Here in the uk, candidates for the conservative Party Leadership Contest make their pitch at the annual conference. And New Zealand has regained the World Record for the largest number of people taking part in a haka. Welcome to the programme. We start in the Middle East, where israel has carried out what it called large scale strikes on yemen. Israel says it was targeting houthis energy facilities. A Power Plant and Sea Port were hit in the yemeni city of hodeidah. Videos have been posted on social media. Clearly a real difference to what we heard just a few days ago from world leaders, who were trying to arrange some sort of ceasefire deal, some sort of de escalation. They were talking about 21 days of no military action, of talks, but what weve seen over the last couple of days, and particularly with that pivotal moment here in the Middle East on Friday Evening, that large Scale Attack here In Beirut, and the News Yesterday that Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, had been ki
The body of the hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, Is reported to have been recovered from the sIte of frIdays IsraelI aIrstrIke IN BeIrut. AccordIng to Israel, more than 20 members of the IranIaN Backed group were kIlled alongsIde hIm. And hezbollah has also confIrmed that two other senIorfIgures have been kIlled In aIrstrIkes. Israels Defence MInIster praIsed the IsraelI attacks on houthI targets In yemen. TranslatIon we see | the Attack Today 2,000 kIlometres away In hodeIdah and Its surroundIngs, and the achIevements as they are reflected are very ImpressIve, and the meanIng Is very clear those who try to attack us or harm the cItIzens of Israel wIll pay a very heavy prIce. Our SecurIty Correspondent frank GardnerjoIns Me now. Just talk us through what we know about these attacks agaIn. So, the houthIs are a rebel group, backed by Iran. They took over most of the populated parts of yemeN Back In 2014 15 and InherIted an arsenal of long range mIssIles, and wIth IranIan help, they h
Have an impact notjust on the continued fighting between israel and lebanon, continued fighting between israeland lebanon, but continued fighting between israel and lebanon, but also on the wider part of the region as well. Now, strikes have continued to date here in beirut. I want to show you the strikes that have been going on in lebanon. Officials here say that nearly 800 people have now been killed since monday, and that particular attacker was describing to you that killed Hassan Nasrallah took place here in beirut. You can see the proximity of this to the southern suburbs of the city, i Hezbollah Strongholds. This is a blow to that group but also to its main backer and finance, iran. Already, we are waiting to see how iranians proxies, and there are various of them across the region, we are talking about iranians backed Militia Groups in iraq and syria, and the houthis in yemen, and of course, hamas In Gaza, who are waiting to see what the response may be. Ata at a Grassroots Res
Welcome to the programme. We ll start with the news manchester city fans didn t want to hear. Manager pep guardiola has confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in city s 2 2 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodri s injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. They overcame championship side watford 2 1. Jeremy doku gave city an early lead before matheus nunes doubled it before half time. Watford did get one back late on through tom ince, but the eight time champions hung on to progress. Will be out for a long time, a while, but there are some opinions and it maybe will be less than we expect, but unfortunately he was injured. Right now, still i cannot tell you because we are awaiting the last phone calls from h
Confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in city s 2 2 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodri s injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. They overcame championship side watford 2 1. Jeremy doku gave city an early lead before matheus nunes doubled it before half time. Watford did get one back late on through tom ince, but the eight time champions hung on to progress. Will be out for a long time, a while, but there are some opinions and it maybe will be less than we expect, but unfortunately he was injured. Right now, still i cannot tell you because we are awaiting the last phone calls from him and the doctors, to know exactly what definitely he has and the type of surgery that he has to get. City were one of