Itself that Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in what was a huge Air Strike Last Night here in the lebanese capital. We saw and heard the plume of smoke, we heard the repeated loud blast echoing across all the buildings you can see around me. We needed to wait over 12 hours for the confirmation. Israel said early on this morning they had killed Hassan Nasrallah. It was more a matter of waiting for hezbollah itself to make the confirmation before it became a 100 guaranteed report. It is a significant and pivotal moment not just for the conflict, but for the wider Middle East. The repercussions of what has happened here will have an impact notjust on the continued fighting between israel and lebanon, but also on the wider part of the region as well. Now, strikes have continued today here in beirut. I want to show you the strikes that have been going on in lebanon. Officials here say that nearly 800 people have now been killed since monday, and that particular attack i was describing to yo
Many roads are under water and nearly Two Million people are without power. Residents are being warned not to go outside. These pictures are from fort myers beach, where boats were sent to rescue those trapped in theirflooded homes. And this was the scene from the Pilots Seat flying in the eye of the storm. Two people have died in georgia while one person has been killed by a falling Road Sign in florida. Our North America Correspondent David Willis reports. Hurricane helene touched down on Floridas Gulf Coast bringing with it winds of around 130 miles an hour. Officials had warned of potentially catastrophic and unsurvivable coastal storms surges, in places the height of a two storey building. Lashing rain proceeded helene s arrival, flooding streets hello, im lauren taylor. In the next few minutes, were expecting to hear the results of the Scottish Conservative leadership race. One of these candidates one of these candidates will soon takeover from douglas will soon takeover from dou
Continuin middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a possible middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a possible six middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a possible six weekl continuing on a possible six week ceasefire, despite israel not attending. Israel says it wont attending. Israel says it wont attend until hamas comes up with a list of hostages still alive. Hamas took 253 hostages on the 7th Of October. Hamas says it cannot provide the information because of his royal s continuing bombardment of gaza and says hostages are being held by different palestinian groups and in different areas of the gaza strip. Another night of intense israeli strikes in gaza. With homes flattened, people crushed. Ushering in another day of grief stricken goodbyes. After six months of brutal war, even israels closest ally, the us, is ratcheting up the pressure for a new truce with
Card. The weather stays on the i chillier side of things. Tomorrow the will be drier and brighter. Its saturday the 2nd of march. Our main story. The Prime Minister has urged the nation to stand together against extremists who want to undermine britains multi faith democracy. Labour said rishi sunak was right to call for unity but the lib dems claimed the conservatives had sowed the seeds of division for years. Our Political Correspondent, leila nathoo, has the latest. The Prime Minister arriving back at Downing Street last night, ahead of an unusual address to the country from outside number ten, to warn that extremists were spreading poison. There are forces here at home trying to tear us apart. Since october the 7th, there have been those trying to take advantage of the very human angst that we all feel about the terrible suffering that war brings to the innocent, women and children. To advance a divisive, hateful ideological agenda. His speech was prompted by the election of the co
with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b