With just hours to go until Hurricane Milton makes landfall in florida, millions of people are rushing to leave their homes. Its currently a category five hurricane , the highest possible classification with ferocious winds of up to 270 kilometres an hour. Forecasters say Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall within the coming hours, and has the potential to be one of the most destructive recorded in the region. President biden says President Biden says getting out was a matter getting out was a matter of life and death. Of life and death. Millions of people have been millions of people have been told to leave there homes. Told to leave there homes. Its less than two weeks its less than two weeks since another powerful since another powerful hurricane hit the state. Hurricane hit the state. These are live pictures these are live pictures from florida which as you can from florida which as you can see if already being battered see if already being battered by strong winds and he
Countrys year long Military Campaign as a Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. This morning and through the night, Rocket Warnings have continued to sound in northern israel. Israels military says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its latest Air Strikes on beirut oversaw logistics and Weapons Transfers with iran. Hezbollah has not confirmed hes been killed. Lets Ta Ke lets take you live to the region, these are the latest pictures we have coming in at Bbc London of the skyline over beirut. More strikes in recent hours. Our Correspondentjoe Inwood has the latest. Beirut plunged into darkness by this spreading war. Huge swathes of the city illuminated only by the explosions of incoming miss
Countrys year long Military Campaign as A Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. Israel says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its Beirut Air Strike oversaw logistics for hezbollah which is designated a Terrorist Group by countries including the us and the uk. Hezbollah hasnt confirmed hes been killed. In a televised statement its Deputy Leader claimed hezbollah s capabilities were intact and that Israel Israel was, in his words, deluded to think otherwise. Here are the live pictures. This is the capital, beirut. We know from israels military that its Ground Troops had started operations in south west lebanon, that is a change, they tend to focus on the South East of the border but now the
On the lebanese capital, where there have been further Air Strikes today. Israel further Air Strikes today. Says it is expanding its Ground Israel says it is expanding its Ground Invasion of lebanon. The target, according to israel, was suhail hussein husseini. He played a crucial role in Weapons Transfers from iran. Hezbollah, designated a Terrorist Group by countries like the uk and us, have not confirmed his death. Meanwhile, the decalitre of hezbollah has made a televised statement here insisting his organisation s capabilities remain intact and said israel was deluded to think otherwise and that the group had fulfilled all of its senior positions after the strides of recent weeks. This is the scene just across the skyline of beirut, the capital of lebanon. You can see the thick smoke there above the capital. In the last few minutes, israel has said that 25 projectiles were fired from lebanon, that is the israel defense force, saying they have identified projectiles which usually
By a court in germany. And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in the Middle East where israel says it has killed the commander of hezbollah S Headquarters in an Air Strike on the lebanese capital, beirut. It comes after Benjamin Netanyahu described his Countrys Year long Military Campaign as a sacred mission which he said will continue so long as israel S Existence is threatened. In a moment, we ll go to southern israel for the latest from our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet. But first, let S Briefly Recap the latest events including, as we ve been reporting in the last few hours, that claim from israel that it has killed the leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation, hezbollah. It follows a Televised address by israel s Prime Minister who said the operations in gaza, lebanon an