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
hand picked advisers told ministers that the political opposition in rwanda was not tolerated, and tortures and killings are accepted methods of control. the challenging crucial evidence could make or break this case, particularly with priti patel saying the country is safe. more could come whether these let s turn to kenya, where we have heard from rye la odinga of the first time a drought has been declared in yorkshire for the first time in nearly four years, the environment agency has confirmed. it brings the total number of english regions suffering from extreme dry conditions to nine. officials says rain forecast for this week won t be enough to counteract weeks of dry weather. but in scotland, some areas have been hit by a week s worth of rain injust21i hours, as the hot, dry weather gives way to downpours. the met office is forecasting flash floods because the parched ground can t absorb the rain fast enough
in western germany. well, the report from jenny hill we will bring you later. in the meantime, we want to turn to analysis about the causes of those flash flooding s, because the sheer ferocity of the downpours has left many in germany, including the government, blaming climate change. the question is is this still connected to another that happened in london earlier this week. darren britza explains. it is all linked to the weather picture. it stopped in the same place, across western parts of germany. there was three months worth of rain injust21i germany. there was three months worth of rain in just 2a hours. hardly surprising we have had these devastating floods. it is linked to the jet stream, the pattern we had, very undulating jet stream. we re left with slow moving cut of area pressure across germany was just developed the rain and kept going. that area of low
parts had to be cordoned off for safety reasons. many parts of the uk experienced heavy rainfall yesterday. sunday shopping for some turned out to be a rather soggy experience. tim muffett, bbc news. japanese rescue teams are still searching through wrecked homes and buried roads days after a landslide hit the town of atami. at least 3 people are known to have died so far but around 80 are believed to be missing. the area was hit by more than a month s worth of rain injust21i hours. pope francis has undergone successful surgery to treat a colon problem at a hospital in rome. the vatican says he is recovering well from the procedure, which was carried out under general anaesthetic yesterday. before the operation pope francis gave his sunday blessing to worshippers in st peter s square.