unfortunately, _ targets. -- houthis target. unfortunately, that - targets. -- houthis target.that does . targets. -- houthis target. i unfortunately, that does not work. there is the fact that these strikes specifically in yemen and beirut will be used as fodderfor the yemen and beirut will be used as fodder for the propaganda for the houthis and hezbollah and how the israelis are exacerbating suffering which would lead to more recruitment, and indoctrination and improve their recruitment drive especially when they hit infrastructure in hodeidah, not only hodeidah, but all the way through to the capital, head oil tanks and this is the part that almost 70% of humanitarian aid is coming through so it will make the situation worse, not just for the houthis will make the situation worse, notjust for the houthis but for the whole population. israel would say and many of its allies including the us and uk the houthis have been firing on maritime traffic for many months now that this has been an issue that has been ongoing. does it surprise you then that israel would be trying to str

more — israel by the back houthis.an a million people could be forced from their homes. and austria's far right freedom party is holding its lead as votes are counted in sunday's general election. candidates for the conservative party leadership contest make their pitch at the annual conference, the first one since his defeat in the general election injuly. chanting. now on bbc news, it's newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's paddy in the studio. it's henry, also in the studio. and it's laura in our temporary, beautiful birmingham studio, good morning. good morning. the tory conference is dwarfed by headlines about boris johnson. are they all miffed that no—one is talking about them and everyone's talking about boris?

the houthis are dominant in yemen. arabia, in particular on the arabian peninsula, but they're 2,000km away from israel. they have shown the capability to have drones that could hit israel, but because of distance and israel's very strong air defences, their ability to seriously hurt israel is really not as much as hamas's capability. so yes, at a regional level, ithink hamas's capability. so yes, at a regional level, i think that we will see the houthis continue to gain in prominence, but from israel's perspective, thatis but from israel's perspective, that is a bit less concerning. and lastly, and briefly if you don't mind — we've been talking about de—escalation, diplomatic solutions, of course, around the world, for around 11 months in all of this. do you see anything that could potentially work in terms of a diplomatic de—escalation that hasn't been touted so far, that could work here? in touted so far, that could work here? , ., here? in the short-term, i don't. here? in the short-term, i don't- in — here? in the

the statement _ the houthi smack as well? the statement that _ the houthi smack as well?ment that came out the houthi smack as well? ttl: statement that came out from higher toll, statement that came out from highertoll, nay statement that came out from higher toll, nay stated clearly that iran will support hezbollah, that all the other groups that formed the axis of resistance should continue to fight and support hezbollah in that fight. ayatolah khamanei --. it that fight. ayatolah khamanei ——. it doesn't seem the iranians are looking for an all—out war, even with all of these assassinations particularly with hassan nasrallah. one would think they would step in, but it does not seem this is the cause they want to take. so so far that gives us an opportunity for a little bit more diplomatic pressure on all sides. thanks very much — pressure on all sides. thanks very much for— pressure on all sides. thanks very much for your _ pressure on all sides. thanks very much for your thoughts. j pressure on all sides. thanks - very much for your thoughts. we appreciate your time.

of course, the houthis were also attacking shipping in the red sea.. they continue to target vessels travelling through the red sea. and since the early months of the war, they have also fired projectiles towards israel. most of those missiles have done very little damage, and very few of them have even really entered very far into israeli territory. of course, the israeli raid on hudaydah was in direct response to a houthi drone which travelled even further and managed to land right in the middle of tel aviv. so, this is a threat which is occasional but it is real. and i think the israelis will be quite concerned about the latest developments today. countries across central and eastern europe are facing extreme flooding as storm boris wreaks havoc across the continent. more torrential downpours are forecast until at least the end of monday. at least four people have died in romania, one person drowned in poland, while in austria, a fire fighter died tackling the floods there. several remain unaccounted for in the czech republic. the rain has mainly h

houthi is have vowed revenge and a response is inevitable. —— houthis.spondent injerusalem, jon donnison, has more on the situation. israel's military reach and power is long and strong. this is not lebanon, or gaza, but almost 2,000 kilometres away in yemen. the target — one of the country's biggest ports and two power stations, controlled by iranian—backed houthis, the operation directed by israel's defence minister. translation: we have no i interest in expanding the war. we have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. but if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. israel is not holding back, its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. and earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. for the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. this is their commandos seizing

