Welcome to the Context Welcome to the we start in The Middle East, where multiple blasts have reverberated through beirut, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. These are the latest pictures from the scene of the explosions, in a densely populated area. Lebanons Health Ministry says at least two people have been killed and 76 injured in israeli Air Strikes those numbers are expected to rise. A number of buildings are reported to have been razed to the ground. The israeli Defence Forces claim to have targeted hezbollah s Central Headquarters. Hezbollah sources say the Groups Leader Hassan Nasrallah is alive. With irans tasnim News Agency also reporting that hes safe. It comesjust hours prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly that israels offensive against hezbollah would not stop until its objectives were met. He made no mention of us led Ceasefire Proposals between israel and hezbollah. This is said to be the Moment Mr Netanyahu approved the strikes f
to ferry people across the channel, it is about getting after the money of these people smugglers and it is about working hard both on the uk border and across europe. that is what driven this 36% reduction. at the same time, is that you re seeing an 80% increase. we are a positive outlier because of the actions that we have taken. so this is not about the weather, this is about the work the home office officials have been doing both domestically and with their counterparts across europe. opposition labour party says ministers are manipulating the figures. here s the shadow home secretary yvette cooper. rishi sunak s claim to have cured the asylum backlog isjust totally false. in fact, the figures are nearly 100,000 cases and they haven t even fully cleared the bit of the backlog they were targeting. our political correspondent nick eardley has been working with the bbc verify team and looking at the claims. the big claim from the government today is that it s got rid of the
number of those israeli ministers? this is the problem netanyahu has -ot this is the problem netanyahu has got himself into. he got back into power got himself into. he got back into power by got himself into. he got back into power by having a coalition with some power by having a coalition with some of power by having a coalition with some of the most extreme elements of israeti some of the most extreme elements of israeli politics with far right figures israeli politics with far right figures there by any metric. and it is something he is widely criticised for. is something he is widely criticised for and is something he is widely criticised for. and netanyahu s domestic standing for. and netanyahu s domestic standing in israel is shaky at the moment standing in israel is shaky at the moment so it is not a surprise at all that moment so it is not a surprise at all that his moment so it is not a surprise at all that his comments have been criticised all that his co