a lot of people have already left dahieh since the strike started a week ago. lot have gone. the idf when they carry out the strikes, very often when they put out a message on their social media channels, they will describe it as a precise strike. and often you will see for example a building where one apartment has been targeted and the windows have gone, the inside has been blasted away. but the building still stands and the other apartments around it still stand. but certainly what this fresh plus the we are seeing here looks like is something that has been far less targeted. and for one reason or another, be it proximity to a petrol station, be it by design, it looks like it's taken a larger area than usual. ., _, ., usual. you say it could have fitted petrol— usual. you say it could have fitted petrol station, - usual. you say it could have fitted petrol station, it - fitted petrol station, it totally ties in with those massive viable pictures that we saw on our screens. the idf says it is targeting this area because of what it describes as hezbollah facil

this large explosion was seen near beirut�*s international airport, which borders the suburb of dahieharget for israeli attacks. reports citing israeli officials said a key target had been hashem safieddine, hezbollah�*s presumed leader in waiting and cousin of its late chief, hassan nasrallah. explosions could also be heard on friday around the port of tyre. and in the east, the lebanese transport minister said an israeli airstrike hit a road near the border crossing with syria. there have also been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega sent this report from beirut. another night in beirut. more israeli air strikes. war returns to this city. and this attack came with no warning. we went to inspect the damage. a residential building near the lebanese parliament. beirut appears increasingly under threat. this is where an emergency response group linked to hezbollah operated. now gone. "they were just emergency service workers. "this is the truth. "we only saw them helping people out," says mustapha who lives on the tenth f

overnight, israeli air strikes targeted dahieh relentlessly.e buildings now totally obliterated. the scale of the devastation caused by this israeli air strike is just breathtaking. this was an entire building. now completely gone. and all that's left is this massive crater. this once-bustling suburb is now a ghost town. we were only given access as part of a large media tour. organized by the militant group following the group following the assassination of its leader, hassan nasrallah. at one point this man yells, "we will not surrender, we follow nasrallah." only a few residents remain. we met this man who said, "we are all nasrallah, so if israel is fighting one person, they are now fighting the entire nation." but in gaza, another bloody night. at least 80 palestinians were killed in multiple israeli strikes. any hopes of a cease-fire seem a long way off. the fear now is the humanitarian catastrophe in gaza is on its way here to lebanon, where the death toll from israeli strikes continues to skyrocket and as president biden's appeals for a

that have happen regularly in the southern suburbs of beirut now in the hezbollah stronghold area of dahieht, in an area called outside of the southern suburbs, in the beirut city limits, that caused real concern because i was israel targeting a different area to the one that it is been focusing on for the last few weeks. you said on the streets here, you see that places are very quiet, you see the shops, cafe's are closer people are staying off the street but equally, you see people actually sleeping in doorways, buildings, you can see behind me in this life shot, you can see marder square and the big mosque where people are sleeping on the steps and in the areas around there, people who fled the southern suburbs on the night that has a nice rather was killed, that strike was such a huge one at its end people fleeing with their families, with whatever they could grab at the time so whatever you look here, you see the impact of this conflict and the impact of this conflict and the effect that it is already having on people which will no doubt be exacerbated now we have the start of this isr

near beirut — headquarters in the dahieh near beirut.eir headquarters in civilian— place their headquarters in civilian areas. israel asks all the — civilian areas. israel asks all the time _ civilian areas. israel asks all the time civilians to move out of zones — the time civilians to move out of zones where hezbollah has built — of zones where hezbollah has built its — of zones where hezbollah has built its military infrastructure. it is trying to pinpoint— infrastructure. it is trying to pinpoint the best it can to attack— pinpoint the best it can to attack hezbollah, while hezbollah is shooting directly at civilians on purpose will stop — at civilians on purpose will stop hundreds of rockets to haifa — stop hundreds of rockets to haifa and other places and luckily— haifa and other places and luckily the israel air defences are managing to cope with that. and also— are managing to cope with that. and also the citizens are going into shelter. this is how we minimise _ into shelter. this is how we minimise israeli casualties. and, — mi

