i think there should be some escalation of what naim qassem's speech means in practice.disarmed. it is there a way now to finally take that resolution that ended the 2006 war, that has a lot of good language and a lot about implementation? lack of implementation, can you take that language now and implement mechanisms? is there a signal that it's time to implement that resolution. it didn't limit the fact that lebanon had been taken hostage. i wondered whether now is the time to turn to diplomacy. israel invaded lebanon in 1982, created the conditions that led to the emergence of hezbollah. israel is trying to solve the problem that it partially created. i'm not sure that another invasion or sustained occupation by israel is going to eliminate that threat that israel rightly feels.- israel rightly feels. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the old bailey has been hearing how sara sharif�*s body was found last year after her father called the police from pakistan. the mother of dawn sturgess, the woman from wiltshire who was poisoned by novichok in 2018,

he's naim qassem — the iranian—backed group's deputy secretary general. killed most of them in recent weeks. lebanon's health ministry says at least 60 people have been killed in israeli attacks on the bekaa valley. the strikes hit five areas in the baalbek region, northeast of the capital beirut. the local governor called the attacks the most violent in the area since israel escalated the conflict against his brother last month. we can cross now to beirut and speak to emir nader. it there were not any idf warnings in advance of the air strikes and local search and rescue operations are ongoing. there had been a call out for heavy equipment to search through some of the rubble. we have also heard in the south of the country, there have been air strikes that have continued as well. they have continued until today. well. they have continued until toda . ., ~ well. they have continued until toda. ., ~ ., �*, today. thank you, that's the latest situation _ today. thank you, that's the latest situation in _ today. thank you, that's the latest situation in leba

hezbollah has announced that naim qassem will be its new leader, replacing hassan nasrallah. i will be reporting live from jerusalem where israel has carried out it says more air strikes in lebanon, according to the lebanese authorities, some 60 people have been killed in the eastern beqaa valley. ahead of the budget the uk chancellor gives the nhs extra funding to help deliver extra appointments and with just over appointments and with just over a week to go before the us presidential election kamala harris and donald trump address voters in key battleground states. welcome to the programme. hamas emergency officials in gaza say an israeli strike on the northern town of beit lahiya has killed at least 60 palestinians. just a warning that the pictures we are about to show contain some graphic images of the aftermath of the attack. footage shows bodies wrapped in blankets alongside the rubble of the multistorey residential building — others remain buried. rescuers say that locals and displaced people were killed, including many women and children. there's been no immediate com

he s naim qassem — the iranian—backed group's deputy secretary general.stry says at least 60 people have been killed in israeli attacks on the bekaa valley. the strikes hit five areas in the baalbek region, northeast of the capital beirut. the local governor called the attacks the most violent in the area since israel escalated the conflict against hezbollah last month. the eastern bekaa valley is a stronghold of the militant group. another seven people were killed in israeli strikes on the coastal city of tyre. lebanese media are reporting that israeli tanks have entered the town of khiam. that's in the south of lebanon — not far from the border with israel. it's part of israel's military operation in the country. we can cross now to beirut and speak to emir nader tell me more about the israeli strikes and at the last 2a hours. strikes and at the last 24 hours. . , ., hours. the deadliest and the east, hours. the deadliest and the east. this — hours. the deadliest and the east, this stretch _ hours. the deadliest and the east, this stretch on - hours. th

he 5 naim qassem the iranian—backed group's deputy secretary general.o our middle east correspondent hugo bachega, who is in beirut. hugo, talk us through the latest israeli action in lebanon, and another large death toll overnight.- lebanon, and another large death toll overnight. yes, it was a very _ death toll overnight. yes, it was a very violent _ death toll overnight. yes, it was a very violent night - death toll overnight. yes, it was a very violent night of l was a very violent night of israeli air strikes in the east of the country in the beqaa valley, 16 areas were hit, and those attacks happened with no warning by the israeli military, there hasn't been reaction from the israeli army, explaining those attack, what was being targeted with those air strikes last night. but the lebanese health ministry say at least 60 people were killed including two children and images that have been posted on social media show widespread destruction in some of the areas, also fires that were sparked by those air strikes, and the head of the civil defence said

naim qassem made the remarks in response to israel expanding its military campaign to all of lebanon.o the conflict with israel is a ceasefire, but warned the group was prepared to keep fighting, and inflict "pain" on israel. the children's charity unicef says more than 400 thousand children have been displaced in lebanon, 90% in the past three weeks. arman mahmoudian, international affairs analyst, research fellow at the university of south florida global and national security institute. welcome to the contents. before we talk about lebanon in detail, i want to get your reaction to this letter that has been sent by the secretary of defence and the secretary of state to israel, issuing an effective ultimatum. i think the united _ effective ultimatum. i think the united states _ effective ultimatum. i think the united states tries - effective ultimatum. i think the united states tries to i the united states tries to establish a balance, what support of israel as an ally but also prevent israel to be encouraged to expand the scale of war. from the last... in active support, but i think

while sheikh naim qassem considered women and children to be the primary targets of the zionist regime. children, women and the elderly were not left behind. they do not fight with combatants but commit crimes against civilians and innocents. israel he committed crimes in all regions of lebanon. he targeted the villages one by one until there was no village or house left except that there is a trace of this regime's crime on it. civilians, aid workers, volunteer forces and anyone who was on the move and anyone who was in he was sitting at home. sheikh naeem qassem called hizbollah's command structure intact and said: we will replace seyyed hassan nasrallah soon. we fill the positions of command . rest assured that the choices are simple because the work is simple and clear and we all have one soul. if someone is waiting to see what happens after the alternatives are determined, i must say that what is happening now is the normal and natural way. so the enemies do not wait for other issues. and peace after every missile test, they say that the families of the martyrs were also the const

sheikh naim qassem pointed out that the lebanese support front has eroded the enemy for 11 months and pushed the settlers out of occupied palestine, and said that if netanyahu wants to return the settlers by force, more of them will migrate . lebanon also said about our country's support for the resistance axis: iran has targeted the heart of tel aviv with one honest promise and two honest promises, and this shows that iran is determined to support and stand by the resistance. rezvan cyber unit affiliated with hezbollah in lebanon from hacking the website the website of the intelligence and internal security organization of the zionist regime shabak reported. according to the announcement of rezvan cyber ​​unit, all confidential information of officers, residents and a large number of security documents are available to this group. yeganeh rezvan also warned that all the settlers and soldiers of this regime in the target program. the only cyber of this group are located. the american people, especially the youth, once again came to the streets in opposition to the policy of their coun

but naim qassem also warned that his iranian backed militia group was prepared to continue to inflict "pain" on israel and keep fighting. it comes after the un's human rights office called for an investigation into an israeli airstrike which killed at least 22 people in the christian village of aitou, many of them women and children. israel says it's targeting hezbollah, which hides among civilians. here's orla guerin. death tolls don't tell life stories. this is shana qasim, a young mother. she fled israel's attacks in the south, only to be killed with her baby in an air strike in the north. they died with relatives and neighbours from a shia border village. all had sought refuge in a christian district. typically, these areas are not targeted. "0h, mother mary," says this man, seeing the destruction that came without warning. israel says it struck a hezbollah target and is investigating the claim that civilians were killed. it's more than a claim, here and elsewhere. in recent weeks, we have travelled around lebanon, reporting on half a dozen air strikes that killed only civilians,

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naim qassem gave his first address a day after being elected to run the group.h, who was killed by an israeli strike last month. and he said the iran—backed group is acting in its own interest. translation: israel. doesn't need an excuse. it's for us to have a resistance with a defensive attack than to be waiting and doing nothing. waiting for israel to attack us and surprises in one way or another. 0ur correspondent in beirut emir nader gave us an idea of what the mood is like on the ground in baalbek. today, we had the first evacuation order given by the israeli military for an entire lebanese city, the city of baalbek and bekka valley. it's hom to over 100,000 people and the issue, the order came out at around 11am and just around three hours later, the air strikes began. we managed to speak to the mayor of baalbek today, who told us within that period of around three hours, locals fled the city and scenes of panic but many thousands chose to remain for various reasons. he was insistent that baalbek — yes, it's in the bekaa valley which is a home to large sup

he 5 naim qassem — the iranian—backed group's deputy secretary general.e last few hours. lebanon's health ministry says at least 60 people have been killed in israeli attacks on the bekaa valley. the strikes hit five areas in the baalbek region, northeast of the capital, beirut. the local governor called the attacks the most violent in the area since israel escalated the conflict against hezbollah last month. that is the latest from the middle east. that session at the un is still going on, there are new lines coming and all of the time. we were talking about what martin griffiths was saying a short while ago to the bbc, saying that a decision about undermining made by the israeli parliament are, and his words, a newbie to kill children and a new way to kill hope. —— a new way to kill children and a new way to kill hope. the teenager who's accused of murdering three young girls in southport injuly has been charged with two further offences, one of which is a terrorism charge. axel rudakubana, who's 18, is accused of possessing the poison ricin, and also p

defending their allies and there is frustration expressed by the hezbollah leaders because chic naim qassem glove with iran and iran hadn't come to his assistance. but iran's main preservation is the republic and the preservation of its military program, the preservation of a nuclear program many are speculating, whether iran is reconsidering whether or not it wants to push further and accelerate that to develop a nuclear weapon given the risks now. so it feels torn in two directions. initially i think it was just reeling. the fact the first thing it did was take its freedom leader, ayatollah to a safe location must have had a sharp intake of breath if israel can get us anywherewho will be next? then they have to decide what to do. there is a sense in iran and has been said throughout this conflict that they believe benjamin netanyahu was trying to bait them and trying to trap them and draw them in so israel can attack and will also draw the united states in. christian: very quickly on that, hn. it's been and is really strategy for some time to get the americans and iranians face to face, r

yesterday, sheikh naim qassem, the deputy secretary general of hezbollah in lebanon , pointed out that every commander we lose, we have other brilliant commanders to replace them, and nothing during this battle between hezbollah and lebanon, the zionist regime will not stand down . it should also say something about the military and equipment power of lebanon's hezbollah . or the center of gravity of hizbollah's power is belief and those ideological characteristics of this organization there is, and because of this, hezbollah is a strong organization that has ideological strength, and when a group has ideological strength, when it is under he is under pressure, he is under crisis , he can recover himself quickly. we saw this situation in the holy defense. as soon as the battalion commander was martyred, the commander of one of the companies or his deputy would replace him. in the same way, every one of the people we lost in the battle scene, there were people to replace him immediately. this is due to the strength of belief. well, hezbollah has already experienced these conditions in t

sheikh naim qassem pointed out that the lebanese support front has eroded the enemy for 11 months and pushed the city dwellers out of the northern part of ashkhali palestine. force will bring back many of them will migrate in the whole north of palestine. the enemy's war against us will not harm our will and persistence to fight and confront. the zionist partners in the north of palestine are in our tires and we have many facilities. our fighters are united on the fronts and our operations have increased and the suffering of the enemy has increased. the losses of the enemy are very high, there is a strict monitoring of the announcement of losses so that these losses are not revealed and made public. the deputy secretary general of lebanon's hezbollah said that netanyahu says he intends to return the settlers to their homes, but we tell him that he also sheikh naeem qasim also pointed to the implementation of the sadiq one ​​and two operations by the armed forces of my country and said that iran has shown in practice that it is on the side of the resistance. thank you for your companio

