frank gardner. let's turn away for just a frank gardner. let's turn away forjust a moment.ate game. liverpool went ahead at the end of the first half, but after the break, some poor defending saw rayan ait—nouri equalise for wolves. liverpool were awarded a penalty in the second half and mo salah stepped up to score for the victory at molineaux. it leaves wolves in 20th place with a single point. arne slot�*s men have 15 points after six games, one more than both manchester city and arsenal. there were smiles from the arsenal manager mikel arteta after a significant win over leicester, but they had to work hard for it. they lost a 2—0 lead in the second half with leicester rallying to draw level. however, arsenal's stamina proved to be the difference as leandro trossard poked home to take them ahead and then kai havertz sealed the victory with a fourth in injury time. how he handled the situation because in the back of our minds, it should have been many more and it wasn't, and suddenly you have to delay against a very good team and very difficult there were smiles from the

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frank gardner, bbc news.who have left the suburbs of beirut, still around in the area now, are we are told being supported... they are trying to find ways to feed people and give them shelter, but we have also seen over the last week now, people fleeing from the southern part of lebanon, when those israeli air strikes started on monday. and also from the bekaa valley in the east. a lot of displaced people right now. we have talked about the difficulties of leaving the country. most commercial airlines have stopped flying. in terms of land crossing, israel to the south is not an option for people to leave. and of course you have syria to the east. the un has said in the last few minutes that they think 50,000 syrians who were in lebanon, there was a large syrian refugee population in lebanon, a lot of them living very difficult lives... while lebanon has been going through a variety of crises, syrian refugees in this country, in many cases, have been blamed for taking resources and it has led to a real feeling

with me is our security correspondent, frank gardner.the last 24—hour is about... lets start and take it in stages about how this was actually done.— stages about how this was actually done. there is only one organisation _ actually done. there is only one organisation and - actually done. there is only. one organisation and country actually done. there is only - one organisation and country in the region that has both the intent and capability technically to do something like this. that is israel's mossad, one of three espionage agencies israel has. they done this on a previous occasion in january 1996. they are not commenting publicly on this. that was the domestic agency that did that but whoever did this was able to physically rather than digitally or through cyber malware, through cyber malwa re, physically through cyber malware, physically inserting themselves into the supply chain of these pagers, whether in budapest or somewhere in transit, but either way the israeli intelligence must have known that hezbollah placed an order for

frank gardner, bbc news.iral daniel hagari made this statement confirming the death of the hezbollah leader. the leader of the terrorist army, hezbollah, was killed by israel defense forces in a precise strike in beirut last night while he was in hezbollah central headquarters commanding more imminent attacks against the people of israel. for decades, hezbollah under the command of hassan nasrallah orchestrated countless attacks on innocent people. hassan nasrallah had the blood of thousands of men, women, children on his hands. israeli, jews, jews across the world, lebanese, american, british, french, syrian and other countless victims across the middle east and beyond. the idf spokesman making that statement earlier in the day. let's take a look at these live pictures on your screen of the skies above beirut. we have been reporting that our correspondence have been spotting thick smoke rising over several locations in the south of the lebanese city. as the air strikes by israel have continued on our corresp

thank you, frank gardner, our security _ in on the ground. w love blossoms between two strangers when their cruise ship was forced to dock in northern ireland for three months. that story coming up and now our colleagues for the news where you are. hello there and welcome to sportsday. england's cricketers have to win their third 0ne—day international against australia at chester—le—street today if they're to keep the series alive. manchester city return to action tonight without rodri their spanish —— their spanish midfielder could be out for the rest of the season. and back to school for olympic champion tom dean where he shares a golden piece of paris. hello there and welcome to sportsday. england's cricketers have to win their third 0ne—day international against australia at chester—le—street today if they're to keep the series alive. that's after they were outplayed in the first two matches at trent bridge and headingley. harry brook won the toss and england are bowling first. they've been playing just over an hour. australia got off to a

frank gardner, bbc news.s been a lot of international reaction from various leaders particularly those in the middle east region. and the president of iran has said via state media that the united states cannot deny complicity in the killing of hassan nasrallah. we also learned early in the day that iran force commander was also killed. iranians officials had confirmed earlier that the deputy operations commander of the force was killed. one of the force was killed. one of the branches of the revolutionary guard corps that specialises in intelligence and command. the idf�*s spokesman rear admiral daniel hagari made this statement confirming the death of the hezbollah leader. the leader of the terrorist army, hezbollah, was killed by israel defence forces in a precise strike in beirut last night while he was in hezbollah central headquarters commanding more imminent attacks against the people of israel. for decades, hezbollah under the command of hassan nasrallah orchestrated countless attacks on innocent peop

