Is to get a Ceasefire Deal in gaza before he leaves office. Something like this is going to make it far harder to achieve that because israel is currently braced for some kind of retaliation and they will be some form from hezbollah. Iran has said we still have a score to settle with you because he was the assassination of his Mouth And Ear the leader of the political wing of hamas right in the heart of tehran at an iranian government guesthouse. That is so humiliating for iran. They feel they have a score to settle. So the region is pretty three royal, volatile, tense and i dont think theres any desire by either Hezbollah Or Israel or iran to go to a full Scale War. Its damaging for everybody and you have the Gulf States who are trying to calm everybody down and trying to look a Peace Deal. Unfortunately, the two sides in gaza, hamas and the israeli government, are still too far apart. Israeli government, are still too far apart. Interesting what ou are too far apart. Interesting what
Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to Bbc News. Lets continue with rolling coverage of the rapidly evolving Security Situation in lebanon, where over the last few hours, fresh ways of exploding electronic devices have caused new casualties. The Health Ministry, quoted by afp, says nine people have been killed in more than 300 injured. Let me show you some images found by reuters in beirut. They show the plumes of smoke to the Middle And Right of the screen at several different locations across the city, and not altogether clear whether this was the start, but as we mentioned, the lebanese authority saying Walkie Talkies targeted in the attacks and the iranian backed Hezbollah Group bought the radios around five months ago, around the same time as the pagers that exploded yesterday. Lets start this hour in washington. Joining me now from washington is tom bateman. Antony blinken saying only a few hours ago that washington knew nothing about these impending Attacks Yesterday. Well, ye