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
interest payments some of which are linked to inflation. let s get this in perspective though the uk s national debt is at record levels. it owes £2.69 trillion. that is almost the size of the uk economy the so called debt to gdp ratio is around 97.7%. that is a useful guide to how affordable the debt is for a country. the chancellor has pledged to get that ratio down. the uk s far better off than some of its neighbours though italy s debt to gdp is around 140%. but if we look at germany s that s is only around 65%. but if we look at germany s that s only around 65%. staying in the uk where aside from talk of potential tax cuts there are stark warnings that 2 million people could have their gas and electricity cut off this winter because they can t afford to top up their prepayment meter. that comes from the charity the citizens advice bureau as cost of living pressure continue to bite for many. joining me now is the report author alex belsham harris en
song contest final. the uk s entry, will be the last of the twenty six acts to perform. now on bbc news, it s time for the road to eurovision. ukraine won with 631 points, beating sam ryder s 466. find ukraine won with 631 points, beating sam ryder s l“36- ukraine won with 631 points, beating sam ryder s 466. and here they are, ukraine, sam ryder s 466. and here they are, ukraine. the sam ryder s 466. and here they are, ukraine, the winner. ukraine, the winner. congratulations, guys. fix, ukraine, the winner. conuratulations, au 5. ., congratulations, guys. a growing olitical congratulations, guys. a growing political crisis congratulations, guys. a growing political crisis meant congratulations, guys. a growing political crisis meant 2023 s - political crisis meant 2023 s contest couldn t be hosted in ukraine. 1 contest couldn t be hosted in ukraine. ., ., , , ukraine. i handed the trophy, lifted u -. you ukraine. i handed the trophy, lifted un- you deserve