israel says it was targeting houthis�* energy facilities.er plant and sea port were hit in the yemeni city of hodeidah. videos have been posted on social media. clearly a real difference to what we heard just a few days ago from world leaders, who were trying to arrange some sort of ceasefire deal, some sort of de—escalation. they were talking about 21 days of no military action, of talks, but what we've seen over the last couple of days, and particularly with that pivotal moment here in the middle east on friday evening, that large—scale attack here in beirut, and the news yesterday that hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, had been killed, shows really that events here are moving very, very quickly, and it seems that western efforts at diplomacy right now are just not keeping up. with the latest here in beirut is our middle east correspondent hugo bachega. israel says its fight against hezbollah will not stop, and this is proof of it. smoke over southern beirut, hezbollah�*s base struck again. driving through dahieh, once hezbollah�*

of course, the houthis were also attacking shipping in the red sea.. they continue to target vessels travelling through the red sea. and since the early months of the war, they have also fired projectiles towards israel. most of those missiles have done very little damage, and very few of them have even really entered very far into israeli territory. of course, the israeli raid on hudaydah was in direct response to a houthi drone which travelled even further and managed to land right in the middle of tel aviv. so, this is a threat which is occasional but it is real. and i think the israelis will be quite concerned about the latest developments today. venezuela has arrested three american citizens including a member of the military accusing them of involvement in alleged plots against president nicol s maduro's government. two spaniards and a czech national have also been detained. the foreign minister announced the seizure of 400 guns that were to be used in what he called "fascist attacks". he accused the us authorities of involvement, which the stat

that would be a houthi stronghold.case you're marvelling at the various proxies that have no fine interest in israel surviving any of this. the fact of the matter is, we have built up a very big presence in that neighborhood, the u.s. has kept an increased presence in the middle east and increased that to 40,000 forces and at least a dozen war ships. we've got four air force fighten jet squadrons spread across the region, both to serve allies and deter there. and the latest hezbollah attacks put them on even higher alert, i should stress particularly when it comes to this armada that we've built in that neck of the woods, it's done very with little to stave off houthi rebel attacks on u.s. and other shipping interests from around the world. it's virtually impossible to do commerce in that neck of the world at least on the high seas. we've got lucas tomlinson at the white house and they're monitoring closely. what can you tell us? >> that's right, neil, those attacks by iran's proxy forces in yemen carried out another a

and the houthis and the iranian masters continue. and now israel sent, i think, a larger, a more powerful, more planes, more ordinance being dropped. the message, the gist of the message being the same that if you attack as well, there are consequences for the u.s has been of course, striking houthi positions as well as taking down who the drones and missiles directed at shipping in the red sea, as well as those directed towards israel is it your view? >> is it israel's root view that the us has not sufficiently mitigated the threat from houthi missiles i think that centcom have done a tremendous work in taking care of incoming missiles and us navy has done tremendous work. >> i think life-saving work shooting down incoming rockets, missiles, and drones. first of all, keeping themselves safe. and also helping in defending israel, which i think is tremendous and that's a decision that the u.s has to make. i think maybe the houthis perhaps are interpreting the gap between what has been said and declared and what eventually has been don

as you sa , on houthis in yemen. as you say. they _ on houthis in yemen.say _ on houthis in yemen. as you say, they say they _ on houthis in yemen. as you say, they say they targeted l on houthis in yemen. as you i say, they say they targeted one of the main ports in the country for importing oil as well as two power stations. that is some 1800 km away, so the reach of israel's military is long and they say that the strikes were in response to attacks on israel by iranian backed houthis in a human. —— yemen. you get to know since this is getting contained. what this is getting contained. what do ou this is getting contained. what do you think — this is getting contained. what do you think israel's _ this is getting contained. what do you think israel's wider - do you think israel's wider plan is at the moment? because this started with those attacks in lebanon, those exploding pages and walkie—talkies. this would appear to be of carefully planned operation. absolutely, and israel's _ planned operation. absolutely, and israel's plan _ planned operation. abs

