From the United Nations, where the Un Secretary general Antonio Guterres said violence in lebanon must stop now, he is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events In Beirut in the last 2a hours, this cycle of violence must stop and all sites must step back from the brink of war. The people of lebanon, israel, and the wider region cannot afford an all out war. Have a Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports on the latest escalation of conflict between israel and hezbollah. Heavy artillery fire. A devastating blow inflicted by israel, hitting the heart of hezbollah s Command Centre In Beirut. Within hours, the israeli military announced they had eliminated, as they put it, the groups leader. Hassan nasrallah had been Secretary General of hezbollah for 32 years, overseeing its growth into the worlds most heavily armed non state army. He was born in lebanon in 1960, growing up In Beirut s eastern bourj hammoud district. He took over the leadership in 1992 when his predecesso
if ukraine is going to attract the investment, it s going to need the investment it s going to need notjust from governments, notjust from internationalfinancial institutions, but from the private sector. the private sector, it has to build the best possible environment to attract that investment. well some of that extra funding could come from the european union. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, has asked eu member states to provide 55 billion dollars to support ukraine over the next four years. she said that this reserve would allow brussels to calibrate its financial support depending on the situation on the ground. let s bring in amanda and peter. in many ways, this is a positive sign, looking at life after the war. , but perhaps some of it seems premature? i think it is a rather well timed. as you say, it looks beyond the immediate offensive towards the huge task of reconstructing ukraine, hopefully when some kind of peace is reached. i think, hop
prepares to ask donors to help start recovery. we re live in kiev. live from cnn, this is cnn news room, are rosemary church. good to have you with us, we begin this hour with a rare mass shooting in denmark. at least three people are dead and several injured after a gunman opened fire sunday in a busy shopping mall in copenhagen. we re told a man in his 40s and two younger people were killed. three of those injured are in critical condition, witnesses describe a chaotic scene. we were five meters from an exit. we stayed on the roof maybe 15 minutes. the police arrived. people kept running, i don t know if they were running after him. it was panic. it was not very clear. the suspected gunman is due to face a judge on monday. we re in london with more details on this. well, the investigation is still very much ongoing. and we are still learning more information about this incident hour by hour. at this stage, police have confirmed that one individual has been arr
a new assistance package for ukraine promises us secretary of state antony blinken on the same day as the european commission s ursula von der leyen pleads with member states for $55 billion dollars in financial support for the war torn country. fresh from his trip to china, us secretary of state antony blinken turns his attention to ukraine as he meets uk officials in london ahead of a two day conference focused on ukraine s post war recovery. today he met with his uk counterpart, foreign secretaryjames cleverley and the pair restated their commitment to supporting ukraine. we are in full alignment. ensuring ukraine s future as a secure, sovereign, independent nation demands not only providing for its security, but also for its economy, its democracy and its full integration into europe.
taking that territory. he figures the russians will move on. and once they have, assuming they take luhansk and danesk. when they try to take back their own lands the russians will say you re attacking russian territory. there are plenty of signs the russian haves moved on to danesk. you mentioned the shelling. and there were missile strikes a well. scott mcclain, thanks for that live report. even as ukraine suffers a set back on the battle field. the country is all ready looking ahead towards its post war recovery. in the hours ahead, officials will gather in switzerland to hash out plans for rebuilding ukraine once the fighting ends, we ve also learned that the uk plans to unveil a major aid package during that conference. it includes more than $1.5