In beirut this morning which has seen further attacks overnight. These were the strikes on the Southern Suburbs of beirut, where israel said it was targeting hezbollah weapons depots. Earlier the Israeli Defense Forces said it was targeting what it says is hezbollah S Headquarters in the capital. The groups leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the explosions. At least six people were killed in the attack and more than 90 injured according to lebanese officals. Simonjones has the latest. Explosions. New strikes overnight on Southern Beirut. Israels military said it was targeting buildings storing hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denied they were arms depots. Explosions. Earlier a series of massive explosions. It is not that i could hear was the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. It is unclear whether he was any of the buildings that were hit. Iran which backs hezbollah has called the attacks a dangerous game changing escalation. In the aftermath of the Bart
After an iconic hero, too, except this one is very much alive and kicking. For those who don t know who he is, cristiano ronaldo is a very good footballer, and this is his home city, funchal, which is the island s capital. I m getting the strong impression they really like him here. And itjust so happens that ronaldo is playing tonight for portugal in a major tournament. And i m going to meet one of his biggest fans, ana isabel, who s here somewhere. I m going to find her. We ll have to wind our way through this crowd. Hey! ana! rajan! nice to meet you. 0h, lovely to meet you finally. Wow! this is a good place! well, yes, we have the best spot. Now we support portugal. Come on. Let s do it. Well, listen. 0k. Hey, drinks! to portugal. To cristiano. To madeira. Did you know that the british introduced football to portugal? and do you know where they introduced football to portugal? madeira. Right here! excited cries do you think ronaldo helped to increase tourism to madeira, awareness of
Earlier on friday, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the capital of lebanon, after israel said it fired a series of rockets into beirut. The israeli Defence Force says it was targetting hezbollah s headquarters, as huge explosions leveled buildings in beirut s densely populated Southern Suburbs. Hezbollah S Leader, Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly the target of the explosions. Neither Israel Nor Hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. At least six people died in the attack and more than 90 have been injured according to lebanese officals. The embassy of iran which backs hezbollah called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. Our bbc teams on the ground describe the situation as chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our Correspondent Hugo Bachega has the latest from beirut. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions
The attacker was shot dead by israeli security forces. The incident happened at the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought to have been private security personnel. Been private security prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking about it. The killers do not distinguish between us. They want to murder as all between us. They want to murder as all till between us. They want to murder as all till the last one, right and as all till the last one, right and left, as all till the last one, right and left, secular and jewish. What and left, secular and jewish. What pretends the elimination of our what pretends the elimination of our people as in the past as the strength of the state of israel the strength of the state of israel and the strength of the Israel Israel and the strength of the Israel Defense forces. It comes amid high regional tension. Overnight, there were Missile Exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group, hezbollah with a number of
British Holiday Makers get the green light to jet off to the balearics, as more Holiday Destinations are added to the green list. And we all need a holiday. Look at this pretty tree that caused such an ugly dispute between neighbours in a leafy suburb of sheffield. Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The unthinkable has occurred in an otherwise unremarkable part of florida, just north of miami. In the early hours of the morning, an entire portion of a large residential building simply collapsed to the ground. 12 stories, dozens of apartments, one gigantic crash. And at this hour, 99 people still unaccounted for. When dawn broke, the full extent of the devastation was clear for all to see. On the left of your screen, what the building looked like before the collapse. On the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. The insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. Weve already seen one dramatic rescue of a youn