Benjamin netanyahu is cutting short his visit to New York and returning to israel following the attack. Earlier Mr Netanyahu told the Un The Offensive against hezbollah would continue, rejecting calls for a ceasefire. The award winning british Actress Dame Maggie smith has died. She was 89. We start in the Middle East, where multiple blasts have reverberated in the southern suburbs of beirut, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. These are the latest pictures from the scene of the explosions, in a densely populated area. The israeli Defence Forces claim to have targeted hezbollahs central headquarters. In the last half hour, the Reuters News Agency reported comments from the israeli military saying its continuing to Degrade And Dismantle hezbollahs capabilities. A source close to hezbollah told reuters the Groups Leader Hassan Nasrallah is alive. With irans tasnim News Agency also reporting that hes safe. These are pictures of children being pulled out of the rubble of the buildings hi
Tom brady has become the latest High Profile Sports star to get involved with an english football club. Lebronjames has a small share in liverpool. Jj watt is a burnley shareholder. And now brady has become a minority owner at a second tier team. Heroes the deal. I am officially coming on board at birmingham football club. Birminghams new owners say theyve entered into a partnership with the nfl legend, who will become the chair of an advisory board, offering up his expertise on nutrition and opening up possible new commercial deals. Brady retired from playing earlier this year, while birmingham finished 17th in the championship and havent been in the Premier League since 2011. Well, theres another world cup going on right now, and there was a significant win for england Over Australia in the Netball Tournament in cape town. Both had qualified for the semi finals before their meeting, but englands 56 55 victory is their first over the world number ones in this competition. Jamaicas win
in washington last hour, crucial developers in northern ireland tonight. the leader of the dup, jeffrey donaldson, has been meeting with executive members of his party to discuss a possible deal to restore power sharing at stormont next week. the dup collapsed the executive nearly two years ago in protest at the post brexit trading arrangements. the party has been in talks with the uk government this past year seeking changes to the so called windsor framework. and it would seem there has been enough progress to put something to the wider party. there are around 130 members of the executive. the party officers are not present at this meeting tonight, and only they would have the power to sign off on any prospective deal. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page. just talk to me about that bit. this is the wider group of the executive, chris, but i guess if they go in behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? , , ., behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? ,
by the government £162 million. and on bbc london. the row over ulez as new data suggests more car owners coming up on bbc news coming up on bbc news can manchester city follow west ham taking a 2 1 lead against such side az alkmaar. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. water companies in england have apologised for not acting quickly enough to stop this raw sewage flowing directly into our rivers and seas, something that happened on average more than 800 times a day last year. water uk, which represents england s nine water and sewage companies, also says it s ready to invest an additional £10 billion to address the problem and modernise sewers. but it has also admitted that customers will be hit with higher prices to pay for that. downing street says the companies should be putting consumers before profits. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. ash is a retired policeman and has for the last ten years dedicated himself to trying to hold water
major tournament. a bbc news investigation has uncovered the abuse and neglect of disabled people in institutions in ukraine. more than 100,000 children and young people live in facilities across the country, most of them do have families, but poor community services mean the youngsters end up in a system that can t meet their needs. the country may be at war, but this is a problem that predates russia s invasion. human rights investigators say ukraine shouldn t be allowed tojoin the eu until it abolishes this system. i must warn you, this report by our correspondent danjohnson and producer ruth clegg does contain distressing images. far from the front line. i ve been to hundreds of institutions and i get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. ..international investigators eric and halyna are uncovering ukraine s most shameful secret. the abuse and neglect of disabled people. look into these cots, and you see the smothered potential and stunted growth of lives stolen by a s