Welcome to bbc news. There have been more israeli Air Strikes on southern beirut, after the israeli military warned people there to leave their homes. These are live pictures overlooking beirut where our bbc teams have reported hearing another strike in the south of the city. These are the live images. This would be the third strike in that area so far today. So lets cross over to Anna Foster in beirut now. Kasia, thanks. We have seen and heard as he sat there numerous strikes in beirut in the last few hours today. I was crossing the city and in the mountains upside earlier on today and we sought fresh plumes of dark smoke from new Air Strikes that had happened in the city around the southern suburbs. There was a strike visible earlier with the plume of smoke from the area near the airport earlier. We have had warnings for people to leave their homes in beirut, parts of beirut, but not for 14 hours now, it was last night when the idf last issued warnings. The last strikes have not come
Hezbollah after the deadliest day of conflict across the border in nearly 20 years. Lebanese officials say nearly 500 people were killed on monday, including dozens of women and children, and at least 1,600 others injured after israeli strikes on town and villages in the south and the eastern bekaa valley. The Israel Defense forces say they hit 1,300 hezbollah positions. The iranian backed group, which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by many western countries, including the uk, says it fired dozens of its own rockets back at israel. The increased hostilities between the two countries have caused many people in Southern Lebanon to flee their homes these pictures show a Mass Exodus of cars heading to beirut in the north. We will bring you those pictures a little later. World leaders are trying to defuse tensions with the G7 Group of foreign ministers warning that no country would gain from a wider conflict. The White House said president biden will present concrete plans for endin
A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
Votes against a social media company, taking steps that could lead to a u. S. Ban on the popular chineseowned social media app tiktok. National security concerns at odds with the platforms 170 million american users. We will talk about that and the prospects in the senate. The judge in georgia dropping three of the 13 federal charges against donald trump ahead of his trial. What the judge is calling into question and how that could push the case past election day. Warning signs, as Vladimir Putin talks about nuclear war. Nancy pelosi joins me on new house efforts to force a vote on aid to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Theres big news today from capitol hill. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the house voted overwhelmingly, 35265, passing a bill that could lead to a ban on tiktok over National Security concerns. Specifically, the potential that the platforms chinese owner would have access to sensitive personal data on more than 170 million americans w
johnny irwin died at the age of 50. he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020. a statement on his instagram account said it is with a heavy heart that we share the news of his passing. a truly remarkable soul, he brought fought bravely against character with the strength and courage and touch the lives of so many with his kindness and warmth and infectious spirit. presidentjoe biden is to take part in a ceremony for the repatriation of the bodies of three american soldiers killed in a drone attack in jordan. the plane carrying their bodies will arrive at an airforce base in delaware. the first lady and the president pay their respects along with us armed forces. the three soldiers, sergeants williamj rivers, kennedy sanders and breonna moffett died in the strike near the border with syria on sunday. the white house has said the attack on its military base which wounded a0 others was carried out by an iran backed militia called islamic resistance in iraq. iran has denie