beirut. like i said, there's no claim for responsibility. there were two car bombs. in the southern suburbs of beirut. hezbollah is participating in the fight in syria. there's a lot of chaos. the army is arriving. we can hear the sound of sirens. >> okay. zana - that's our reporter from lebanon, where you are looking at the latest pictures of an explosion that has gone off in the sorp - in the south of beirut, in the lebanese capital. we are keeping on eye out on the casualties numbers, and we'll bring you that information here on al jazeera. >> for now, at least, nine died in storms on the island of sardinia, heavy rain burst banks, bridges collapsed. hundreds are missing from their homes. >> should the u.s. forces have the right to search homes in afghanistan as part of a u.s.-afghan security pact? the president hamid karzai is saying no. that is putting the whole deal at risk. let's hear from jane ferguson, who is joining us from kabul to tell us why this is a controversial issue, and what else will be covered by the proposed security deal? >> well, this has been a controversial

as you are speaking we are looking at the latest pictures from southern beirut.ite of these massive explosions. we don't quite know what the source of all of the explosions are, we understand there was a car bomb and reports that rockets exploded. these are our pictures sent to us by the time on the ground there and you see injured being shuttled into ambulances. we also heard from people on the scene who have been talking about just how huge those explosions were and how they rattled buildings and of course also hit and damaged part of the iranian embassy. let's hear from a victim of the explosion that is being treated in hospital. >> translator: i am syrian, i work opposite the iranian embassy on the way to work the first explosion took place and minutes later the second took place and i was unconscious and woke up to find myself in the hospital. >> reporter: the minister gave an update a short while ago as well. >> translator: the ministry put the nearby hospitals at full preparedness, all injured have been rushed to hospitals and dead bodies recovered from th

. >> thank you for the update and the scene from southern beirut. >> we have reports of an attack at checkpoints near the syrian capital. more than a dozen soldiers have been killed in northern damascus. >> at least 10 egyptians have been killed in a car bomb attack in the sinai pens -- peninsula. we are joined from cairo. what happened? >> well, the information we got so far is that there was a bus driving on the road between r rafaq, carrying army recruits, on the way back to the base. a suicide bomber attacked that bus. a car rammed into that bus, and 10 recruits have been killed. 35 more have been wounded. now, this is not the first time an attack has occurred on the road. in the past the major happenings on the road is there were improvised explosive devices. this is the first time there has been a suicide attack on the road. >> it's long been known as a lawless area. these sorts of attacks have increased in recent months, haven't they? >> they have increased since the ousting of mohamed morsi, and, actually, i think the group that has in the past that claimed responsibility, on

a car bombing killed scores of civilians in the southern suburbs of beirut. those who carried out attacks said it was in retaliation for hezbollah's participation in the syrian war. >> it will not change the political conditions of iraq. for both the fight in syria is their fight. >> this message is useless and our deployment is not only strategic but political. iran's position cannot be changed by such a message. iran and hezbollah will remain allies to syria and hezbollah will fight to safeguard strategic enterprises. sunni and shiite factions support opposing sides.

of course that this bomb blast that that's happened in the southern beirut. this tuesday once again at least twenty two people have been killed and over one hundred and forty people injured in the first thing you wanna as it comes in. a manhunt is still underway here in paris for a lone gunmen on monday the suspect shot and critically wounded a newspaper photographer and then opened fire outside a bank headquarters in the financial district of the false oh three other people were wounded in the attacks around the french capital. security has been stepped up outside media offices along the shah's an easy avenue and at subway entrances on investigators have so far been unable to identify the gunman and his motives remain unclear police were stationed outside media offices in paris before the sun even rose tuesday two officers in this unit outside friend still busy on a similar presence that review stations rtl europe one and radiant prompts many security guards are wearing bulletproof vests as a precautionary measure. on the shelves in the day there was a notic

this security camera footage shows clearly how and when residents in southern beirut were rattled byf more spectators and a second far more powerful bomb explodes down the street. outside the iranian embassy, those who can, run. building facades sheared off, vehicles engulfed in flames, killing 23 people, tuesday's attack marked a very serious escalation. claiming responsibility is an al qaeda-linked sunni military group. little is known about them, but these suicide bombings are a sign they decided to take the fight to lebanese shiite military group hezbollah and their patron, iran. they say this wasn't their first attack and it won't be their last. but as tiny, fragile lebanon gets drawn deeper into syria's seemingly unending conflict, this first attack against an iranian target here proves how this country has become an even bigger proxy battlefield. the lebanon sectarian lines mirror those of syria complicated things from the start, but now a startling realization sets in. rising sunni extremism in a country housing hezbollah shiite army can only spell trouble. now, sectarian ten

