Us and brItIsh operatIons. You are watchIng bbc lets return to our top story. A senIor Un OffIcIal has told a SecurIty CouncIl MeetIng populated resIdentIal dIstrIct of dahIeh. CallIng thIs a precIsIon strIke, the target was the Veteran Hezbollah mIlItary leader IbrahIm aqIl. Israel saId he had been elImInated, along wIth about ten commanders of an elIte unIt. At the tIme of the strIke, aqIl and the commanders of the radwan forces were gathered underground under a resIdentIal buIldIng In the heart of the dahIeh In BeIrut, hIdIng among lebanese cIvIlIans, usIng them as human shIelds. They were In the mIddle of plannIng more Terror Attacks agaInst IsraelI cIvIlIans. AqIl had plenty of enemIes. The us had put a 7 MIllIon bounty on hIs head, accusIng hIm of Involvement In the kIllIng of amerIcans In BeIrut In the 1980s. SIren waIls day after day now, hezbollah Is beIng hIt and beIng weakened by warfare from a dIstance. We were repeatedly prevented from reachIng the scene by locals and the
The iranian backed Group Hezbollah has confirmed that its senior military commander, Ibrahim Aqil, was among those killed in the attack on a building in the southern suburbs of beirut. Addressing the un security council, the israeli envoy Danny Danon didnt mention the attacks in lebanon but said his country would do whatever it took to defend itself. These are some of the latest pictures from beirut where Rescue Workers are continuing to search through the rubble of the suburban building destroyed by israel. Its military says it was targeting hezbollah s elite radwan forces. It was israels third attack on the lebanese capital this year. Live to our correspondent injerusalem, daniel de simone. Bring us up to date with what we know on that Recovery Operation in beirut. The lebanese operation in beirut. The lebanese authorities i operation in beirut. Tue lebanese authorities say theyve been working through theyve been working through the rubble of this southern suburb of beirut to try and
Recent National Book festival on covert operations. Hi, everybody. Im david ignatius, columnist with the washington post. Welcome to the National Book festival. In this difficult time in the pandemic, one thing we can do is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer which is about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our time which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. First, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at the washington post, who wrote an extraordinary memoir of husband dealings with Edward Snowden that led to the rflations about nsa technology and surveillance, and the subtitle of barts book says the american surveillance state. I also want to introduce another outstanding author the, thomas rid, who teaches at
Week. But darren is here to tell us about that. One challenge at a time. First lets take the excessive heat. Im going to show you some daytime highs that are a lot more impressive in 100. When you hit 100 in San Francisco, that stands out. We shattered the record for today which was 92 set back in 1904. Weve only hit 100 degrees in the city of San Francisco 12 times since we started keeping records officially back in the 1870s. And of those 12, nine of them have been in september. This is the most likely time were going to do it. The hottest temperature weve hit in San Francisco since the 1870s is 107 and we did that on Labor Day Weekend three years ago. This is our time of year you te impressive numbers now. 111 in livermore. 111 in santa rosa. All the red ones with asterisks next to them. All of them are records. And just to show you how far above records we were, you can see the difference there. Tomorrow gets a little better. But when the numbers are this high, a little better does
That. Identifying patterns in the brain that can reveal what a person is actually feeling. I think the emotion is envy. Wow. That was correct. What were you thinking for envy . laughs something personal . I was just thinking of beautiful models. ticking bells ringing last easter, we visited a fortress against time, where art is created to help heal one of americas greatest wounds. It is the story of the resurrection of the only house of worship destroyed on 9 11. The good of mankind can conquer evil, no matter what. ticking im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im norah odonnell. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking alfonsi tonight, youre going to hear about the man the f. B. I. Is now calling the most prolific serial killer in the history of the united states. As we first reported last october, his name is Samuel Little, and over the course of year and a half, he confessed to 93 murders. Thats more than were committed by t