was intended to weaken the houthis and to send a message to iran. both the houthis and hezbollah militants backed by iran have been designated terrorist organizations by the united states. prime minister netanyahu today speaking at a press conference saying everyone sees the price paid by those who attack us. on saturday, a houthi spokesperson saying their attacks will continue, quote, until the aggression against gaza and lebanon stop. at the same time, israel threatening ground operations into lebanon. more than 100 people died today amid ongoing air strikes across the country. hezbollah has fired back with its own missiles. most of them intercepted in the skies above israel. the idf today announcing another senior hezbollah leader a member of the central council was killed in an air strike. and using u.s.-made bunker buster bombs, israel believes it took out much of hezbollah's top leadership, including the leader of the last 30 years. u.s. officials say they only had a few minutes notice from the israelis before the strike. an israeli official t

the houthis have long-range missiles, their supports iran and they oppose israel. in a speech earlier in the day , houthi military spokesman yahya sari said they will not stop until israel ends its aggression against the gas sector and lebanon. the strikes in yemen reveal another dangerous front in the war that threatens to engulf the region. the hussites attacked. on western merchant ships in the red sea because of israel's war against hamas in the gaza strip. after the hamas attack on israel on october 7 of last year, tzahal launched a military operation in the gas counter-group sector and since then, hezbollah, which is based in southern lebanon, has been attacking northern israel. israel is retaliating, it has been going on for almost a year and two weeks ago, israeli strikes against the kgb in lebanon intensified. israel has stated that its goal is to return the displaced. to the border areas, first exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, then a strike said to have killed hezbollah leader hassan nastral, who had led the group for nearly 30 years. the bbc's frank

to russia and houthis, president trump fared insulation so israel has to live with houthi attacks u.s the region play defense against assaults, senator, what -- what is your reaction to this none stop attack against israel dithering from this administration. >> one of vice president harris's terms root cause what is happening in read see root causes on biden administration policy, we have maximum pressure on iran houthis out of business as hezbollah, hamas. as soon as biden comes in harris administration comes in reefs all sanctions, now iran pumping full blast revenues to honey every hundreds of billions every dollars houthis one of beneficiaries, not iranian not the houthi rockets not houthi technology this is iranian technology driving all of this biden administration needs to shut them down they won't they need to try to maintain oil prices for election in america unrest around the world take place right now the houthis firing, we need to step up stand strong against this we should have shut houthis down from get-go this talk about escalation go back to the source it is iran shut

the houthi—run health ministry says at least four people were killed and 29 wounded.srael attacked more than 120 targets across the day. in a moment, we'll hear from our senior international correspondent orla guerin, who's returned from the bekaa valley in lebanon's east to look at the impact of the israeli operation there. but first, let's get the latest on those israeli attacks in yemen with our correspondent injerusalem, jon donnison. israel's military reach and power is long and strong. this is not lebanon, or gaza, but almost 2,000 kilometres away in yemen. the target — one of the country's biggest ports and two power stations, controlled by iranian—backed houthis, the operation directed by israel's defence minister. translation: we have no i interest in expanding the war. we have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. but if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. is

, well, they are the houthis, they are not our houthis, i just wanted to say, the margin is small, sitoperation in the usa, yes, here suddenly there are reports today that the houthis, true, we only know about this from the houthis, although tas is authorized, so to speak , to cite these words, that the houthis seemed to have fired a hypersonic missile somewhere at israel, and that's it... straight away at the iranians, the iranians, is this information noise, or is this some point that should not be underestimated? well, in fact, it's hard to say, because in the middle east they also sometimes like to blow things up, as if they always like to blow things up, the question is that sometimes there is a basis for this, sometimes not, but i want to return to the situation when the west is in an illusion and it seems to them that they invulnerable, while i was remembering, let's say, thinking about this speech, i remembered how we were on the weekend with the guys with night vision devices, it seemed to us when we raised the devices up that we were standing to the side, there was no one aro

