Be a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow starts dry and ChIlly Chubut there wIll be some wet and WIndy Weather later In the day. Dry and chIlly too. Fresh attacks have contInued on the lebanese CapItal BeIrut overnIght. It comes after Israels MIlItary carrIed out a StrIke South of the CIty Yesterday targetIng Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It has not been confIrmed If he was In the buIldIngs when It was struck. Lebanons Health MInIstry say sIx people were kIlled and 91 Injured. Our reporter SImon Jones has the latest. ExplosIons, screamIng new strIkes overnIght on Southern BeIrut. Israels mIlItary saId It was targetIng buIldIngs storIng hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denIed they were arms depots. ExplosIons. EarlIer, a serIes of massIve explosIons. It Is thought the target here was the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. It Is unclear whether he was any of the buIldIngs that were hIt. Iran, whIch backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changIng escalatI
After an iconic hero, too, except this one is very much alive and kicking. For those who don t know who he is, cristiano ronaldo is a very good footballer, and this is his home city, funchal, which is the island s capital. I m getting the strong impression they really like him here. And itjust so happens that ronaldo is playing tonight for portugal in a major tournament. And i m going to meet one of his biggest fans, ana isabel, who s here somewhere. I m going to find her. We ll have to wind our way through this crowd. Hey! ana! rajan! nice to meet you. 0h, lovely to meet you finally. Wow! this is a good place! well, yes, we have the best spot. Now we support portugal. Come on. Let s do it. Well, listen. 0k. Hey, drinks! to portugal. To cristiano. To madeira. Did you know that the british introduced football to portugal? and do you know where they introduced football to portugal? madeira. Right here! excited cries do you think ronaldo helped to increase tourism to madeira, awareness of
Welcome to Bbc News. First of All of course we dont see Cross Border Fire from hezbollah and from the Israel Defense forces, so on the ground, any talk of a ceasefire seems very very remote. Let me ask you about your take on what is happening on the ground first of All. Is happening on the ground first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of fire first of All. Well on Ground It | is this exchange of fire which will continue and sometimes intensifies, both sides think that they can get an advantage, israel particularly, in that it is claiming to knock out hezbollah positions, particularly Rocket Launching Site and Command And Control posts, it is striking into beirut at times, which is causing a lot of Collateral Damage but they seem to be targeting commanders, the intelligence is working well at the moment, as far as israel is concerned and the hezbollah leadership is concerned, t
Many roads are under water and nearly Two Million people are without power. Residents are being warned not to go outside. These pictures are from fort myers beach, where boats were sent to rescue those trapped in theirflooded homes. And this was the scene from the Pilots Seat flying in the eye of the storm. Two people have died in georgia while one person has been killed by a falling Road Sign in florida. Our North America Correspondent David Willis reports. Hurricane helene touched down on Floridas Gulf Coast bringing with it winds of around 130 miles an hour. Officials had warned of potentially catastrophic and unsurvivable coastal storms surges, in places the height of a two storey building. Lashing rain proceeded helene s arrival, flooding streets hello, im lauren taylor. In the next few minutes, were expecting to hear the results of the Scottish Conservative leadership race. One of these candidates one of these candidates will soon takeover from douglas will soon takeover from dou
Has been whipping up too, creating wild conditions. In birmingham, cars have been caught out. In selly oak, its been a busy time for the Emergency Services helping rescue drivers. Public transport has been doing its best to keep on running, but at birmingham new Street Station there have been delays and cancellations. The Environment Agency has this advice for anyone heading out. There will be a lot of water out on the roads and travel might be really difficult, so we need them to make sure they pay attention to any Emergency Services. And later in the day we are expecting further rainfall in areas through the midlands. Telford United Football club says its been deluged after a thunderstorm. Its appealing to fans to come and help dry out their flooded pitch. This nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. With Rain Falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. And simon updated us from one of the worst affected areas. Im in