the, the, this is the, the news, not from bull and his bullet fragments to retaliate doctrine. i'm the president of the series of explosions, thousands of pages used by his full members, designate almost tennessee, across securities. also say, claim israel from the sophisticated attacks that they say appeals to have been months in the making. also coming up europe and union chief for some of the 9 reveal team she want to lead the blog for the next 5 years. among the top jobs up for grabs, display 1st eval defense commission. the

welcome to the program officials and 11 on say at least 9 people including a child or killed when pedro's used by his bullet exploded across the country. it runs in bass built and up and on as a month of nearly $2800.00. enjoyed by the simultaneous bloss has beloved blamed as well for the explosions and said the attack was not go unpunished. so far, has not been an immediate comment from the is really military chaotic seems like this played out hundreds of times throughout lebanon and syria. behind the kings, peters used by the militia group hezbollah to communicate with its operatives and supporters. and i'm told number of devices exploded last and running our ambulances. we're seeing crowd industries moving the data and the wounded costs

produce throughout level, not the countries health ministers confirm thousands were injured. and the unprecedented attack the ministry of health as recorded more than 2800 injuries, 200 of which were in critical condition, and required either surgical intervention or entry into the intensive care unit. it is still unclear what caused the devices to explode. however, it has, the commander described the attack as the quote biggest security breach. since the recent hostilities with israel began the statement read and lebanese television as below, which is considered a terrorist group by the you and others, police sibling squarely on israel bowed to punish the perpetrators of the attack. walter, yeah, doing well. you know what about new method? as the number of injured continues to rise lebanese health authorities or calling for fresh blood donations, as hospitals rush to treat the victims of the attack. matthew neville is

account to tell rosamond intelligence on the list of the washington institute for near east policy. i asked him earlier if he had ever heard of anything like this and up the scale. it's nothing like this. it reminds me of the western penetrations of runners, a centrifuge system, where widgets that were procured abroad and were messed with caused those centrifuges to us been to pass and overheat. but nothing like this, especially in a denied space. a place is difficult for operatives from the west informational to operate. this is a huge intelligence, the penetration of his bell. is there any reason, according to you to believe that as well as not behind this incident? it is highly likely that israel's behind this incident it's, it has the fingerprints as really types of attack. it was targeted specifically as his ball up operatives. we know back in february of this year has boss started

instructing its operatives to leave phones at home and start using pagers to go more low tech in an effort to try and evade as really signals intelligence that his volunteered was behind the targeted assassinations of several of its commanders, and then they started spreading out these pagers. it's something that has the, has done. we know that at least one of them was near the running and bassett, or the reports of their explosions, even in syria and possibly among the policy militias and iraq. now, the cause of the explosions itself is not clear yet. that theory is above batteries, exploding or explosives being founded in the pages before. what sounds most plausible to you is based on what's being reported here in the united states right now, it seems quite clear that a small amounts of explosives grams were inserted into these pagers during the procurement of them while they were in the supply chain. uh,

this was not some type of uh, cyber uh issue. this was an effort to get an identified supply chain, interrupt the supply chain, take their devices, a large number of devices and sort small amount of explosive into them. and then i get them out to an adversary. i report sorry that there were a couple of people who has blogs, who kind of figured out what was happening. one of those people was eliminated. and then these really decided to go ahead before the other one concerned. and what do you think was the crate of purpose of this attack was up to pick out as many suspect the has full of flight tools as possible. but clearly these really is put to some place some time ago, but it's not one of those things that you put in place and you necessarily act upon because it's clearly a very big option. and i think perhaps counter intuitive leap. what these realize are doing here is indicating to, has lived there very, very serious that they need the 11 months of his bottle rockets to and that has israel's committed to enabling the $60000.00 plus civilians have been displaced

from their homes and that are the best real to be able to go back, and this is a very, very serious message, but it's one short of full scale work because we're getting to that precipice, we're getting to midnight and either as well as get it back off. i think it's quite clear that there's all defense forces are going to try and push hezbollah away from that order. well, that is the big question, isn't that the will this trigger and all out war between as well and has bull something to expose? have long warned off sprites. i don't think that this alone does. i think there's no question that has bo retaliates. but as we see, even in has because commitment to retaliate for the assassination of one of its chief militants, what shocker? several weeks ago, they're trying to be careful about how they do that as well. doesn't want to do something that's going to ignite full scale war, but they're also not willing to stop the daily showing. understanding that that too is potentially inviting full scale war as well is going to have

a difficult time figuring out how to calculate that response. i wonder if you can give us a sense of just how significantly this attack may have affected his beloved communication systems. because that's what affect the response as well. there are 2 issues here. one is their communication system. um, so if you're as well or you have to wonder about the security of any of your systems, not just the pager systems. we know, as i said in february, they left cell phones thinking the pages are more secure. and you get to remember, this comes after a series of israeli intelligence penetrations getting tactical time, the information of his bow off planning to fire missiles at the television area. and then carrying out, hey graham, to strike that time just weeks after the assassination ford sugar. one of the most protected individuals has been wanted for years by both israel and the united states. so i was going to be wondering not only about the security that's communications which you're right, does affect their ability to plan something in the near term. but also more