iranian-backed houthi militants took credit for the attack. thankfully, all the american warships were not hit, no sailors injured and all of nearly two dozen drones and missiles incoming were shot down, neil. neil: lucas, i am curious, we claim we did not know anything about this. the iranians are very suspicious that we did. but the fact of the matter is we've known for a while now that israel doesn't run by the united states or the white house more specifically any attacks or strikes against hezbollah or for that matter if anyone else, that it's been kind of going on its own here, and that has been the case for a while. what have you heard? >> reporter: that's right, neil. yesterday in the pentagon briefing room the deputy press secretary made it clear that the united states was not given any head up, that lloyd austin received a phone call from israel's defend minister while the strike was ongoing. there was no advance warning that this strike was taking place but, clearly, with so many u.s. forces in the middle east, a heads up at the mom

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houthi—run media says four people were killed and more than 30 injured. came as israel carried out more attacks across lebanon. the israeli army says it's targetted 120 military sites belonging to hezbollah. lebanese officials warn that more than a million people face being forced from their homes. the body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is reported to have been recovered from the site of friday's israeli air strike in beirut. according to israel, more than 20 members of the iranian—backed group were killed alongside him. and hezbollah has also confirmed that two other senior figures have been killed in air strikes. let's start this hour with more on those strikes in yemen. here's our correspondent jon donnison. israel's military reach and power is long and strong. this is not lebanon, or gaza, but almost 2,000 kilometres away in yemen. the target — one of the country's biggest ports and two power stations, controlled by iranian—backed houthis, the operation directed by israel's defence minister. translation: we have no interest in expanding t

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israel was targeting houthis�* energy facilities.y say power plants and a sea port were hit in the yemeni city of hodeidah. videos have been posted on social media. bbc verify has confirmed the location. houthi—run media says four people were killed and more than 30 injured. the strikes came as israel carried out more attacks across lebanon. the israeli army says it's targeted 120 military sites belonging to hezbollah. lebanese officials warn that more than a million people face being forced from their homes. the body of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, is reported to have been recovered from the site of friday's israeli airstrike in beirut. according to israel, more than 20 members of the iranian—backed group were killed alongside him. and hezbollah has also confirmed that two other seniorfigures have been killed in airstrikes. israel's defence minister praised the israeli attacks on houthi targets in yemen. translation: we see | the attack today 2,000 kilometres away in hodeidah and its surroundings, and the achievements as

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a spokesman for the houthis said the operation involved what he called a new hypersonic missile, whichore than 2,000km in less than 12 minutes. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says houthis in yemen will pay a heavy price for launching the attack. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams is following the story from jerusalem. he gave us this update on the attack. this is an interesting attack. as you say, it didn't cause any damage, but it does not appear to have been intercepted by israel's extremely sophisticated and multilayered air defence system. in fact, the israeli army in its statement said that there had been multiple efforts to shoot it down. it appears to have broken up, and the damage caused on the ground seems to have been caused by israel's own interceptor missiles. the question is, how did a ballistic missile fired from yemen reach israel, so far into israel, the furthest any yemeni ballistic missile has reached, without being intercepted 7 the yemenis, in a statement this morning, the houthi rebels say that they fired a new type of hypersonic missile. they sa

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now, going after both hezbollah and the houthi rebels in yemen. so far striking dozens targets, including weapons and infrastructure in southern and eastern lebanon. and along with two seaports and yemen, we're going to it live to cnn's jim sciutto, who is in tel aviv just a few moments for the latest on the ground there. but we're starting tonight with the breaking news here at home officials now say at least 90 people have died across the southeast following hurricane helene. but the true toll remains unclear as many people still don't have cell phone or internet service days after that powerful storms swept through cnn's rafael romo is joining me live now from asheville, north carolina. that's in buncombe county where we have tonight. just lord, at least 30 people. so far, haven't been killed as a result of storm-related deaths ravil, can you just give us a sense? you know, we were tracking this obviously when it was hitting florida last thursday, seeing the aftermath on friday but now it seems like we're getting a clearer picture of just the t

