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Lebanon could become another gaza. It follows days of continued exchanges of fire between the idf and the iranian backed militia after last Weeks Pager and Walkie Talkie attacks which killed dozens and injured thousands. Three people were killed in an israeli attack on Southern Lebanon On Sunday. And israel says hezbollah has fired more than 150 rockets into its territory. Meanwhile, the funeral has taken place for a senior Hezbollah Commander killed in fridays israeli aerial assault on beirut. The Deputy Leader of the Armed Group said its confrontation with israel had entered a new phase, describing it as an open ended battle of reckoning. Orla guerin has more from beirut. Hezbollah today. In mourning, but unbowed. This was the funeral of a top military commande ....
Im sally bundock. We start here in the uk, where the Chancellor Rachel reeves will pledge A Budget To Rebuild Britain in her speech to the Labour Party Conference in liverpool today. Shes under pressure to provide some optimism after labours gloomy messaging on the state of the economy they inherited from the conservatives. But her controversial decision to Axe Winter Fuel payments for 10 Million pensioners threatens to overshadow her speech, with a vote challenging the move also expected today. Lets get more now from joe nellis, whos economic adviser to mha a Uk Accounting Firm And Professor of Global Economy at cranfield university. Good morning. There good morning. There was good morning. There was a good morning. There was a lot good morning. There was a lot o ....
Soaring, but does that mean that foreign trips are of the cards this year . Ill have some top tips a little later. We knocked the wall down jurgen klopp says liverpools mini crisis is over, after they won their First Premier League match this year at tottenham. Good morning. Some rain and hill snow around this morning, which should ease for most places. Mild in the south, but turning colder for the south, but turning colder for the weekend with some more snow for some of us. All the details coming up some of us. All the details coming up shortly. Good morning. Its friday january the 29th. Our top story a new Coronavirus Vaccine has been shown to be nearly 90 effective in large scale uk trials. The novavax jab, which has not yet been approved, will be made in teeside and is effective against both the uk and South Af ....
hello. if you justjoined us, i m sally bundock. we will now talk through the top stories. if this is your first day back at work after a long christmas break we will bring you up to speed. and we start in the middle east, where the threat of military escalation continues to hang over the red sea. the us, britain, and their allies in the region are on alert to see if their warnings to the iran backed houthis are now working. attacks on commercial vessels have been happening since the war between israel and gaza began. houthis who are behind the attacks say it s in support of hamas and has turned a vital global trade route, that handles about 12% of the world s commerce, into a risky maritime passage. the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, said britain would not hesitate to take what he called direct action . meanwhile, bloomberg reports iran dispatched a warship to the red sea after the us navy destroyed three houthi boats. joining me now is janet mui, head of market ana ....
hello, i m sally bundock welcome to the programme. with almost all ballots counted in turkey s crucial general election, president recep tayyip erdogan has said he would accept a run off vote. officialfigures give mr erdoganjust under 50% of the counted ballots. his secular opposition rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, is on around 45%. if confirmed, it ll be the first time a challenger s taken mr erdogan to a second round in a presidential contest. the conservative leader, who has dominated turkish politics for two decades, told supporters in ankara he was confident he d still be president in two weeks time. mr kilicdaroglu, who has garnered support from secular turks and the young, has vowed to win the election in a second round, saying his rivalfailed to get a vote of confidence from the people. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankar ....