Exploding pagers and now Walkie Talkies across lebanon. Israel says theyre opening a new phase in the war. Whats their strategy . And more leaks from whitehall, with a Bbc Story on Sue Grays pay. Whats going on behind the door of number 10 . Welcome to newsnight, live each night with insight and interviews. Our panel David Yelland, the presenter of the Hit Podcast about crIsIs management, when it hits the fan. Davids a former editor of the sun. Also political commentator Tom Harwood. And it wouldnt be newsnight without nick watt, our political editor. Tonight, hes got fresh intelligence on divIsions in the number 10 operation. But first, were going to look at Israels Strategy following the exploding Walkie Talkies In Lebanon. Yesterday, we covered the story about the exploding pagers. Multiple sources say mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was targeting hezbollah fighters. Daniel levy Is a former official negotiator for the Israeli government in Peace Talks with the palestinians hes now c
On x, where he praised the work on x, where he praised the work of his protection team. Of his protection team. I was Playing Golf with some of my friends, it was on a sunday morning. A very peaceful and beautiful weather, everything was beautiful. A nice place to be. All of a sudden, we heard shots being fired in the air. I guess probably four or five. It sounded like bullets but what do i know about that . The Secret Services knew immediately after bullets. They grabbed me and we got into the cot and moved along pretty good. I was with an agent and the agent did a fantasticjob. Many are wondering why security around the former president wasn t tighter why the entire Golf Course where he was playing, hadn t been cordoned off. As we just heard, security for president ial candidates falls short of the attention paid to sitting President S, by the Secret Service. Here s ros atkins. Was already under greater scrutiny because of a major Security Failure in july. At a rally in pennsylvania,
A dam has burst. And the rest of northern ireland, with temperatures the pressure is increasing. Around 22 celsius. This Evening Nysa has already flooded, but it could get much worse, and overnight, cloud and so residents like teresa have Northern Scotland continues to been told to get out thin and break put across east to higher ground. Wales, central and eastern england, we will see more misty and Blue Clad developing so it will not be as cold across southern areas compared with last night, Clear Skies in its the weather, its nature, what can you do . She tells me. But nature is powerful. Southern scotland, North Wales and northern ireland, but lots of sunshine in these areas to start tomorrow, some mist and it smashed up the main bridge in the next Town Fog patches gradually cleaning. And plunged it underwater. He mist and low cloud in when the floods subsided, there was chaos. Eastern england will break up. And filth everywhere. In the early morning and afternoon, some patches rema
As you will know we have had huge Pay Cuts since 2008 but this marks a change in that trajectory. And if these communications break down, then we will be thinking about going back into dispute and striking again if we need to, but that is always a last Case Resort and something we dont want to have to do. The offer included a backdated Pay Rise for last year of 4 , on top of an existing Increase Worth an average of 9 , and for this year, an additional 6 increase, topped up with an extra £1,000, which comes to around 9 . It overall adds up to 22 . The government says Strike Action Byjunior doctors cost the nhs in england around £1. 7 billion. The Health Secretary welcomed the vote in favour of the deal. The Deal Weve reached with Junior Doctors is fair for them, but crucially fair for patients and the taxpayer because now we can draw a line under this bitter dispute, cut Waiting Lists and get our nhs notjust back on its feet, but fit for the future. Nhs managers and patients will be r
Emergency Evacuation Order and a there were volunteers here all Night Stuffing Sandbags like this and forming human chains, to bring the bags down now near to the embankment, where a section of the River Bank had subsided and there was a danger according to the mayor of that River Bank collapsing completely at the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. You can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. They have plugged the gap and in fact the River Water Level has begun to fall back. It seems according to the authorities that the immediate danger has passed. They are prepared if the Water Level rises again. There is talk of another problem with the Embankment A little further up but after a dramatic night lots of helicopters in the skies, lots of sirens and huge numbers of volunteers to bring these sandbags to the spot to try to protect their town. It does seem like this morning The Sun has come out and people are more hopeful, that perhaps the worst has pas