dahieh welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai, reporting live from singapore.ays five people were killed after israel carries out fresh strikes on beirut. after iran's unprecedented missile attack on israel on tuesday, we will assess the damage and where the war goes next. for the first time in singapore's history and ex— cabinet minister will go to jail. presidentjoe biden surveys the damage left by storm helene as communities in the us southeast welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai, reporting live from singapore. these are our top stories:

dahieh.for things like medical care. it is a really big challenge they have on their hands and as you say that number keeps rising, ever more people are moving out of that area. i people are moving out of that area. ., ., ., , area. i am going to put the live pictures _ area. i am going to put the live pictures back- area. i am going to put the live pictures back in - area. i am going to put the live pictures back in terms| live pictures back in terms of the skyline of beirut. we can see that in just two or three orfour see that in just two or three or four areas, see that in just two or three orfour areas, there see that in just two or three or four areas, there are large plumes of smoke. as well as the activity and the combat in the southern border regions they have been more strikes in beirut as well.— have been more strikes in beirut as well. there were a lot of strikes _ beirut as well. there were a lot of strikes overnight i beirut as well. there were a lot of strikes overnight in i lot

the target was dahieh, the hezbollah base in the capital.cuation orders telling residents to leave some parts of dahieh who lives near buildings that the israeli military says being used ljy the israeli military says being used by hezbollah. some of the warnings came at three o'clock, four o'clock in the morning and people will have been sleeping when the warnings were issued. we haven't had reports yet about casualties from those attacks, but another night of heavy israeli air strikes targeting the capital. and in the south of the country, the israeli military sending new troops to the border with lebanon. hezbollah this morning has said that it had clashed with israeli troops trying to infiltrate a town near a village, and they had repelled a push by the israeli military. this is not yet been confirmed by the idf but again i think this could be the first indication that clashes are happening in the south. the israeli authorities are describing it as a limited, targeted and localised operation but the fear here in lebanon is that this could

we're looking at pictures of massive explosions lighting up the sky in the dahieh area which is hezbollahs stronghold in the city. the idf says they were targeting a senior hezbollah official. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. another night in beirut and more israeli air strikes. war returns to this city. and this attack came with no warning. we went to inspect the damage — a residential building near the lebanese parliament. beirut appears increasingly under threat. this is where an emergency response group linked to hezbollah operated, now gone. "there were just emergency service workers. "this is the truth. "we only saw them helping people out," says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. the damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack. and they've been cleaning up the rubble here, but we can still see some surgical masks and gloves and bandages as well. and you can probably hear the sound of drones flying overhead. this is a densely populated district here in central beirut. hasan, who's a teacher, has lived in thi

cross live to southern beirut suburb of dahieh and our bbc arabic middle east correspondent, sally nabils well. ring us up to date, we saw the destruction they are that hugo was reporting on. they are that hugo was re-uortin on. ,,, , reporting on. displaced people bein: reporting on. displaced people being moved — reporting on. displaced people being moved on. _ reporting on. displaced people being moved on. yes, - reporting on. displaced people being moved on. yes, this - being moved on. yes, this evacuation _ being moved on. yes, this evacuation alert _ being moved on. yes, this evacuation alert continues j being moved on. yes, this - evacuation alert continues and people. — evacuation alert continues and people, some in southern lorraine _ people, some in southern lorraine —— lebanon, and alert is issued — lorraine —— lebanon, and alert is issued and... when i visit a southern _ is issued and... when i visit a southern suburb of beirut that is what — southern suburb of beirut that is what happened. we went to an area that — is what happened. we went to an area that has been heavily b

overnight and into the morning after the israeli military ordered people remaining in the southern dahiehbeen a stretch of smoke over the skyline for some hours now. hamas has announced the death of one of its military leaders, along with his wife and children in the lebanese city of tripoli — which was reportedly hit by israel overnight. plane—loads of foreign nationals have been evacuating lebanon. these are pictures from eindoven airport in the netherlands, where dutch citizens were welcomed into the arms of family members last night. it's estimated 1.2 million people have been displaced, with the united nations saying more than 200,000 have fled into neighbouring syria.

