The Israeli Army says its targeted 120 military sites belonging to hezbollah. Lebanese officials warn that more than A Million people face being forced from their homes. The body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is reported to have been recovered from the site of fridays israeli Air Strike in beirut. According to israel, more than 20 members of the iranian backed group were killed alongside him. And hezbollah has also confirmed that two other seniorfigures have been killed in airstrikes. We will start this hour with more on those strikes in yemen. Here is our Correspondentjon Donnison. Israels military Reach And Power is long and strong. This is not lebanon or gaza, but almost 2000 kilometres away in yemen. The target, one of the countrys biggest ports and two Power Stations controlled by iranians backed who thieves. Houthis. The Operation Backed by israels defence minister. Translation we by israels defence minister. Translation translation we have no interest in translation
The body of the hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, Is reported to have been recovered from the sIte of frIdays IsraelI aIrstrIke IN BeIrut. AccordIng to Israel, more than 20 members of the IranIaN Backed group were kIlled alongsIde hIm. And hezbollah has also confIrmed that two other senIorfIgures have been kIlled In aIrstrIkes. Israels Defence MInIster praIsed the IsraelI attacks on houthI targets In yemen. TranslatIon we see | the Attack Today 2,000 kIlometres away In hodeIdah and Its surroundIngs, and the achIevements as they are reflected are very ImpressIve, and the meanIng Is very clear those who try to attack us or harm the cItIzens of Israel wIll pay a very heavy prIce. Our SecurIty Correspondent frank GardnerjoIns Me now. Just talk us through what we know about these attacks agaIn. So, the houthIs are a rebel group, backed by Iran. They took over most of the populated parts of yemeN Back In 2014 15 and InherIted an arsenal of long range mIssIles, and wIth IranIan help, they h
Behind irans evil axis. He and his men were the architects of the plan to destroy israel. He was not only operated by iran, many times he operated iran. This is why earlier this week i arrived at the conclusion that the hard blow that israel had landed hezbollah over the last few days would not be enough. Nasrallah must be killed in Orderfor Israel to nasrallah must be killed in order for israel to achieve the goals we have defined, enabling the reSidents of Northern Israel to return safely to their homes and affecting the long Term Change in the balance of powers in this region, because as long as nasrallah was alive, he would have quickly rehabilitated hezbollah s capabilities. This is why i have given the Order And Nasrallah is no longer with us. His death brings us closer to enabling our people to go back to their homes in the north and brings us closer to returning our hostages in the south. Hezbollah will no longer be able to come to their rescue, the chances of rescuing hostages
The government in poland has warned of a critical night ahead with the country facing severe flooding. Authorities have shut a Border Crossing with the Czech Republic after a riverflooded its banks. Theyve also closed several roads and halted trains. Polish prime Minister Donald Tusk has been visiting flooded areas in silesia and he spoke to reporters there. Translation the low pressure that brought these heavy rains i to poland and the Czech Republic is not entirely predictable. These forecasts have changed within 48 hours, but generally they are not optimistic. What awaits us Tonight And Part of sunday will be heavier, actually record breaking rainfall in many places. Our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton, has the latest. Well, what this cyclone is doing, catherine, is causing extremely heavy rainfall, which is leading to dangerously high River Levels, water levels, in the rivers across the region. Many rivers have burst their banks, and thats causing flooding in many countries, p
EIght people have drowned whIle tryIng to cross the channel from france to england. TheIr Rubber Boat was overloaded, wIth more than 50 people On Board IncludIng erItreans, sudanese, syrIans and IranIans. It comes as SIr KeIr Starmer heads off to Italy to meet hIs ItalIan counterpart, gIorgIa melonI, tomorrow. The two leaders are expected to dIscuss Illegal mIgratIon, and to see what lessons can be learned from Italys Scheme of sendIng mIgrants to albanIa. So far thIs year 45 people have dIed tryIng to make the journey across the channel. Thats the hIghest number sInce 2021 and nearly four tImes last years fIgure. The boat got Into dIffIcultIes off the french town of ambleteuse and was drIven onto rocks where It came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort dIffIcult. SImonjones has the latest. The channel has claImed more lIves. ThIs Is what remaIns of the FlImsy DInghy that took to the water In the early hours wIth the aIm of gettIng to the uk. Most of those On Board had