Diverting forces, resources And energy towArds the north. These events confirms thAt there is A serious risk of A drAmAtic escAlAtion in lebAnon, And everything must be done to Avoid thAt escAlAtion. Hello And welcome. On the context in the next hour. After A second dAy of deAdly explosions Across lebAnon, tArgeting hezbollAh, well be live injerusAlem, lebAnon And wAshington. IsrAeli leAders sAy theyre opening A new phAse in the wAr, And the Centre Of GrAvity is shifting to the north. Well Ask whAt does thAt meAn . Also on the progrAmme the us CentrAl BAnk goes big with its first Interest RAte Cut in four yeArs, lowering its key Lending RAte by hAlf A PercentAge Point. And who is briefing AgAinst the LAbour Chief of stAff Sue GrAy And why . As the bbc is told she eArns more thAn her boss the prime minister. We stArt in lebAnon, where theres been A fresh wAve of explosions Across the country, which hAve killed At leAst 1A people, with more thAn A50 injured. HAnd held rAdios or WAlkie TA
The Champions League taking place today. Manchester city are opening their European Campaign against inter milan, a repeat of the 2023 final which city won as they completed the treble. Its still goalless at the etihad. No goals in the game between last years runners up Borussia Dortmud who are in belgium to play club brugge, but Liam Scales has put celtic 1 0 up against slovan bratislava. Psg girona still 0 0. Earlier Sparta Prague were 3 0 winners over Rb Salzburg and it was all square between Bolgna And Shaktar donesk. Vivianne miedema scored on her Manchester City debut to help her side to a big lead over Paris Fc in their Champions League second round qualifier. City travelled to paris without Record Goal Scorer Khadija Shaw after they failed to file a visa application. They still won 5 0. Arsenal were beaten by swedish side hecken. Juventus were 3 1 winners against psg. Roma won by the same scoreline against swiss side servette. Two games under way in the English Leaue cup 3rd ro
And italy mourns the death of their icon of italia 90, Toto Schillaci. Also coming up on sportsday. Well hear from Harry Brook as he prepares to lead england for first time in the one Day Series against australia its been a great day for Skipper Ben Ainslie and his bid to win the Americas Cup with Ineos Brittania in barcelona there were winning starts for Aston Villa and Liverpool Yesterday in the Opening Round of Champions League fixtures, there are six more matches this evening, two more british sides in action, well get to Celtic Park in a moment, but lets head to the etihad where Manchester City take on inter milan, its a repeat of the final two seasons ago, Rodris Goal in istanbul seeing city becoming European Champions for the first time. Our Sports Correspodnent Natalie pirks is at the game for us, natalie, they are English And Italian Champions and getting a match like this in the first phase of the competition is just why uefa they shook the format up. Of course, over accusati
Joining me tonight are political Strategist And Commentator Rina Shah and columnist for the i and former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher first , the latest headlines. Israels Defence Minister has said the military is opening a new phase in the war, and will be diverting troops and resources northwards. Yoav gallant was speaking to troops at an airbase near the border with lebanon. It comes as 14 people have been killed and at least a50 injured in further explosions across lebanon involving Walkie Talkies. The us Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point in its first reduction since the pandemic. It puts the Central Banks benchmark Lending Rate at between 4. 75 and 5 , sharply lowering the cost of borrowing with less than 50 days to go until the us president ial election. The Foreign Office has summoned the russian ambassador to the uk over the expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow. A spokesperson Accused Moscow Of Making malicious and
Hello, youre watching the context on bbc news. Its been revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of £170,000. More than 100 charities and Aid Agencies have urged sir Keir Starmer to protect foreign Aid Spending amid fears the budget could fall to its lowest level since 2007. The unease comes ahead of the Budget Set to be unveiled by the chancellor in october and with increasing aid being spent here in the uk, To Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The previous government had counteracted this adding £2. 5 billion to the foreign Aid Budget, as a Top Up to compensate for the money being spent in britain. But where does the uk stand internationally . The un target for foreign Aid Spending is 0. 7 of a countrys gross national income. That figure is widely accepted among the international community and the uk made a legal commitment to it in 2015. But in reality according to the oecd, just 5 count