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
In four years. The bbc has been told that Sir Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff received a Pay Rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the Prime Minister. Sue gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 £3,000 more than the pm and more than any cabinet minister. 0ur political correspondent, henry zeffman, has more. I knew that there were tensions at the top of government and this Storys Existence in some way from Chris Mason and me attests to those, but my phone has practically blown up in the hours since we published this story yesterday, with people across Whitehall And Westminster who are furious at Sue Gray, keir starmer s Chief Of Staff. And let me explain why. It is not necessarily about her salary in absolute terms. There will be people out there who think that not only Sue Gray as prime Ministers Chief of staff, but the Prime Minister himself ought to be paid a lot more. Im sure they could earn lots more in the private sector or certainly in parts of t
Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to Bbc News. Lets continue with rolling coverage of the rapidly evolving Security Situation in lebanon, where over the last few hours, fresh ways of exploding electronic devices have caused new casualties. The Health Ministry, quoted by afp, says nine people have been killed in more than 300 injured. Let me show you some images found by reuters in beirut. They show the plumes of smoke to the Middle And Right of the screen at several different locations across the city, and not altogether clear whether this was the start, but as we mentioned, the lebanese authority saying Walkie Talkies targeted in the attacks and the iranian backed Hezbollah Group bought the radios around five months ago, around the same time as the pagers that exploded yesterday. Lets start this hour in washington. Joining me now from washington is tom bateman. Antony blinken saying only a few hours ago that washington knew nothing about these impending Attacks Yesterday. Well, ye
Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Its the longest Prison Sentence that has been handed down so far after the wave of riots that swept parts of england and Northern Ireland last month. 27 year old Thomas Birley from rotherham has been sent to jail for nine years after helping to set fire to a Hotel Housing Asylum seekers in the town and attacking Police Officers in august. The judge told Thomas Birley, you were a leading participant in an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. From sheffield, heres danny savage. It was one of the most notorious events of the nationwide civil unrest over the summer the attack on a hotel at Housing Asylum seekers in south yorkshire. A mob targeted police and those inside. AJudge Today described this as an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. One of them was Thomas Birley, seen here at the time. He was filmed throwing a bin at officers. And then stoked the fire in a burning Wheelie Bin rammed against one of the hotel exits. He today received
Longer spells of rain will continue across england and wales on sunday. Further north again, a lot of dry weather, but more cloud from scotland and Northern Ireland, so temperatures are not going to be as high, quite a drop Northern Ireland and generally further south, temperatures could sneak up with some sunshine into the low 20s. But low pressure and the rain will move away, but for next week it is a North Westerly wind that will come our way. Temperatures will drop, and it will feel cooler everywhere. Down, thank you. Time now to get the news, Travel And Weather where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im tanya arnold. Its Gold Number 19 for Sarah Storey as the Medal Rush continues for paralympicsgb in paris. Jack draper is preparing to take on World Number one Jannik Sinner is his first grand Slam Semifinal at the Us Open. I have had No Doubt that he can play at this level and we want to go higher and higher and keep pushing alone. Along. Craig bellamy takes charge of his f