But first, a look at the impact in lebanon where the Health Ministry said 33 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in new israeli Air Strikes on saturday. Our senior international Correspondent Orla Guerin has the latest from beirut. Explosion. This is what beirut has been enduring, massive israeli strikes that could ignite the whole region because israel killed its target, sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. For his followers, its a devastating blow, for his iranian backers, a strategic loss. The long time leader of hezbollah was a long time in hiding. This was the moment, in a new York Hotel room on friday, when Binyamin Netanyahu approved the strike on his old enemy. Translation the state of Israel Yesterday eliminated the Master Murderer Hassan Nasrallah. We settled accounts with the one responsible for the murder of countless israelis and many citizens of other countries. Nasrallah was not another terrorist, he was the terrorist. Israel claims this is a historic turning point. For m
Indeed. And we also have our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. How are you, james . Very well, sumi. Good to be here. Great to have you both. And i want to start with the fact that many of our listeners will know you, our viewers will know you, you attend summits, you travel the world, you speak to diplomats, you speak to lawmakers. In these conversations, what is the broad sense youre getting on how people right now see america on the World Stage . I think the one word i would use is uncertainty. I think that, in the short run, the world is watching and waiting for the outcome of the election in november to see what impact that will have on us policy. And i think more broadly, i think theyre just looking at the United States, thinking this is a country that is in transition, that its moving, and its a country that is having a debate with itself about what role it should play in the world, and its been doing that for many years. And it continues. And i think so the world is Sort
A large number of the short interviews i see merely produce sound bite answers they don t really inform the public. And secondly though i probably shouldn t say this it s 65 years since ijoined the conservative party. I was, am, and always will be a conservative. But for in recent months a little longer than a few months there s not been a great deal i could say that i would wish to say in favour of what the previous government were doing. With that being so, i thought it betterjust stay off the air. Now, of course, the election s behind us, the party s looking again to the future and i can i can return to speaking out, hopefully in favour. Well, there s a lot to get into. Let s start with where we are as a country the country that you led for seven years. You used to say vocally, publicly that you dreamt of a nation at ease with itself. Has your dream come true? emphatically not indeed, quite the reverse at the moment. Wherever you look notjust in our country t
Different countries, dragging them into the dungeons of gaza. Everyone has brought home 134 of those hostages, including 117 returned alive. I want to assure you, we will not rest until the remaining hostages are brought home too. Some of the Family Members are here before us today. I ask you to stand up. Applause with us as early stevie, whose son was abducted from the nova music festival. These murderous monsters took him. A corpse held hostage. It rave arab israeli soldier who was murdered. His body was also taken to gaza. With us as a woman whose brother was murdered. With us too. Thankfully we achieve the release of his mother, but his father are still languishing in an underground Terrorist Hill of hamas. I again promise you, we will return your Loved Ones home. We will not spirit that effort until this holy mission is accomplished. Applause ladies and gentlemen, the curse of October 7 began when hamas invaded israel from gaza. But it didnt end there. Israel was soon forced to de
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