In supermarkets, on the street, in cars, at home and even in barbershops. Thousands of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. Incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to the bekaa valley, and even in neighbouring syria. Hospitals suddenly inundated. Each explosion may have been small, but men lost fingers and eyes. Some had gaping wounds to their hips where the pagers were worn. Nine people are believed to have died, including one child. Israel is saying nothing about these extraordinary attacks. Frankly, it s hard to think of anyone else remotely capable of mounting such a sophisticated operation. But it comes at a time when the government is threatening to step up its military effort against hezbollah. Israel s border with lebanon has been volatile ever since the war in gaza began exchanges of fire every day between israel and hezbollah. Tens of thousands of civilians on both sides have been forced to flee. Kiryat shmona has been hit several time
A warning, his report contains distressing images from the start. This was a devastating attack. In supermarkets, on the street, in cars, at home and even in barbershops. Thousands of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. Incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to the bekaa valley, and even in neighbouring syria. Hospitals suddenly inundated. Each explosion may have been small, but men lost fingers and eyes. Some had gaping wounds to their hips where the pagers were worn. Nine people are believed to have died, including one child. Israel is saying nothing about these extraordinary attacks. Frankly, its hard to think of anyone else remotely capable of mounting such a sophisticated operation. But it comes at a time when the government is threatening to step up its Military Effort against hezbollah. Israels border with lebanon has been volatile ever since the war In Gaza began exchanges of fire every day between Israel And Hezbollah. Tens of thousands
this cloud is streaming in across the atlantic and that is what will push into my. to clear skies, one or two showers and outbreaks of rain, snow in the far north of scotland and icy conditions in shetland. the further south another mild night, not quite as mild as last night. but it will be a cloudy start to tomorrow for many of you. sleet and snow across north and east of scotland particularly in shetland. thicker for northern ireland, north west england and down towards east anglia and outbreaks of rain moving further north. we will see brighter skies to the north east of scotland later and wales, midlands, england, some sunshine breaking through in the afternoon. the amount they across southern areas and 1 degrees in shetland and that cold air remains in place. the weather fronts tomorrow is still with us into saturday and moves further north woods and reinvigorate. the dividing line between the cold, wintry out which will bring sing significant snow on the hills of scotl
good to have you with us. israel is grappling with the fallout from the killing of three hostages. the israel defense forces has admitted the men were mistakenly killed in gaza while holding a white cloth on a stick, indicating surrender. an idf official says a soldier felt threatened and opened fire after misidentifying them as terrorists.’ prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart but added that military, pressure is still necessary. translation: we will draw the lessons. translation: we will draw the lessons- we translation: we will draw the lessons. we will translation: we will draw the lessons. we will implement - translation: we will draw the lessons. we will implement the | lessons. we will implement the lessons. we will implement the lessons. and we will remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify the military pressure is nec
it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to a porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent and called the indictment political persecution and election interference . his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year. the bbc s nada tawfik s outside the court in new york. we can speak to her now. it is late in the evening there, as i understand it, nada, and the press have been gathering, as you have pointed out. what has been the reaction of people who have been passing you by, talking to you about this? figs talking to you about this? as ou talking to you about this? sis you said, talking to you about this? is you said, a few moments ago, the district attorney was a