others died in the blast on tuesday. he was considered one of the founders of hamas military wing, the al qassam brigades. hamas is considered a terror organisation by the uk and us governments. israel has not denied carrying out the explosion, and a spokesman mark regev described it as a surgical strike on hamas. hamas called it an act of terrorism , while hezbollah said it was an assault on lebanese sovereignty. hezbollah, a politically influential islamist group which controls the most powerful armed force in lebanon, has been exchanging fire with israel along the israel lebanon border since the war in gaza began in october. there s been reaction to the strike in beirut from the the un it s peacekeeping mission in lebanon says it s deeply concerned by any potential escalation. a warning echoed by french president emmanuel macron. the lebanese foreign minister says his government has appealed to hezbollah not to retaliate. live now to carine torbey in beirut. what i
i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with the situation in iran. let s turn to iran, where state media is reporting that at least 70 people have been killed in several blasts near the tomb of iranian revolutionary guards general, qasem soleimani. these are pictures we have from social media saying these blasts occurred quickly in the south eastern city of kerman. us drone attack, officials say two bags containing explosives detonated by remote control were at the entrance to the burial site and we have been watching ambulances, as you can see there, heading towards the cemetery. hundreds of iranian had gathered to to commemorate the anniversary of qasem soleimani s death. to put into context who he was, the most powerfulfigure in context who he was, the most powerful figure in at around the time after the supreme leader. he was in charge of the revolutionary guards overseas operation, which made him inc
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joe weekend! there was a lot to talk abou this way let s get right to some of the top stories. we re gonna begin with th new york times reported that the manhattan district attorney s office has signaled two attorneys for former president trump. he could face criminal charges the paper sites for people wit knowledge of the matter. it all stems from th investigation by manhattan da, alvin bragg s office and trump s role of the hush money to adult film actress, storm daniels ahead of the 201 election prosecutors now offered th former president the chance to testify next week before the grand jury, that has bee hearing evidence and the potential case the times reports it would b unusual for a da to notify a potential defendant withou ultimately seeking charges against them, but trump is likely to declined that offe according to the paper, former presidents lawyers also coul meet privately with prosecutor in an attempt to fend of criminal charges two of trump s defense attorney
they also reviewed more than a dozen disturbing internet searches including 10 ways to dispose of a dead body. i want to go to the national correspondent who is outside of the courthouse in quincy. what is the latest on this case against brian wash? you bring up those internet searches and if you look at the timeline there was a frantic search brian had in the hours and minutes after they say he dismembered and killed his wife. i want to show you some of the searches. january 1 is when they began when he googled how long before anybody starts to smell and not long after he asked can you throw away body parts. in the next day, can you be charged with murder without a body. january 3, what happens to hair on a dead body. more than a dozen google searches in the minutes after an days after prosecutors say he killed his wife. they also say in the days prior to january 1, he was actually googling the best state to get a divorce, possibly pointing to a motive. is there any dna