Hezbollah s attack comes after pagers and radio devices held by members of the group detonated across lebanon last week, killing at least 20 people. Israel hasn t said whether it was involved. As the fighting intensifies, un chief antonio guterres says he fears lebanon could become another gaza. The lebanese health ministry raised the death toll to 45 in friday s strike by israel targeting hezbollah commanders in southern beirut. Most of those killed were civilians. Authorities say women and children are among the dead. On sunday, israel launched further strikes on towns in southern lebanon, killing three people. And the israeli military says it destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launcher barrels over the past few days. Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. No country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. We can t accept it, either. We will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe back to their homes. Meanwhil
We start in the middle east, where israel says hezbollah has fired over 100 missiles into the north of the country, following extensive israeli Air Strikes in lebanon on saturday. The rockets targeted the city of haifa, nearly 30km from the border with lebanon, and the Ramat David Airbase further south. Israel has told its citizens to restrict gatherings in the city, and in areas near the northern border, in anticipation of a fresh aerial assault. These pictures show part of an intercepted rocket that was launched from lebanon that fell near nazareth in the early hours of sunday. That fell near Nazareth Israel has been carrying out more Air Raids in Southern Lebanon. Here you can see explosions lighting up the nights sky. Saturday saw constant strikes and counter strikes between the idf and hezbollah, which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by several western countries. Lebanons Health Ministry says 45 people, including women and children, were killed in fridays israeli attack on
He is One of putins fiercest critics and feared for his life while he was locked up in One of the kremlin s jails. But now he is free and has been reunited with his wife and has been reunited with his wife and children. They tell us their incredible story. I was woken up, i saw that it was dark. I asked what time it was. They said sam, and they told me to get up and get ready in ten minutes. And at that moment i was absolutely certain that i was being led out to be executed. And with us in liverpool, the Housing Campaigner Kwajo tweneboa, the boss of iceland, richard walker, who was a cOnvert to the Labour Cause last year. And claire ainsley, who worked for Keir Starmer during the hard yards of oppositiOn. Lets start with whats making the news. No surprise, the mail and the express both splash On Downing Street Rows a picture of Keir Starmer and his Chief Of Staff in a corporate box at the football. The observer and the mirror are a bit more friendly with the pm vowing no going back to
Particular. Labour focus some changes to planning in particular. Labourfocus on it because they think there are blockages in the system. Too much time taken to make decisions which are holding the whole thing up. Theyve been clear they want to change the Planning System to overcome some of those blockages. They have reintroduced mandatory House Building targets. Local authorities will have a target for the homes they need to get built and will have to meet it. That was scrapped under the last government. While there is an accepted about when and where and how it is built might not be popular with local communities, so it has been in focus. I think we will hear Angela Rayner talk about that today, not just increasing the number of houses built overall, but she has also made a point of saying she wants more social and affordable housing as well, and another element of her speech we were expecting today is going to Focus On Standards in housing. We have seen the reports that have come to
Welcome to the programme. We start in the middle east, where israel says hezbollah has fired over 100 missiles into the north of the country, following extensive israeli Air Strikes in lebanon on saturday. The rockets targeted the city of haifa, nearly 30km from the border with lebanon, and the ramat david airbase, further south. Israel has told its citizens to restrict gatherings in the city, and in areas near the northern border, in anticipation of a fresh aerial assault. These pictures show part of an intercepted rocket that was launched from lebanon and fell near nazareth in the early hours of sunday. Israel has been carrying out more Air Raids in Southern Lebanon. Here you can see explosions lighting up the nights sky. Saturday saw constant strikes and counter strikes between the idf and hezbollah, which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by several western countries. Lebanons Health Ministry now says 45 people, including women and children, were killed in friDays Israeli atta