Block of flats in the lebanese capital beirut on friday. Ibrahim aqil is considered the most high profile member of the group to be killed in the current conflict with the us having had a multimillion dollar bounty on his head. Israel says the targeted strikes killed around ten hezbollah military commanders. The lebanese health ministry says 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured. In response to the attack, hezbollah has called the killing of mr aqil a crime, and said israel will pay the price. From beirut, our senior international correspondent orla guerin has been reporting on the attack. Explosion. This footage captures the moment of the attack, in the heartland of hezbollah. Explosion. The skyline looks like a city at war. Israel hit hard, without warning, in the densely populated residential district of dahiya. Calling this a precision strike, the target was the veteran hezbollah military leader ibrahim aqil. Israel said he had been eliminated, along with about ten comma
And in a rare interview, Sir Alex Ferguson talks about helping with dementia through music, and reflects on his life after football. And coming up on Bbc News. Can anyone stop chelsea getting their sixth womens super League Title in a row as they begin the defence of their crown this evening . Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Lawyers say theyre representing 37 women who were raped or sexually assaulted by the late owner of harrods, mohamed Al Fayed. Theyve also revealed that more have come forward after the allegations were made public in a Bbc Documentary yesterday. The legal team is now calling on the department stores new owners to help the survivors getjustice, after they say staff members working for mr Al Fayed helped to enable and cover up his crimes. Our reporter frances read has the latest. The billionaire, infamous in british society, now alleged to be a serial sexual predator. The accusations made by multiple women giving extremely distressing accounts of
As the queens speech spells out the ambition of borisjohnsons new government. My governments priority is to deliver the united kingdoms departure from the European Union on the 31st of january. One of the worlds biggest free trade agreements, the us mexico canada deal, is set to be passed by the us congress anytime now. Well be live in new york with all the latest. Yesterday, donald trump was impeached by the house of representatives. Next comes a trial in the senate. But today, democrats are saying theyll hold off sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate Unless republicans change their terms. Well have more on that in a moment, but first in the last hour President Trump has been speaking. I dont feel like i am being engaged, because its a hoax, its a setup, its a horrible thing they did. They happen to have a small majority and they took that small majority and they took that small majority and they forced people and they said, oh, no, we dont want to talk to anybody, they pu
The situation in syria is becoming more complex and tense, with turkeys advance into Northern Syria showing no sign of easing today. The Syrian Military accompanied by Russian Troops has assumed control of the kurdish held town of manbij, Turkish Military forces ammassing nearby and turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says taking manbij is a priority. But seizing the town would now mean clashing directly with syrian troops and possibly even russia. Another particular flash point has been the kurdish held town of ras al in where there has been more street to street clashes today. This footage from the Turkish Anadolu Agency shows just how intense the fighting has been, as Turkish Backed fighters try to displace the kurdish forces. Middle east correspondent martin patience is there. Well, the syrians are behind me, and throughout this morning, we have seen heavy turkish shelling. That seems to be their response to the american sanction. The turkish president , for his part, says he wi
Well hear from the bbcs team there. The boss of mcdonalds has been fired for having a relationship with an employee. Mcdonalds said it was consensual, but violated company policy. Congress has published two transcripts of testimony given by former ambassadors about Donald Trumps phone call asking ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. This is all part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump for his part the president denies withholding military aid until ukraine began the investigation. Former Us Ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch says she was shocked to discover that donald trump had told the ukrainian president she was bad news. And that before she left her post in the spring, ukrainian officials had warned that a campaign against her was being orchestrated by President Trumps lawyer, Rudi Guiliani and she needed to watch her back. Just to reiterate thats ukraine warning the Us Ambassador about the actions of the president s lawyer. The other former ambassador is