The party itself and marine Le Pen, of course they deny all this. Its going to be a long trial, a couple of months as they go through all the evidence. At the end of it, though, whats crucial and why this trial matters is that it is marine Le Pen s political future which is very much at stake. Why . Because one of the potential penalties she could suffer if shes found guilty is an ineligibility for office. She could be banned from standing for public office for a period of, say, five years. And that would mean she couldnt stand in the next president ial election in 2027. Marine Le Pen is Riding High right now in french politics. Her party did very well in the last elections. It can make or break this Sitting Government of michel barnier. Her next step is this bid for the presidency again in 2027. But if this guilty verdict, if its a guilty verdict and it ends in an ineligibility for office, that obviously means that that plan is up in smoke, and she will need urgently a plan b. We have
Ground invasion. On lebanon, Israels Defense Minister said they were ready to use forces from air, Sea And Land to achieve its objectives against hezbollah to ensure people whod evacuated their homes in northern israel were safe to return. Use the quote that it would start soon in the few minutes. Hezbollah s Deputy Leader has insisted that the group is ready if israel decides to invade lebanon. In a defiant speech, he said the battle against israel will continue. In a separate development, lebanons Prime Minister said hes ready to deploy the Countrys Army to defend the Border Area if needed. Joining me now is our correspondentjon donnison, whos injerusalem, and anna foster, whos in beirut. And Tom Bateman in washington. First of all, all the indicators point to this Ground Incursion, this Ground Invasion starting pretty soon. Starting pretty soon. Yeah, thats right. Starting pretty soon. Yeah, thats right. The starting pretty soon. Yeah, thats right. The defence i thats right. The Def
And south dakota. And the World Cup has flIcked off In the town In the uk where It was Invented. Hello, Im matthew amrolIwala. We start wIth those developments In the mIddle East And Lebanon where the IsraelI mIlItary are sayIng It has carrIed out targeted strIke In the lebanese capItal. WItnesses heard a large blast In the southern suburbs of beIrut, these are the pIctures whIch show that large plume of smoke In an area descrIbed as hezbollah a stronghold. The lebanese Health MInIstry says there are three dead and more than a dozen people Injured, reports out of Israel say the operatIon was targetIng senIor hezbollah commander. StraIght to jerusalem hezbollah commander. StraIght tojerusalem and our correspond to jerusalem and our correspond her, tojerusalem and our correspond her, danIel, tell us more. That Is rIght, the news emerged wIthIn the last hour that there had been an AIr StrIke In a southern suburb of beIrut. It Is a very densely populated area. There Is a sIgnIfIcant presen
And south dakota. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Lets stay with that breaking news, developments in the Middle East and lebanon. The Israeli Military says its carried out a targeted strike on the lebanese capital beirut, after hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into israel. Lebanons Health Ministry says eight people have been killed these are the life pictures, they are coming into us all the time showing still the aftermath of the blast. You can still see areas of smoke in the Southern Suburbs, that is the area that has been targeted by the israelis in the last little while. Lebanons Health Ministry says eight people have been killed and at least 59 injured in the attack on a suburb in southern beirut. A number of rockets have also been fired into northern israel. There are a number of reports that the target of Israels Strike was senior Hezbollah Commander Ibrahim Aqil. Meanwhile within the last hour theres also been more sirens and a number of rockets fired into northern israel. T
Monitoring a speech from the Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nazrallah, giving his first public response to two days of attacks in lebanon using sabotaged Communication Devices. The number of people killed has risen to 37, with over 3,000 wounded. The Hezbollah Leader accused israel of being behind the operation, which he said crossed a red line. Oi or humanely with me is ou or. Humanely r security with me is our Security Correspondent frank gardner. Some of what he says is true, some of what he says is true, some is not. They are in real trouble, they are trashed, they in real some is not. They are in real trouble, they are trashed, they are in no position to fight a are in no position to fight a war right now, other than the war right now, other than the low Level Exchange of fire they low Level Exchange of fire they are doing across the border. Are doing across the border. But where i think he is right but where i think he is right is when he says bring it on, we is when he it on, we welco