vincent mcaviney, bbc news.e on this with our middle east correspondent yolande knell in jerusalem. yolande, a defiant message from hezbollah, then. what is israel's response? hezbollah, then. what is israel's resonse? , . hezbollah, then. what is israel's resonse? , hezbollah, then. what is israel's re5ponse?_ response? israel is investigating what happened _ response? israel is investigating what happened at _ response? israel is investigating what happened at this _ response? israel is investigating what happened at this military i response? israel is investigating i what happened at this military base about a0 miles away from the border, while no warning sirens went off their to alert the soldiers, why that happened. that's because of concern and a failure of the air defence systems. it was about 7pm local time when this attack happened, so that dining area had been quite full with soldiers. now, hezbollah have said that this is because of israeli strikes that have been going on in beirut, and also in the so

vincent mcaviney, bbc news.owding in prisons here in the uk and the continuation of the government�* early release programme, as well as a review into sentencing. with me is our home editor, mark easton. thank you forjoining us on the programme. just tell us, where do we stand with these early releases and what impact are they having at the moment? the rison they having at the moment? the prison system — they having at the moment? the prison system in _ they having at the moment? tue: prison system in england they having at the moment? tte: prison system in england and wales are significantly overcrowded. you are supposed to have 1500 empty cells out about accommodation for 89-90,000 about accommodation for 89—90,000 people. we have less than that, about 1350 at the moment. and the situation has been much worse. the government say it is all the last lot�*s fault, we inherited a system in crisis that is completely broken and we have to do something and that something is to release prisoners... normally a prisoner

with the latest, here's vincent mcaviney.ed by the un general assembly in 1949 with the mission of supporting the relief and development of palestinian refugees, after the founding of israel, unwra now employs some 30,000 people and is crucial to palestinians across the region, providing food, shelter, health care and education. cooperation with the israeli military, which controls all crossings into gaza, is essential for unwra to transfer aid into the war—torn territory. but the vote by the knesset, the israeli parliament, on monday to ban the organisation, is the culmination of growing hostility in the israeli government and among politicians against notjust the agency, but the un itself. they see both as deeply biased against israel, with some accusing unwra of complicity with hamas. israel alleges that some of its employees were involved in the october the seventh attacks. the un has held an investigation and fired nine of its staff members. in a voice note sent to the bbc, the agency's communications director expressed

vincent mcaviney, bbc news. let's get more on this with our correspondent jonathan head in beirut. high between israel and lebanon, this is only going to increase clearly? the tensions are already high? yes. going to increase clearly? the tensions are already high? yes, the statement from _ tensions are already high? yes, the statement from hezbollah - tensions are already high? yes, the statement from hezbollah was - tensions are already high? yes, the statement from hezbollah was a . statement from hezbollah was a reminder that it is you could say still in the game despite the devastating israeli air strikes that have killed much of its leadership over the past three weeks and it's believed destroyed many of its weapons. the israeli events minister saying he believes hezbollah only has a third of its missile stockpile left, but that is a big missile stockpile. the estimate was over 100,000 missiles and rockets. this attack was not carried out by missiles or precision weapons but relatively low tack drones. hezbollah has warned in a statement, we have —— you have only seen a fract

vincent mcaviney, bbc news.60 people have been killed in israeli attacks on the beqaa valley. officials say the strikes hit 12 areas in the region, with two children among the dead. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega is in beirut for us now. hugo, what more do we know at this stage? good morning, roger. it isjust afterten good morning, roger. it isjust after ten past eight here, so details am still coming in about what happened overnight, but it was a violent night of israeli air strikes in that part of the country, and those attacks happened with no warning by the israeli military. there hasn't been a reaction by the israeli army following those attacks, but the lebanese health ministry has confirmed that at least 60 people were killed, including two children, and pictures posted online showed widespread damage in those areas, fires that were sparked by those israeli air strikes. emergency teams continue now to search the rubble for possible survivors, and in one town, residents pleaded on social media

the cause is being investigated. 0ur reporter vincent mcaviney has more on this story.me of the emergency vehicles called to the scene in powys, mid wales, after two commuter trains collided. at around 7.30 on monday evening, the 18.31 service from shrewsbury to aberystwyth and the 19.09 service from machynlleth to shrewsbury were involved in what is being described as a low—speed collision. the train coming from newtown side failed to stop where they normally stop. there is a fair gradient then from that point down to machynlleth and, from what we can gather, he just slid and he could not stop the train. multi—agency response was launched with police, firefighters, road and air ambulances, as well as the coastguard helicopter all attending the scene. one man died in the incident. his next of kin been informed and his family are being supported by specialist officers. a further 15 people were taken to hospital with nonlife—threatening or changing injuries. all other passengers were evacuated safely from both trains. somehow my body bent the leg of a table and ripped it

vincent mcaviney, bbc news. let's go to our correspondent in beirut.the damage behind you. describe where you are. it damage behind you. describe where you are.— where you are. it is in central beirut, where you are. it is in central beirut. one — where you are. it is in central beirut, one of— where you are. it is in central beirut, one of two _ beirut, one of two neighbourhood struck by an israeli bomb, air strike on thursday night. if you look behind me you can get a sense of how powerful these bonds are, how much damage they do. these buildings have been absolutely wrecked by the blast. that is four days ago, people are still going through the rubble trying to work out how they can recover. what happens to the people who live here? 22 people were killed in those two air strikes in this area. if i take you across here, there is a lot of traffic, but if you take a look at this row of cars here and just look down here, all these cars have been completely mangled by the enormous power of this explosion in this neighbourhood. israel always talks about t

vincent mcaviney, bbc news.han head in beirut has been to a neighbourhood which has been repeatedly hit by air strikes. soi so i have come to a neighbourhood in central beirut. it is not very far from where we are staying. this is one of two neighbourhoods that were struck by we presume an israeli bomb, an air strike on thursday night. if you look behind me, you can get a sense ofjust how powerful these of just how powerful these bonds ofjust how powerful these bonds are, how much damage they do. these are the building still standing but they have been absolutely wrecked by the blast. that is four days ago. people are still going through the rubble and trying to work out how they can recover from this, what happens to the people that lived here. 22 people that lived here. 22 people were killed in those two air strikes in this area. if i just take you across here, there is a lot of traffic but if you take a look at this row of cars here and just look down here, all these cars have been completely mangled by the e

our reporter vincent mcaviney joins us now from outside westminster magistrates court. what's happening there today? as we heard that yesterday merseyside police, three months on from that attack in southport brought additional serious charges for 18—year—old axel rudakubana. for 18—year—old axel rudaku ba na. today for 18—year—old axel rudakubana. today he won't be appearing here at westminster magistrates' court in person, he will be appearing on video link from prison. he will be charged with having produce the toxin racing in contravention to the biological weapons act of 1974 and he will also be in charge of possessing the pdf file for an al-qaeda training manual in contradiction to terrorist act. ricin was found in a search of the suspect press make property in lincolnshire. really important to clarify ricin was not present at the scene in southport. it is very deadly for adult if it is injected, ingested or inhaled. they will need medical treatment because it will likely kill them. as we had, there was so much speculation and rumour online in the summer. it did t