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0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusalem. she gave this update about israel's response to the latest attack of hezbollah rockets. what we've heard from the idf that they responded to to the rocket attacks in in northern on northern israel. the in the latest statement from the idf, they said that they responded to what they described as a terrorist cell responsible for the launches. they also said that they identified a0 launches coming from lebanon. i also just want to bring you the latest from khan yunis in gaza. we've heard from the palestinian red cross in there saying that artillery and heavy gunfire from drones reported in the vicinity of aman hospital in khan younis in the gaza strip. and that's for a third day now. there's been sustained fighting,
conversation with their airline customer so an investigation under way there after a section of a plane blew out in midair, the alaska airlines flight 1282. more on that as we get it. the powerful iranian—backed lebanese group hezbollah says it's launched a barrage of rockets at northern israel, in response to an explosion in beirut that killed a top hamas official earlier this week. a statement said they hit an air traffic control base in meron with 62 rockets. the israeli military said it had identified about forty launches from lebanon, and that it had responded, without giving details. these are live pictures from the lebanese israel border — we will keep across those and bring you any developments from there over the course of the hour. i spoke earlier with our correspondent, hugo bachega who is in beirut, on the reaction hezbollah has had to the killing of a hamas leader. it is interesting because this is happening a day after the
and the us secretary of state, meanwhile, the diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the war in gaza continue, and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is beginning a fresh round of talks on the conflict with regional leaders. he's been meeting turkey's president erdogan in istanbul. washington's priorities are to prevent the war from becoming a wider regional conflict and to secure an increase in humanitarian aid to palestinian civilians. the eu's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, has been visiting lebanon to discuss the situation in the middle east. at a news conference, he raised his concerns over any escalation between israel and hezbollah. it is imperative to avoid regional escalation in the middle east. it is absolutely necessary to avoid lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict. that is the last thing that lebanon needs. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, has been monitoring events from beirut. he gave me the latest.
between israel and hamas in gaza, hezbollah has been carrying out attacks, targeting israeli positions almost every day, but so far most of this violence has been contained to areas along the lebanon—israel border because israeli authorities have been warning hezbollah against escalating the situation, saying this could lead to a catastrophic response, not only for hezbollah, which is this powerful organisation supported by iran, but also for lebanon. and here todayjosep borrell, the eu foreign policy chief, is having talks with the lebanese authorities, including the caretaker prime minister, to talk about the situation along the lebanese—israeli border amid fears that the escalation of tensions there could lead to a major confrontation between hezbollah and israel. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusalem. she gave this update about israel's
what happened in 2006 during the war between hezbollah and israel. it's brought widespread destruction to this country here, and now lebanon is going through a massive economic crisis as well so there is no political public support for any kind of military adventure from hezbollah that could drag lebanon into another war with israel. ok. into another war with israel. ok, thank you _ into another war with israel. ok, thank you so _ into another war with israel. ok, thank you so much. _ into another war with israel. 0k, thank you so much. hugo bachega therefore is in beirut. —— there for us. here in the uk, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has said the government will do all it can to speed up compensation for post office branch managers who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal. more than 700 post office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was missing. the metropolitan police says it's investigating "potential fraud offences" arising from the wrongful prosecutions. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown.
that lebanon needs. live now to our correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. we should say that israel and hezbollah have been trading fire, haven't they, over the borderfor the last three months now. but this is a significant increase, isn't it? yes, lucy, this morning, hezbollah said it had carried out a massive rocket attack targeting an israeli military base in northern israel and the group said this was its initial response after the assassination here in beirut of a deputy hamas leader on tuesday in a suspected israeli attacks, and this is an attack that happened in an area of beirut that is hezbollah stronghold, so we heard yesterday from the influential hezbollah leader who
the powerful iranian—backed lebanese group, hezbollah, says it's launched a barrage of rockets at northern israel, in response to an explosion in beirut that killed a top hamas official earlier this week. a statement said they hit an air traffic control base in meron with sixty—two rockets. the israeli military said it had identified about forty launches from lebanon, and that it had responded, without giving details. these are live pictures from the lebanese israel border — we will keep across those and bring you any developments from there over the course of the hour. the eu's top diplomat. josep borrell is in lebanon for talks on the situatoion in the middle east. live now to our correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. this is what hezbollah said is the response to the killing of the hamas leader but how calibrated is it? it is interesting because this is happening one day after the influential leader of hezbollah gave a speech and said this attack that happened here in beirut on tuesday
been warning hezbollah against escalating the situation, saying this could lead to a catastrophic response, not only for hezbollah, which is this powerful organisation supported by iran, but also for lebanon. and here todayjosep borrell, the eu foreign policy chief, is having talks with the lebanese authorities, including the caretaker prime minister, to talk about the situation along the lebanese—israeli border amid fears that the escalation of tensions there could lead to a major confrontation between hezbollah and israel. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusalem. she gave this update about israel's response to the latest attack from hezbollah. we've heard from the idf that they responded to the rocket attacks on northern israel. in the latest statement from the idf, they said that they responded
hugo bachega for us there in beirut. here in the uk, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has said the government will do all it can to speed up compensation for post office branch managers who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal. more than 700 post office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was missing. the metropolitan police says it's investigating "potential fraud offences" arising from the wrongful prosecutions. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. we will look into each individual case and fight our corner. it started as a lone voice, became a chorus and eventually exposed a national scandal. more than 700 post office branch managers have spent two decades fighting to clear their names. as this week's itv drama showed, some were even wrongly sent to prison. noel thomas was one of them. having a light shone on his suffering has proved cathartic after years of torment.
national insurance from today. the treasury says an average earner will save around £450 a year — but critics warn other tax changes mean employees won't be any better off. the uk chancellorjeremy hunt told the bbc this is an important step in bringing down the tax burden on ordinary families. we gave a lot of help to families during the pandemic and in the cost of living crisis, and just like america, germany, france, many other countries, taxes have gone up to pay for that. we are making a start in bringing them down today, we can't get all the way back to pre—pandemic levels of tax in one fell swoop, but we do want to bring taxes down, and that is a fundamental choice the country will be making this year, a general election year. with more on this, our correspondent, anisa kadri. how will this affect wages? the 1096 how will this affect wages? the 10% rate