number is much higher. what you might not know about how to report positive at-home tests and why you should. another day of travel disruptions with new flight delays and cancellations. all as the cdc changes those isolation guidelines for people who test positive. what it means for you ahead. good tuesday afternoon, everybody. we re going to start with shaquille brewster, sam brock, and dr. tyson bell from the university of virginia. shaq, you re at one of the hospital where u.s. navy medical workers are on the scene. what are you seeing? this is an example of what we heard from president biden yesterday. he said that, yes, states will take the lead in responding to this new surge, but there will be federal support this is a team of military members, 20 military members arriving at this hospital for a month-long deployment. and while they i did speak to some in the command staff who are in that military uniform, many of the people going in, part of the military are ess
editor, joins us now from northern israel. what more can you tell us? well, the iranians have confirmed this general has been killed in this attack, that it hit the consulate, which is next to the embassy of iran in damascus, in an area that i know quite well, a sort of middle class embassy district. right at the heart, if you like, of the power dynamics that link up the syrian regime, hezbollah in lebanon, not very farfrom here, and their regime, hezbollah in lebanon, not very far from here, and their patron in iran. now, he was the senior general of iran, the irg c, which is the iranian revolutionary guard corps in lebanon and syria. syria is a big bang, and i think this can only be seen as a serious escalation. i think the israelis are testing the resolve of the iranians and their allies hezbollah, who have been fighting already, if you like, a war that hasn t had a great deal of attention because of gaza internationally, but it has steadily been going on here in northern
at least five people are reported to have died in the strike which has raised fears of an escalation of fighting in the middle east. israel has declined to comment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has the lastest. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements secret. despite that, israeli intelligence must have tracked general mohamed reza zahedi to the meeting he was having in damascus. he was the senior iranian general in syria and lebanon two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so called axis of resistance. in damascus the syrian foreign minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. translation: we strongly condemn this criminal act l carried o
good evening. a suspected israeli strike has destroyed an iranian consulate building in the syrian capital, damascus, killing at least seven people, including the top two commanders, in the powerful iranian revolutionary guards. the attack happened at around 5pm local time in the upmarket mezzeh district of damascas, with the multistorey building flattened, right next to the iranian embassy. iran s foreign minister says tehran s response will be decisive, while israel says it doesn t comment on foreign media reports. there have been hundreds of attacks on iranian linked targets in syria by israel, in the past few years. jeremy bowen, has the very latest from northern israel. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a one off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the ukrainian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movement secret. despite th
in the central gaza strip. localjournalists published pictures of their passports showing that they were from australia, poland and the united kingdom. we ll have more on this later in the programme. to the other big story we ve been following iran has vowed to respond decisively, after accusing israel of killing a senior revolutionary guards commander brigadier general mohamed reza zahedi in an air strike on an iranian consulate building in syria s capital, damascus. at least five people are reported to have died in the strike which has raised fears of an escalation of fighting in the middle east. israel has declined to comment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has the lastest. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements