To the White House for a meeting with President Biden. Hello, you are watching bbc news, i am Anna Foster live In Beirut. Some breaking news. Israel is calling up two additional Army Brigades to its Northern Border. This has been confirmed by the Israeli Defense Forces in the last half an hour or so. They say the troops would be there to continue Combat Operations against hezbollah. Many of hezbollah s leadership are based on the south and we have seen many strikes, including hezbollah s commander. Joining me now from jerusalem is our correspondent daniel de simone. Talk us through the context of the idf talk us through the context of the idf preparations on the Northern Border . The the idf preparations on the Northern Border . The context is israel set a Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for itself Northern Border . The context is israel set a goal for itself of
Forces, herzi halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Israel has been conducting extensive strikes across lebanon, hitting more than 100 targets. Lebanons Health Ministry says 51 people have been killed, and more than 200 wounded so far today. The us president Joe Biden has warned that an All Out War in the Middle East is possible but added that a diplomatic Solution Isnt out of reach. Earlier on wednesday, israel intercepted a ballistic missile fired by his brother towards Tel Aviv for the first time. You can hear the Air Raid sirens in this footage which shows the missile just after it was intercepted by israeli Air Defence systems. His brother said its target was israels intelligence agency, mossad. Its thought to be the first time a his Brother Rocket has reached Tel Aviv. More than 600 people including many women and children have been killed in lebanon this week. Tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes in southern
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If It Cooper made her speech which seem to go down very well. If you pull back a bit and look at them in a new, Yvette Cooper was trying to establish the Party And Government as the Party And Government as the party of law and or daft. She focused on bringing down knife crime, reducing violence against women and girls which got a rousing standing ovation. Tackling street crime and making Town Centres and communities safe for people. They want to introduce a new Respect Order meaning prolific and persistent people undertaking Anti Social Behaviour would be subject to these orders. There was the mention of small boat crossings. Again a commitment to tackle the gangs behind the trade. Yvette cooper has a difficult and wide ranging brief as Home Secretary. If youre in the hole and wanted an overall takeaway, it is they are getting tough on crime and want to be seen as a party who can manage do that. Let us listen to the Home Secretary. In let us listen to the Home Secretary let us listen t
Million people in and around took refuge in shelters because of hezbollah rockets. Residents crammed roads to reach temporary shelters in beirut. Overnight, residents fleeing the israeli bombardment in Southern Lebanon crammed roads to reach temporary shelters in beirut. The israeli strikes made monday the deadliest day in lebanon in decades. The idf says It Hit around 1,600 targets which it described as Hezbollah Cruise missiles, rockets and drones. Washington is sending a small number of additional troops to the region, as the sense of crisis deepens. The biden administration says it will present concrete plans for ending the violence in lebanon at the Un General Assemby this week. The European Unions foreign policy chief, josep borrell, warned that the conflict was spiralling into a full fledged war. Hugo bachega reports from lebanon. The journey in search of safety. Thousands are still on the move, fleeing Southern Lebanon and Israels Air strikes that show no sign of easing. Its co