general election. independent candidates linked to imran khan hold the highest number of seats three time former leader nawaz sharif says his party is the largest. good evening. it s no secret that through this first term, the white house staff have shielded joe biden from too much media exposure. case in point,