Thereve been fresh explosions in the lebanese capital, beirut, and elsewhere in the country. The Health Ministry says nine people have been killed and more than Three Hundred injured. The lebanese News Agency says that todays explosions involved Walkie Talkies made by The Japanese company icom. As for Yesterdays Wave of blasts, iran has blamed israel for them. And hezbollah, has vowed to retaliate, and the Un Secretary General has warned of a serious risk of a dramatic escalation in the region. While the region waits for hezbollah and Irans Response to this extraordinary development what are the recent events that led to this . The day after hamas gunmen crossed Into israel from gaza on October 8th last Year Hezbollah fired at israeli positions to show solidarity with the palestinians. 8,000 rockets according to israeli officials, have since been launched at northern israel and israeli positions on the golan heights. Israel retaliated with repeated strikes at hezbollah positions in leb
Lets take a quick look at a few of the stories on the Front Pages. Starting with the Daily Telegraph, the headline on the Front Page, of course, we have been talking about it, new phase of Mideast War after Walkie Talkie blitz. If we move on to the guardian, unsurprisingly, the top Story Tonight on newsnight again is on the Front Page, fears of escalation as Second Wave of deadly explosions hits 11 on. And the Daily Express has the same headline, or a very similar one, Walkie Talkie blasts in Second Wave of attacks, against hezbollah up to his following page explosions. And the daily mirror, after pager attack, Walkie Talkie bomb blitz, everyone seems to go with those headlines and as i say, unsurprising. The Daily Mail has come labour has undermined israel, says netanyahu. And I Think finally, there is the daily star, the king of the carriages. They have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we havejust been have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we have just been talking about it.
Afternoon from the gb newsroom. Its 3 01. The lawyers representing the families of two of lucy letby victims have called the independent inquiry inadequate. The government ordered a Non Statutory investigation after the former nurses conviction yesterday. It will look at the circumstance surrounding the deaths and incidents , including how incidents, including how concerns raised by clinicians were dealt with. In a statement, were dealt with. In a statement, the lawyer said the inquiry doesnt have the power to compel witnesses to provide evidence or produce documents and therefore it lacks real teeth. Let be was found guilty of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others. Shell be sentenced on monday, six a therapist, Lucy Beresford , says therapist, Lucy Beresford, says her personality may have helped her personality may have helped her avoid suspicion for so long. Her colleagues found her very warm and approachable and likeable and the paediatrician who tried to
Business stories. We start in saudi arabia as the Worlds Biggest Oil Company Aramco is set to announce its latest Half Year Results in the next half an hour or so. Last year, aramco netted record profits of over 160 billion, buoyed by soaring energy prices. But in may this year, they reported that profits dropped by nearly a fifth in the first three months of the year as the gloomy Global Outlook saw oil prices drop. To tackle this, saudi arabia has been cutting production to the tune of1 Million Barrels a day. They started in july and have now extended to september. The oil price has since been creeping up. Live now to our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. Sameer, nice to see you. 160 billion is so much money made in a year. What are they expected to say in the next half hour . Expected to say in the next half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up to half hour . Sally, ithink it is ma