overnight and into the morning after the israeli military ordered people remaining in the southern dahiehrea to evacuate. these are live pictures from beirut now, where there's been a stretch of smoke over the skyline for some hours now. hamas has announced the death of one of its military leaders, along with his wife and children in the lebanese city of tripoli — which was reportedly hit by israel overnight. plane—loads of foreign nationals have been evacuating lebanon. these are pictures from eindoven airport in the netherlands, where dutch citizens were welcomed into the arms of family members last night. it's estimated 1.2 million people have been displaced, with the united nations saying more than 200,000 have fled into neighbouring syria. now on bbc new, talking business. now on bbc news, talking business. hello and welcome to talking business. let's take a look at what's on the programme this week. is the world in crisis and riskier than ever before? as wars rage on in the middle east, ukraine and sudan, alongside political and economic crisis, and with climate change threatening m

we're looking at pictures of massive explosions lighting up the sky in the dahieh area, which is hezbollahaeli air strikes. earlier on thursday, israel carried out air raids against what it called hezbollah�*s "intelligence headquarters" in southern beirut. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. another night in beirut and more israeli air strikes. war returns to this city.

which has been under numerous evacuation orders from the israeli army for the past days, when we see dahiehd of residents. we did not hear about any casualties there last night. but again it was struck by the israeli air force. we will have — by the israeli air force. we will have to _ by the israeli air force. we will have to leave - by the israeli air force. we will have to leave it there, emir nader with the very latest, thank you forjoining us. this is a story we are continuing to track. we are looking at of course us secretary of state antony blinken�*s visit. he is in london after holding meetings with leaders in doha. let us understand what we're looking at by speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. first, how much hope is that from the talks that we expecting? i is that from the talks that we meeting?— is that from the talks that we expecting? i think it is always hard to talk _ expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about _ expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about hope - expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about hope when | expecting? i thin

this is the site of an israeli strike in dahieh, hezbollah�*s stronghold in beirut and it this buildingas hit and there is nothing left of it. there is still smoke coming from the rubble and heavy smell in the air. you can probably hear the sound of drones flying overhead. the buildings nearby, were also heavily damaged by the attacks and pictures of the late iran leader hassan nasrallah have been set up here. the scale of the destruction it gives you a sense of the power of the attack that happened here. meanwhile, israeland iran attack that happened here. meanwhile, israel and iran have aged wanted the other against further attacks after iran launched a massive missile attack on israel. it five 180 missiles on tuesday in a second and largest direct attack ever. the iranian president today said they were not looking for war but pledged a strong response by israel. iran's most powerful missiles, sending their starkest message last night to israel — "if you hit us or our allies, we'll hit you." the order given by commanders and clerics. "in the name of god," he declares, "in revenge for

this large explosion was seen near beirut�*s international airport, which borders the suburb of dahieh hezbollah stronghold which has been a continuing target for israeli attacks. it comes as more chartered flights are expected to depart in the coming days. elsewhere, in the occupied west bank, the israeli military says it has killed a senior hamas figure, following a strike on a refugee camp in the city of tulkarm. palestinian health officials say at least 18 people were killed in the strike on a cafe. but first our middle east correspondent hugo bachega sent this report from beirut. another night in beirut and more israeli air strikes. war returns to this city. and this attack came with no warning. we went to inspect the damage — a residential building near the lebanese parliament. beirut appears increasingly under threat. this is where an emergency response group linked to hezbollah operated, now gone. "there were just emergency service workers. "this is the truth. "we only saw them helping people out," says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. the damage in th

overnight, more israeli air strikes, around a dozen air strikes, hitting dahieh, where hezbollah hasce that was hit. and these air strikes have continued. we haven't seen any indication from the israeli military, from the israeli authorities, that these attacks are going to stop. the israelis feel that they have been extremely successful in degrading hezbollah, in hitting many of the group is '5 positions, infrastructure, and also by decimating its entire leadership. i think here the concern in lebanon is that this could be the beginning of a wider offensive by the israeli military, a long offensive by israel against hezbollah. we have seen that this morning, the israeli army announced that more troops have been deployed to southern lebanon. thousands more troops potentiallyjoining this campaign by the israeli army against hezbollah. but hezbollah remains defiant. this morning they released a statement saying they are confident in the ability of our resistance to repel israeli aggression. you are watching bbc news across the united kingdom and around the world. you are watching bbc n

