And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h
the president orders strikes. the united states will step up and respond when our forces are attacked. we ll take further action. and comes under fire from republicans. this doesn t have to happen. why did it take so long. plus border battle. the senate s deal is trash. the details of the immigration deal emerging and republicans are the hill are more divided than ever. you have to read the bill. don t be ignorant. read the bill. as the crisis continues, what comes next? and replacing george santos. we taraveled to new york for a look at a election with national implications. it is tough. if you voted for the former vez, why not. and santos joins us to share his thoughts on the race. inside politics, the best reporting from inside of the corridors of power starts now. good morning and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. the u.s. pounded iran backed groups in the middle east for a third straight day today. following waves of air strikes
russia in crisis. the weekend mutiny by russian mercenaries exposes putin s vulnerability, forcing him to cut a deal with the man he had called a traitor just hours before. that man, hot dog vendor turned war lord yevgeny prigozhin was apparently allowed to flee to belarus. we re going to take a deep dive into what happens next for him and his wagner group. and it s becoming increasingly clear that republican voters don t care how corrupt their candidates are. donald trump s lead is actually growing in the crowded republican presidential field. make that make sense. but we begin tonight with a wild weekend in the unprecedented challenge to more than two decades of vladimir putin s grip on russia. the armed rebellion has ended, but the uncertainty it sparked continues. the russian war lord behind that attempted insurrection. wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin remains out of sight, but he released an audio message today, claiming he wasn t seeking to overthrow putin. h
in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex