Israel said it was targetting hezbollah Weapons Depots in the lebanese capital. Earlier on friday a series of explosions levelled a number of buildings. The israeli defense forces says it was targetting hezbollah s headquarters in beirut s densely populated southern suburbs. Hezbollah s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the explosions. Neither Israel Nor Hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. At least six people were killed in the attack and more than 90 have been injured according to lebanese officals. The embassy of iran which backs hezbollah called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. 0ur Bbc teams on the ground describe the situation as chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. 0ur Correspondent Hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalat
With big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Just a few hours ago, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Capital Today after israel fired a series of rockets into beirut. Israel said it was targeting the headquarters of hezbollah and its leader but its not clear whether he is alive or dead. The initial Death Toll from the explosion is that two people were killed but that is expected to rise. We are told 70 injuries have been reported so far and in the last hour the idf has issued warnings for people living in certain parts of those Southern Suburbs to evacuate their homes, which suggests more strikes may be due overnight. Iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack on the capital in the Southern Suburbs a dangerous, Game Changing Escalation. In a moment well speak to our international editorjeremy bowen, who will give us the latest on whats happened and look ahead to whats happened
Earlier on friday, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the capital of lebanon, after israel said it fired a series of rockets into beirut. The israeli Defence Force says it was targetting hezbollah s headquarters, as huge explosions leveled buildings in beirut s densely populated Southern Suburbs. Hezbollah S Leader, Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly the target of the explosions. Neither Israel Nor Hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. At least six people died in the attack and more than 90 have been injured according to lebanese officals. The embassy of iran which backs hezbollah called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. Our bbc teams on the ground describe the situation as chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our Correspondent Hugo Bachega has the latest from beirut. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions
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Developing space projects. Please welcome Christian Zur of the Space Industry Council, us chamber of commerce. Good morning and thank you to the chamber of commerce, launching the space economy. Our Second Annual space summit. Events such as this are team effort and we appreciate the support of our sponsors, boeing, northrup, rocket lab, one web, hawkeye 360, we have been busy in the past year from policy discussions ranging from management of commercial aviation and space launch airspace to small satellite encryption and the orbit assurance, commercial opportunities aboard the iss and future gateway. We convened a roundtable for the coast guard regarding the need for greater use of space surveillance in the arctic waterways. And Space Industry Council has an effort for policy pursuits. Fortunately we have an enthusiastic space industry ceo. And it sums up the chambers approach to the entire sector for which i will quote. Harnessing the potential of space will be no easy feat. It took