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Beirut is now a war zone.

More Israeli air strikes hit Beirut after the military warned people[/font][/color] in a southern suburb to evacuate

Our correspondent counts 12 air strikes overnight, and says they continued on Saturday morning

Beirut:The city is now a war zone, no matter if we want to believe it or not, writes Nafiseh Kohnavard.

Israel has been attacking the city for more than a week, saying it's targeting Hezbollah's leadership and infrastructure

Further north, in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, there are reports that Israeli strikes killed a Hamas leader

In northern Israel, air raid sirens are continuing[/size] - on Friday, Israel said more than 220 rockets were fired from Lebanon.

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Israel carried out several strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut overnight in what our correspondent in Lebanon describes as being the"worst" night of attacks

A large fireball[/size] was seen rising over the skyline of Lebanon's capital - the Israeli military had earlier warned people in the southern suburb to evacuate

Elsewhere, the IDF says 30 rockets fired by Hezbollah overnight fell in mainly evacuated areas of northern Israel

In northern Israel. Our correspondent was forced to take cover[/size][/size][/color][size=inherit] as Hezbollah rockets were heard nearby on Saturday

Meanwhile in Gaza, several people were killed[/size] by an Israeli strike on a mosque in Deir al-Balah, the Hamas-run civil defence agency said - the IDF says it was targeting Hamas fighters

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Israel has carried out more air strikes in Gaza and the Lebanese capital of Beirut

In Gaza, the IDF says it hit targets throughout the strip, including a hospital it says was used by Hamas fighters

In Beirut, there were explosions in the southern suburbs[/size] - Israel says it hit Hezbollah weapons storage facilities

Ten people were injured in Israel by rockets fired from Lebanon on Sunday[/size], while the IDF says at least four "projectiles" [size=inherit]were fired from Gaza on Monday

People across Israel and the world [size=inherit]are remembering last year's 7 October attacks, in which Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostage - with another hostage death announced on Monday

Since then, nearly 42,000 people have been killed during Israel's campaign in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry

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Israel says its troops have begun ground operations in south-west Lebanon - until now, its invasion had focused on the eastern side of the border

The ground offensive began on 30 September, and Israel says it's targeting Hezbollah sites

Further north, Israeli air strikes on Beirut continued overnight - [size=inherit]the IDF says it killed a Hezbollah commander on Monday

More than 400,000 people have fled into Syria[/size] since Israel began its air strikes last month, including 300,000 Syrians

Hezbollah continues to fire rockets at Israel - more than 190 were detected yesterday, and sirens sounded in northern Israel on Tuesday morning.

.Today, BBC News is asking where does the Middle East go from here, and can this conflict be brought to an end? From 10:00 BST, BBC correspondents Lyse Doucet. Paul Adams will answer your questions - email[email protected].

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Millions of people in Florida are rushing to leave their homes, as Hurricane Milton races towards the state's west coast

Milton - a category five storm - is expected to hit the Tampa area tonight, packing ferocious winds of up to 165mph (270km/h)

US President Joe Biden warned that leaving was a matter of "life and death", as the state undertakes its largest evacuation effort in years

It comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the Gulf Coast as a category four storm, killing at least 225 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina

Have you been affected by Hurricane Milton? If so, we'd like to hear from you. Get in touch: [email protected]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/  Channel crossing deaths.


Britain's fault say French.

Darmanin focused his comments on Britain's job market instead of smuggling gangs.

He did condemn the smugglers, but most of his comments focused on the lure of what he views as Britain’s loosely regulated job market, that acts like a magnet, drawing young Eritreans, determined Sudanese, Afghans, Syrians and Iraqis to this coastline, convinced that they if they can just make it across this last, short stretch of water - or even half way across - they’ll end up in a country where they can find work, even without the right paperwork.
Darmanin called, as he has done many times, for a new migrant treaty between Britain and the European Union.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news[/font]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c3vk635rvywoFloridians flee as 'destructive' Hurricane Milton nearsCameras in Fort Myers, Tampa and Sarasota have captured Hurricane Milton making landfall.Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida, bringing tornadoes, floods, and the risk of storm surges.

More than two million homes and businesses are without power[/size], and there have been "a number of deaths" reported on the Atlantic coast

In St Petersburg, on the west coast of the state, the roof of a Major League Baseball stadium was torn off

Milton was a category five hurricane - it has been downgraded to category one, but is still wreaking havoc.

Milton comes two weeks after Hurricane Helene killed at least 225 people in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina

From Florida:Emergency services say it's too dangerous to respond to some calls, writes Tom Bateman.

Milton is carrying winds of 120mph (205km/h), according to the US National Hurricane Center, and is moving north-east at about 15mph as it crosses over Florida and heads out to the Atlantic over the coming hours.

Milton is carrying winds of 120mph (205km/h), according to the US National Hurricane Center, and is moving north-east at about 15mph as it crosses over Florida and heads out to the Atlantic over the coming hours.

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Lebanon's health ministry says air strikes on Thursday in central Beirut killed at least 22 people and injured 117 others BBC's Hugo Bachega says there's a growing sense of anxiety in Beirut with the fear that air strikes could hit at any moment. Local media reports suggest the apparent target was Wafiq Safa, Hassan Nasrallah's brother-in-law and one of Hezbollah's high-ranking security officials. The group's media office has not yet commented. Meanwhile, Israel said Hezbollah fired more than 190 projectiles from Lebanon into Israel yesterday Elsewhere than 10,000 UN peacekeepers. will remain in southern Lebanon amid growing concerns for their safety, after two peacekeepers were injured yesterday after an Israeli tank fired at a watchtower.

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Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he has faced “choppy days” in his first three months as prime minister.
Speaking to the BBC’s Newscast[/size], the prime minister said his new job had been “much tougher than anything I've done before, but much better”.
He pointed to what he saw as the government’s early achievements – such as settling pay disputes in the health service and what he described as “the biggest shake up of workers rights in a generation,” but did admit to “bumps and side winds, which, you know, I'd prefer we hadn't bumped into and been pushed by".
Asked what he was referring to, Starmer said “stuff on donations, staffing issues, that sort of thing".


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Two of Starmers Top Table were elected in Tameside,the Council of which are in turmoil,the Gov may even have to step in.

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Two of Starmers Top Table were elected in Tameside,the Council of which are in turmoil,the Gov may even have to step in.

What's the issue,  money?

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At least 29 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the central and northern Gaza Strip[/size] on Saturday and overnight, according to the Reuters news agency, citing medics.

A week ago, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began another offensive in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, moving in with tanks, saying Hamas attempted to “restore” its infrastructure there

Palestinian health officials estimate that 150 people have been killed there over the past week - with residents saying the Israeli military has encircled Jabalia and ordered them to leave via one corridor

In Lebanon, Hezbollah says it was fighting Israeli forces trying to move into Ramiya village in southern Lebanon early on Sunday

The Lebanese health ministry says 15 people were killed in three Israeli attacks yesterday on Deir Bella, Al Maaysra and Barja

The Lebanese health ministry says five hospitals sustained damage from Israeli air strikes in the eastern city of Baalbek and the Bekaa Valley

The IDF says Hezbollah launched around 320 projectiles from Lebanon into Israel on Saturday.

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Say the civilians leave,  are the Israelis going to bomb empty buildings,  what's the point,  it's just abject destruction.
How is it the Israelis can pinpoint Hezbollah leaders and Hamas can't pinpoint Netanyahu?