» randa slim.ised by how quickly this escalated and i think the turning point was the assassination of the hezbollah leader mazarelo and i think since then, rubicon has been crossed for the israelis and hezbollah —— nasrallah. i think israel is now a more focused on the objective which, in my opinion, is going to be very hard if not impossible of decimating hezbollah and hezbollah is going now back to its mission of resistance. it has been decapitated, yes, it has been decapitated, yes, it has been decapitated, yes, it has been weakened but the invasion of southern lebanon by israel has given it a lifeline and a new mission and its rallying people behind it. we saw that israel—hezbollah war in 2006 and now arguably israel's capacities are greater and its intelligence so what can both sides learn from the previous conflict and what might this conflict look like as a result of that experience? well, it's going to be bloodier, i think. well, it's going to be bloodier, ithink. israel well, it's going t

randa slim, thank ou binyamin netanyahu. randa slim, thank you for— binyamin netanyahu.anyahu. randa slim, thank you for being with us. - thank you for being with us. you are watching bbc news, i'll have more for you at the top of the hour. join me then if you can. bye for now. hello. for many of us, friday was a pretty mild day thanks to the south to southeasterly winds. the best of the sunshine was across england and wales. we had a top temperature of 18 degrees around the london area but for scotland and northern ireland, there was a lot more cloud than there has been, bringing outbreaks of rain over recent hours. now, on the satellite picture, you can see the weather front that's bringing in that zone of cloudier weather over the north—west of the uk. a strong jet stream continues to develop this weather system and it's going to be bringing some very heavy rain into the republic of ireland, where there's probably going to be some flooding across southern areas. the front itself is very slow—moving, so over the next few hours, it's going to keep the largely clear skie

the program as an anxious middle east awaits israel's next move i will talk to richard house and randa slim about what a strike against iran could lead to we'll also discuss israel's operations in lebanon that are drawing international outrage plus admiral james stavridis on the other war in ukraine what is the way out of that deadline and malcolm gladwell on what he learned when he revisited his mega bestseller the tipping 0.25 years after riding it but first here's my take. >> as tensions spiral in the middle east. keep in mind that this is only one of three arenas in the world where regional or global players are trying to upend the international order in europe of war continues to rage. and in ayesha, a dangerous new dynamic is at work. >> taken together they define the most dangerous period internationally. >> since the end of the cold war in the middle east, the current tensions are rooted in a tussle between iran and america's allies, israel, and some of the gulf states. iran being a relatively weak power, has used asymmetrical means through a series of militias allied with it hezbol

earlier, i spoke to randa slim, senior fellow and director of conflict resolution at the middle easts a shock to her yes. i am surprised by how quickly this escalated and i think the turning point was the assassination of the hezbollah leader. i think since then a rubicon has been crossed on both sides, for the israelis and for hezbollah. i think the israelis now are more focused on the objective which, in my opinion will be very hard to achieve, if not impossible, of decimating hezbollah and hezbollah is now going back to its mission of resistance. it has been decapitated, yes, it has been weakened, yes but the invasion of southern lebanon by israel has given it a lifeline and a new mission and it is taking people behind it. of course, we saw the israeli has hezbollah war in 2006. arguably now israel's capacities are greater and its intelligence. what can both sides learn from the previous conflict and what might this conflict look as a result of that experience? it is going to be bloodier, i think. israel has said it is going to be a limited operation but if you follow the evacuati

joining me is randa slim — senior fellow and director of conflict resolution at the middle east institutehave been following lebanon for a long time. you are american lebanese. are you surprised at how quickly this has escalated?— has escalated? yes. i am surprised _ has escalated? yes. i am surprised by _ has escalated? yes. i am surprised by how - has escalated? yes. i am surprised by how quickly | has escalated? yes. i am . surprised by how quickly this escalated and i think the turning point was the assassination of the hezbollah leader. i think since then a rubicon has been crossed on both sides, for the israelis and for hezbollah. i think the israelis now are more focused on the objective which, in my opinion will be very hard to achieve, if not impossible, of decimating hezbollah and hezbollah is now going back to its mission of resistance. it has been decapitated, yes, it has been decapitated, yes, it has been decapitated, yes, it has been weakened, yes but the invasion of southern lebanon by israel has given it a lifeline and a new mission and it is taking people behind it. fit ta