Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an
The blast. We can go to Beirut And Anna foster. We were speaking to our colleague who was saying the news has been reported on iranians media. That is right. It is an important moment. What i think will be a moment when you see a collective outpouring of grief in southern suburbs of beirut and the south of the country and the south of the Country And Bekaa valley is when we have the funeral. I have no indication when it will happen. It will happen reasonably quickly because these things always do. Perhaps tomorrow. That will be a big moment. If you look back to just over a week ago when we had the attacks with pagers and walkie talkies. People gathered at funerals and a second wave of attacks came then so when people go to a funeral they will remember what happened a week ago and be nervous. If you support hezbollah in the stronghold areas, they will want to be part of their collective grieving process. That is something that i think well have a real impact on the streets of beirut and
Steel and aluminium products are more than tripled to 25%. Tariff hikes and other products including semiconductor chips are set to take into effect over the next two years. The increases which impact a relatively small amount of us imports come as vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump have clashed over tariffs on the campaign trail. Mrtrump clashed over tariffs on the campaign trail. Mr trump is calling for sweeping new duties on all imports while ms harris has said his proposal would raise prices for the american people. Raise prices for the american eo le. . , ,. , raise prices for the american eole. . . , , people. The european union is also considering people. The european union is also considering tariffs people. The european union is also considering tariffs on also considering tariffs on china made electric vehicles and negotiations are ongoing. The block was meant to vote on the taxes earlier this week that has since been delayed. We will bring you a
Number of schools talk about getting the Education Sector back on its feet. ThIs Is the last day of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool. We will bring you all of the speeches that we can. The work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall Is on her feet delivering her speech and i think we can lIsten to it into what she has to say. The first Labour Government in the first Labour Government in the first labour Prime MinIster in 14 long years. Our national Wealth Fund Is up and running but Gb Energy has switched on. The unsure when banks scrap renters rights overhauled and local busesin renters rights overhauled and local buses in local, teachers pay up tackling Child Poverty back where it should be. A top priority all around us we see the consequences of tory failure. Most record numbers of people who want to work locked out because of poor health. Millions stuck in insecure jobs. Mum struggling with childcare. DIsabled people denied equality. Food Bank Use soaring and more than 4 Million
Sovereignty, just as we do for any other nation. We need to withdraw russian occupiers, which will bring an end to the hostilities in ukraine and we must hold those responsible for War Crimes accountable. We need to prevent the destruction of nature because by the war and we must not allow a second or third phase of these russian invasions. And we need to make it clear the war is over this is the peace formula. What part of this could be unacceptable to anyone who upholds the Un Charter . If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these points or tries to ignore any of them, it likely means they themselves want to do a part of what putin is doing. The point hides the desire they are hiding. And when the chinese or brazilians tries to grow into a choir of voices, with someone in europe, with someone in africa saying something alternative to a just peace, the question arises what is the question arises what is the true interest . Everyone must understand, you will not boost you