For dozens of areas in the city. In this footage from the last couple of hours, you can see explosions lighting up the sky over beirut. Reports say the blasts were targetting the hezbollah dominated suburbs. Earlier in the night, hezbollah said its fighters had been engaged with israeli troops near the lebanon israel border. This is the scene live in beirut, as the clock passes 6. 00am there. As air strikes continue, lebanese authorities say four hospitals are now out of action and the united nations has warned that all 900 shelters for displaced people are now full. This recent map shows weapons strikes across the region. Attacks by israel are shown in red and those by hezbollah rockets fired into northern israel are in purple. Israel has ordered residents in these southern lebanese communities, about 30 villages, here marked in orange, to leave their homes for their own safety. The areas in grey show places which have already received evacuation orders since tuesday. On friday mo
First time in nine years. Campaigners in weber welcomed the move, while others are cautious. An inquest has been opened into the deaths of four people who died when a Luxury Yacht sank off the coast of sicily. Hello, im geeta guru murthy, welcome to Bbc News now. Irans supreme leader has defended his Countrys Missile Attack on israel earlier this week as totally legitimate. Leading Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years, Ayatollah Khamenei said it was the minimum Punishment Israel deserved. Overnight there were more israeli Air Strikes on lebanon including one near a Border Crossing which israel says targeted a tunnel used by hezbollah. Our diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley has the latest. This was designed as a show of strength from a regime deeply humiliated by a series of devastating blows to its allies. Hezbollah and Hamas Supporters gathered first to commemorate the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah, killed in an israeli Air Strike a week ago today. Free
Opponents have voiced concerns that vulnerable people could be coerced into ending their lives. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. The noes to the left, 330. The last time mps voted on assisted dying was nearly ten years aGo they opposed changing the law. But a new set of mps will get a new vote in the coming months, after labours Kim Leadbeater came top in a ballot that gives backbench mps time in the commons to propose laws, and said she would put it forward. I also think there is a real sense within parliament that now is the time for this debate. As i say, its nearly ten years since there was last a debate in the chamber. So i think most people. You know, people are nervous, people know how serious this subject is, and i understand that i feel nervous about it but i also think its important enough that we show parliament at its best, actually, which is debating something that we know matters to a huge amount of people. The Broadcaster Dame Esther rantzen has Lung Can
Yeah, good luck with that it never happens i actually realised im picking up it is water, i promise you, it is not, you know, 11. 1i7am in the morning and ive already hit the wine. Although, after the week weve all had, i could well do. Ijust happened to be in a Hotel Room, and this is literally the only glass they have in the Hotel Room. I like how you roll, katty, i like how you roll. Its actually vodka which is what we need to get through this election campaign. You do you. Well, welcome to the path to the presidency, everybody. Every week, well get together to talk about this crazy election and bring you our thoughts from the week that weve all been having out on the campaign trail, in the bureau with the candy, but always the worst wi fi. Caitriona, well done, you, for soldiering through. If only people realised how long it took us to get you up the internet. The comms in a comms building. Yeah, the comms in a comms building. Yeah and im actually in New York, where im having a ver
The big guns, former President Barack Obama about to hit the Campaign Trail for Kamala Harris. What could that mean for the Race Today Labor breakthrough for workers returning to work as we speak a strike that threatened to cripple the economy has been averted for now Country Music Superstar Garth Brooks accused of sexual Assault And Battery in a brandnew lawsuit. But this morning he says the allegations are all lies. Im Sara Sidner with John Berman and kate bolduan. This is cnn new central bigger names and politics than Barak Obama for democrats, there are a few voices more popular than Barack Obama. Maybe only Michelle Obama and we just learned, he will soon launch a 27 Day Blitz with every key Battleground State in his path to support Kamala Harris. As for harris, shes wake up battleground, michigan good morning. Fresh off another endorsement. This time from The Boss, Bruce Springsteen as new reporting from over 30 states finds that more than 1 Million americans have already voted j