i'll come to frank gardner injust a moment, but i wanted alive to beirut.ribe what the next few hours have been like. matthew, we were in _ hours have been like. matthew, we were in the _ hours have been like. matthew, we were in the hezbollah - we were in the hezbollah stronghold in beirut. at around five o'clock, when the funeral of four of the people who were killed in the attacks yesterday was about to start, there was a a loud explosion and explosions in other parts the countries. we've heard from the lebanese health ministry saying nine people have been killed after a new wave of explosions that affected radios, walkie—talkies, another target in these attacks, and more than 300 people have been injured. so another wave of attacks, so these explosions that happened with pagers distributed by hezbollah, i2 with pagers distributed by hezbollah, 12 were killed. including a girl who was eight and 11—year—old boy. the funeral of this boy was about to take place when the explosion happened — that didn't happen. this happened in a country that was shocked wha

frank gardner, bbc news.rusalem with this assessment of what is next for hezbollah. hezbollah has to decide what it does. they have to reconstitute their command structure. they've lost all their top leaders, pretty much, as well as nasrallah. they have to try and find how they communicate with each other, and they have to decide what they do with the rest of their arsenal. and it seems pretty clear that they still have some very potent weapons, some of which are hidden away in mountains and in tunnels. so what do they do? the way that wars might spread or war might spread in the region depends on the responses of the parties involved in it. and if, for example, for example, hezbollah decided that they needed to use their weapons because they might lose them, then a fiercer onslaught on israel, killing civilians perhaps, israel might respond with a much even stronger response. now, the israelis themselves have been talking about perhaps a ground invasion of southern lebanon. that, too, would be yet another es

frank gardner, bbc news.r of responses that we will see over the next few hours and days. the first is the response here in lebanon where as in the report, people who support hezbollah, have seen this figure that has led the group for more than three decades and there will be no doubt a huge number of emotions that people will be expressing and which will be seen on the street at some point here in beirut, particularly when the funeral of hassan nasrallah happens. that will be a critically big moment, we have heard reaction from israel. the idf�*s spokesman rear admiral daniel hagari made this statement confirming the death of the hezbollah leader... the leader of the terrorist army, hezbollah, was killed by israel defense forces in a precise strike in beirut last night while he was in hezbollah central headquarters commanding more imminent attacks against the people of israel. for decades, hezbollah under the command of hassan nasrallah orchestrated countless attacks on innocent people. hassan nasrallah had

earlier, i spoke to frank gardner about his initial reaction is about what the idf has put out.about it. this is israel throwing down the gauntlet to iran, basically saying, "we're not going to tolerate this any more. we're going to take apart this militant organisation that iran has built on their northern border." and this has repercussions throughout the whole middle east, because hezbollah is bigger than just lebanon. it's been fighting in syria in support of president bashar al—assad against an insurgency there. it's trained fighters in iraq, in yemen and around the middle east. it is iran's sort of means of projecting the iranian islamic revolution around the middle east and even beyond. hezbollah is even accused of activities, terrorist activities abroad. it's a proscribed terrorist organisation. but sheikh hassan nasrallah, or sayed hassan nasrallah, as people called him, he is revered by many shia muslims. he's disliked by pretty much all the sunni arab governments, but he's revered by a lot of people and there will be calls for revenge. the key question now is, how is

with me is our security correspondent frank gardner.hese are still the early details of this, it was first reported less than two hours ago, take me through, first of all, what we know. it ago, take me through, first of all, what we know.— all, what we know. it is extraordinary, - all, what we know. it is extraordinary, this, - all, what we know. it is - extraordinary, this, almost unprecedented. i cannot think of any case where you have got a simultaneous, almost simultaneous explosion of so many personal devices. these were not mobile phones, they were not mobile phones, they were pagers, which sounds very 20th—century. but the reason for that is that when the gaza war or conflict began after october seven massacre in southern israel, in order went out by hezbolla to its people not to use mobile phones in case they were sabotaged. the reason for that is that a bit of history here, back in january 1996, someone who was known as the engineer, he was the chief bomb makerfor known as the engineer, he was the chief bomb maker for hamas and

