Be a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow starts dry and ChIlly Chubut there wIll be some wet and WIndy Weather later In the day. Dry and chIlly too. Fresh attacks have contInued on the lebanese CapItal BeIrut overnIght. It comes after Israels MIlItary carrIed out a StrIke South of the CIty Yesterday targetIng Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It has not been confIrmed If he was In the buIldIngs when It was struck. Lebanons Health MInIstry say sIx people were kIlled and 91 Injured. Our reporter SImon Jones has the latest. ExplosIons, screamIng new strIkes overnIght on Southern BeIrut. Israels mIlItary saId It was targetIng buIldIngs storIng hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denIed they were arms depots. ExplosIons. EarlIer, a serIes of massIve explosIons. It Is thought the target here was the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It Is unclear whether he was any of the buIldIngs that were hIt. Iran, whIch backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changIng escalatI
From the United Nations, where the Un Secretary general Antonio Guterres said violence in lebanon must stop now, he is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events In Beirut in the last 2a hours, this cycle of violence must stop and all sites must step back from the brink of war. The people of lebanon, israel, and the wider region cannot afford an all out war. Have a Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports on the latest escalation of conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy artillery fire. A devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah s Command Centre In Beirut. Within hours, the israeli military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the groups leader. Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up In Beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecesso
Translation the state of Israel Yesterday eliminated the Mass Murderer Hassan Nasrallah. We settled accounts with the one responsible for the murder of countless israelis and many citizens of other countries. Nasrallah was not another terrorist, he was the terrorist. Israel claims this is a historic Turning Point. For many in beirut, its a time of fear. Plenty were fleeing the city today, clinging to the hope of finding safety somewhere. But Theres Danger in every direction in lebanon. We travelled through dahieh, the Hezbollah Stronghold now looking anything but. It has been bombed time after time. This is just one of the locations that has been hit. Theres smoke still rising here. Theres ash in the air and you can smell the explosives, and i can hear a drone now overhead. The strike here happened overnight, and since then, theres been no letup. In beirut s martyrs square, many slept in the open and remained there today, new homeless from The Middle Easts newest war. The governor of b
41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. These pictures show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. Live now to sofia bettiza whos in rome. What bettiza whos in rome. More do we know about thi rescue . What more do we know about this rescue . ,. ,. ,. , rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only four| the mediterranean sea. Only four people survived,
They must never be forgotten, and the families hope no one else will have to suffer the same fate again in future. Well have the latest from the Royal Courts Ofjustice and well be talking to the tunisian ambassador to the uk. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A pension Dealforformer Bhs workers sir philip green will contribute 363 Million Pounds to help meet the shortfall. Not everyone who views Child Pornography should be jailed says a leading Child Protection Police Officer. Egg producers are facing the loss of their free range status because of measures to prevent the spread of bird flu. And the iron age treasures found in a field in staffordshire go on public display. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the outcome of the inquests into the deaths of 30 british holidaymakers who were killed by a jihadist militant in tunisia in june 2015. The coronerjudge Nicholas Loraine smith ruled that the victims had been unlawfully killed and condemned the response of the Tunisian Police desc