Thereve been fresh explosions in the lebanese capital, beirut, and elsewhere in the country. The Health Ministry says nine people have been killed and more than Three Hundred injured. The lebanese News Agency says that todays explosions involved Walkie Talkies made by The Japanese company icom. As for Yesterdays Wave of blasts, iran has blamed israel for them. And hezbollah, has vowed to retaliate, and the Un Secretary General has warned of a serious risk of a dramatic escalation in the region. While the region waits for hezbollah and Irans Response to this extraordinary development what are the recent events that led to this . The day after hamas gunmen crossed Into israel from gaza on October 8th last Year Hezbollah fired at israeli positions to show solidarity with the palestinians. 8,000 rockets according to israeli officials, have since been launched at northern israel and israeli positions on the golan heights. Israel retaliated with repeated strikes at hezbollah positions in leb
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The Champions League taking place today. Manchester city are opening their European Campaign against inter milan, a repeat of the 2023 final which city won as they completed the treble. Its still goalless at the etihad. No goals in the game between last years runners up Borussia Dortmud who are in belgium to play club brugge, but Liam Scales has put celtic 1 0 up against slovan bratislava. Psg girona still 0 0. Earlier Sparta Prague were 3 0 winners over Rb Salzburg and it was all square between Bolgna And Shaktar donesk. Vivianne miedema scored on her Manchester City debut to help her side to a big lead over Paris Fc in their Champions League second round qualifier. City travelled to paris without Record Goal Scorer Khadija Shaw after they failed to file a visa application. They still won 5 0. Arsenal were beaten by swedish side hecken. Juventus were 3 1 winners against psg. Roma won by the same scoreline against swiss side servette. Two games under way in the English Leaue cup 3rd ro
Joining me tonight are political Strategist And Commentator Rina Shah and columnist for the i and former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher first , the latest headlines. Israels Defence Minister has said the military is opening a new phase in the war, and will be diverting troops and resources northwards. Yoav gallant was speaking to troops at an airbase near the border with lebanon. It comes as 14 people have been killed and at least a50 injured in further explosions across lebanon involving Walkie Talkies. The us Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point in its first reduction since the pandemic. It puts the Central Banks benchmark Lending Rate at between 4. 75 and 5 , sharply lowering the cost of borrowing with less than 50 days to go until the us president ial election. The Foreign Office has summoned the russian ambassador to the uk over the expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow. A spokesperson Accused Moscow Of Making malicious and
Acted on rhetoric of the democrats. The rhetoric is causing me to be a shot at and i am the one that is going to say they are destroying the country from the inside and out. He quotes it as a threat to democracy. Again, your response to that, if i may. I think the response to that, if i may. I think the president , the former President Donald Trump, ought to look in the mirror as well. We saw the inflammatory rhetoric on january the 6th. And the attack on the capital. I think both sides should find some stability, lower the volume. As a democratic congressman, All Of Us are also getting threats on our lives. Again, we have seen in the last two months, the Assassination Attempts. I really do think we all ought to take a look in the mirror as democrats and republicans, and think about if there is a different way to have rhetoric. D0 there is a different way to have rhetoric. There is a different way to have rhetoric. Do you think that the have rhetoric. Do you think that the democratic h