And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h
Ceefax, a name manufactured from seeing facts. And, before we had laptops and mobiles, we had ceefax. Launched 50 years ago, it told us what we wanted to know. On newsnight at 10. 30pm, well bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening. Fears of an all out regional conflict in the Middle East are growing tonight, as lebanese officials say nearly 500 people have been killed, including 35 children, and 1600 others injured in israeli strikes on the south of the country. The Israel Defence forces say theyve hit around 1300 positions held by the iranian backed group hezbollah. It says its fired dozens of rockets at israel. The Cross Border strikes have intensified after a series of exploding Device Attacks on hezbollah members were blamed on israel. Well hear from our international editorjeremy bowen, whos injerusalem, our diplomatic correspond
Had earlier and what is more accurate had earlier and what is more accurate is if you look, the amount of people accurate is if you look, the amount of people that are no longer covered by Collective Bargaining has shrunk and shrunk by Collective Bargaining has shrunk and shrunk on trunk and the value of wages and shrunk on trunk and the value of wages has and shrunk on trunk and the value of wages has shrunk and sunk in trunk and to wages has shrunk and sunk in trunk and to Go Wages has shrunk and sunk in trunk and to go back to what youre saying in of expressing a vision and communicating that to people, that is all well communicating that to people, that is all well and good but it has to be backed is all well and good but it has to be backed up by posies as to how peoples be backed up by posies as to how peoples lives will change and i think peoples lives will change and i think that is one of the problems at this conference. We arent getting it either this conference. We arent get
Through friday and in the weekend as an area of low pressure comes from the south it will introduce the threat of rain or thundery showers but it looks like scotland and Northern Ireland should keep the dry weather into the weekend. Into the weekend. And thats Bbc News at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news hello, and welcome to sportsday. Old foes in a New Look Champions League Liverpool open their campaign in italy against ac milan. The Champions League might be bigger, but what about Player Burn out . Manchester citys rodri says they could go on strike. In my humble opinion, i think theres much we have to take care of ourselves. Someone has to take care of ourselves. Glasgow gets the Go Ahead to host a scaled back 2026 commonwealth games. Also coming up on sportsday. Working his way back to the Top Anthonyjoshua tells us about his two yearjourney to set up another World Title Shot on Saturday Night. G
Pictures coming from rebeccas home town of bukwo. Close to the kenyan border in uganda. Last night, on friday, family members, friends and activists against gender based Violence Viewed Rebeccas coffin at the Funeral Home in the kenyan town before her body was brought back to her hometown. We heard her mother was wearing a Souvenir Bag at the time, that the athlete had received at the Paris Olympics where she competed in the marathon. Patience akumu is a ugandan lawyer she told me what lessons needed to be learned from Rebecca Cheptegeis violent death. We need to reflect about the ways in which women, no matter their social status, ways in which women, no matter theirsocialstatus, no ways in which women, no matter their social status, no matter what they have achieved in life, are still expected to bow to the expectations of society, evenif to the expectations of society, even if it kills them. Domestic violence is still a reality for many women in africa, in euston africa. The statist