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Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up in beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecessor was assassinated by israel. To thousands, maybe millions of Shia Muslims in lebanon and beyond, he was a hero. To israel, he was a wanted terrorist. Armed with up to the minute intelligence, the israeli Air Force...

Picking for the opposition. This crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of cutting corners, botch jobs, 13 years of cutting corners, botch jobs, Sticking Plaster politics. And alleuedl , jobs, Sticking Plaster politics. And allegedly. A jobs, Sticking Plaster politics. fific allegedly, a westminster staffer arrested for spying for china. So we will ask this morning, while the uk bakes, how much more ...

On Bbc News At Five. A former royal marine, Ciaran Maxwell, has beenjailed for 18 years for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. Plans to recruit an extra 21,000 Mental Health workers in england over the next four years, have been announced by the health secretary. Downing street has insisted that Free Movement of people will end in march 2019, when the uk leaves the european union. And real madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has appeared before a court in the city accused of tax fr...

And possibly polled. should he do that? would it make a difference? >> the united states and nato already have deployed troops. the united states has roughly 4,000 troops in poland nato has 4,000 troops in the baltic states. whats important is the biden administration is talking about doing is publicly. and i think thats a direct message to vladimir putin in the kremlin that we stand ready to deploy further troops and further military equipment to the baltic states, its all right to do that just...

Images as a -- a punch to the gut. there needs to be accountable for it, blut i think the most important thing is we cant become numb to this. we cant normalize this. >> until and unless the kremlin de-escalates and until and unless the violence diminishes and these atrocities come to an end. i think you will see tough pressure applied. >> reporter: the u.s. is gathering information, documenting these possible war crimes that could be committed in ukraine by russia. of course, last month the u.s...

Stepped in to make sure this de-escalates. the white house has sided firmly with israel. the white house saying israel absolutely has the right to defend itself and condemning iranian aggression. russia, hemeanwhile, taking a mh more measured approach speaking with both israel and iran and urging restraint. its the russians that have the influence and power to de-escalate this. thats what theyre urging, a step back, a breather so this dissipates and doesnt continue. its still very early here. th...

All in an incredible volatile, active few hours here. israel holds iran responsible for that fire. as you point issed out, fired a dozens of compounds, command and control headquarters, as well as rocket launchers. a very different picture as the day progressed here. this deceptive quiet is a far cry from what we saw last night but now its the international community stepping in to make sure this de-escalates. in is the first direct confrontation between israel and iran and there is a fear this ...