course, they've got a complicated hierarchy now since you've killed several of their leaders, but naim qassemdeputy leader of hezbollah, said in public that hezbollah is ready for ceasefire negotiations, wants those negotiations, and he made it plain by omission that hezbollah is no longer tying a ceasefire to what it had previously insisted to, which is a ceasefire in gaza as well. so, in otherwords, hezbollah is ready to talk on the basis you want them to talk, but it seems you're not ready to talk to them. so, first, i don't know if it's valid or not, but i think that it's important that the linkage will not be valid any more. you know, that linkage was a sick reasoning of nasrallah, and i'm happy that he is not with us any more. but i think it's very easy, you know? you know, you can solve the conflict with lebanon in a day and you have negotiators who are involved in that. basically, it will require two things. first, that hezbollah will stop targeting israel, sending rockets. you know, two israelis were killed because they were... once they were walking the dog in kiryat shmona. so, the

naim qassem said the recent killing of much of hezbollah's leadership was painful, but insisted his fightersain. the united nations refugee agency says a quarter of lebanon is under evacuation orders by israel, with over a million forced to flee their homes. the un's human rights office has called for an investigation into an israeli airstrike in northern lebanon on monday that killed more than 20 people. mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. since the attack on monday, another on tuesday and 50 projectiles coming from lebanon to israel and israel warning in the last few hours that a specific building in the beirut southern suburbs must be evacuated so hostility is moving fast.— evacuated so hostility is moving fast. evacuated so hostility is movin fast. . moving fast. indeed there are many indications _ moving fast. indeed there are many indications that - moving fast. indeed there are l many indications that hezbollah has recovered from all of the blows that israel directed at them in the previous weeks from them in the previous weeks from the walkie—talkies and pagers and

air strike last month, has below where it might have now appointed a successor to him, and he is naim qassemtary general. he is one of the few senior hezbollah leaders who is still alive, senior hezbollah leaders who is stillalive, in senior hezbollah leaders who is still alive, in fact, after israel has killed most of them in the last few weeks. meanwhile... lebanon's health ministry says at least 60 people have been killed in israeli attacks on the bekaa valley. the strikes hit five areas in the baalbek region, northeast of the capital beirut. the local governor called the attacks the most violent in the area since israel escalated the conflict against hezbollah last month. the eastern bekaa valley is a stronghold of the militant group. another seven people were killed in israeli strikes on the coastal city of tyre. 0ne one other bit of news to bring you from lebanon. one other bit of news to bring you from lebanon. lebanese media are reporting that israeli tanks have entered the town of khiam. that's in the south of lebanon, not far from the border with israel. it's part of israel's milit

the warning came hours after the iranian backed after the iranian—backed group announced that naim qassemty secretary general, would succeed hassan nasrallah, who was killed in an israeli air strike in beirut last month. israeli attacks have decimated hezbollah�*s chain of command and qassem's whereabouts are unclear, amid reports that he's fled to iran. with me is hafed al—thell, senior fellow and executive director of the north africa initiative at the sais foreign policy institute. thank you so much for being with us. can i start by asking you about the unrwa vote in israel? it you about the unrwa vote in israel? , ., ., , . israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy- _ israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy- it — israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is _ israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is first _ israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is first of - israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is first of all - a tragedy. it is first of all the lifeline for people in gaza in general and the occupied west bank. last year, it treated over 8 million people

he s naim qassem — the iranian—backed group s deputy secretary general.secretary general for thirty years. israel's defense minister yoav gallant has reacted to his appointment on x, describing it as a �*temporary appointment�* and �*not for long.�* israel has killed most of the group�*s senior leaders in a series of attacks. the un peacekeeping force in southern lebanon, unifil, says its headquarters in naquora was hit by a rocket earlier today. unifil says that the attack was likely carried out by the iran backed group hezbollah or an affiliated group. the agency posted on the social media platform x after the attack and said: "we remind hezbollah and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of un personnel and property. any deliberate attack on them is a grave violation of international humanitarian law." unifil has opened up an investigation in the incident. joining me live is aaron david miller — former state department adviser and current senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thank you forjoining u

but today, his surviving deputy, naim qassem, warned the group was still ready to fight. >> we will facee attack, and we are ready. if the israelis decide to enter by land, the resistance forces are ready for a ground engagement. nick: president biden today demanded israel prioritize diplomacy. >> israel may be now launching a limited operation into lebanon. are you aware of that? are you comfortable with their plans? >> i'm more aware than you might know, and i'm comfortable with them stopping. we should have a ceasefire now. thank you. nick: but the u.s. is preparing for escalation. the pentagon says it's sending additional fighter squadrons, and extending an aircraft carrier strike group, to bolster deterrence and help defend israel. but israel is on the offense. over the last few days, simultaneously attacking in gaza, hamas, in yemen, the houthis, and in lebanon, hezbollah, all backed by iran, whose residents prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed today. >> there is nowhere in the middle east israel cannot reach. there is nowhere we will not go to protect our people and protect

this man is one of the few top hezbollah leaders still alive — naim qassem, who reappeared in this speechr of the group is not conflict with israel. translation: 0ur| capabilities are fine. and what the enemy said about our capabilities being affected is a delusion. this big consensus by the israeli enemy along with the us and western countries, they are all trying to pressure us in order to be fearful and to be afraid. but we will not be afraid, we will not be fearful. when he finished, hezbollah fired a barrage of around 100 rockets at israel. haifa was one target. most of them were intercepted, but this is a reminder that hezbollah may have been weakened but not defeated. in lebanon, israeli air strikes have killed hezbollah�*s leadership and brought widespread destruction. this is a village in the south. —— in the south israel's round invasion is expanding. a year later lebanon is at the centre of another war and in at the centre of another war and in a country of divisions, people fear what is to come may be worse than what is to come may be worse than what has come what is to come m

days other headlines, in lebanon the , iran-backed militant group hezbollah has chosen the cleric naim qassemits new leader. he's been acting head since the previous longtime leader hassan nasrallah was assassinated in israeli airstrike last month. the 71-year-old qassem has served among the group's top ranks since the early 1990s. today, israel's defense minister responded with an apparent threat, writing on social media that he is a temporary appointment, not for long. the announcement comes after israeli airstrikes killed at least 60 people across lebanon's beqaa valley. and, today, a hezbollah rocket struck a neighborhood in northern israel, killing one person. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warned today that russia's planned use of north korean troops on the front lines would push the war beyond the borders of ukraine and russia. zelenskyy also said he spoke with south korea's president, and the two agreed to boost cooperation and intelligence-sharing. the pentagon says north korea sent close to 10,000 troops to train in eastern russia with a plan to move them to the front line

hezbollah has announced that naim qassem will become its new leader, replacing hassan nasrallah, who was killed in an israeli strike last month. the covid inquiry hears from physiotherapist and experts today, with a focus on the impact of long covid. ahead of tomorrow's budget, chancellor gives the nhs extra funding for new equipment to help deliver 40,000 extra appointments per week. the covid inquiry is continuing with public hearings this week, with evidence from doctors and patients groups. this part of the inquiry is focusing on healthcare systems across the uk — and how medical staff and patients were affected. today it will hear from experts in long covid. 0ur health reporterjim reed has been following the inquiry. it's an incredibly important issue for many people around the country. the latest statistics from april showed that roughly 2 million people in england and scotland say they are dealing with suffering with the long—term symptoms of covid, defined as symptoms that go on for longer than four weeks after your infection. big focus on that over the next couple of days. t

his comments follow those of hezbollah's new leader, naim qassem, who said the group would agree to aisrael has largely achieved its goals in the campaign against lebanon's hezbollah. this is what us state department spokesperson matthew miller had to say at a briefing in washington a little while ago. we want to see a diplomatic resolution that allows civilians, both in lebanon and israel, to return to their homes. two white house officials, brett mcgurk and amos hochstein, are travelling to israel to engage on issues, including a diplomatic resolution in lebanon, as well as how we get to an end to the conflict in gaza and other regional matters, and one of the things they are going to discuss is how we can find a diplomatic resolution that fully implements un security council resolution 1701, something that we have not seen over the past few years. we can speak to firas maksad, seniorfellow and senior director at the middle east institute, a think—tank based in washington, dc. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of the comments we're hearing from the lebanese prime minister fr