And south dakota. And the World Cup has flIcked off In the town In the uk where It was Invented. Hello, Im matthew amrolIwala. We start wIth those developments In the mIddle East And Lebanon where the IsraelI mIlItary are sayIng It has carrIed out targeted strIke In the lebanese capItal. WItnesses heard a large blast In the southern suburbs of beIrut, these are the pIctures whIch show that large plume of smoke In an area descrIbed as hezbollah a stronghold. The lebanese Health MInIstry says there are three dead and more than a dozen people Injured, reports out of Israel say the operatIon was targetIng senIor hezbollah commander. StraIght to jerusalem hezbollah commander. StraIght tojerusalem and our correspond to jerusalem and our correspond her, tojerusalem and our correspond her, danIel, tell us more. That Is rIght, the news emerged wIthIn the last hour that there had been an AIr StrIke In a southern suburb of beIrut. It Is a very densely populated area. There Is a sIgnIfIcant presen
Live in east jerusalem. The United Nations and the us have expressed concern about israels plans for a military operation in rafah. The city, at the south western edge of gaza, has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of palestinians taking refuge from the fighting elsewhere in the strip. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. I think the consequences of a Ground Operation in rafah under the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. It would be catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic or around. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on rafah with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirb
northern ireland but arriving late in the day. temperatures, high teens to low 20s and it will feel warm in the may sunshine and the sunshine is stronger this time of the year so there will be high levels of uv. are out for any level of time might be worth considering suncream. similar on sunday, best of the sunshine in england and wales, scotland and northern ireland cloudy and bright, one or two bits of rain and the temperature is similar, it s going to be quite a one weekend for most of us. nice one, chris, thanks for that. chris fawkes. that s it. more analysis of the main stories on newsnight coming up on bbc two with faisal islam but now the news continues here on bbc one as we join our colleagues across the nations and regions for all of the news where you are. i have a very good night. the economic ascent of china with significant consequences for production of electric vehicles, batteries and microchips. in this new world, does the uk have a strategy? china calls the
was kidnapped by hamas at the nova music festival on 7th october. we decided to go on this march because we wanted to meet up with the government to see them. and most importantly, we wanted to show them, we wanted to show the world that all of the people in israel are thinking about our hostages and this is what is the most important thing right now for everyone over here, is to get all of the 238 people being held hostage by hamas back to their houses. and by doing this march, we are going through the cities, we can see the people. they are waving the flag. they re chanting with us. they re going to every meet up every big street, every big crossraods we are going through in order to show us that they support us and they are part of our cause. we could see some pictures just there of your cousin on the screen. can you tell us about him? yeah. he is my younger cousin. he lives right across the street from my parents home where i grew up. he is is an amazing musician. he pla
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