For Hassan Nasrallah. He was the leaderfor more for Hassan Nasrallah. He was the leader for more than three decades. He was killed in the southern suburbs here in beirut on friday. The people you can see here behind me are people that have been here on the streets ever since. People that had left their homes from the sudden suburbs of beirut, there are lots and lots of people, notjust here in beirut but in the East And South of lebanon who have left their homes due to the ongoing violence. The Prime Minister has said that around 1 Million people, huge proportion, maybe one fifth of the population here in Lebanon Risk being displaced because of the ongoing violence. Hamas confirmed its leader in lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu El Amin was killed alongside his family in a separate attack in the south of the country. Israel is vowing to expand its Military Operations here after targeting dozens of hezbollah targets overnight. These images show the aftermath of one of those attacks, which killed
In other developments, hezbollah s Deputy Chief says it is ready for an israeli Ground Offensive and will keep up the fight against israel. The group will choose a successor at the earliest opportunity after the assasination of the Groups Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, by israel on friday. These are the live pictures from the same area. You can see the smoke still rising. Well, we had been able to see some of the smoke rising over the city. A Planejust Landing there. But that is the scene there. But that is the scene there in beirut. There is some of the smoke after that wave of israeli strikes has been continuing. 0ur Correspondent in beirut, hugo bachega, has the latest from there. In beirut, eyes on tv to watch hezbollah s number two, naim qassem, who spoke for the first time since the assassination of the Groups Leader by its greatest enemy, israel. And he was defiant. Speaking from an undisclosed location, he said the killing of Hassan Nasrallah last week was a big blow. But he tried t
false claims about what is going on, have been in abundance. journalists have been attacked and injured, so lots to discuss around the media s role. katya adler, the bbc s europe editor is with us. we have also gotjournalists who have been out reporting for french outlets. and we have got one of the bosses of agents france press, the big news agency. but before we get into that, i want to cross to new york and start with emma tucker, the editor in chief of the wall streetjournal. one of emma s reporters, evan gershkovich, has now been imprisoned in russia for more than 100 days. the authorities accuse evan of being a spy. charges that he, the us and the wall streetjournal all deny. he is the first western journalist to be detained in russia since the cold war. emma, welcome to the show. i will ask you for the latest on the situation any moment but can you just take us back and remind people the circumstances of his arrest back in march? evan is an accredited journalist in rus
we ll be live injerusalem. british counter terrorism police take over the investigation into a firebomb attack at an immigration centre, as the government vows more radical policies to tackle growing numbers crossing the channel: the scare was very significant and we are, i m afraid, singer asylum system being overwhelmed by the numbers choosing to cross the channel. a week till the us mid term elections, we report from arizona where republican politicians who say the 2020 election was stolen, are running for office: we are expecting to hear from bolsonaro. let s have a look at what s happening at the palace and all the votes counted, lula 150.9% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.i% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.1% and so, a very tight margin. and mr bolsonaro possible supporters are simply not accepting it. there blockading roads and protests. we are waiting to hear if bolsonaro will concede defeat and we are waiting for 46 hours and will go back to life to
Must adopt a new approach to force north korea to abandon its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes or face what he called catastrophic consequences. Mr tillerson was chairing a special meeting of the Un Security Council. He told the council there was no reason to think north korea would change course under the current sanctions regime. With each successful detonation and missile tests north korea pushes the world closer to instability and broader conflict. The threat of the north Korean Nuclear attack console or tokyo is real and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. Indeed, they have repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. Given that rhetoric, the United States cannot idly stand by north and other members of this council who are within striking distance of north korean missiles. Washington has repeatedly called for tougher un sanctions, but is looking to china to take a diplomatic lead. But the Chines