deadly explosions rocking southern beirut and we now know who is behind the suicide attacks.alsh has the details. >> reporter: the lebanese army saying there were two suicide bombers, one on a motorcycle and one in a jeep. their devices detonating moments apart. we understand, too, close circuit tv footage being monitored to find out what happened. the iranian ambassador telling america he believes the embassy was the target. first the use of suicide bombers not seen to this extent for decades inside lebanon and the claim of responsibility from a group called the abdullah al asam brigade. they're linked perhaps to al qaeda but also to rebels fighting against the regime there in that lengthy brutal civil war. this is another sign of that violence inside syria spilling over into lebanon, already in a very fragile state. back to you, chris. >> very key point you make th e there, nick. lebanon is in a fragile state. appreciate the reporting this morning. >>> back here at home, the search continues for people who may still be trapped under debris from a tornado that tore apart the

the area of southern beirut surrounding the embassy is considered a hezbollah strong hold. the iranian ambassador to lebanon is blaming israel for that attack. >> president obama is reminding americans that there is more than one way to sign up for medical insurance. he said enrollment by mail or in person over the phone has always been part of the health care reform plan. he is thinking about letting insurers sign up customers directly. one fifth of those eligible aren't buying programs. >> there is already a group that wants the president to resign over the health care issues. >> exactly, del, and not just the health care issues. this is a coalition of two dozen or more groups, tea party groups and others planning a demonstration outside the white house today just across the street at lafayette park. they are saying that thousands of people will show up later today. that's their promise, to protest not only health care, but a nobody of other issues. >> calling it tyrannical control of a hostile government, the group reclaim america wants president obama to resign over u.s

in august a massive car bombing killed scores of civilians in the southern suburbs of beirut.hey said it was in retaliation for the participation in the syrian war. but for both of them the fight in syria is their fight. >> translator: this message is useless, and our deployment there is not only strategic but also political, yet distant from sectarianism. similarly iran's position cannot be changed by such bloody message. hezbollah will continue fighting to safeguard its strategic enterprise in the region. >> reporter: lebanese people are already divided about syria's civil war, and both factions support opposing sides. many people now warn of more attacks in the days and weeks to come as syria's war is now also being fought in lebanon. >>> all eyes on washington and wall street again this morning. we might want to call it dow 16,000 day two. the blue chips breaking through the barrier for the first time yesterday before closing a bit below. right now we're at a 27-point gain. >>> i don't know what i'm going to do. i'm just going to take it day by day. i'm so thankful i have

a car bombing killed scores of civilians in the southern suburbs of beirut.hose who carried out attacks said it was in retaliation for hezbollah's participation in the syrian war. >> it will not change the political conditions of iraq. for both the fight in syria is their fight. >> this message is useless and our deployment is not only strategic but political. iran's position cannot be changed by such a message. iran and hezbollah will remain allies to syria and hezbollah will fight to safeguard strategic enterprises. sunni and shiite factions support opposing sides. people warn of more afacts in the days and weeks to come as syria's war is fought in lebanon. >> the white house condemned the bombing in beirut, urging parties to exercise calm and restraint. >> damage from tornados in the midwest could cost $1 billion. entire communities in illinois were destroyed. one cut a path of destruction many miles long. this report on how they are starting over. >> flash lights and batteries. >> this is a community banding together. here at crossroads church, a red cros

. >>> back to the suicide.coming in beirut's southern district.ston has this report on how the war in syria has come to lebanon and the rest of the middle east. >> reporter: the war in syria has been inching ever closer to lebanon. this area borders eastern lebanon, one of the new remaining supply lines left for the rebels. lebanon has become increasingly tense. it is also deeply divided. the sunni shiite sectarian mirrors the problems in syria. other lebanese support the rebels, and this makes for an explosive mix. >> translator: what happened today, the terrorist act, it comes from a series of terrorist acts that are targeting lebanese area. terrorism is expanding in the region. >> reporter: added to this is the broader regional involvement in the syria war. it is blaming israel for orchestrating the attack. >> once we see a flair up of the tension that is boiling in syria, there will be hardly a possibility of stopping it at the syrian border even within the middle east. >> reporter: a group linked to al-qaeda has claimed responsibility, but it