they were filming with their daughter on friday near the neighbourhood of dahieh — when israel launchedssan nasrallah. i was looking at the video earlier. the huge blast was just within sight of their flat. loud blast screaming you can see a huge plume of smoke. you can see there jaafar racing in to the frame there in that video with his children. hejoins me now in beirut. what have you decided to do, are you staying or leaving? taste are you staying or leaving? we sta . are you staying or leaving? we stay- our— are you staying or leaving? we stay. our role _ are you staying or leaving? - stay. our role is to stay here and to remain steadfast with our community and people, to share ourfood and our medicines and our money. our mh37o is to medicines and our money. our mh370 is to keep lebanon standing up —— our war is to keep lebanon standing up. this is our role and i am here and i know how to defend lebanon and we are not going out of our community and we will stay here to support the thousands, maybe up to support the thousands, maybe up to i million to support the thousands, maybe up

and even if we are staying in beirut, i am staying around ten kilometres from dahieh in beirut, we can hear all the bombings, especially at night. it's not stopping, and it doesn't look like it is going to stop soon. so i really don't know what to say. no one is safe, we don't feel safe anywhere. we are just living day by day. you feel safe anywhere. we are 'ust living day by day-fl living day by day. you say you are living _ living day by day. you say you are living day _ living day by day. you say you are living day by _ living day by day. you say you are living day by day. - living day by day. you say you are living day by day. are - living day by day. you say you are living day by day. are you | are living day by day. are you able to go out to get food? how is the population carrying on with all a few bakeries are open closed. a few bakeries are open because people have to go to work and they need a place. you don't see people going out to restau ra nts. .. we are live on bbc news as sir keir starmer is due to announce a huge new investment in carbon capture and storage in the uk. h

i was in dahieh yesterday, and this was in dahieh yesterday, and this was once hezbollah's beating heartn casualties, to protect civilians, including by issuing evacuation orders ahead of these air strikes. but visiting beirut yesterday, the un refugee chief felipe grande said some of these israeli air strikes had violated humanitarian law by hitting him for structure —— civilian infrastructure and killing civilians.— infrastructure and killing civilians. ., ,, , ., ., in israel, people have gathering at the site of the nova festival where more than 360 people were killed and dozens taken hostage. a minute's silence took place at 6.29 local time, the moment the hamas attack began. in total more than 1200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage. since october 7th, israel has killed more than 42,000 people in gaza, according to the hamas—run health ministry. yolande knell has been looking back at the last 12 months. this was israel's deadliest ever day. exactly one year ago, waves of hamas fighters from gaza led a bloody attack on israeli army bases, villages, a music festival. snatching

this large explosion was seen near beirut�*s international airport, which borders the suburb of dahiehbeen a target for israeli attacks. more british nationals are expected to leave lebanon on chartered flights in the coming days. elsewhere, in the occupied west bank, the israeli military says it has killed a senior hamas figure, following a strike on a refugee camp in the city of tulkarm. palestinian health officials say at least 18 people have been killed. in the last few hours, us presidentjoe biden has said he believes an all—out war in the middle east can be avoided. leaders of all g7 countries released a joint statement last night outlining concerns over the deteriorating situation in the region. leaders of all g7 countries released a statement last night out outlining concerns. let's get the latest from our middle east correspondent lina sinjab we have the strikes but also diplomacy working very hard, international diplomacy, to try to ease the tensions in the region and stop the huge escalation. weill. ease the tensions in the region and stop the huge escalation. well, yes inde

