Welcome to bbc news. Fighting is continuing between israel and the iran backed group hezbollah, as the Middle East braces itself for a possible retaliation by israel on iran. In the lastest strikes, the Israeli Army has bombed a mosque in Southern Lebanon, which israel says was being used as a Command Centre by hezbollah fighters. The building was next to a hospital. The humanitarian situation in lebanon is worsening, with at least four hospitals now closed in the south because of israeli Air Strikes. The World Health Organization says at least 37 Health Care facilities have closed since israel began its Air Bombardment of lebanon two weeks ago. In the northern port of tripoli, an israeli strike on an Apartment Building is reported to have killed a hamas commander, saeed atallah. Three members of his family are also reported killed. Hezbollah says its fired rockets at the Ramat David Airbase near the city of haifa in Northern Israel. Israel has not commented, but sirens have sounded ac
Air strikes on southern beirut, as the humanitarian situation is worsening in the country and there are fears of an israeli attack on iran. These are live pictures overlooking beirut. Lebanon Health Ministry says 25 people are killed and 127 wounded in israeli strikes in lebanon on friday. Israeli military says its killed two top hamas officials, in North And East lebanon. Israel has bombed a mosque in the southern part of the country it says was being used as a Command Centre by hezbollah fighters. The building was next to a hospital. At least four hospitals now closed in the south Because of israeli airstrikes. The World Health Organisation says at least 37 Healthcare Facilities have closed since israel began its Air Bombardment of lebanon two weeks ago. The un says more than 200 Thousand people have fled lebanon into neighbouring syria. Hezbollah says its fired rockets at the Ramat David Airbase near the city of haifa in northern israel. Sirens have sounded across northern israel th
and microsoft both unveiling quarterly report cards beating expectations. shares in alphabet jumping after hours as the company announced that quarterly revenue rose to $69 billion. meanwhile, microsoft a boost in extended trading with quarterly revenue mainly driven by growth in its clad competing businesses. dan ives is senior equity analyst at wentworth securities and says these are welcome news for the tech sector. some sunshine in a dark environment. this reflects the muscles moment for big tech in terms of what we saw from alphabet and microsoft, both on cloud and digital advertising. markets will be focused on these results tomorrow. the hottest thing at the moment appears to be ai, but is google s market share at risk? this was a sigh of relief in terms of what we see on the ai front in terms of bard and ultimately focused on what google is trying to do. there is definitely a game of thrones going on in al. microsoft is leading, but google has all hands on deck des
the latest trial of the singer r kelly opens at a federal court in chicago. he s facing accusations of sexually abusing underage girls in the 1990s. running dry. the boats navigating a perilousjourney down germany s biggest river, as the heatwave means water levels are now dangerously low. and after one venue cancels his latest production, over comments on trans rights and the metoo movement, monty python s terry gilliam says british theatre needs to be more courageous. i think the whole artistic community has to be brave, that s what art is about it s about pushing the limits. officials in ukraine are warning that the situation at the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is approaching critical . emergency workers have been staging drills and practising cleaning operations in the event of radioactive contamination. russia took control of the nuclear plant, the biggest in europe, in early march. and there s recently been heavy shelling at and around the site,