. >> security in and around beirut's southern suburbs is tight. no cars are allowed to enter this district where some half a million people live. similar measures have been taken in other shia populated areas across the country. the secretary general of hezbollah has himself said this is real. people heeded his call and turned out in large numbers. >> he joined the crowd. rarely making appearances, but the hezbollah leader wanted to give a message. >> we have said on several occasions that the presence of our soldiers on syrian soil is to defend lebanon, palestine and syria, which supports the resistance. our presence there will remain as long as the reasons why we are there remain. >> it's a decision that has lost hezbollah popular legitimacy in much of the arab world, seen by some as a shia paramilitary force. it does maintain support among lebanon shiites. >> coming up here on the news hour, meet the woman who could possibly be the most powerful bank are in the world. we've got to story coming up. >> yet another concession, new revelations on t

in the southern part of beirut which is hezbollah, shia territory. there is lot of things going on here. it also shows, i'm concerned, is that you see the reach of al qaeda in the region. it is just not limited to iraq. , or to syria. now we're seeing in lobe lebanon as well. >> why now? >> i think the situation is on the ground in syria, my understanding is that the bashir assad forces, the government forces, are actually making great gains against the leaderless rebel forces. and that's because of iran's backing and that's because of hezbollah's backing. so what they're saying now, if hezbollah can go from lebanon to syria and to fight sunnis and iran can go from iran to syria to fight sunnis, we can come into your own backyard and attack you. it is also possible though unlikely i would say you might see something in iran but lebanon was a good target of opportunity for this al qaeda group to make a point. >> take us back if you could to some other news we're getting today. the president is set to meet with a bipartisan group of senators with what

beirut. >> we are at the site of the twin suicide bombings right outside the iranian embassy in the southern suburbs of beirut. details are emerging on exactly what happened early tuesday. the embass main gate is right in front of us. there was a suicide bomber who detonated himself. the pickup truck was parked outside the embassy. the driver panicked, he fled the vehicle. what happened next was just a few minutes later, a car rigged with exclosives and a suicide bomber was parked right here. what we understand is that the suicide bombers was hoping to drive the vehicle inside the iranian embassy compound. he wasn't able to do that, because of the car that was blocking the road. people here are angry be, anxious, people are worried that such attacks are just going to recur. really, it's a new tactic. we haven't seen suicide bombings in lebanon. yes, there have been car bombings in populated areas and hezbollah strongholds, hezbollah being the local ally of iran. it is very hard to prevent such attacks. lebanon really on the edge. they fear that more attacks like this will recur. stepped up s

beirut. the man is from the southern port city and has links with islamist groups. 23 people were killed in the twin blasts on tuesday. nearly 150 others were wounded. >> inside syria government forces continue to make gains in rebel-held territory. the advance on damascus, aleppo and homs. >> in the war in syria, the momentum shifted. government forces made significant advances in weeks and would appear to be a new strategy to surround the rebels. after days of fighting the army pushed opposition fighters out of a number of fighters close to damascus, affecting the rebels ability to strike in the heartland. fighting close to the lebanese border gave troops an advantage in the mountains, an area that was in rebel hands for most of the war, in which they depended for smuggling weapons. the army advanced in the north, capturing towns around aleppo, regaining access to bases and supply routes. the government's recent strategy has been reversing expansive gains made by the rebels and exposed how vulnerable they are. several factors contributed to this. the main one is the strong support the army ha

southern part of the city. but the second security source said there was to come home explosion now that having several explosions and stashes in beirut. as well as the northern city of tripoli links to this two nine year old conflict in neighboring syria. there's been no word on who was behind the blast but silly and rebels have been threatening for some time now to target the president of the callous as allies in the neighboring eleven all. shiite iran has seen then rolling assess fines against the mainly sunni rebels and has given them a free support and it also supports the shiite muslim guerrilla group. so we will bring you more the tiles as soon as we get them but that the mind that that death toll in the embassy attack there be in on the bay ridge has risen already three fifteen the philippine government says that it will divide up the typhoon ravaged central the science region into relief science by country for international aid groups to maximize their relief efforts. eleven guys off to the stall his country's president menino aquino one guy that plays for improving a distribution as helicopters read some of the most remote p

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beirut. the bombing killed 23 people, including and i iranian diplomat. the are obscure abdullah zazzam said it carried out amid morning obamas on tuesday and as southern neighborhoodty of the claim could not be independently verify but it was posted on a militant website. the process of that will continue with such attacks until the are iranian-backed group with dross their forces from syria. les les donate let'throchrimas curvall. les doresh anwow anneveseenhat fore let'do 1 cou, ma it 00. les gethe asonoing les adthis ankeephis soe cahaveore thi tritio we jt ma somnew es. t's thi mo savg. moreoing at'she per o thhomeepot yourhoicof tse p-lit wesl chrtmasrees google has promised to remove the pitcher. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news spirit we will have more with the weather. ♪ hey, that's the last crescent! oh, did you want it? yeah. we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half. that's not half! guys, i have more. thanks, mom. [ female announcer ] do you have enough pillsbury crescents? so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this.