LInks to Iran. LInks to Iran. He was one of the best known he was one of the best known and most InfluentIal fIgures In the MIddle East. Born In 1960, Hassan Nasrallah grew up In beIrut s Eastern Bourj Hammoud neIghbourhood. He became leader of hezbollah In 1992, at the age of 32, after hIs predecessor was assassInated. He played a Key Role In turnIng hezbollah Into a powerful polItIcal and mIlItary force. Under hIs leadershIp, he helped hezbollah TraIn Hundreds of fIghters from the palestInIan MIlItant Group hamas. And he also obtaIned mIssIles and rockets from Iran for use agaInst Israel. Lets speak to anna foster, our mIddle East Correspondent In beIrut. Talk us through exactly what we know about what happened there. ThIs Is a really crucIal moment now. Last nIght, about 6 20pm here In beIrut, we had thIs huge serIes of explosIons a few kIlometres from where I am now In dahIeh, In the Southern Suburbs, a hezbollah stronghold. We saw pIctures quIckly of absolute destructIon comIng ou
Hezbollah fighters targeted by exploding pagers. There arent many parts of the world where pagers are still a thing. But a few months ago the his Brother Leader Hassan Nasrallah called on his fighters, those on the front lines, to stop using smartphones because israel he said had the technology to infiltrate the signal. But it seems israel also had access to the company manufacturing the pagers, or some part of the supply line. Each was fitted with a small amount of explosive, that was somehow triggered by a Signal Israel controlled. Unwittingly his brother have done israels bidding. Handing out pagers to loyalists who for weeks would be carrying them on their person. Until today when simultaneously they exploded. Almost 3000 people have been wounded. Including many who were standing near the target. A little girl is said to be among the dead. Leavens to be among the dead. Health minister said the leavens Health Minister said the explosion was a major Escalation in the region. Were See
been attacked more than 170 times, the group behind the debts at the base called sonic resistance in iraq are part of an iran sponsored network in the middle east. known as the axis of resistance, that a number of pro iran militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, palestinian territories and south as yemen. all opposed to israel and the united states. our editor has the latest. in the situation room, president joe biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. irate needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we don t seek another causing more conflict. we don t seek another war. causing more conflict. we don t seek another war. we - causing more conflict. we don t seek another war. we do - causing more conflict. we don t seek another war. we do not i seek another war. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolu
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the swiss central bank has agreed to provide a loan of more than $50 billion to the troubled banking giant, credit suisse, if needed. shares in the bank have plunged 24%, sparking a wider sell off in european stocks, which closed down more than 3%. it comes days after the failure of silicon valley bank in the us. our correspondent, michelle fleury, has more. hopes that the problems of us banks would stay in the us have not panned out. shares in switzerland second largest bank credit suisse dropped to record lows. we should point out that credit suisse is a bank that has been terminal for years. credit suisse is a bank that has been terminalfor years. as one analyst put it it has been a slow moving car crash. two new things have happened to spook investors. the bank said there was material weakness in its financial reporting and its top supporter ruled out lending it any more money. all this adds to concerns about