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In this footage from the last couple of hours you can see explosions lighting up the sky over beirut. Reports say the blasts were targetting the hezbollah dominated suburbs. Earlier in the Night Hezbollah said its fighters had been engaged with israeli troops near the lebanon israel border. This is the scene live in beirut. As Air Strikes continue lebanese authorities say four hospitals are now out of action and the United Nations has warned that all 900 shelters for displaced people are now full. This map shows weapons strikes across the region. Attacks by israel are shown in red and those by hezbollah rockets fired into Northern Israel are in purple. Israel has ordered residents in these southern lebanese communities about 30 villages here marked in orange, to leave their homes for their own safety ....
And conflict. And we speak to a professor of japanese history about how accurate the hit series shogun is. We start this hour in the middle east, where at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a new wave of attacks in lebanon this time it s walkie talkies that have been detonated. The latest blasts come just 2a hours after pagers used by the armed group hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 3,000 in hospital. Iran which backs hezbollah has described the attacks as mass murder. Hezbollah is blaming israel and has vowed to retaliate. Israeli defence minister yoav ....
The number of mobiles snatched on the street. And the former Childrens Laureate Michael Rosen laments the loss of britains Libraries. Im sangry, thats what i am, sad and angry about this, that this wonderful facility that weve had, and perhaps taken for granted, has been eroded just bit by bit, taking it away from us. And coming up on Bbc News, Jack Draper is being hailed as the new king of british tennis after reaching the quarterfinals of the Us Open. He will play Alex De Minaur next. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the uks decision to suspend some Arms Sales to his country as shameful and misguided. He said the move would embolden hamas, but the Defence Secretary John Healey has defended the legaljudgment. It marks a shift in the uks approach to the conflict from the positon held by the previous conservative ....
Meanwhile, the us carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza on saturday with more than 30 thousand meals parachuted by three military planes. Here s our correspondent wyre davies who is Injerusalem 7 with the latest on the chances of a ceasefire. There are increasingly positive signs around the hope for a cessation in hostilities, a temporary ceasefire, that could last perhaps as long as six weeks over the muslim holy month of ramadan. But i think it s really important not to get ahead of ourselves here because there are still key differences between israeli demands and the demands of hamas. It s understood the negotiators have arrived in cairo today. It s not clear if there is an israeli delegation but hamas officials are said to have arrived. The israelis will probably want to know how many of the hostages being held by hamas are still alive and which ones would be released by hamas under the terms of this deal. ....
the houthi movement to endanger shipping in the red sea. the iran backed houthis have been targeting ships that they say are linked to israel and the west, and which travel through an important red sea trade route. houthi officials have said they will respond to the latest strikes, which targeted eight different locations. these included missile launchers, radarsites and underground weapons stores. qatar has said that escalation in the red sea represents a big danger. this report is from our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. is this to become a recurring mission? rafjets loaded with guided bombs flew from cyprus last night, for the second time within a fortnight. the aim, once again, to prevent the houthis from launching drones and missiles at merchant shipping in the red sea. the prime minister making clear, as before, that, if necessary, they will do it all again. we are not seeking a confrontation. we urge the houthis and those who enable them to stop these ille ....