To return to butler, the city in pennsylvania where he survived an Assassination Attempt injuly. And Parkrun Marks 20 years of community spirit. The amateur Saturday Morning Run Event has grown from 13 runners in londons Bushy Park to millions around the world. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. More explosions have been reported during the night in the Hezbollah Dominated Suburbs of the lebanese capital, beirut. Theres also been an israeli strike on an Apartment Building in the northern lebanese city of tripoli. Israel also confirmed a strike on what it called a hezbollah Command Centre near a hospital. And hezbollah fighters are said to have clashed with israeli troops in lebanons Southern Border area. Hezbollah has said it has fired rockets at an Air Base near the city of haifa. We have yet to hear coming from israel on the latest attacks but sirens have been standing across Northern Israel this morning. More foreign nationals have been evacuated from beirut On Board Military Transport
a fraud victim has won a £153,000 refund after the bbc s money box programme contacted his bank about him being targeted. and it s the final day of the mens six nations rugby ireland are hoping for the grand slam when they play england in dublin this afternoon. we start in pakistan where police have fired tear gas at supporters of former prime minister imran khan as his motorcade arrived at the high court in the capital islamabad. he left his home in lahore on saturday morning after a court lifted the arrest warrant issued against him. he s charged with corruption while in office, charges which he says are politically motivated. his convoy to islamabad was accompanied by dozens of supporters. they had earlier prevented police from trying to arrest him at his home. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies is following mr khan s convoy, and she sent us this update as he set off. this is the start of the journey for imran khan from his home to the court in islamabad. this
Newsnight s Nicholas Watt reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising an area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, an infant hercules in its days as a World Capital of iron and steel making, is now clearing sites of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the National Political map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes for the two main parties. A Rumbustious Conservative mayor became the first poster boy of the redwall, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party a win for chris mcewan would ease keir starmer s path nationally. And the lib dem outsider placing the fight of Child Poverty at the heart of his campaign. Over the past decade or so, Tees Valley Felt ne
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Can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. Ourfirst report is from our north america correspondent will vernon. Its been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. Us Officials Say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. This was a relatively small scale strike by israel. Earlier, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and its reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. And this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. Last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. The fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. And there is hope too that the