oi’ or humanely with me is ou or. humanely r security with me is our security correspondent frank gardnere says is true, some of what he says is true, some is not. they are in real trouble, they are trashed, they are in no position to fight a war right now, other than the low level exchange of fire they are doing across the border. but where i think he is right is when he says bring it on, we welcome an invasion by the israeli ground forces, we will receive them here. the last time israeli ground forces went on to lebanon in 2006 in a major offensive, they did get a bloody nose, it ended and the inconclusive sort of stalemate essentially, and israel found in real some is not. they are in real trouble, they are trashed, they are in no position to fight a war right now, other than the low level exchange of fire they are doing across the border. but where i think he is right is when he it on, we is when he says bring it on, we welcome an invasion by the israeli ground forces, welcome an invasion by the israeli i them forces, welcome an invasion by the israeli i them here. 5, welcome an invas

frank gardner, our security correspondent.nese prime minister saying he was hopeful, but of course the israeli prime minister giving it a very different message and rhetoric saying that israel would continue to fight with full force. the lebanese health ministry says 20 people, nearly all syrians were killed in a fresh strike this morning. we will keep you up—to—date with the developing story. stay with us on bbc news. we have had some wet weather pushing northwards through the course of this morning, and this afternoon it is going to start to retreat southwards once again. low pressure is driving our weather. we have got various weather fronts producing rain or showers, and this north—easterly wind across the north of scotland also dragging in some showers and that chilly wind. so, here we have the rain across northern england, also northern ireland, moving out of southern scotland through the day, and then eventually out of northern england, as it sinks south. ahead of it, for the south of england and wales, it is a mixture

frank gardner, our security correspondent, is with me.ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale. daniel de simone is our correspondent injerusalem. bronwen maddox from chatham house is with us. she's just back from israel's northern border. malcolm nance is a former us navy counterterrorism expert, he's in new york. we'll also be getting live reaction from beirut. before all of that, let's start this hour with this report from hugo bachega. this is the moment a blast rocks beirut. hezbollah had gathered to bury the victims from the explosions of the day before until it was hit by a new wave of attacks, this time targeting walkie—talkies used by the group. apparently another operation by israel. one of the explosions yesterday happened not farfrom here, in a hezbollah stronghold in southern beirut. there was a lot of chaos and confusion because many believe that no electronic device was safe. hezbollah members stopped us a number of times, telling us not to use our cameras, our phones, and today those concerns continue. translation: it's

a lot of the intelligence, frank gardner was here, i was security correspondent saying the only peopleunts of explosives were placed in these pager devices and then a message sent out yesterday and that detonated the devices. that was yesterday and some of these of the funerals today. in these of the funerals today. in the last a0 minutes we've had more explosions and more reports of dozens of people being wounded and this time apparently it's walkie—talkies that have been targeted in this new round of explosions. 0ur middle east correspondent sent us the latest and he is there on the ground for us in beirut. we are here which is the southern suburb of beirut which is a hezbollah stronghold and a large crowd has gathered for the funeral of four of the victims of those explosions yesterday including an 11—year—old boy and a hezbollah mp. about 15 minutes ago we heard a large blast in this area and details are unclear. 0bviously area and details are unclear. obviously there is a concern that more attacks could be happening. they have been reports of explosions happening in other parts of

frank gardner, bbc news.was a measure ofjustice for his victims but the us would continue working to de—escalate the conflict. let's cross to our correspondent jenny kumah in washington. what has president biden had to say? we have heard from the white house that president biden has convened a call with his vice president and national security team to get updates, and they will continue to get updates in the coming hours. speaking at his home, the president spoke to reporters and said that the killing of nasrallah, the —— amounted to a measure of justice for his victims. he also said he has ordered a bolstering of the forces in the middle east to deter iran from escalation, and he has said that the us supports israel's right to defend itself. how significant are those comments from president biden? this is a consistent message we have had from president biden and his administration since the conflict in gaza, that the us supports israel, whilst emphasising a need for a diplomatic solution, but although there

with me is our security correspondent frank gardner.e at the news conference, so tell me more about what they were saying in that area in your assessment. you go to these things and the flags up and it's a harsh and everybody comes in, and often there is a lot of froth but there is a lot of froth but there was quite a bit of substance today actually because for the first time, the most revered intelligence that confirms that iran has transferred a number of the short range ballistic missiles —— the us revealed intelligence put up what this will allow the russians to do is to free up their own arsenal to hit cities further afield like kyiv and odesa and so on, and both of top diplomats from the uk and the us are pretty angry about this and they are responding with sanctions. the us already has sanctioned iran pretty much to the maximum about the uk had been hopeful that the new president and may be a new leaf was being turned in iran and that it was reaching out towards the rest of the world, but they are saying it is going in the opposi

