Downtown abbey who has died at the age of 89 years old. He welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc . The lebanese Capital Beirut has been rocked by a series of powerful explosions after another series of israeli Air Strikes on the city this time reportedly aimed at the leader of his brother, Hasan Nasrallah. Israel said it was attacking hezbollah s central headquarters In Beirut s southern suburb of dahhiyeh there are reports of half a dozen buildings being destroyed, with many casualties. Israeli media are reporting Hasan Nasrallah was the target but a source close to his brother said the leader is alive. Heres the latest on the situation with the bbc s Orla Guerlin explosions. Israel has struck beirut with a series of massive explosions. Its hard to imagine a bigger escalation or a starker picture of war. And here was the aftermath. The Hezbollah Stronghold of dahieh in the Southern Suburbs, now looking like gaza. Many lebanese fear thats where things ar
historically together shoulder to shoulder. thank you, moldovan people. that you hosted all our people, all the refugees from the first days of full scale war. thank you. we ll never forget about it. the talks are being held at mimi castle, in the wine region, a short distance from the capital chisinau, where our correspondentjenny hill is. jenny, bring us up to date on what has happened so far. jenny, bring us up-to-date on what has happened so far. jenny, bring us up-to-date on what has happened so far. well, we have heard from has happened so far. well, we have heard from president has happened so far. well, we have heard from president zelensky. - has happened so far. well, we have heard from president zelensky. asl heard from president zelensky. as you know, he has been doing the rounds in europe over the last few weeks, he has been to various capitals and extracted more support from them. more money and more promises of weapons. but he needs to keep coming to summi
it s six in the morning in singapore, and 11 pm in london, the end of a day of unrelenting chaos for prime minister liz truss and her government. it was just after 4 pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of home secretary, suella braverman. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public containing sweeping criticism of the government. later, there was chaos in the house of commons during a vote on fracking, with allegations of mps being manhandled to support the government. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is
conviction of adnan syed, we speak to a man who taught him law in prison. tonight with the context, democratic strategist mary anne marsh and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist of the herald newspaper. welcome. world leaders are in new york for a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russia s invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events today have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in the east and south of ukraine have announced snap referenda onjoining russia. it appears to be part of a push by moscow to accelerate their annexation, in response to serious setbacks on the battlefield. international condemnation has been swift. joe biden s national security adviser called it a sign of russia s weakness, while the french president, emmanuel macron, has said the referendums will have no legal consequence. translation: it sjust another provocation which, in my view, | does not cha
Biggest city, istanbul. And for the first time in 25 years, they won more municipalities than the ruling ak party. Overnight, president erdogan told supporters the result was not an end, but a Turning Point. Translation we will not disrespect the nations decision in any way, we will avoid being stubborn, acting against the national will and questioning the judgement of our nation. As we have done so far. We will take the necessary steps by analysing the messengers given by the nation at the ballot box, most accurately and objectively within the reason and inner conscience. Opposition supporters say although these are local elections, victories in big cities are a significant show of force against erdogan s ruling ak party. This was the scene in istanbul, turkeys largest city, where thousands took to the streets to celebrate the opposition partys win. The citys incumbent mayor, ekrem imamoglu, declared victory after securing over 50 of the vote well ahead of his nearest rival. Mr imam