Its operations in lebanon as leaders weigh options to retaliate against iran s long range missile assault on tuesday. If israel does respond to the strike, then the islamic republic has vowed to retaliate against israel and countries it sees as supporting it. Us presidentjoe biden said the us is now discussing the possibility of israeli strikes on iran s oil infrastructure. Oil prices have increased 10% since iran s strike on tuesday, which was launched after israel s killing of hassan nasrallah, leader of the iran backed hezbollah. Meanwhile, hopes are dimming of a ceasfire in gaza or lebanon. Nearly one year on from hamas s attacks on 7 october, israeli forces are still in gaza and 97 hostages remain unaccounted for. As the humanitarian situation worsens in both countries, us charities now say 30% of lebanon s 5. 8 million people are now displaced. Southern lebanon s salah ghandour hospital says it s been attacked by israel, after it was warned to evacuate. They say nine members of s
Of a wider conflict. Israel is continuing its operations in lebanon as leaders weigh options to retaliate against iran s long range missile assault on tuesday. If israel does respond to the strike, then the islamic republic has vowed to retaliate against israel and countries it sees as supporting it. Us presidentjoe biden said the us is now discussing the possibility of israeli strikes on iran s oil infrastructure. Oil prices have increased 10% since iran s strike on tuesday, which was launched after israel s killing of hassan nasrallah, leader of the iran backed hezbollah. Meanwhile, hopes are dimming of a ceasfire in gaza or lebanon. Nearly one year on from hamas s attacks on 7 october, israeli forces are still in gaza and 97 hostages remain unaccounted for. As the humanitarian situation worsens in both countries, us charities now say 30% of lebanon s 5. 8 million people are now displaced. Southern lebanon s salah ghandour hospital says it s been attacked by israel, after it was warn
hello, welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, made a statement at a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart in tel aviv. he met that is really prime minister, lloyd austin said the us commitment to israel was unquestionable. he also met his counterpart in the past hour the pair held a news conference in which amongst other matters he confirmed they discussed the past or future for gaza. israelis and palestinians both deserve a horizon of hope. so the united states continues to believe, as we have under administrations of both parties, that it is in the interest of both israelis and palestinians to move forward toward two states, living side by side in mutual security. here s the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, who also made a statement following talks with his us counterpart. in northern gaza, our troops have eliminated thousands of terrorist, destroyed mil
i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in hong kong where the high profile trial of the former media tycoon and pro democracy campaigner jimmy lai has, in the last few hours, got under way. the 76 year old was originally arrested in 2020, accused of undermining the territory s national security through articles published in his apple daily newspaper and on social media. mr lai has been held in solitary confinement for the past three years since his writing was deemed to be illegal under new legislation imposed by beijing. security was tight around the court for the start of his trial. mr lai who is also a british citizen has pleaded not guilty to all charges. the united states and britain have condemned the trial and have urged the authorities in hong kong to release businessman. we ll be live outside the court in hong kong shortly. first, this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. jimmy lai used to be a powerful media boss in
the i m helena humphrey, great to have you with us. king charles crowned in a sacred and solemn ceremony centuries old at westminster tens of thousands of people are first reported from nicholas witchel. our first report is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests from the wider world. the flags of the realms, the 1a other nations of which the british monarch is also head of state, were borne in procession. god save the king! at buckingham palace, the military detachments were drawn up. the only blemish the weather. as predicted, it left a lot to be desired. the king and the queen consort left the palace in steady rain. at the abbey, the king s family were taking their places, the duke of sussex making a brief visit to london, without his wife, and the duk