Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. In another Body Blow for hezbollah, one of the groups top commanders in lebanon has been killed in an israeli airstrike. Ibrahim aqil was hezbollah s second in command, and the United States had labelled him a Global Terrorist putting a multi million Dollar Bounty on his head because of his links to the bombing of Us Marines in lebanon in 1983. He died in an Attack Today in beirut s Southern Suburbs that israel has called a targeted strike. In total, its left 12 people dead and 66 injured, according to the lebanese authorities. It is another humiliation for hezbollah, coming at The End of a week in which thousands of the groups fighters were killed or injured by Exploding Pagers and Walkie Talkies. It also follows Israels Assassination of hezbollah s military leader, fuad shukr, injuly in the same area of south beirut. Todays strike is the latest and most of the dating this right. We dont yet have confirmation from
Between kamala harris and donald trump here in the battleground state of pennsylvania. The rivals will go head to head to win the white house in what many experts say will undoubtedly be a close race. The debate will be 90 minutes long with two commerical breaks here in philadelphia at the national constitution center. The us network abc news is hosting the debate. There will be no audience in attendance, and the candidates microphones will be muted when they are not speaking. It comes at a pivotal moment in the campaign, with both harris and trump aiming to win over undecided voters in key swing states. Joining me now is our north america correspondent gary o donoghue from the spin room floor. Gary, i know the action is picking up there, tell us what you ve been hearing from some of the surrogates for both campaigns. figs of the surrogates for both campaigns of the surrogates for both camaians. A. , ,. Campaigns. As you would expect, some of the campaigns. As you would expect,
In the past year. A charity says around 140,000 Vulnerable Children didnt receive help last year because their situation was not judged to be serious enough. Also, the sound of the underground. 50 years ago today, britains Pirate Radio Stations were outlawed. It led to the closure of stations which had gathered listeners by playing pp which had gathered listeners by playing pop music, rarely heard on the bbc at the time. Good morning. Its monday 14th august. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. 70 years ago tonight, 200 years of British Colonial rule in india came to an end and the country was partitioned into two independent Nation States hindu majority india and muslim majority pakistan. The result was the one of the largest Mass Migrations ever recorded. Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day today, with india marking the occasion tomorrow. In 1947, after months of political deadlock, britain agreed to divide the country in two. A separate and mainly muslim nation, p