frank gardner, our security correspondent, is in london for us. have any idea of what we should be expecting? any idea of what we should be meeting?— any idea of what we should be exectina? ~ ,, .,, expecting? missing net who see eers to expecting? missing net who see peers to have — expecting? missing net who see peers to have blown _ expecting? missing net who see peers to have blown hot - expecting? missing net who see peers to have blown hot and - peers to have blown hot and cold on the idea of the ceasefire deal, because at the 12 nations that signed up say that they spoke to israeli officials and that the ceasefire proposal was drawn up by israeli officials. but benjamin netanyahu has said that it was nothing to do with him and it was a complete surprise and he has continued to hit the enemy with force. his allies at the un, which is most western countries, however much they disapprove of israel's tactics, i think they will consider them is a broadly sympathetic to israel's self defence. his allies want him to pause for 21 days to try and th

we were talking to frank gardner, our security correspondent, a short while ago.ity services no longer use mobile phones. they have pages. somehow, they have been hacked. you have seen the series of explosions across lebanon. these are some of the picture is quite close to one of the hospitals. in terms of those injured, the numbers keep rising. the health minister quoted by one newsagency saying that figure was 2750 injured people. figures reported in terms of death. we had a figure of three earlier being reported earlier by has the last. 0ne reported earlier by has the last. one of those hospitals, eight people being reported dead. that is from the afp news agency. a huge security incident. that is how hezbollah is describing it. the backdrop to this has been the rising tension between hezbollah and israel. with israel's prime and assessing only 2a hours ago that they were going to extend their war goal is to include their war goal is to include the north of israel and, of course, the seventh attacks by hamas, there have been a series of court almost daily fire

let's bring our security correspondent frank gardner in straightaway. a second day of this?econd day of this? yesterday it was pagers and today it's i it was pagers and today it's walkie—talkies. so hezbollah's means of communicating between themselves and from central command to its fighters are seriously compromised. we don't know yet how the walkie—talkies were sabotaged but what we do know is that thousands have gone off, hundreds have been injured and at least three have been killed in eastern lebanon. it's a second wave of this. clearly they were tampered with in advance in the same way presumably as the pagers were tampered with. intelligence wise, extraordinary, but there is going to be a cost for his role. already there is mounting criticism that international law may have been broken. civilians are being harmed. hezbollah is a proscribed terrorist organisation by many governments but civilians were nothing to do with hezbollah have been injured and the injury horrific. when these pagers go off, even though it's quite a small amount of explosive, if you are relative

frank gardner, bbc news. live from jerusalem is our international editor, jeremy bowen.i was just reading us we were coming to talk to you that syria, they are the latest country to condemn the despicable israeli killing of hassan nasrallah, as it puts it. israel isn't inclined to stop. it. israel isn't inclined to sto. ., , ., stop. no. they regard the criticism _ stop. no. they regard the criticism they _ stop. no. they regard the criticism they have - stop. no. they regard the criticism they have had i stop. no. they regard the i criticism they have had from iran, hamas, syria, is basically a parade of the usual suspects, countries, organisations that they would rather didn't exist, —— organisations that would rather israel didn't exist. they have killed the man who was seen for many years as possibly their most bitter enemy, certainly their most effective enemy because of the military success in the past that hezbollah had over the israelis. so, there is a question now aboutjust what the remains of the organisation does. there is clearly going to be a younger group o

that's get technical detail from frank gardner.ell burnished reputation, shin bet and ma said, for target -- shin bet and mossad, for targeting enemies overseas, but i can't think of anything on this scale. it seems unprecedented, the way they have gone about this. frank: it is unprecedented in scale, as you say, but not in method. back in january 1996, shin bet, israel's domestic intelligence agency, the equivalent of the fbi or mi5, they targeted a hamas bomb maker who had instructed a lot of people in suicide bomb making, and they got inside his mobile phone and were able to sabotage that with about 50 grams of high explosives, enough to kill him. in this particular case, this mass sabotage of thousands of hezbollah's pagers -- pagers, by theay, most of us, these almost belong in a museum, they are 20th-century technology. but they are one-way response communicators where they receive a message but cannot send one out. hezbollah had these, ordered them for their members because it was thought that as low-tech, it would be much s

