Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
Countrys year long Military Campaign as a Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. This morning and through the night, Rocket Warnings have continued to sound in northern israel. Israels military says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its latest Air Strikes on beirut oversaw logistics and Weapons Transfers with iran. Hezbollah has not confirmed hes been killed. Lets Ta Ke lets take you live to the region, these are the latest pictures we have coming in at Bbc London of the skyline over beirut. More strikes in recent hours. Our Correspondentjoe Inwood has the latest. Beirut plunged into darkness by this spreading war. Huge swathes of the city illuminated only by the explosions of incoming miss
Countrys year long Military Campaign as A Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. Israel says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its Beirut Air Strike oversaw logistics for hezbollah which is designated a Terrorist Group by countries including the us and the uk. Hezbollah hasnt confirmed hes been killed. In a televised statement its Deputy Leader claimed hezbollah s capabilities were intact and that Israel Israel was, in his words, deluded to think otherwise. Here are the live pictures. This is the capital, beirut. We know from israels military that its Ground Troops had started operations in south west lebanon, that is a change, they tend to focus on the South East of the border but now the
On the lebanese capital, where there have been further Air Strikes today. Israel further Air Strikes today. Says it is expanding its Ground Israel says it is expanding its Ground Invasion of lebanon. The target, according to israel, was suhail hussein husseini. He played a crucial role in Weapons Transfers from iran. Hezbollah, designated a Terrorist Group by countries like the uk and us, have not confirmed his death. Meanwhile, the decalitre of hezbollah has made a televised statement here insisting his organisation s capabilities remain intact and said israel was deluded to think otherwise and that the group had fulfilled all of its senior positions after the strides of recent weeks. This is the scene just across the skyline of beirut, the capital of lebanon. You can see the thick smoke there above the capital. In the last few minutes, israel has said that 25 projectiles were fired from lebanon, that is the israel defense force, saying they have identified projectiles which usually
By a court in germany. And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in the Middle East where israel says it has killed the commander of hezbollah S Headquarters in an Air Strike on the lebanese capital, beirut. It comes after Benjamin Netanyahu described his Countrys Year long Military Campaign as a sacred mission which he said will continue so long as israel S Existence is threatened. In a moment, we ll go to southern israel for the latest from our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet. But first, let S Briefly Recap the latest events including, as we ve been reporting in the last few hours, that claim from israel that it has killed the leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation, hezbollah. It follows a Televised address by israel s Prime Minister who said the operations in gaza, lebanon an