Welcome, im martine croxall. We begin with the latest in the Middle East, following two days of explosions in lebanon. The united states says its involved in intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah escalating further. The comments come after explosions triggered in pagers and Walkie Talkies used by hezbollah killed at least 32 people and injured thousands. The leader of hezbollah, which some western states have designated a terrorist organisation, is expected to address the events in a speech later today. Israel hasnt confirmed it was behind the blasts, yet the Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, has said its opening a new phase in the war, with the centre of gravity shifting to the north. 0ur Reporter simonjones has more. A funeral in Southern Lebanon is about to be interrupted. Explosion an explosion, injuring a hezbollah soldier, causing panic and fear. Screaming In Beirut, another blast caused by a walkie talkie. Explosion a new form of technol
johnson. so that s coming up. it is rishi sunak speaking at the launch of tech week, technically, but we will be on watch forjohnson mentions. that s all coming up. let s hearfrom you, mentions. that s all coming up. let s hear from you, 85058 on the text, 08085 909693 on the phones. this is the nation s phone ins. and we have got the news for you with bethan. a committee of mps who ve been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about lockdown parties at downing street are to finish their inquiry today and decide when it ll be published. mrjohnson resigned as an mp on friday describing the committee as a kangaroo court after he saw an advanced copy. scotland s first minister humza yousaf is facing pressure to suspend his predecessor nicola sturgeon from the snp after she was arrested. ms sturgeon was questioned as part of a police investigation into the party s finances. she was later released without charge and insists she s innocent of any wrongdo
in canada. air pollution in the us. a new el nino weather event. we ll investigate what s going on with our climate. in ukraine president zelensky has been to see the damage done after the attack on the dam. and in france the latest first lets go to the us uk prime minister is in washington. meeting us presidentjoe biden. those pictures are of something different. we will stick to the us, because in the last few minutes, that press conference has wrapped up a little early orion will stop this was their meeting in front of the cameras, and they had private meetings as well after that talking about economic ties, support for ukraine and artificial intelligence as we mentioned. that is what we will be talking about. first, let s hear from the us will be talking about. first, let s hearfrom the us president. so, mr prime minister, thank you for making the journey to washington. earlier this week, we marked the 79th anniversary of d day, and a timely reminder of a proud hist
conference is under way. and of course, as you say, this is all about the serious gifts the two leaders can do when it comes to strengthening that sort of special relationship. you re watching bbc news. we are coming to you live from london. let your mind of some of the days headlines. four young children are in a stable condition in hospital after being injured in a knife attack in france the ukrainian president has visited kherson, the area badly affected by the destruction of a huge dam in the south of the country prime minister rishi sunak is at the white house where he s talking to the us presidentjoe biden. they are holding a press conference later we ll bring that to you live. it was their first major european trophy since 1965 and you can see some of the pictures they are. fans celebrating on an open top bus. you can see these live pictures. they are coming to you from east london. that s where players and fans have been soaking up their victory and very nice we