frank gardner.srallah's death was a measure ofjustice for his victims, but the us would continue working to de—escalate the conflict. our washington correspondent jenny kumah has more on what mr biden�*s said. well, we have heard from the white house that president biden has convened a core with his vice president and national security team to get updates, and they will continue to get updates in the coming hours. speaking at his home, the president spoke to reporters and said that the killing of mazarelo, the hezbollah leader, amounted to a measure of justice for his many victims. —— nasrallah. including many americans, he said, who were killed during a four decade reign of terror. mr biden also said that he has ordered a bolstering of us forces in the middle east to deter iran from escalation, and he has said that the us supports israel's right to defend itself. how significant are those comments from president biden? well, this is a consistent message that we've had from president biden and his a

our security correspondent, frank gardner, looks at what might happen next.solation taken this is isolation taken the this is isolation taken the middle east one step closer potentially to a much wider and even more damaging regional war. it's not inevitable by what happens next depends on several factors. firstly, what happens next depends on severalfactors. firstly, what will hezbollah do next? it's command structure has been decapitated, its communication sabotaged, many of its weapons destroyed but its vow to carry on fighting israel and its members are paying for revenge. it still has a large arsenal of missiles, many of which can reach tel aviv. they will be pressure within its ranks to use this soon before they get destroyed. but if they do, in a mass attack it, then is response could be wreaking havoc on lebanon or even iran. so what will run do? this assassination is a smoker�*s a blow to iran as hezbollah, it's announced five days of mourning and rallies across the country have taken place. it's already taken precautions, hiding away its leader in c

with me is our security correspondent frank gardner.re that diplomacy is not delivering. it seems like a similar refrain when we discuss the situation in gaza. now we hear those leaders saying they want an immediate 21 day ceasefire between hostilities with lebanon and his brother. what the possibilities?— the possibilities? they are re the possibilities? they are pretty slim- _ the possibilities? they are pretty slim. they - the possibilities? they are pretty slim. they think - the possibilities? they are. pretty slim. they think they have got them on the back foot. the military want to press the advantage. the military and the government want to remove the threat of the missiles coming across a border. it is hard to see a solution to that without an incursion invasion and temporary occupation of south lebanon. israel has done it before. they have been down this route. they were there for 18 years from 1982 until 2000. they were relieved to get out because they took a lot of casualties. they went back in 2006 and took a lot of casualti

our security correspondent frank gardner has been looking into it.was a strategic decision by israel. in hiding foryears, he had long been in their sites, so how did they do it? israeli intelligence was widely assumed to be behind the lethal sabotage of all those thousands of hezbollah pagers and walkie—talkies. mossad, the israeli spy agency, is thought to have inserted explosives into the supply chain. that was almost a fortnight ago. what's transpired since then is that it goes deeper still. have a look at this pyramid. the israeli military says it has assassinated all of these senior hezbollah commanders. so, just how has this israeli campaign been able to penetrate hezbollah's security so comprehensively? it certainly looks like something that would have been put together over probably years. it would have been built up from multiple disciplines, signals intelligence, interception of communications, the analysis of imagery, be that satellite or covertly taken photographs. but almost certainly some kind of human intelligence. in other words, spie

with me here in the studio to talk about this some more is our security correspondent, frank gardner.s of an israeli brigade involved in exercises that would simulate a ground offensive going into southern lebanon. it is a ground invasion inevitable? plenty of people think it is. certainly if there isn't a cease—fire, then i think it's pretty inevitable, yes. because there's only so much that airpower can do. israel found this out in 2006 in the last war with hezbollah. i remember very clearly because i was covering it from jerusalem and the first few days, the head of the first few days, the head of the israeli air force said, "we've got this, we can do this from the air." but you can't, because a large part of hezbollah's strength is below ground and all those caves and tunnels and labyrinths that they have dug painstakingly over the years. into the hard rock of the lebanon. unless hezbollah agrees to a cease—fire and agrees to stop rocketing the north of israel trying to prevent these attacks and says its own citizens can return it safety to the north of israel. unless that happens