the houthi—run health ministry says at least four people were killed and 29 wounded.lebanon, israel attacked more than 120 targets on sunday. at least 50 people are reported to have been killed in a series of attacks in the east of the country, including in the bekaa valley. with the latest, here's chi chi izundu. panic in the centre of beirut. this shows the apparent aftermath of an air strike on a building close to a major transportation hub in the lebanese capital.- transportation hub in the lebanese capital. israel has been targeting _ lebanese capital. israel has been targeting hezbollah i lebanese capital. israel has i been targeting hezbollah sites on the outskirts of beirut but this is thought to be the first time an attack has been carried out within the city limits in the past year. the lebanese prime minister says the continuing air strikes may have forced as many as i continuing air strikes may have forced as many asi million people from their homes. this weekend has seen a major escalation with more than 50 killed in lebanon. hezbollah rockets fired into

the houthis, backed by iran and fiercely opposed to israel, condemned the strikes as brutal aggression israel's strikes continuing in lebanon and military operations in gaza still under way, the calls for de—escalation of the situation from the international community grow louder. can an all—out war in - the middle east be avoided? has to be. we really have to avoid it. we're not there yet but we're working like hell with france and many others. this escalation, and the growing tension in the region, does not appear to be ending any time soon. chi chi izundu, bbc news. in the past hour, iran's foreign ministry spokesman nasser kanaani held a news conference condemning the killing of hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. mr kanaani stated that hassan nasrallah was martyred, but his cause is still alive. translation: our foreign minister has had a meetingj and has talked on the phone with his lebanese counterpart. they have been discussing the issues and they have discussed what they should do both by iran and by the lebanese government at the same time so we can follow up on our political

i hamas, hezbollah and fighting houthis. ~ , hamas, hezbollah and fighting houthis. ~' , . houthis.raeli public is much more united in its support for the operations against hezbollah that it operations against hezbollah thatitis operations against hezbollah that it is for the war in gaza where there are a lot of divisions within the public and the government in fact over policy in gaza. many hostage families of course not happy that the government has not prioritised more a cease—fire and hostage release deal. when it comes to hezbollah, i think there is public support overwhelmingly for what mr netanyahu is doing. when you are right, we have had these drones and missiles being launched from yemen targeting israel, but israel hit back hard as we saw yesterday with those strikes on one of yemen's main ports and two power stations. i think the israeli military is feeling relatively comfortable at the moment even though many of its forces of course have been fighting in gaza now the best part of a year. reservists have been called up to my many will have done two or three tours so the

is the enemy of the west all over the world, and these enemies may definitely include the yemeni houthis , who have provided most of the weapons to yemen, or what reserves the yemenis have, perhaps from iran or elsewhere. they use, but every year , but in any case, it is possible to provide arms to the houthis of yemen, one of the options before russia , maybe they will not provide them with supersonic missiles, but they can definitely use powerful missiles like iskander for jeopardizing maritime trade in the red sea at their disposal body appointment the developments we are currently witnessing are becoming more intertwined day by day, and the more problems the houthis create in the red sea , the more economic problems arise. it will be worse for israel, and if the russians are going to provide advanced russian weapons to their allies in the middle east, including iran, syria and lebanon, then the israelis will definitely try more than ever to push the us into a regional war. with iran and maybe the country. balrouh baldem lamde or special. and the second case of the melbourne military

so do the houthi houthis in yemen and there was a presumed houthi missile, not long ago within the last hour or so, i think the sirens were sounding. we could hear them from here, not in this district. right on the coast and tel aviv, but in the east of the city and further all around the central but israel, i think by my accounting from last sunday, so weak now there's this is the third ballistic missile has been fired from the houthis from yemen, trying to get very close to tel aviv in the center of israel and getting shot down each time. now it's a long distance for those missiles to come. but the home front command could be tested tonight. the houthis could fire to from the south. and hezbollah could fire seven from the north of variants like that. the houthis could put up drones as well. so it's that complex scenario that's going to test defenses are too overwhelm defenses so well, another night to watch the skies over tel aviv, celic, they with some trepidation, nic robertson, thanks so much still to come today. russia is criticizing israel, condemning the killing of the hezbollah

