The Israeli Army says its targeted 120 military sites belonging to hezbollah. Lebanese officials warn that more than A Million people face being forced from their homes. The body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is reported to have been recovered from the site of fridays israeli Air Strike in beirut. According to israel, more than 20 members of the iranian backed group were killed alongside him. And hezbollah has also confirmed that two other seniorfigures have been killed in airstrikes. We will start this hour with more on those strikes in yemen. Here is our Correspondentjon Donnison. Israels military Reach And Power is long and strong. This is not lebanon or gaza, but almost 2000 kilometres away in yemen. The target, one of the countrys biggest ports and two Power Stations controlled by iranians backed who thieves. Houthis. The Operation Backed by israels defence minister. Translation we by israels defence minister. Translation translation we have no interest in translation
Still calls it. He said his military has the initiative in ukraine and has the initiative in ukraine and has liberated new territories. We will bring you more on that as the morning wears on. A group of mps have asked the committee to look into the applications for the uk if assisted dying is legalised in jersey. 0pponents say current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. The mps dont Make Recommendations for or against assisted dying. Rather, the aim of their report is to serve as a basis for debate on what they call this difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject. More and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form, along with new zealand, australia, canada and ten states in the us. The mps say they saw no evidence that palliative and End Of Life Care had deteriorated as a result, and in some instances it had improved. The Committee Calls for more money for hospices in england, which only get a third of their funding from t
Is indeed. We are hearing from the i must run Health Ministry that they were more than 80 People Killed overnight in the gaza strip, most of those actually apparently waiting for aid in gaza city when witnesses there say that there was shelling by israeli tanks. And still an unclear picture about what has happened there. But overall, now this really grim milestone has been passed. The Health Ministry in gaza is really the only official source of data that we have four casualty numbers. And it is the one that is relied on for the un and others and is saying that the majority of those who have been killed are women and children since the 7th of october. And also more than 70,000 people have been injured as well. These figures rely on bodies being brought in to hospitals or seen by medical workers so they can be properly registered. But actually it is thought that the real death toll is going to be much higher than this because there are several thousand people who are still considered as
welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news, and i will take you straight to live pictures from kentucky and show you the scene there, becausejust in kentucky and show you the scene there, because just in the last few moments there is news of a mass shooting resulting in multiple casualties, according to the city s police department. that being put on twitter, news from downtown louisville in kentucky, that there are multiple casualties after a shooting. just one line from the police saying they are confirming reports of an active aggressor in the 300 block. please stay out of the 300 block. please stay out of the area. it goes on to add that the fbi have said that agents have responded to the scene. i have been watching these pictures in the last few seconds, and the police presence is already there, but it is clear from the bit of information from the reuters news agency quoting from the police that this is an ongoing situation and it appears they are still searching f
so let s get down to business. and we begin with president biden s trip to the middle east. when he arrives in israel today he will be the first us president to visit the middle east since 9/11 without american troops engaged in a combat mission there. the white house has said the visit s aims include expanding regional economic and security cooperation . israel s finance minister says its hoped the visit will lead to a common middle east market that includes saudi arabia. with businesses on all sides poised to make the most of the opportunities. well, let s go live tojerusalem and discuss this withjon medved chief executive and founder of our crowd a global equity funding platform for investors. orwarm or warm welcome to the programme. what are your hopes for this visit? i programme. what are your hopes for this visit? for this visit? i think it is incredible for this visit? i think it is incredible that for this visit? i think it is incredible that the - for this