Downtown abbey who has died at the age of 89 years old. He welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc . The lebanese Capital Beirut has been rocked by a series of powerful explosions after another series of israeli Air Strikes on the city this time reportedly aimed at the leader of his brother, Hasan Nasrallah. Israel said it was attacking hezbollah s central headquarters In Beirut s southern suburb of dahhiyeh there are reports of half a dozen buildings being destroyed, with many casualties. Israeli media are reporting Hasan Nasrallah was the target but a source close to his brother said the leader is alive. Heres the latest on the situation with the bbc s Orla Guerlin explosions. Israel has struck beirut with a series of massive explosions. Its hard to imagine a bigger escalation or a starker picture of war. And here was the aftermath. The Hezbollah Stronghold of dahieh in the Southern Suburbs, now looking like gaza. Many lebanese fear thats where things ar
But why the flare up now . All of these things are interconnected, and thats why its really dangerous right now. So the big question now is, could this Red Sea Conflict become the next war in The Middle East . First of all, lets start by looking at what has actually been happening In The Red Sea. In mid november, 2023, the houthis, an iranian backed rebel group in yemen, began targeting commercial shipping off their coast. So, who exactly are the houthis and what is it motivating them . The houthis, who are a so called rebel group in yemen, they hail from the north west of yemen. They have been very active in this area for about a decade. Its only now that were noticing because our global trade is being impacted. They hijacked this ship called the Galaxy Leader and they fired missiles and drones at others. Us and british warships went to their defence. The houthis vowed revenge. The world economy, every economy will suffer if ships keep coming under attack in this illegal and unaccepta
cnn this morning starts right now. [ clapping ] that was a woman waving to the crowd rescued after 92 hours in rubble. her mother pulled out just a short time later. good morning, everyone. these are just a few miraculous earthquake stories coming out. the truth is that hope for survivors is fading fast. families in syria and turkey bracing for the inevitable. they may never be reunited with their loved ones as the death toll nears 22,000. former vice president mike pence subpoenaed in the special counsel overseeing mr. trump s role in the insurrection. will he invoke executive pruf le doctor privilege. and what he said about desantis and donald trump and more. we re going to go to syria. hope is turning into dispair. the death toll topped 22,000. rescues shifting to recovery four days after the catastrophic earthquake. families facing a grim reality they will likely never see their loved ones alive again. we ve seen desperate heart broken family members join the sear
The Civil War and Reconstruction continue to fascinate Americans. Recently, witness the blowback against alleged presidential candidate Nikki Haley when