Violence has surged in the West Bank since the start of the war In Gaza. Well bring you more information on both of these developing stories as it comes in. Turning back to lebanon, earlier in the day, israel carried out Air Raids against what it called hezbollah s Intelligence Headquarters in Southern Beirut. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega sent us this report. Another night in beirut and more israeli Air Strikes. War returns to this city. And this attack came with no warning. We went to inspect the damage. A residential building near the lebanese parliament. Beirut appears increasingly under threat. This is where an Emergency Response Group linked to hezbollah operated now gone. There were just Emergency Service workers. This is the truth. We only saw them helping people out, says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. The damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack, and theyve been cleaning up the rubble here, but i can still
Firefighters have been here on the scene theyre giving us a closer look this morning of everything theyve been working on since that massive fire last night so what theyre doing right now is there working on getting those hot spots theyve got a lot of debris here on scene and what theyre doing is theyre trying to make sure that that fire any other hot spots that are left under that debris. Theyre getting access to you can see the firefighters. The air. You can see the damage that was done to this building here this is that warehouse where all those different businesses. I had hows their equipment. Im also weve got a view of bryant here on scene as well as the firefighter steel. Douse the side of the video so we want to show you. Some footage that we got in this is aerial view of the damage so its massive here this morning you can see just piles of debris lay dow certainly a a a a horrific fire yesterday now again if there was any Silver Lining here in any of this we know that there was
We will all go now and a new leader will come in place, appoint a shadow cabinet. I will not be part of that shadow cabinet. I have done my bit. We need to move on at that stage with that new leader. Im Rachel Schofield with the rest of todays headlines. Journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added as part of major timetable changes on britains railways. The search for two remaining bodies resumes, following the volcanic eruption in new zealand. Crucial United Nations climate talks in madrid are continuing, with no sign that an agreement is imminent. And at 12 30pm, therell be an electioncast special, when adam fleming and the team look back at yesterdays result. Thats coming up here on the bbc news channel. Good afternoon and welcome to westminster. Borisjohnson is visiting the north of england today, hours after celebrating his partys biggest election win for 30 years by sweeping aside labour in its traditional heartlands. Were expecting to hear from the Prime Mini
This hearing will come to order and we welcome everyone. The subcommittee testimony on the findings and recommendations in the study groups final report. Given the timing of the hearing we will have the opportunity to discuss the ramifications of the policy changes in syria and a study Group Recommendations to still address the challenges that are. For the purpose of an opening statement. Thank you very much for testifying today and for your work and the final report of the study group. Your report as a thoughtful review of the conflict and provides pragmatic recommendations for how policymakers can protect u. S. Interests and destabilize syria. Now it is well known President Trump does not like to read but i wish that he had skimmed over the executive summary before the recent phone call with the turkish president. Your assessment notes do not eliminate the threat to the United States. It also notes the detainee population is a longterm challenge is not being adequately addressed and
Or confirm she had an affair with borisjohnson. Their friendship, she says, had nothing to do with the grants she got while he was london mayor. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london, Michelle Fleury is in washington. Four years ago, the caliphate of the so called Islamic State stretched across a large swathe of syria and iraq. The group was busy murdering american and european hostages, its fighters had killed 138 people on the streets of paris. The americans turned to the kurds for help. And not only did they help to defeat the group, but today the kurds are guarding tens of thousands of defeated is fighters. But last night, President Trump turned his back on his kurdish allies, announcing that he is withdrawing the us soldiers from syria and will not be standing in the way of a planned turkish incursion into northeast syria. The decision has been slammed in washington. In recent weeks, the americans had persuaded the kurds to dismantle defensive positions, that were instal