A lot to get through this evening. First, the latest headlines. The head of the israeli armed forces, herzi halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Visiting his troops in northern Israel Today he said the Air Force will continue degrading hezbollah to such a point that they can put boots on the ground. President putin has reiterated that russia reserved the right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by any state. He added that aggression by a non nuclear state that was supported by a nuclear power would be considered a joint attack. Democratic president Ial Kamala Harris is scheduled to deliver a speech in pittsburgh laying out her plans for the economy if shes elected as president. Speaking in the Battleground State of pennsylvania, she is expected to announce new incentives to boost domestic manufacturing and to grow the middle class. Earth is set to gain a tiny second moon this weekend. Scientists say a small asteroid is going to be capt
At the hospital in northern gaza, the idf says it killed several militant commanders and insisted it was preventing harm to civilians. Our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. Left in ruins. This was once the Beating Heart of gazas health care system, but israel says that it had become a terrorist base. Two weeks ago, its troops returned to Al Shifa Hospital for a second time launching a surprise attack. They say they shot dead 200 palestinian gunmen and arrested top hamas figures without harming civilians. Palestinians say many innocents were hurt and killed. Translation there are so many bodies here. Weve been getting them out ever since this morning. Its shocking. Weve never seen anything like it. The fierce fighting entered al shifas wards and razed homes nearby. Israels military sees this as one of its most successful operations of the war so far, dealing the enemy a major blow. But critics say its also a worrying sign of the ability of hamas to regroup in areas that i
This is valid for thursday and into friday. Deep floodwaters are possible, damage to homes and businesses from the flash floods and River Flooding too. That is still to come. Its not happening at the moment. The weather is in the process of going downhill. This is the Rainfall Accumulation we have been showing you this graphic for the last two or three days. You can see the signs for a fair amount of rainfall, but there are distinct spots in the uk and it looks like the south east could see heavy rain too. But it is really this part of the country we are focusing on. For today, the wet weather spreads into southern and western parts of the uk. The rain doesnt even necessarily have to be torrential at any moment, it is more that it will be very persistent in certain parts of the country over the next few days. Early on thursday, the heaviest rain is across the north of england and the lakes in two parts of scotland and northern ireland. In the south, there is even a bit of brightness in
Im begging the world to bring my baby back home. Hello. Welcome to verified live. Might make it through the Military Isjust been giving might make it through the military is just been giving some of the latest briefings and some very interesting lines coming out. Officials saying large numbers of strikes have been called off to avoid civilian casualties and theyve also said that the campaign to eliminate hamas could take months or years and the officials are also saying that every gaza target has been approved by the highest level. Interesting because we saw those strikes through the course of the day and overnight one of the major strikes overnight where the idf said they were targeting hamas and this is an area in the south and israel has been urging people to go from the north in these pictures from the area, some of the aftermath and the focus, the attention turns to the way that israel has been responding. Those lines repeated from the israeli officials in the campaign to eliminat