Welcome, im martine croxall. We begin with the latest in the Middle East, following two days of explosions in lebanon. The united states says its involved in intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah escalating further. The comments come after explosions triggered in pagers and Walkie Talkies used by hezbollah killed at least 32 people and injured thousands. The leader of hezbollah, which some western states have designated a terrorist organisation, is expected to address the events in a speech later today. Israel hasnt confirmed it was behind the blasts, yet the Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, has said its opening a new phase in the war, with the centre of gravity shifting to the north. 0ur Reporter simonjones has more. A funeral in Southern Lebanon is about to be interrupted. Explosion an explosion, injuring a hezbollah soldier, causing panic and fear. Screaming In Beirut, another blast caused by a walkie talkie. Explosion a new form of technol
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Metropolitan police say they are aware of the allegations. And the Bank Of England governor says Interest Rates are now gradually on the path down, after Borrowing Costs were held at 5 . Hello and welcome. In the last Hour Weve been monitoring a speech from the Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nazrallah giving his first public response to two days of attacks in lebanon using sabotaged communication devices. He described the attacks as an unprecedented blood to the iranian fact Militant Group but promised to fight against israel. The number of people killed has risen to thirty seven, with nearly Three Thousand wounded. The Hezbollah Leader accused israel of being behind the operation which he said crossed all Red Lines. Translation thousands of a. Ers translation Thousands Of Pagers were translation Thousands Of Pagers were targeted translation Thousands Of Pagers were targeted by translation Thousands Of Pagers were targeted by the | pagers were targeted by the israeli enemy and detonated at t
Munication devices, pagers and Walkie Talkies Which exploded. Hassan nasrallah described it as a massacre. Will people were killed and nearly 3000 Injured On Tuesday and yesterday. When he fight people were killed and 600 people injured in the Blast Ash mclean five people. He said it was an unprecedented blow for the group but said its ability to communicate remained intact. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken said a ceasefire is still possible but the relationship between israel and Southern Lebanon needs to be resolved. Lets have a listen to what he had to say. We continue to work to get a Cease Fire for gaza over the finish line, and as we discussed with some of you just a day ago, in egypt, we believe that remains both possible and necessary. But meanwhile we dont want to see any as glittery actions by any party that make that even more difficult. There is a real problem that needs to be resolved when it comes to Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon, and that is the fact that sinc