Beirut, is said to have suffered one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the south of the city. Lebanese authorities described the attacks as very violent. These pictures show a large explosion following one of those strikes. Earlier on saturday, the Israeli Military had issued orders to residents of specific buildings in Southern Beirut to evacuate. We dont yet know what was hit in the strikes but israeli forces have bombed areas reported to be hezbollah strongholds. They have also clashed with hezbollah fighters in lebanons southern Border Region. The Israeli Military says it has killed 440 hezbollah fighters since the start of the ground invasion. Meanwhile, the Border Region remains tense as hezbollah has fired rockets into northern israel, with reports that residential buildings were hit. Also on saturday, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed iran s Missile Attack on his country earlier this week saying israel has
And increase success rates. Hello. Now, as the crisis in the Middle East deepens, we re taking a look back at the events of the past few weeks and asking how we got to this point and what the violence means for the future of the region. Bbc arabic S Beirut Correspondent Carine Torbey has this special report. Explosions. Ballistic missiles rained down on israel. An unprecedented response by iran after weeks of israeli escalation. Pushing the region to dangerous new precipice. Explosions. This is the story of how the past few weeks brought the Middle East to a dangerous new moment. Translation the Status Quo cannot continue. This requires a change in the Balance Of Power on our northern border. Hezbollah launched the first attack against israeli positions last year on October The 8th in support of gaza. Israel retaliated. A year on from those exchanges of fire at the a year on from those exchanges of fire, the conflict has reached a new level. The 17th Of September Saw a new escalation b
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these were some of the celebrations on the streets of istanbul as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters. but as well as dealing with a deeply divided country, he also has an economic crisis on his hands, with inflation that s the rate at which prices rise running at more than a0%. our chief international correspondent orla guerin reports. it was a long night of celebration for one side of turkey. supporters of president recep tayyip erdogan massed outside his presidential palace here, marking a hard fought victory. translation: i ve been voting for him since i was 18, yetter tells us. my generation backs erdogan. we won the election fairly, thank god. recep tayyip erdogan. i love you a lot. in istanbul, he did it his way. with a singalong for supporters of his ruling ak party and an attack on familiar targets. is the opposition pro lgbt?, he asks. could any lgbt infiltrate our party? no, they chorus. over at the opposition s headquarters, it was like a funeral. almost
we begin a warning from president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. in a statement, joe biden said. in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about what president biden had to say on the new law. the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five paragraph statement release condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions, warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implementing these sort of laws from accessing the united states of america. there is a particular concern here, and that is also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of this law could have on advances