Downtown abbey who has died at the age of 89 years old. He welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc . The lebanese Capital Beirut has been rocked by a series of powerful explosions after another series of israeli Air Strikes on the city this time reportedly aimed at the leader of his brother, Hasan Nasrallah. Israel said it was attacking hezbollah s central headquarters In Beirut s southern suburb of dahhiyeh there are reports of half a dozen buildings being destroyed, with many casualties. Israeli media are reporting Hasan Nasrallah was the target but a source close to his brother said the leader is alive. Heres the latest on the situation with the bbc s Orla Guerlin explosions. Israel has struck beirut with a series of massive explosions. Its hard to imagine a bigger escalation or a starker picture of war. And here was the aftermath. The Hezbollah Stronghold of dahieh in the Southern Suburbs, now looking like gaza. Many lebanese fear thats where things ar
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illegally in shops around the uk. trying to attack establish what happened in the cripple in or on the battlefield is enormously challenging. ukrainian authorities are naturally reluctant to give many details. any glimpse of what is happening on the front line is incredibly illuminated. i want to turn to an account that caught my eye this week. he filmed him carrying his men in a drone in the trenches. have a look. element 0k, through the battlefield now. going up through the battlefield now. going up to the front of the line of contact. the up to the front of the line of contact th up to the front of the line of contact. th ~. ., ., contact. the we are right on the front line- he breathes heavily. i ll tell you. david is a foreign correspondent for the news website unheard, and he told me more about that to the trenches that dash. we told me more about that to the trenches that dash. told me more about that to the trenches that dash. we had to get the drone
plagiarism? what we are learning today from harvard insiders. plus, the deadly airport runway inferno. two lanes collide, five on one jet nearly killed, 400 escaped alive. how did the planes and up on the runway in the first place? and the senior member of hamas assassinated at an explosion in beirut. is the situation in the middle east about to get even worse? happy new year, and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start out with raking news. harvard university s claudine gay is stepping down as president, resigning after just about six months on the job. the student journalist who broke the story of her stepping down for the harvard crimson newspaper noted that this is the shortest presidential tenure in harvard s august history. it has been quite a tumultuous month for the now former present. when asked for calling for the genocide of would violate harvard campuses code of conduct. yes or no. it can be, depending on the context. from that, to multiple allega
another 16 year old boy on suspicion of murder. the british airline flybe ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have been made redundant, and all flights to and from the uk operated by the airline have been cancelled. hello and welcome. police in the american city of memphis, have released graphic footage of the violent arrest, that led to the death of a 29 year old black man. the officers body camera video shows tyre nichols being kicked and punched by five policemen. the officers, who are also black, have been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a warning, nada tawfik s report contains some distressing images. nojustice! no peace! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised as protesters remained peaceful. a considered effort by city officials to deliver swiftjustice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country, from n