even just today, we have been hearing a lot of thuds and seeing smoke rising off the neighborhood of dahieh environs, this shiite muslim area, just south of beirut, that is a hezbollah stronghold. we don't know what that latest one was, but the israelis have come out and announced shortly after that, that they did strike an intelligence headquarters of hezbollah in southern beirut. so, this is all still ongoing and as you mentioned, this indicates the israelis expanded the footprint of their air strikes, not just geographically, reaching further into the capital, but also in terms of kind of the politics and the range of targets that they're hitting. what they struck overnight was actually a medical facility that was connected to hezbollah. it wasn't ostensibly a real military target. and that killed, as i said, nine people. so this just goes to show the israelis are lengthening their menu of targets. and we also heard from lebanon's ministry of health that the number of people who have been killed in lebanon as we approached the one-year anniversary of those october 7th attacks, the number

many people have now spent a week on the streets here in beirut after fleeing dahieh where we had beenisraeli air strike that killed hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah. the leader has said there were around 900 government shelters for people here and all of them are now full. that is an issue that the lebanese state is also grappling with at the moment. 0ur correspondent nick beake has this report. israel is stepping up its strikes in lebanon — beirut rocked by more blasts overnight and this morning, as the israeli army says it continues to hit hezbollah targets, including near the city's airport. but the expanding assault has forced more than a million lebanese from their homes in the past two weeks. many taking refuge in the capital. there may be glimpses of normality, but this is not the safe haven they hoped it would be. translation: the lebanese people are used to this, - this is not the problem. the problem is with how we are living, with the people who are sleeping in the streets. you need countries to start taking action. the situation is a disaster and we are living thr

idf calling on civilians near three buildings in the southern suburb of beirut, an area known as dahiehir strikes. they called on civilians to distance themselves at least 500 metres from the sides, and as an i was saying, this follows a pattern over the last week or so that theyissue over the last week or so that they issue these warning us and then we see air strikes on a particular area. then we see air strikes on a particulararea. so then we see air strikes on a particular area. so we have had that warning in the last hour and these are the live pictures in beirut. the head of the un's refugee agency has said lebanon faces a terrible crisis. filippo grandi warned that hundreds of thousands of people had been left destitute or displaced by israeli air strikes. let's speak to rami shamma, who is the operations director for world vision lebanon. the organisation provides support for lebanese families and refugee communities. thank you forjoining a on bbc news. i wondered thank you forjoining a on bbc news. iwondered if thank you forjoining a on bbc news. i wondered if you could outline

and dahieh, the head —— hezbollah stronghold has been attacked.rs are urging residents to leave certain parts of the district saying it is going to attack a hezbollah facility and interests in the future.- attack a hezbollah facility and interests in the future. thank you very much. _ interests in the future. thank you very much. huge _ interests in the future. thank you very much, hugo. it's— interests in the future. thank you very much, hugo. it's six - interests in the future. thank you | very much, hugo. it's six minutes past six. charlie picking up on the very sudden death of matthew perry which we had last year, but investigations are still continuing into the cause. let's bring you up to date. a doctor in the us has pleaded guilty to a charge relating to the death of the actor, matthew perry. the friends star died last year after an overdose of the drug ketamine. dr mark chavez admitted obtaining the drug fraudulently and conspiring to distribute it. our la correspondent emma vardy reports. this report contains flashing images. as chandler

we lived in dahieh and worked there, but now there are constantly bombing, it's just a beating.ahiya is a southern suburb of beirut, now perhaps the most unsafe place in the country. smoke constantly rises above this area, giving no respite, israel is now hitting it. at night, but as a rule, it is after sunset that the most powerful explosions begin to thunder. on friday night, israel struck a beirut suburb with unprecedented force, such that the entire city shook from a series of explosions and the target again became the leadership of the lebanese hezbollah movement. a week ago, the idf struck the same blow liquidated the long-time leader of the organization , hassan nasrallah, and now managed to get to the man who was tipped to be his successor, hashim safiaddin, he was also hiding in an underground bunker, but the bombs left him no chance, in a few days israel managed to effectively decapitate hezbollah. its main enemy in lebanon. however, it is not only the military leaders who get it, the air bombs demolish entire buildings, but the fate of those who did not manage to esca