Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. Israel has launched fresh air strikes in Southern Lebanon as the leader of hezbollah a proscribed Terrorist Organisation by the some western governments was giving his first public reaction to the wave of attacks across lebanon. At least 37 people have been killed and thousands injured by Exploding Pagers and Walkie Talkies. Hassan nasrallah described the attacks as a massacre and said it could be called a declaration of war. Here the Foreign Secretary is urging british nationals to leave the country while commercial flights are still operational. Our chief international correspondent, Orla Guerin has this report. Israeli Fighter Planes flying low Over Beirut this afternoon. Dominating the skies. Carefully timed, as sheikh Hassan Nasrallah was making a televised address. He admitted hezbollah had suffered a major blow and said the enemy, israel, had crossed all red first it was pagers exploding. Then yesterday, Walk
troops to the border with mexico, the goal to free up resources so they can cope with the expiration of the trump policy. it allowed authorities to quickly expel certain migrants using the covid pandemic as a reason. clearly there s a problem. what there isn t or hasn t been for decades a comprehensive solution. the administration tried to send a immigration reform bill to congress on day one. went nowhere. instead, he s taken far smaller steps and tried to paint them in the best possible light. when does selling a policy veer into overselling it. this exchange yesterday. how to address this challenge. a lot of people come here, is this one of the issues that is job not done, not finished? he has asked congress to take action, republicans to take action and work on this in a bipartisan way. he s going to continue to do that. in the meantime he s put forth he has tools he s used to make sure that we do this. we actually deal with the immigration system in a humane way th
He became the governor of north dakota. The numbers there, the numbers that hes done there, the job that hes done is unparallel, and his wife is incredible. So get ready for something, okay . Just get ready. But doug burgum has been incredible, and the countrys lucky to have him. That was donald trump over the weekend in new jersey, introducing the man who could be his running mate this november. Well have more from the former president s rally, including his praise for a fictional Serial Killer. Meanwhile, trumps former fixer is expected to take the stand today in the criminal hush money case. Well get expert legal analysis ahead of Michael Cohens blockbuster testimony. And also ahead, well have the latest from the middle east, as hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing from Southern Gaza because of israels looming Military Operation in rafah. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, may 13th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And
Launches a fullscale assault inside the City Of Rafah where t more than 1 million palestinians are sheltering. If they go into rafah, im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah. R israel defiant, saying they are willing to fight without u. S. Help. If israel has to stand alone, well stand alone. Give israel what they need to fight the war they cant afford to lose. The American People want an immediate ceasefire, and they do not want more u. S. Military aid going to the war machine. Is the relationship between the u. S. And israel at a crisis point . Po my guest this morning secretary of state antony blinken, republican senator Lindsay S Graham of South Carolina, and independent senator Bernie Sanders of vermont. Plus, league storm. After ruling donald trump violated a gag order ten times, the judge presiding over trumps criminal trial threatens jail time if he violates the gag order again. Pr if you say anything slightly off, he wants to put you in
many states don t have a rule. that that rule applies, made it easier to admit it. the fact it s civil as well? it doesn t. just the fact it s federal court. and this particular charge. miss leeds also testified she didn t report the incident until the former president ran for office. she quote thought he was not the kind of person we wanted as president. how would that comment sit with the jury? i think these were lines of cross examination that the defense needed to bring out. it made sense. they re trying to suggest she s testifying for political bias. but again, she explained she was coming forward because it was true and she wanted to raise her voice, corroboration of what jean carroll had said. and she owned the fact i think she also said i don t like