well, well, or otherwise, but they have their own famous rocket engineering institute, the famous houthiscience school. i'll remind you that, after all, yes, they did it at the expense of the german school, at the expense of werner von braun, you shouldn't underestimate it in any way, of course, things were going well there with the borrowed don schools, well, yes, that's true, but one way or another, it turns out that the rocket flew over the entire red sea, flew directly from saudi arabia, where no one noticed a huge number of american bases, no one beaten, this is a wake-up call, yes, that is, it is clear that he was also against it, by the way, let's note that when zaluzhny ended up in this delegation, he ended up contrary to protocol, yes, that is , the ambassador accompanies, and the ambassador accompanies only the top officials, and this... it is clear to everyone that russia is not a country of gas stations, russian digital solutions to take to new heights, there are prospects, even more brutal, yes, ours are more brutal, there will be more. how exactly does the digital help? you

—— houthi. it is not what us officials were hoping for.he un talking to world leaders and were given a guidance, as a lot of other outlets have reported, there was a ceasefire deal that there was a ceasefire deal that the us have worked out with the french, the italians, the germans, the qataris, the saudis, got a play—by—play as to who was brought into each meeting and the american officials had confidence that they were going to get signed on to this, or a list finding thinking about signing on but netanyahu lands of the un on friday, kind of shows no interest in it and pushes back against it and says it will not happen and the next day we see this massive bombing in beirut that takes out ms roller so the statements you've seen what they have to be you want to condemn a terrorist and you want to acknowledge this is an important move ofjustice for many americans who have died at the hands of or his organisation but —— nasrallah organisation but —— nasrallah or his organisation and puts them in a bind because once again israel is going aga

co, well, there are huge minds that work, their missile industry is the strongest, why can't the houthis accidentally sink an aircraft carrier of the united states, but an aircraft carrier is difficult to sink, you can with one, two missiles. destroyer, battleship, lin, it's more difficult, well, to support something, we don't have the americans before we inflict anything, they pulled the aircraft carriers to an unattainable level for the houthis, there is something else, that is, i say that there are steps that could have been taken, maybe six months ago, or a year ago, or maybe a year and a half, but volodya, can you do it before transferring and reaching what they want, but what are they? so what do you suggest? i suggest believing our supreme, it's obvious, but the supreme just said, the supreme just said, if you do this, it will be this is already a war. what measures will be taken, this is another question, it is decided by the supreme, the military advises him, they come, the general staff draws up, and then they decide, they will not ask us, yes, but we must understand that if th

weapons to the enemies of the west all over the world, and these enemies may definitely include the houthis of yemen , who have already paralyzed a major part of the maritime trade in the red sea to defend the rights of the palestinian people in gaza. . i don't know if until now. do the russians really have weapons in the they put yemen under their control, or what kind of reserves do the yemenis use, maybe from iran and maybe from other places, but every year, but in any case , it is possible to provide weapons to the houthis of yemen, one of the options before russia, maybe if they don't read faras missiles. hayek at your disposal. the developments that we are currently witnessing are becoming more intertwined day by day and as much as the problems caused by the houthis in the red sea cause problems. they are trying more than ever to push america into a regional war with iran. and maybe other neighboring countries in the islamic and arab world will open that's why this conflict and other events that have happened, including in the south china sea , we are witnessing a kind of emergence of

and there's this, israel carrying out airstrikes on houthi controlled parts of yemen. the idf says a power station and a seaport with an oil pipeline were hit there ben wedeman joins us now and first on the situation in beirut, i know is we've been speaking, you say the strikes have become more sporadic in recent hours, but it's been quite a few days there >> they've been sporadic on the southern suburbs of beirut today. but what we've seen in the beqaa valley in southern lebanon if they've been very intense, in fact, just to update you the ministry of health is just giving new numbers of the number of fatalities there now approaching in 84 this day alone on, at the moment, i'm hearing in israeli drone overhead, which has become pretty constant over the lebanese capital. and of course they've clearly keeping a very close eye on the southern suburbs. now today, his baloch came out announced that two more of their senior commanders have been killed. one, ali karki, who was responsible for the southern front in other words, border with israel and nobilo koch, who is the h

