TheIr moment of freedom would come a lot sooner than people thInk. More on that In a moment. On lebanon, Israels Defence MInIster saId they were ready to use forces from aIr, Sea And Land to achIeve Its objectIves agaInst hezbollah to ensure people whod evacuated theIr homes In northern Israel, were safe to return. He told the troops, you are part of thIs effort. Hezbollah s Deputy Leader has InsIsted that the group Is ready If Israel decIdes to Invade lebanon. In a defIant speech, he saId the battle agaInst Israel wIll contInue. There have been more IsraelI attacks today. Hamas says the leader of Its operatIons In lebanon has been kIlled by an aIrstrIke. Another PalestInIan Group saId three of Its leaders were kIlled In a strIke on an Apartment Block near central beIrut. We wIll have more on all those developments In a moment, but fIrst to a News Conference that has just started wIth some of the famIlIes of the hostages are stIll beIng Held. The famIlIes of the hostages are stIll beIn
Became incredibly. Some previous became incredibly. Some previous Labour Campaigns have been previous Labour Campaigns have been pretty personal as well. I dont been pretty personal as well. I dont think we are there yet. I think dont think we are there yet. I think some of the candidates, not all think some of the candidates, not all of think some of the candidates, not all of them, are a bit frustrated. This week is basically a hustling bonanza. They basically a hustling bonanza. They are basically a hustling bonanza. They are all speaking one after anothen they are all speaking one after another. There still arent really another. There still arent really those gloves off moments when really those gloves off moments when you really those gloves off moments when you will have them standing on stage together, competing to do each other down in front competing to do each other down in front of competing to do each other down in front of the Conservative Party in front of the conservativ
Talking about boris . Well, it hasnt actually really got going yet. So i do think that from today and we had, you know, Robertjenrick And Kemi Badenoch Sort of trying to be nice to each other this morning here in the studio i do think by The End of today theres going to be much more focus on the different candidates and what theyre saying. Some of the very interesting things that Kemi Badenoch has been saying this morning, for good or for ill, and i kind of think once they get into the next few hours and the meat of the contest between all four of them, that they will get more attention. Its a funny thing, though, isnt it . Its not that bitter. I mean, laura, on your programme, you got Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch to try to talk about the ways in which they disagreed. But it really is sort of disagreements in emphasis. You think of Conservative Leadership campaigns, and theyve had quite a few over the last few years, they over the last few years, they became incredibly personal. Ce
Be a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow starts dry and ChIlly Chubut there wIll be some wet and WIndy Weather later In the day. Dry and chIlly too. Fresh attacks have contInued on the lebanese CapItal BeIrut overnIght. It comes after Israels MIlItary carrIed out a StrIke South of the CIty Yesterday targetIng Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It has not been confIrmed If he was In the buIldIngs when It was struck. Lebanons Health MInIstry say sIx people were kIlled and 91 Injured. Our reporter SImon Jones has the latest. ExplosIons, screamIng new strIkes overnIght on Southern BeIrut. Israels mIlItary saId It was targetIng buIldIngs storIng hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denIed they were arms depots. ExplosIons. EarlIer, a serIes of massIve explosIons. It Is thought the target here was the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It Is unclear whether he was any of the buIldIngs that were hIt. Iran, whIch backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changIng escalatI
RankIng hezbollah offIcIals. The shIIte clear at Hassan Nasrallah, Lead Hezbollah sInce 1982 and grew the group Into the most powerful IranIan backed force In the regIon, both mIlItarIly and buIldIng has below to what Is called the state wIthIn a state and led the group through decades of conflIct wIth Israel. The bIden admInIstratIon saId It was not alerted ahead of tIme to Yesterday Pack the strIkes In beIrut. In a statement, the head of the supreme natIonal SecurIty CouncIl saId It acts as a resIstance and wIll respond wIth force at the rIght tIme and that Israel has opened the Gates Of Hell agaInst Itself. Israel carrIed out more strIkes thIs mornIng In Israel And Hezbollah fIred more rockets Into Israel. JoInIng leave thIs mornIng Is my frIend brett bradley. He Is In beIrut. A country he knows well. ReportIng on an organIzatIon that he reported on for a very long tIme what you make of everythIng that has happened In the last 1218 hours . It Is not just somethIng that happened In t