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner explained the signifcance. targeting hassan nasrallah was a strategic decision by israel. he had long been in their sites, how did they do it? israeli intelligence was widely assumed to be behind the lethal sabotage of all those thousands of hezbollah pagers and walkie—talkies. mossad comedy is really spy agency, is thought to have inserted explosives into the supply chain. that was almost a fortnight ago. —— mossad, the israeli spy agency. but it goes deeper still. israeli spy agency. but it goes deeperstill. have israeli spy agency. but it goes deeper still. have a look at this pyramid. the israeli military says it has assassinated all of these senior hezbollah commanders. so just how has this israeli campaign been able to penetrate hezbollah�*s security so comprehensively? it certainly looks like something that would _ certainly looks like something that would have been put together over probably— would have been put together over probably years. it would have been built up— probably years. it would have be

our security correspondent, frank gardner, looks at what might happen next.t a step closer potentially to a much wider and more damaging regional one. what happens next depends on several factors, firstly what will hezbollah do next, its command structure has been decapitated, communication sabotaged, many weapons destroyed but it has vowed to carry on fighting israel and its members are being for revenge. it still has a large arsenal of missiles, many of which can reach tel aviv but there will be pressure within its ranks to use these soon before they get destroyed. if they do in a mass attack then israel's response could wreak havoc on lebanon on even a run. so what will run do? this assassination is as much a blow to iran as to hezbollah. it has a nosed five days of mourning and rallies across the country have taken place. it has already taken precautions hiding away its we don't ok see is also assassinated. hardliners will also be pushing for a the sponsors to the latest humiliation by israel. iran has a galaxy of allied militia around the middle east as

i was security correspondent frank gardner explained the significance of the strikes in yemen.re a rebel group, backed by iran. they took over most of the populated parts of yemen back in 2014, 2015, and they inherited an arsenal of long—range missiles, and with iranian help, they have built that up and joined in the fight alongside hamas against israel, and they have been firing periodically missiles as well as at shipping that they accuse of being part of his real�*s network of commerce, they have been firing missiles directly at israel, and israel has clearly decided to lash out at all the members of what it calls, or what iran calls the axis of resistance, so hezbollah in lebanon, the popular mobilisation front in iraq, other one in syria, and the houthis in yemen. so what they have done here is use a number of warplanes to target sites that they believe the houthis are using to supply their entire structure, so oil, power, weapons coming through the port at hodeidah. this is the port at hodeidah. this is the first time they have done it in a big raid. —— the second time. t

you heard what frank gardner was seen in forced labour and other crimes.ey outlining the case against him. today, i am announcing the unsealing of a three count indictment charging sean combs with racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking, interstate transportation for prostitution, the indictment alleges that at least between 2008 and the present, he abused and threatened and coerced victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct. as alleged in the indictment, to carry out this conduct, sean combs led and participated in the racketeering conspiracy that use the business empire he controlled to carry out terminal activity including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and the obstruction ofjustice. marc agnifilo, lawyer for sean "diddy" combs, spoke outside the southern district of new york courthouse. he came here to surrender at a time agreeable to the us attorneys office, and then they arrested him last night. i spent the evening with him, i was with him until about one pm. his spirits were g

earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner and noam 0stfeld, an intelligence analystecuted. this operation took two things — it took very precise, timely intelligence to know what this batch was, where it was going and where, and secondly, technical capability to be able to do this. and the assumption certainly by hezbollah and most of the region is that israel — which is not commenting — was behind us, because there was reform here back in 1996, they were able to assassinate a leading bomb maker. i spoke to experts about it and they think the most likely acclamation as someone was able to insert themselves into the supply chain and insert between 10—20 9 chain and insert between 10—20 g of military grade high explosive, probably hmx or rdx, into these pagers disguised or hidden inside a fake electrical component. that would've been triggered, orarmed component. that would've been triggered, or armed by what is an alphanumeric symbol sent to these one—way pagers. so these pagers receive messages, but they don't send them. they are pagers, not phones — and as was menti

we will have more on this breaking story from beirut here on the programme with frank gardner in a momentross the board with temperatures above the seasonal average, it's particularly warm in northern scotland and across northern ireland. these were some of the high temperatures recorded yesterday so 25 degrees in aboyne in aberdeenshire, the average for the time of year isjust 17. we are expecting something similar again later on this afternoon. a lot of sunshine as you can see on the map. more cloud towards the north sea facing coast. quite a keen north—easterly wind blowing from the north sea into east anglia and south—east england. these will be the highs today so the mid 20s in northern scotland and maybe down towards the south—east of england as well. high pressure remains very much in charge over the next few days. it starts to drift its way eastwards though. quite a keen easterly wind blowing across southern england. it is quite breezy here overnight. we are going to see more low cloud blowing from the north sea so nicky started the day here in the eastern facing coast. where we k

