Welcome everyone. Im Michael Holmes. Appreciate your company coming up here on Cnn Newsroom, israels Widening War Airstrikes it. Lebanons capital as israeli attacks killed hundreds and displaced thousands across the country dozens dead over 1,000 missing many more without power food, or water. The u. S. Southeast is left reeling from the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene two years ago today, Vladimir Putin signed the Accession Treaties formalizing its illegal next question of ukrainian land. A look at Russias Campaign in Eastern Ukraine as the war shows, no signs of slowing atlanta Cnn Newsroom with Michael Holmes the Israeli Military has conducted Air Airstrikes in the city of beirut. The first inside the Capital City limits since the start of Israels War with hezbollah showing the damage from an attack me, beiruts cola bridge, a major intersection. Cnn has reached out to the Israeli Military for comment. This following an intense barrage of strikes in lebanon that began about a
First time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Israels intensifying Military Assault on lebanon has involved everything from Booby Trapped electronic devices to bunker busting bombs. As the Death Toll mounts, prime Minister Netanyahu says the target isnt the people of lebanon, its the armed militant group hezbollah, which continues to fire rockets into israel. So what, if anything, can the lebanese Government do to stave off a Gaza Style Catastrophe . My guest is lebanons economy minister, Amin Salam. Is his Government the very definition of powerless . Minister Amin Salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now . You feel right now . You said it, stephen. You said it, stephen
Minister amin salam in beirut, minister amin salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. In gaza, through diplomatic thank you, stephen. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now? you feel right now? you said it, stephen. You said it, stephen. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we would it s the last thing we would have wanted to happen have wanted to happen and we were hoping and praying and we were hoping and praying and doing our best for the past and doing our best for the past year, since the war started year, since the war started in gaza, through diplomatic channels, through every channel possible, to avoid going i
Killed, including 35 children, killed, including 35 children, and at least 1,600 others i urge you, take this warning seriously. Don t let hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. Don t let hezbollah endanger lebanon. Please get out of harm s way now. But where to find safety in the middle of all this? explosion. Screaming. For one man, too late. My siblings and their children were all killed here, he says. The israeli army insists its air strikes are destroying weapons, some hidden in homes, and it accuses hezbollah of using civilians as human shields. 0n the roads from the south, a mass exodus. So many heading to beirut that the motorway became a one way system. Ahmed says everyone fled his village because of air strikes and destruction. There s no one left, he says, we took our belongings and went. So many new homeless now in this expanding war. In beirut, too, fear on the streets and a rush to get home. Are you feeling afraid? sure, mohammed tells me. I m afr
Ceefax, a name manufactured from seeing facts. And, before we had laptops and mobiles, we had ceefax. Launched 50 years ago, it told us what we wanted to know. On newsnight at 10. 30pm, well bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening. Fears of an all out regional conflict in the Middle East are growing tonight, as lebanese officials say nearly 500 people have been killed, including 35 children, and 1600 others injured in israeli strikes on the south of the country. The Israel Defence forces say theyve hit around 1300 positions held by the iranian backed group hezbollah. It says its fired dozens of rockets at israel. The Cross Border strikes have intensified after a series of exploding Device Attacks on hezbollah members were blamed on israel. Well hear from our international editorjeremy bowen, whos injerusalem, our diplomatic correspond