These are live pictures from the lebanese capital. Last night The City experienced one of its most intense bombardments so far in this conflict. Authorities say at least 25 people were Killed. Earlier the Israeli Military said it had Killed a senior Hezbollah Commander although the group has not yet commented. The Israeli Military says its investigating why five rockets fired from Southern Lebanon on Sunday Night managed to penetrate Israels Air defences and explode in the northern port of haifa. Several people were injured. Meanwhile in Gaza Israeli attacks are continuing. The hamas run Health Ministry says 26 people were Killed in strikes on a mosque and a School Housing displaced palestinians. The idf says it believed hamas was Re Grouping in the area. And in southern israel a 19 year old female sergeant with the israeli Border Police was Killed in a shooting. At least ten others were injured in what police have called a suspected terror attack. All of this comes as israel prepares
Characters on film, television and on stage. Herfamily have issued a statement, saying that she died peacefully in hospital. They said that she passed away this morning. An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at The End. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their wonderful mother and grandmother, and they thank the wonderful staff at the hospital. They thanked everyone for their messages of support at this time. Dame maggie smith, who won so many awards for her work, including enemies for her work, including enemies for downtown abbey, where she starred in recent years on emmys. We will bring you more on her life and her career in the coming moments. Much more on the website also. She won the oscarfor her on the website also. She won the oscar for her character in the prime of missjean brodie. A very important half an hour because we will be bringing you live coverage of the israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahus
mother of two nicola bulley, who s been missing for a week, fell into the river while walking her dog. and the spanish fashion designer paco rabanne has died at the age of 88. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected in the sky above the united states. china says a balloon is a chinese civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. us defence officials said they believe the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days, was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right, i can sate. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it
have beat. we have two deliver people. == have to beat. we have two deliver people. ยป have to deliver for people. prices are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years. uk inflationjumped to 9.1i%injune. putting out the fires of yesterday. yesterday was the london fire brigade s busiest since the second world war. and england women s hope for more success at the seaside, as they take on spain in brighton. their euro 2022 quarterfinal is just getting under way. hello, good evening and welcome to the bbc news. conservative party mps have had their say. they ve chosen two of their number to face a final hurdle in the race to become our next prime minister. the day started with three candidates vying for the top job, rishi sunak, liz truss and penny mordaunt, who got the lowest number of votes on a 105. that means she s out, leaving the former chancellor and the foreign secretary. those two now have about six weeks to persuade tory party members that they have what it takes to le
tonight at ten a date is formally proposed for a new referendum on scottish independence. the scottish government wants it to take place on the 19th of october next year subject to legal consent. my determination is to secure a process that allows the people of scotland, whetheryes, no, or yet to be decided, to express their views in a legal, constitutional referendum. eight years after the last referendum the prime minister says there are more important priorities for government. our plan for a stronger economy certainly means that we think we are stronger working together. we ll be looking at the likelihood of a referendum being held within 16 months. also tonight. the campaigner dame deborahjames host of the bbc s you, me and the big c has died at the age of a0. in ukraine, the aftermath of russia s attack on a shopping centre at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured. in new york, ghislaine maxwell is sentenced to 20 years for helping jeffrey epstein