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Welcome to the context welcome to the we start in the middle east, where multiple blasts have reverberated through beirut, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. These are the latest pictures from the scene of the explosions, in a densely populated area. Lebanon s health ministry says at least two people have been killed and 76 injured in israeli air strikes those numbers are expected to rise. A number of buildings are reported to have been razed to the ground. The israeli defence forces claim to have targeted hezbollah s central headquarters. Hezbollah sources say the group s leader hassan nasrallah is alive. With iran s tasnim news agency also reporting that he s safe. It comesjust hours prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the united nations general assembly that israel s offensive against hezbollah would not stop until its objectives were met. He made no mention of us led ceasefire proposals between israel and hezbollah. This is said to be the moment mr netanyahu approved the st ....
And he wasn t answering it in the hall, either. Instead, this was defiant and a vow for hezbollah s backers. I have a message for the tyrants of tehran, if you strike us, we will strike you. There is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach, and that is true of the entire middle east. Watching were some relatives of israeli hostages held in gaza. Mr netanyahu didn t mention diplomacy, saying only, surrender by hamas would be enough to stop israel s offensive. And he made no mention of the us call for a truce with lebanon, instead saying hezbollah rocket fire had to stop. Yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. Well, i ve come here today to say enough is enough! chanting: palestine will be free! and where mr netanyahu goes, so does dissent against israel s military offensives. Now lebanese flags join the palestinian ones. They accuse the us of keeping the weapons flowing to israel, despite mr netanyahu ignoring much of what america h ....
With big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow s news. Just a few hours ago, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the capital today after israel fired a series of rockets into beirut. Israel said it was targeting the headquarters of hezbollah and its leader but it s not clear whether he is alive or dead. The initial death toll from the explosion is that two people were killed but that is expected to rise. We are told 70 injuries have been reported so far and in the last hour the idf has issued warnings for people living in certain parts of those southern suburbs to evacuate their homes, which suggests more strikes may be due overnight. Iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack on the capital in the southern suburbs a dangerous, game changing escalation. In a moment we ll speak to our international editorjeremy bowen, who will give us the latest on what s happened and look ahead to what s happ ....
Is cnn newsroom. We begin with breaking news as we track hurricane helene, it s now the strongest storm to ever make landfall in florida s big bend, sweeping across the coast hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour. Now the effects have been felt far from the center of the storm. The mayor of clearwater told me his community has been inundated despite being 100 miles from the center now, helene is weakening now but has knocked out power to more than 1,000,000. 5 homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. At least three people have been killed as the storm continues to pummel the southeast to end georgia. And one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i4 near your ybor city and tampa, was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that it s very dangerous. Chris conditions out there you need to be right now. Just hunkering down now s not the time to be goi ....
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