A ballistic Missile Attack imminently. All precautions and alerts in place. An israeli Army Spokesman says the country is on a high State Of Alert and that an iranian attack would have repercussions. Let would have repercussions. Me show you the live pictures let me show you the live pictures from beirut, you can see the smokes from some of the latest strikes and that is after the overnight start of the Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon by israel. We have seen the Build Up of troops and overnight they crossed the border. The strikes continue in Southern Lebanon and also in beirut. Let me show you the live pictures from the Border Areas of Southern Lebanon. You can see the Mist And Smoke from some of those strikes with 25 villages, the residence they being ordered by israel to evacuate immediately. Those are some of the live pictures coming into us. I was talking about what The Americans have told the israelis about an imminent potential threat from iran. Lets hear some of the latest
Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an
Person faces criticism for its approval of the Pfizer Vaccine raising worries the debate could undermine public confidence. Indias army denies reports it carried out reprise of attack the kashmir after the deaths of 2 soldiers. In the former president of the Central African republic is barred from running for office of allegations of war crimes. The global death toll from the crowd of ours had to make now has passed 1500000 with a 3rd of those in just the last 2 months the United Nations secretary general is once again calling for a unified Global Response to the pandemic which is infected more than 65000000 people a number of countries have been reporting record high record high deaths among them basically despite overall cases dropping just under a 1000 people died in the last 24 hours. The u. S. Is experiencing a surge of infections with hospitalizations and deaths are reaching new heights president elect joe biden says he will ask americans to wear a mask during his 1st 100 days in
Kashmir accuse soldiers of reprisal attacks against civilians. And a bitter winter puts tens of thousands of syrians without shelter at risk of death and hunger. Bought into the program more than one and a half 1000000 people have died of coronavirus worldwide and the 3rd of them in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting record numbers of deaths among them are italy where nearly a 1000 people died on wednesday the highest since the beginning of the pandemic now new lock down measures are being imposed to curb the outbreak. The inclusion bit is sage in that from the 21st of december to the 6th of january all movements from one region to another are prohibited even to reach a 2nd homes attention on christmas boxing day in january 1st also prohibited travel from one place to another on the whole National Territory there is still a ban on moving from teen pm to 5 am for new years eve however this pressure bush and will be extended from teen pm the night before to 7 am
A decision be made on which to take and what data to trusts also this hour a hong kong prodemocracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of fraud and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in their academic calendar. And on peoples temple the school says n. B. A. Players get back to training the Houston Rockets trade old stalled home gold Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic theyve been more than sea. 34000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there but the Health Minister