Welcome to Bbc News. There have been more israeli Air Strikes on southern beirut, after the israeli military warned people there to leave their homes. These are live pictures overlooking beirut. Bbc teams there have reported overhearing another strike in the city. It is close to the airport. Well be live with our colleagues in beirut shortly. Elsewhere in lebanon, israel has bombed a mosque In The Southern part of the country. Israel says the mosque was being used as a Command Centre by hezbollah fighters. The building was next to a hospital. The humanitarian situation in lebanon is worsening, with at least four hospitals now closed In The South because of israeli Air Strikes. The World Health Organization says at least 37 Health Care facilities have closed since israel began its Air Bombardment of lebanon two weeks ago. The un says more than 200,000 people have fled lebanon into neighbouring syria. Hezbollah says its fired rockets at the Ramat David Airbase near the city of haifa in n
North of beirut, where again, an israeli strike this morning has targeted, we are told, a senior Hezbollah Commander in the north of the country. We had seen pictures of members of the north Lebanese Red Cross searching through the rubble for survivors from the early morning attack. We saw this morning attack. We saw this morning in the early hourS People in Tel Aviv waking up to the news that hezbollah had targeted israels biggest most populous city with a Ballistic Missile. It is the first time that one of those really scaled up that one of those really scaled up weapons has been used in this conflict. It has clearly been used to send a message by hezbollah that even after several days of fierce israeli strikes, hezbollah wants to show it still has the capacity to strike back inside israel. Just want to show you this footage from the event earlier in the day. You can clearly see and hear the sound of the Air Raid sirens in this footage, which shows the missile just after it was inter
flood waters beginning to recede in vermont leaving disaster behind. while the west and the south suffer through record breaking heat that shows no signs of letting up. this summer is worse than all of the past surveillance. i came to the park prepared because i knew without it i d die out here. and more breaking news out of iowa where republicans have passed a six-week abortion ban. we re live in des moines with reaction. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news overseas on this final day of the nato summit. president biden just about to meet with ukraine s zelenskyy in lithuania any minute now. you can see them in the room. they just sat down. let s listen. i m going to support you, and i hope we finally have put to bed the notion about whether or not ukraine is welcome in nato. it s going to happen, we re moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. so thank yo
opportunities to advance a political agenda, a radical political agenda he said that here in manhattan the scales of justice are being weighed down by politics, and they are but only today an america being rich, being powerful, even being president of the united states does not intitle you to violate the law with impunity. the republican-led house judiciary committee travels to new york city for partisan political theater. we ll is much more about this grievance-filled hearing in just a moment house speaker kevin mccarthy was also in new york talking about a plan to raise the debt ceiling but his proposal was messing several key details. and we have the latest from eastern europe following a rare trip out of russia by president vladimir putin good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 18th i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. following a two-week recess congress was back in session yesterday. but instead of legislating
as we learn more about the victims of an attack on a birthday in alabama. we ll bring you the very latest. outrage in kansas city after the family of a black teen who was shot after he rang the wrong doorbell, has now retained two well-known civil rights lawyers. what we know about the investigation coming up. in delaware, a judge overseeing a major defamation occ case against fox news says he made the decision to delay the start of the trial until tomorrow we ll take you outside the courtroom. plus, nearly 100 civilians killed in sudan as a clash unfolds between the government and paramilitary groups. what s behind this wave of violence coming up and we begin this hour with another mass shooting devastating a community in america. this morning an investigation is underway in dadeville, alabama, after four people were killed, 29 others were injured in a shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party. most of the victims were teenagers. so far police have not provided informati