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Football. We ll start with football, and one of the game s greats rafael varane has announced his retirement at the age of 31. The french world cup winner injured his knee last month on his debut for newly promoted como in serie a, and it s forced him call time on his career. He won the fa cup with manchester united last season, but the defender will be most closely associated with real madrid before that, a 10 year spell the spanish giants that saw him win 18 trophies including three la liga titles and four champions leagues. He was capped 93 times for his country, winning the world cup in 2018 manchester united start their europa league campaign later. They face dutch side fc twente at old trafford. It s the club where the united manager erik ten hag made his name as a player and then cut his teeth as a coach under steve mclaren at the time. Ten hag says he still has a soft spot for his former side and would rather not be playing them but knows the competition offers a path to the ....
Forces, herzi halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible ground invasion of lebanon. Israel has been conducting extensive strikes across lebanon, hitting more than 100 targets. Lebanon s health ministry says 51 people have been killed, and more than 200 wounded so far today. The us presidentjoe biden has warned that an all out war in the middle east is possible but added that a diplomatic solution isn t out of reach. Earlier on wednesday, israel intercepted a ballistic missile fired by his brother towards tel aviv for the first time. You can hear the air raid sirens in this footage which shows the missile just after it was intercepted by israeli air defence systems. His brother said its target was israel s intelligence agency, mossad. It s thought to be the first time a his brother rocket has reached tel aviv. More than 600 people including many women and children have been killed in lebanon this week. Tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes in sout ....