And donald trump neck and neck in the us presidential race, we re in michigan one of the crucial swing states. We start in the middle east, where israel has launched fresh air strikes in southern lebanon in what security sources there say is some of the most intense bombing since the start of the gaza war in october. And these are the latest pictures of israeli strikes on the southern lebanese border village of rihan. It all comes as the leader of hezbollah, a proscribed terrorist organisation by some western governments, was giving his first public reaction to the wave of attacks across lebanon. At least 37 people have been killed and thousands injured by exploding pagers and walkie talkies. Hassan nasrallah described the attacks as a massacre and said it could be called a declaration of war. Our chief international correspondent orla guerin has this report. Israeli fighter jets swooping low over beirut this afternoon, dominating the skies and sending a message to hassan nasrallah.
On tensions in government, hIs senior advIsor s pay, and accepting freebies. Were in springfield, ohio after Donald Trumps false claims about immigrants Eating Pet Cats And Dogs there. Saved and arsenal keep their hopes alive in the Champions League. The Prime MinIster promIses more affordable homes for london, but and stay with us here on Bbc News for continuing Coverage And AnalysIs from our team of correspondents in The Uk and around the world. Good evening. Israel says it has carried out around 30 Air Strikes on hezbollah targets in Lebanon Today in whats been some of the heaviest bombing since the October 7th attacks. Israeli warplanes flew low over beirut creating Sonic Booms as the leader of hezbollah a proscribed TerrorIst OrganIsation condemned thIs weeks exploding device attacks. At least 37 people were killed and thousands injured by Detonating Pagers and Walkie Talkies, in an operation widely thought to have been carried out by Israel. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said
Last month. But so far, the houthi havent been deterred. These are pictures of the forces actually seizing a ship in november, the iranians back group which controls most of Northern Yemen had been targeting ships in the area for months, and protest at offensive in the gaza strip. This latest action is a major escalation, the ship hit by Houthi Yesterday was the envy true confidence that the ballcarrier was selling with the crew of 20 who are mainly filipino nationals. The attack happened about 15 nautical miles from the yemen port. The ship was travelling from china to saudi arabia. The us condemned the attack saying it went way beyond disruption to navigation and international seas. ,. , seas. Not ust endangered seafarers seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but now, seas. Notjust endangered l seafarers but now, tragically killed a number of them so we will continue to hold them accountable and we call on government to run the will to do the same.
Meanwhile Red Bull Team principal christian horner, has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour, after a series of alleged messages were leaked. Horner was cleared on wednesday, after an internal investigation looked into his behaviour towards a female colleague. An anonymous email, with a link to messages, purporting to involve horner, was sent to formula 1 personnel and media yesterday. Horner said. I wont comment on anonymous speculation, but, to reiterate, i have always denied the allegations. Tim jotischky is a Reputation Management expert. Clearly he has repeatedly said he has been an exonerated and he has nothing to answer for. But it can be difficult to do that because the weight of events, the fact that you are the centre of the story, it becomes impossible to focus on what you are therefore, which is the win races. A mean, sometimes you dont think your position is sustainable, there might be someone in business who does, its something you might see it happen, but
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