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To one of china s most senior economists after he criticised xi jinping? we think he disappeared some time earlier this year. That gives you an indication ofjust how cautious peoplei have to be in order to not run foul of the leadership in china. Sirens blare iran launched two big waves of missiles at israel on tuesday. But in case you might think world war iii was breaking out, it was all carefully choreographed. Distant explosions iran signalled what it was going to do, the americans knew about it beforehand and israel was expecting it. That s the way these things are done. The basic facts are unchanged. Israel remains dominant in the immediate region, and iran s hope of turning its two associate groups hamas, in gaza, and hezbollah, in lebanon into checks on israel hasn t succeeded. And a wider war between israel and iran doesn t seem altogether likely because neither country wants it especially not iran, whose rulers know how fragile their control over their own population is ....
To dozens of deaths, including 10 firefighters. And as it pounds beirut from the air, israel is also pursuing hezbollah across its northern border. The bbc s lucy williamson is there and sent us this update. The gaps in israel s defences are still being tested. A rocket fired from lebanon landed near a hospital, sending shrapnel and explosives through the car park as patients lay metres away. Dr 0sama nasser left his car here five minutes before the rocket hit, his daughter s car seat still intact inside the shattered frame. I m a lucky man. It hit the car, not me. I have a little girl also. Two years old. And with every boom and siren, she gets anxious. It is hard to be in this situation one year, it s exhausting situation. Suddenly, more sirens the panic here sharper this time. Seconds later, the thud of rockets. Three, four, five, six? that s a lot. Just coming to the safe room here after the siren sounded again at the hospital this morning. There s been a barrage 20, 30, a0 int ....
It s 10am in singapore, and 5am in beirut, where there have been further air strikes on hezbollah targets in the lebanese capital. The israeli military carried out multiple bombings and several ground incursions throughout the day. The lebanese health ministry said the strikes led to dozens of deaths, including ten firefighters. Hezbollah fired 130 rockets most of which were intercepted into israel, where across the nation a day of commemoration has been taking place to mark the first anniversary of the deadly october 7th attacks by hamas, as clive myrie reports. Their tears are shared. There s a solidarity in this nation s sorrow, uniting strangers and friends, rich and poor, young and old. As a still traumatised people mourn, thousands gathered in southern israel, remembering the 383 people killed at the nova music festival. What s also being mourned is the death of promise, because so many young lives yet to be lived were snatched away. Ask this survivor of the horror of october ....
The way that hes conducted the war In Gaza, have been in favour of some kind of escalation with hezbollah. And what on earth has happened to one of chinas most senior economists after he criticised Xi Jinping . We think he disappeared some time earlier this year. That gives you an indication ofjust how cautious peoplel have to be in order to not run foul of the leadership in china. Sirens blare iran launched two big waves of missiles at israel on tuesday. But in case you might think World War iii was breaking out, it was all carefully choreographed. Distant explosions iran signalled what it was going to do, The Americans knew about it beforehand and israel was expecting it. Thats the way these things are done. The basic facts are unchanged. Israel remains dominant in the immediate r ....
It was 6. 30am on October 7th, when fighters from hamas and other groups crossed the southern border from gaza, and inflicted the worst single Mass Killing of israelis, in the nations history. The gunmen from hamas broke through the border fence, rampaging through nearby villages, kibbutzes, military posts, and a music festival. They torched homes, shooting and killing indiscriminately. Hamas is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by the us, uk and other governments. According to israel, 251 of its citizens and foreigners were taken hostage into gaza. One year on, around 100 People remain unaccounted for. The events of last year have transformed israel and the region including in gaza, where nearly 42,000 People have b ....