Longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and strikes last night on Apartment Complex In Beirut. Israel claims that hezbollah was using the complex as in underground headquarters. This represents a major escalation of the backand forth between Israel And Hezbollah, which israel has intensified in the last couple weeks. The strikes killed several other Highranking Hezbollah officials and the iranian State News that says in revolutionary Guard General was killed in the same strike. Lebanon lawns and more than 100 wounded in the strikes. That number is expected to rise. Nasrallah is a travertine cleric, who has led the group since 1992 and has grown the group in most powerful Running Back and forth and the reason both militarily and political terry. It is what is called a state within a state. He also led the group through decades of conflict with israel, participate in the Syrian Civil War On Behalf of of the regime and help back others in the region including the houthis in yemen. The national
Gang violence continues in haiti, the bodies of ten people have been found in a wealthy suburb. Witnesses said there have an attack of armed criminals and the president announced his resignation. Transitional council will choose his replacement but has yet to be appointed. Rishi sunak has insisted his party is united in the economy is turning a corner as he attempts to move past questions of leadership. Last week saw defection in a racism row in a plot to replace him. Local Election Campaign starting tomorrow in the Business Secretary called on her colleagues to stop the Westminster Psychodrama and the Prime Minister urged them to stick to the plan. The Prime Minister. Six more years for President Putin. In the us, they say. They said the vote took place amid systemic internal repression. Canada criticised the process was flawed and undemocratic. Lets have a look at who did congratulate him. That is iran, china and north korea. Indian Prime Minister offered warm congratulations. And Pr
Eight state delegates. And the last time is or republicans have caucus delicate to delegates was back in 2012, but this time around they switched the partys president ial nominating system to caucus after failing to set up a primary during last years legislative session. The rest of michigans delegates, 39 and all, were also awarded to trump today. Amid a complicating and Chaotic Convention process. Well talk about that later. You remember trump already won this weeks Michigan Republican primary. But again, as i mentioned, it is complicated this year. Since republicans hosted both ab primary as well as a caucus. To award their states delegates. That, of course, is because the state of chaos and Michigan State voted last throw to move their president ial primary up to february but that didnt fall in line with what republicans wanted and certainly the Republican National conventions rolls. So local and National Party officials basically landed on this Hybrid Method that we are watching p
we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
at verisk maplecroft. if erdogan continues down this path of policy that he has embarked upon, do you think turkey will be defaulting on its debts any time soon? thank ou. its debts any time soon? thank yom yes. its debts any time soon? thank you. yes, well, its debts any time soon? thank you. yes, well, the its debts any time soon? thank you. yes, well, the turkish - you. yes, well, the turkish lira partly as a result of economic policies under the current turkish government has lost about 80% of its value over the past five years. and in the lead up to the election, one of the ways in which the central bank was holding it off was drawing on its foreign exchange and gold reserves. although that props up the lira it is not necessarily sustainable in the long term and if turkey is no longer able to finance imports or to service its external debt it could end up default. there are corrective actions the turkish government can take to try and hold off that risk but we have