with me is security correspondent frank gardner.rnished reputation for targeting their enemies overseas. i can't think of anything on this scale. it seems to be unprecedented in the way they've gone about this. , �* , the way they've gone about this. , �*, , . this. yes, it's unprecedented in scale as — this. yes, it's unprecedented in scale as you _ this. yes, it's unprecedented in scale as you say _ this. yes, it's unprecedented in scale as you say but i this. yes, it's unprecedented in scale as you say but not i this. yes, it's unprecedented in scale as you say but not a | in scale as you say but not a method. there is a president for this, which was back in january 1996 when sinn with the domestic intelligent agency or mis, domestic intelligent agency or m15, they targeted an engineer, he was a hamas bomb maker. they got inside his mobile phone, they were able to sabotage that with about 50 grams of high explosives, enough to kill him. in this particular case, this mass sabotage of thousands of his brother pagers. pagers by the

let's speak to our security correspondent, frank gardner.ume of missiles and attacks on both sides. missiles and attacks on both sides, , ., missiles and attacks on both sides. , ., , ., sides. so, israel says that they have _ sides. so, israel says that they have hit _ sides. so, israel says that they have hit 1600 - sides. so, israel says that| they have hit 1600 targets sides. so, israel says that i they have hit 1600 targets in lebanon since they began what they are calling operation, northern arrows, with the aim of clearing hezbollah away from the border and taking away the threat of these missiles being fired across the border. but, of course, there is a massive amount of collateral damage and i hate that word, basically it means civilians getting killed, just as they were in 2006 and before that in 1996, and israel says that they take great care to avoid civilian casualties but that has not really been borne out by the facts on the ground. there is no doubt that certainly hezbollah has, to some extent, used civilian infrastructure to

our security correspondent frank gardner is with me. how did this happen?took two things. it took a really timely intelligence to note that this batch was coming and where it was, and it took the technical capability to insert the explosive inside it. this was military grade high explosive. i have spoken to experts on this, they think it is something called hm x, probably 10-20 something called hm x, probably 10—20 g. everybody thinks it is israel. somebody got inside of the supply chain, was able to insert the explosive ingredient disguised as a fake electronic component, that would then have been activated by something called an alphanumeric text message. once that signal was sent, damn the explosive, the next person to touch the phone to activate it... not the phone, the pager, would have detonated it. these were, 99% of cases, not fatal. they cost a lot of injuries, but less than i% were fatal. it is sent as a warning, sent as a message. it has got a massive psychological impact on hezbollah. the only comparison i can think of was back in 1996, israel i

we'll speak to frank gardner very soon about whether or not these attacks by israel deeper into lebanongets in israel. we will speak to him very soon on the programme. ijust want will speak to him very soon on the programme. i just want to give you an idea of the difficulties that are being experienced by people, particularly in hospitals here in lebanon, which already had been struggling before this escalation began. dr hassan wazni, a director and doctor at nabatieh governmental university hospital in southern lebanon. thank you forjoining us. tell us what you have been seeing on the kind of injuries you have been treating over the last few days. been treating over the last few da s. ., ~ been treating over the last few da s. . ,, , ., been treating over the last few da s. ., �* days. thank you. at the university _ days. thank you. at the university hospital- days. thank you. at the university hospital in i days. thank you. at the | university hospital in the south. the situation is dire. hundreds and hundreds of injuries. just minutes before you call we heard 30 metres in front of th

dedicating new missiles received from iran for a closer range targets. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner relatively small but useful and confusing ukraine air defences. this is a major step up. it's been described by antony blinken as a dramatic escalation. a ballistic missile goes up and down like that. and packs a pretty big punch, 150 kilos of high explosives. what this will allow russia to do is to use iran's new ballistic missiles that have been shipped clandestinely across the caspian sea to hit ukraine's battle eyes, their front lines. in allowing russia to use its own existing arsenal of longer—range missiles to carry on battering ukraine cities like keith, 0desa leave and others. —— steve. it's bad news for ukraine for the dozens will die from this development. i was at that press conference today. 0ften was at that press conference today. often these things tend today. often these things tend to be about the optics. they are off to ukraine, the two of them, inajoint are off to ukraine, the two of them, in a joint trip. to assess ukraine's needs and then report back to their res

and here in london our correspondence frank gardner, he is an expert in spying, security and world newsand lyse doucet, she is our chief international correspondent with decades of experience reporting from conflict zones around the world. let's get to it. it has been an extraordinary day so far where you are. just give me a sense of the mood over the last few hours. i of the mood over the last few hours. ., �* ~' ., hours. i don't know if the cuests hours. i don't know if the guests can _ hours. i don't know if the guests can hear - hours. i don't know if the guests can hear the - hours. i don't know if the - guests can hear the ambulances around me. it's a terrible day in the country and we feel it in the country and we feel it in beirut. hundreds of air strikes that took place in southern lebanon pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians out of their homes. the latest figures the ministry of health have given is that over 120, 182 people have been killed including women and children and paramedics and more than 700 injured. these figures are likely to arise in the coming hours as th

