Spanish footballing legend andres iniesta has announced his retirement from football. The a0 year old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22 year career before spending time injapan and the uae. Translation: i hope you ll allow me to get motional. I never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears we ve shed during the past days it are tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well earlier i spoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia who explained why iniesta mightjust be the country s greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a perfect partner
Out the facts. But more and more and in the world in which we live but it has always been the way, ever since there has been war conflicts and wars always unfold on two levels. One is the facts on the ground and the other is the perception of the facts on the ground. And these perceptions now have become an increasingly hostile battlefield. I don t need to tell both of you that it is nothing less than a battle for the truth. So, that it s notjust that something happened, it s what other people think happened. And that feeling of what they think happened can matter more in the evolution of the conflict and in terms of how the story is told and retold and told again and then, it becomes history. And the efforts of the people within these stories to influence how the media helps shape those perceptions, they must ve changed the way that they try and influence how you and many others cover the stories? they have many more tools now. Before, it was simply face to face. Then, we went thr
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
Analysis. Lets break this down, when it comes analysis. Lets break this down, when it comes to | analysis. Lets break this down, when it comes to state backed threats, he was accusing russia and iran, rather than anybody else, saying, because we are them in terms of so called diplomats and spies who have nearly all been expelled, because of that, those states are turning to proxy groups, to Criminal Underworld gangs, to do their job for them, he says, and underworld gangs, to do their job forthem, he says, and in the case of russia, 750 russian diplomats and spies have been expeued diplomats and spies have been expelled from europe since the start of the full Scale Invasion to them a half years ago of ukraine, that is. Two and a half years ago. He accuses the russian military intelligence, the people accused of the salisbury Lover Chop poisonings, of trying to sow mayhem on the streets of the uk and Europe Novichok poisonings. He talked about ten plots to attack iranian nationals or ir