By sending around 700 additional Uk Military personnel to cyprus as part of a possible evacuation. They willjoin 500 british troops who are already based at raf akrotiri. Meanwhile, Israel And Hezbollah continue to exchange heavy cross borderfire, defying calls from World Leaders for an immediate de escalation. The lebanese government has called on the us for help to end a wave of israeli assaults, the deadliest bombardment the country has seen in decades. Health authorities there say 569 people, including many children, have been killed since monday. Hezbollah continues to launch rockets in the other, direction. The purple dots on this Map Show where those rockets landed. Israels Air Strikes within lebanon are marked here in red. And as World Leaders meet in new york, the un Security Council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Aru na iyengar reports. Firing across borders, there is rarely iron Dome Defence System intercepts rockets fired by hezbollah from lebanon
In their use of social media. We start in the Middle East, where israel says Air Defence systems have intercepted a Hezbollah Missile in Tel Aviv. This is the live shot from the city, where warning sirens have been sounding in the last few hours. Hezbollah says it launched a rocket targeting the Mossad Headquarters, in what seems to be the first time hezbollah has targeted Tel Aviv. Hezbollah says mossad hq, which is the israeli institute for intelligence and special operations, is responsible for the assassination of senior hezbollah leaders and for blowing up pagers and wireless devices. Tel aviv is more than 200 kilometres away from the lebanon border. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has delayed his departure for the un general let me show you these pictures, this was taken on someone s phone, out of their window. It shows the missile, just after it was intercepted by israeli Air Defence systems. Israeli military said they intercepted it after it was detected crossin
Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Sir Keir Starmer has promised National Renewal in his first speech to the Labour Party Conference as Prime Minister but he warned of tough choices ahead. The Prime Minister insisted that keeping a Cool Head during challenging times would be better in the long term than easy answers. And he pledged to stabilise the economy but made it clear that some of his decisions would be unpopular. Our political editor, Chris Mason is at the conference in liverpool. Conference, please welcome| Keir Starmer, prime Minister And Leader of the labour party. Little wonder the audience in here are whooping. They have waited 15 years to hear a sentence like that at their conference. A party so often crushed by defeat, basking in winning. Take pride that labour won in every single region in england. Take pride that labour won in wales. Take pride that labour won in scotland. Governing is always difficult for every party, and thats before Slip Ups and unforce
even in, prime minister! is your party behind you? prime minister liz truss has arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, as she admits that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops, just a day after moscow annexed the area. a man has been charged with murdering nine year old 0livia pratt korbel five weeks after she was shot in the chest at her home in liverpool. 34 year old thomas cashman is accused of killing 0livia, who died after convicted burglar joseph nee was chased into herfamily s property in dovecot in august. at a press conference in liverpool this evening, maria corr from the crown prosecution service outlined the charges. let s hear what she said. the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge thomas cashman, 3a, from grenadier drive, west derby, with the mur