the houthis, backed by iran and fiercely opposed to israel, condemned the strikes as brutal aggressionl's strikes continuing in lebanon and military operations in gaza still under way, the calls for de—escalation of the situation from the international community grow louder. can an all—out war in - the middle east be avoided? has to be. we really have to avoid it. we're not there yet but we're working like hell with the french and many others. this escalation, and the growing tension in the region, does not appear to be ending any time soon. chi chi izundu, bbc news. in the past hour, the deputy chief of hezbollah, naim quassem has reacted to the strikes in lebanon — and the killing of the organisation's leader hassan nasrallah by israek. hassan nasrallah by israel. hezbollah is a proscribed terror organisation by the uk and some other western governments. here's a short clip of what naim quassem has said. if israel thinks that it open hand and determination to commit atrocities and aggression, if they think this will achieve their goals, it is delusional. yes, there are pains and sacr

the united states fully supports israel's right to defend itself against hezbollah, hamas, the houthisher iranian-backed terrorist groups. i have instructed my secretary of defense to further strengthen the u.s. military's defensive posture in the middle east to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a wider regional war. and what about kamal haris, who is currently running for president on the ruling party's ticket? hassan nasrola was a terrorist with american blood on his hands. for decades his leadership of hezbollah destabilized the middle east and led to the murder of countless innocent people in lebanon, israel, syria, and around the world. today, hezbollah's victims have some measure of justice. i am unwaveringly committed to israel's security. i will always support israel's right to defend itself against iran and its proxies. the united states supports israel's right to self-defense and that the united states is determined to prevent iran and its proxies from exploiting the situation to expansion of the conflict. the minister stressed that the united states remains ready to de

israel bombed a houthi controlled port in yemen then.anyahu promises retaliation this time. >> they should have known by now that we exact a heavy price for any attempt to harm us. >> fighting over the lebanon border threatens two open a second front in the war. around 150,000 israelis in the north are displaced from homes because of all the rocket and drone fire. netanyahu promised the current situation will not continue. defense minister spoke overnight with u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin and said that time is running out for a peaceful solution with hezbollah. adding to the complications israeli media is reporting that netanyahu is preparing to fire his defense minister. >> bill: mike tobin watching that in the middle east. more to come unfortunately. >> dana: secret service agent spots the barrel of a rifle sticking through a fence and suspect is in custody making his first court appearance in federal court in florida any moment now. we have a former secret service agent. what was your thought about this being the second in two

mike: let's talk about the operation today taking out houthi targets. why did you feel the need to do that today? >> well, it was another unprovoked attack against israel. you know, mike, you showed the map earlier, the distance between israel and yemen, and you ask yourself why we have a conflict with yemen. the only reason because there are proxies of iran, and they send ballistic missiles into israel, and we cannot sit idly by. enough is enough. whoever attacks israel, we will retaliate whether in beirut or yemen, and we're sending a message to others, be very careful about attacking israel. we will not wait, we will attack them back immediately. mike: there is some reported tension between the pentagon, secretary austin and gallant, the defense minister of your country, over the lack of notice before taking out hezbollah's leader, nasrallah. is that fair, and should there have been better communication between the u.s. and israel before that happened? >> no. there's a strong bond between israel and the u.s., and we appreciate the support of the u.s.

officials say iran back houthi rebels in yemen are targeting u.s.e group to shoot down several of the aircraft in a mq9 drone was targeted last week but officials say they were able to land and recover on the heels of a new report that iran had information from the trump campaign and subject to the biden campaign before you dropped out of the race in july they hear his campaign reported staffers getting messages on their personal e-mails, karine jean-pierre was asked about this yesterday, here's what she said. >> the president is is made aware of it but we learned about the statement yesterday this is something the fbi, od and i and says i have to speak to they put a statement so i would refer to them specifically no foreign government like iran or russia are actively seeking to influence in our elections. >> there is so much going on iran trying to get involved in our election they want kamala harris of the white house because there was no deterrence for iran on her watch i spoke with the forward dni director of national intelligence yesterday abou