i would recommend if you missed it — paddy and i had a long chat with frank gardner yesterday about thishat's going on here. but it's an interesting question, isn't it? prime ministers in this country very rarely get brownie points for doing anything on foreign policy, even though it can take up lots and lots of time, energy and effort for them in terms of the, you know, the inbox of all the other gazillion things that they've got to do. and andy in west london has written, "hello, newscast. with the war in ukraine and the conflict in the middle east, can the world deal with another flashpoint opening up what would happen to the west and america's ability to maintain order? could this be the beginning of a more global conflict?" a bit gloomy, i apologise. of a more global conflict?" and i say, "andy, there's a great interview laura kuenssberg did with the head of nato. and it boils down to this. the global order is changing. there's a new alliance in the world. we're not predicting a more global conflict." but we have heard, laura, that the pieces on the chessboard are aligning in a diff

and here in london our correspondence frank gardner, he is an expert in spying, security and world news

and we would recommend, if you missed it, we had a long chat with frank gardner yesterday., hello, i they have to do. and in west i london has written, hello, can the world dealt with another flashpoint opening up? what would happen to the west and america's ability to maintain border? could this be the beginning... ? isay, there is a great interview that laura did. global order is changing. there is a new alliance in the world, we are not predicting an oral global conflict but we have heard that the pieces on the are aligning in a different way than they were three, years ago. way than they were three, years a . o. :, way than they were three, years a i o, ., , way than they were three, years am, ., , : , ago. that is right. andy, you said it much _ ago. that is right. andy, you said it much more _ ago. that is right. andy, you| said it much more eloquently than me, it may all be connected. all these conflicts we have seen in isolation. do ou we have seen in isolation. do you have _ we have seen in isolation. do you have anything to add? shall we move to the end? promising

handsets used by hezbollah members, which killed 39 people and wounded thousands more, let's speak to frank gardneris any more, we are going to take about this militant organisation iran has built on the northern border. this has repercussions throughout the whole of the middle east. hezbollah is bigger than lebanon. it has been fighting in syria in support of the president against an insurgency there, it has trained fighters in iraq, yemen and around the middle east. it is around's means of projecting the iranian islamic revolution. accused of activities, terrorist activities, terrorist activities to terrorist organisation. hassan nasrallah is revered by many shi'ite muslims. he is disliked by pretty much all the sunni arab governments but revered by a lot of people and there will be cause for revenge. how will iran react to this? this is israel saying, the gloves are off. they targeted a building where they knew he was, underneath... in a residential area. there are several senior commanders with him systematically hezbollah's entire command structure has been dismantled, like watching a predator

let me bring in james landau and frank gardner. quick aside, frankly, we don't know the location of this news conference or address. there will be paranoia within hezbollah, given everything that has happened over the last two days and events over the last few months. i events over the last few month-— events over the last few months. ., , , ,, months. i would be surprised if it wasn't known _ months. i would be surprised if it wasn't known where - months. i would be surprised if it wasn't known where hassan l it wasn't known where hassan nasrallah was. but to assassinate him would be seen assassinate him would be seen as a step too far. i would slightly temper our expectations as to how much of a clue we are going to get from his speech because there is a lot of rhetoric here, there is a lot of anger and fiery words, but he is not going to go and announce what their operational plans are. hezbollah are reeling and are in no position to fight a war with anybody. they are completely nonplussed as to how they are going to communicate

in may earlier this year, the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner, who is also a wheelchair user stage at their graduation ceremony and instead had to be awarded their degree on the ground floor, separately from other graduates. jamiejoins us. aong with dennis queen who is the co—chair of the greater manchester coalition of disabled people. good morning. jamie. do you want to take us through what happened? flit take us through what happened? of course. i was set to graduate for my masters at ucl and there had been e—mails about access. there had been a way of selecting you need wheelchair access at booking stage which i thought was fantastic. so it was devastating when they came to get ahead of my being called on stage and the backstage route they took me around, i took a look at the lift and the safe working weight limit was below the weight of me and my wheelchair which meant there was no way of me being able to get safely on the stage. i am not particularly heavy. the weight limit for the lift was just completely inadequate. this had not been communicated or discussed at a stag