generally, not just about communications that about the level of penetration that these relatives of achieved within their organization. and that too will affect their decision making on what to do next. now, such an operation could, must have been prepared over months. that's not something that is executed overnight, is that correct? as we know this dates back to around february, reuters reported publicly in july. that has bella was in fact moving towards pagers and away from cell phones specifically to evade israel. ready the signals intelligence collection. so this was not a secret. at some point in that process, this really is found a way to penetrate the supply chain and to insert these explosives into these devices. the us has said that they had no prior knowledge of this attack to find the plausible i find it likely, the former us intelligence official and we don't get to know everything that even

our closest allies are doing. and ever if it was something about war. yes, of somebody is really perspective just your people who know about this before it happens, the more likely can succeed. so you'd want very, very tight operational security for something like this. this is a one and done operation that works or doesn't. and then you would experience, how do you expect us to now react to this situation? there's no question that the us is going to try and um, you know, temper things down so that it doesn't lead to a whole lot work. but i intend to pay that it was hot, same as the rest of the us negotiators are going to be pushing even harder still to try and convince has blood to accept a diplomatic deal that's on the table where it has blood redeployed and spiders. 10 kilometers from the board with this real steps firings and the border cools and the is really stuff everything they're doing to that offers on the table and i really hope everybody takes it. that's not true enough. that's counterterrorism next,

pulled up the washington studio. thank you. so much. thank you. a quick look now with some of the stories making headlines around the world with us wrap or in music produce lashawn duty combs has been denied be lost as she pleaded, not guilty directly to ring and sex profiting charges. he was arrested on monday evening, formerly known as puff daddy combs, is accused of sexually abusing women and causing them into drunk fuels 6 parties using trust. and finally russia stop security official studies destroyed google has met with yvonne's president muscle possessed. yeah, in that on is a skill set that, that on is committed to be think ties with russia. and that's one thing. relations and cooperation between iran and russia would reduce the impact of functions. at least 6 people have been killed in the last slide on the outskirts of mexico city. 3 of those i enjoyed the last slide was presented by torrential rains,

which happened back from the abl since the beginning of the rainy season. in july. one files in portugal have killed at least 7 people and enjoyed dozens of all those thousands of firefighters have been battling the flames since the weekend. with the largest files concentrated in the north, high temperatures and strong winds up in complicating efforts to control the place . now european commission, president or cellphone deadline has revealed how normally needs for the commissioners who will lead the block for the next 5 years. you will have a defense commission of for the 1st time reflecting the new challenges facing the block nominations must be rectified by lawmakers and the european parliament before the confirmed. she seems almost relieved. finally, on bailey and con, you team of 2 weeks of political, a horse trading on a suspected backroom deals. what was the last on the line acknowledge in strasbourg,

that it was difficult to please everyone. but she also made clear. this is a team she consider as well equipped to help the u. a. p. in the union navigate through to motor was times the key message is that wherever we come from is what ever our job title we must all work together. the only guiding star is the european interest. the new commission reflects the new challenges the block is facing with security and defense. top of the agenda, especially for a new queen, continues the u. wants to strengthen its defense industry, all base and invest more in arms production. and she is demand who is expected to address those issues formerly. so in your environment is to under use could be a use who's been designated as the 1st ever you commission. that for defense, it's up surgically as a single markets in,

in defense industries very much for recommended. and of course the innovation. so new technology, sol, so very much you need it to be brought back to our military. and this, the green transition of you industry is another priority for the incoming commission, as well as the question of how to strengthen the blocks competitiveness in global markets. what is the phone? the line has handled power, full portfolio use to friend spain and italy. but the tale and only need in particular is the one facing the most resistance from the european parliament. raphael, if ito is the 1st fluoride candidates to be nominated as a member of the news executives, buddy, he's said to be in charge of forms regional development and cohesion, italian government. they are not known for being very much in line with the policies of the european union when it comes to spending,

for example. and cohesion is one 3rd of the budget. the of course, commissioners. so the degree worrying uh, not at least the tell them administer, but also several of this in the end. it's the members of the european parliament who have the final say they need to approve fund alliance team and upcoming conformation hearings on the then the commission that european union's most powerful body will be able to take office. so that's all for now. don't forget, you can always get the videos on the go, just download the app from google plate or from the app store. that's gonna give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as functional defecation for any breaking needs. there's lots of bolts business entertainments, neil's tune, plus lots of analysis and background from our correspondence around the globe. and this live feed you're watching right now. it's also on this just one click away.

stay with us for an interview with wind, their c, e o. at the vill funds on white german, apple it's still on back to full capacity. i'm the head. jodie, thanks for watching. good by the dw travels besides the history food. wow. fucking, let's go through. so when it comes to the stand dependency information, i'm trying to check this on d. w, travel, you can have it, whatever you, in your opinion, feel free to write your thoughts and the comment, the, the, the burden, the capital city of the largest economy in europe. their airport in total has less passengers and doubling airport within the capital city of one of the smallest economies.