and on houthis thousands of miles away in yemen.tails do we have on what is happening now becky, it really shows that israel is widening its reach when it comes to this conflict at this point, the fact that this strike was within the inner suburbs of beirut it's certainly going to have people in the lebanese capital on edge up until this point, we have seen a number of strikes in the southern suburbs which is where the hezbollah strongholds are. >> but certainly in this more, in the area is going to be a concern now, this particular one we saw in the early hours of of this morning, monday morning, you saw firefighters trying to put out the fire in one particular apartment in a multi-story apartment block. now, we heard also from a palestinian militant group that they had three members of their group killed in that particular strike. this is the popular front for the liberation of palestine. now, at the same time as you say, we are seeing further afield, the strike against houthi rebels in yemen, it's not the first time that we have

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similarly you have iranian backed militias in iraq, in syria as well of you have the houthis in yemenwe saw that large israeli military operation targeting houthi military infrastructure, israel said, we saw these big burning tanks of oil in a port in yemen as well. we clearly this large israeli military operation that has real momentum.— military operation that has real momentum. military operation that has realmomentum. �* . ., real momentum. anna, thank you so much for— real momentum. anna, thank you so much for that _ real momentum. anna, thank you so much for that very _ real momentum. anna, thank you so much for that very latest - so much for that very latest update for beirut. thanks for joining us, and foster on the ground there, and just a reminder, those are live pictures we are watching from beirut, we also have our life page up, beirut, we also have our life page up, and the latest we are hearing at this hour, israel's army saying on x they haven't started limited, localised and targeted raids against hezbollah close to the border. we are following the very latest on the s

and he has the houthis to keep in mind.nst iran until he had the long term logistics capacity built up. but we are off the map in terms of hard predictions these days, so we should be humble on our sense of prediction in the future. great to have you on the programme, thank you very much for being with us. let's continue. let's speak to director and chief executive of chatham house — bronwen maddox. welcome to bbc news. give me your analysis of where you think we are as we are speaking now. i think we are as we are speaking now. ~' think we are as we are speaking now. ~ ., , ., think we are as we are speaking now. ~ . , ., ., , now. i think netanyahu has managed — now. i think netanyahu has managed to _ now. i think netanyahu has managed to put _ now. i think netanyahu has managed to put israel- now. i think netanyahu has managed to put israeljust| now. i think netanyahu has| managed to put israeljust a week short of the anniversary of october the 7th back on the front foot in a way that he has failed to do in the past year

wow, that's okay, the russian federation intends to hand over onyx-type missiles to the yemeni houthis, with which they fire at the city of odesa, odesa. area, they fly very low above the surface of the water and hit the ships that are passing near yemen, ah, a large number of ships have already been damaged, some have been sunk, and maybe this is such a big logistics hub between yemen, and maybe the americans fear exactly further development of events, perhaps theirs analysts there in the cia, in the white house, drew the following scenario: the united states gives: ukraine such permission to hit with such missiles, the russians in return give the yemeni hussites these missiles, which fly over the surface of the water at a speed of two waves, almost 2000 km per hour, and a large number of ships carrying oil and grain will simply drown in this channel, so i think the united states is stopping these, this possible cooperation. mr. ivan, we understand that now and in... the coming months everything will revolve around ending the war, at least the beginning of negotiations on its terminat

the dynamics between the three h's, houthis, hezbollah and hamas. and understand too what iran is doing, trying to ke stabilize. they have been at this game for years trying to increase their influence. i think all those things are the real i have to how iran is operating. the question is we cannot just have a strategy of saying we're going to combat iran. that's not a viable strategy they have strategy has to be, how do we build stronger relationships in competition with china, upsing how they operate with other nations in the middle east. that's going to be our path forward. i think we can do that more effectively than the chinese even though, let me tell you, they are very astute at watching the united states and understanding what has made us successful through the years. and my concern is, they're getting good at replicating us and we've seen those circumstances, they've been able to learn and sometimes do things better than us. we better been the same path of learning to make sure we keep ad of the chinese because if we're complacent we'll fin