SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I
The PrIme MInIster says he wont allow Health UnIons to block nhs reform. One of brItaIns hIghest Level Trade UnIon leader Is here. WIll MIck Lynch and hIs colleagues play ball wIth labour reforms . Also tonIght, In an exclusIve IntervIew, John Legend on hIs wIfes abortIon, Elon Musk and Donald Trumps claIms that mIgrants eat your pets. He 5 read that mIgrants eat your pets. He spread vIcIous rumours that mIgrants eat your pets. He spread vIcIous rumours about them eatIng cats and dogs, playIng to bIgotry, lIke he always does. Welcome to newsnIght lIve each Week NIght for IntervIews and InsIght. Our exclsuIve IntervIew wIth pop starJohn Legend In a lIttle whIle. Your InsIght TonIght comes from the general secretary of the Rmt UnIon MIck lynch. Ex Snp Mp Hannah bardell. And Lbc Presenter and conservatIve commentator IaIn Dale. And our polItIcal EdItor NIck Watt Is here as always. We have had KeIr Starmer talkIng about reform of the publIc servIces, partIcularly the nhs In england and the
Investigation is continuing just now, that has been difficult for the snp, hard for people to move past that. There was a lack of progress, of course, on independence. A number of people who have criticised a strategy that Nicola Sturgeon pursued, that Hamza Yusuf pursued as well, her successor, and of course Nicola Sturgeon was such a successful politician. She resigned quite suddenly and was replaced by Hamza Yusuf as her predecessor, who had a short time as First Minister and of course, he did not have the support at holyrood in the chamber i do not have enough mps to get things through. So there were a minority government, they had lost their Partnership Support so he had to go. John swinney is now coming in, trying to address a lot of those problems, a lot of those problems beyond their control, such as the police investigation. 0ther control, such as the police investigation. Other problems, when it comes to delivering, for example, Government Advisers here quite candid, say, yes
Killed by israeli fire. Thousands of israelis have been protesting in Jerusalem And Tel aviv in an effort to put pressure on the israeli government to bring the remaining hostages home. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of tel aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. The israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, blamed hamas leaders for the killings, saying they showed hamas did not want a deal. The Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accused Mr Netanyahu of deciding not to save the hostages. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, Israels Army says they were shot by hamas in a Tunnel Under Rafa as israeli forces battled above them. Almog sarusi. Alexander lobanov. Ori danino. Eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, theyve caught me. Carmel gat, a the
London, where labour is making billions in cuts after promising an end to austerity. That is politics at its most cynical, total breach of trust with all of those who supported lab our. A Labour Party that promised change is delivering more of the same, the same dory debt row, the same tory cuts agenda. Labour hasnt delivered change, it is delivering the same damaging austerity as the tories , ~ , same damaging austerity as the tories , ~ , tories Thes Mr Swinney said his government tories Thes Mr Swinney said his government had tories Thes Mr Swinney said | his government had expanded childcare, ensured scots could afford university and Mid Welfare Payments to the prince families, but after a thumping and the general election, he said the party was focusing on why scotland should be independent is not how it should happen. My independent is not how it should happen. My promise to ou is should happen. My promise to you is that should happen. My promise to you is that i should happen.