into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. israel s military said that operational plans for an offensive in lebanon had been approved and validated . the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned there is a real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. with me now said shehata from bbc arabic a from bbc arabic strike near the icrc compound, a strike near the icrc compound, what more can you tell us about it. tell us about it. the international - tell us about it. the - international committee of tell us about it. tue: international committee of the red cross on the x platf
defended a controversial $535 million government loan to a california solar panel company that eventually went belly up. the solyndra drama continues. reporter: continues, and will for some time. the president when asked about that, jonathan silver, the man who has been heading up the loan program, which, of course, is the controversial part of this program, because of a guaranteed loan that was given to that solar panel company that president obama visited, and that went belly up in august, that s really what all of this stems around. well, he has resigned, and to listen to the department of energy we re hearing from secretary steven chu, he s saying jonathan silver, the man who testified before congress about this controversy recently. he was already leaving, had been told in july before news broke of solyndra filing for bankruptcy that he would be going into the private sector. so you re hearing from sort of the executive branch this was already going to happen, but you