Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up in beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecessor was assassinated by israel. To thousands, maybe millions of Shia Muslims in lebanon and beyond, he was a hero. To israel, he was a wanted terrorist. Armed with up to the minute intelligence, the israeli Air Force targeted the underground bunker where hezbollah s leadership was meeting. This is both a major escalation and a challenge to iran. Translation this is not | the limit of our capabilities. We must be very clear, there are more tools at our disposal and the message is simple anyone who threatens the state of israel will be reached, whether in the north, the south or even a more distant places. Or even in more distant places. Hezbollah s power has been seriously weakened by the recent assassinatio
Sportsday with hugh ferris. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh ferris. The headlines this evening. Arsenal and Manchester City succeed where liverpool failed as both win at the top of the Premier League. Celtic and rangers match each other goal for goal. Both win 2 1, but celtic keep their lead in the Scottish Premiership. And a late header proves a sting in the tailfor arsenal, who drop more points in the Wsl Title Race. Also coming up on sportsday. Ronnie 0sullivan makes a solid start to his second round match at the World Snooker championship as he continues his quest for a record eighth world title. And ukraine pip Great Britain to the final gold of the mens European Gymnstics Chamnpionships in italy. Hello again. After liverpool dropped points yesterday, both arsenal and Manchester City spent today trying to make sure they didnt do the same on what promised to be another pivotal day in the Premier League title race. Still a point separates the two after city won at notts. Whil
Time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh ferris. The headlines this evening. Arsenal and Manchester City succeed in the Premier League title race. Celtic and rangers match each other goal for goal. Both win 2 1, but celtic keep their lead in the scottish preimership. And a late header proves a sting in the tailfor arsenal, who drop more points in the Wsl Title Race. Also coming up on sportsday. Ronnie osullivan makes a solid start to his second round match at the World Snooker championship as he continues his quest for a record eighth world title. And ukraine pip Great Britain to the final gold of the mens European Gymnstics Chamnpionships in italy after liverpool dropped points yesterday, both arsenal and Manchester City spent today trying to make sure they didnt do the same on what promised to be another pivotal day in the Premier League title race. Still a point separates the two after city won at notts. While arsenal held on to win a North London Derby at spurs th
and will be on display in 2025. time for the sport. good morning. manchester city are still favourites to go through to the champions league quarterfinals, but they have plenty of work to do after they were held to a 1 1 draw in germany by rb leipzig. patrick gearey was watching. across 12 years, across a continent, manchester city have been searching. if their hunt for the european cup has taught them anything, it s the value of patience. against rb leipzig, they waited 26 minutes for one riyad mahrez moment. leipzig themselves seemed in no particular hurry, they bobbed along until the second half, when suddenly they found some urgency and fluency. benjamin henrichsjust needed the accuracy. the feeling was that city don t offer those chances often, but 15 minutes later, here was an even better one. scored byjosko gvardiol, one of europe s rising forces. no great rush or panic from city,