Other parties that they need to do everything they can to try and reach a diplomatic resolution. Hezbollah is an armed group backed by iran. And this explosion comes at a time of heightened tension between hezbollah and israel. We know the group had been advising its members to use pagers because of concerns israel could tamper with or access mobile phones. Here's more on today's events from paul adams — and a warning that it starts with some upsetting images. This was a devastating attack. . . . . In supermarkets, on the street, in cars, at home and even in barbershops. Thousands of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. Incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to the bekaa valley, and even in neighbouring syria. Hospitals suddenly inundated. Each explosion may have been small, but men lost fingers and eyes. Some had gaping wounds to their hips where the pagers were worn. Nine people are believed to have died, including one child. Israel is saying nothing about these extraordinary attacks. Frankly, it's hard to think of anyone else remotely capable of mounting such a sophisticated operation. But it comes at a time when the government is threatening to step up its military effort against hezbollah. Israel's border with lebanon has been volatile ever since the war in gaza began — exchanges of fire every day between israel and hezbollah. Tens of thousands of civilians on both sides have been forced to flee. Kiryat shmona has been hit several times by hezbollah rockets. Israel says its gaza war aims now include getting israelis back to their homes close to the border. The status quo cannot continue, benjamin netanyahu said at the weekend. This requires a change in the balance of power on our northern border. Today's wave of attacks will have injured hezbollah�*s fighters, wrecked their communications and damaged morale. But will it change the course of this war? paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. Joining us now is emily harding, the deputy director with the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. Very good to see you again, thank you forjoining us tonight. We heard our correspondence that it is hard to think of anyone else capable of mounting such a sophisticated effort, other than israel. What does this tell us about who is behind this? it tell us about who is behind this?. , , tell us about who is behind this?. ,. , , this? it was a truly sophisticated this? it was a truly l sophisticated attack, this? it was a truly sophisticated attack, the combination of being able to get to these pages, somewhere in the supply chain to be able to alter them in the way they were altered and put them back together so that no—one could tell the difference and the send them on their way so they landed in the head of the right people inside hezbollah is really quite sophisticated and difficult intelligence operation, we have to collect a lot of detail information. . . Inaudible. Able to execute on a very sensitive operation to keep it quiet. Quite difficult to pull off. Do keep it quiet. Quite difficult to pull off— keep it quiet. Quite difficult to pull off. Do you think it is likely that — to pull off. Do you think it is likely that israel _ to pull off. Do you think it is likely that israel was to pull off. Do you think it is likely that israel was behind j likely that israel was behind this? �* , likely that israel was behind this? �*,. ,. ,. ,. , this? it's hard to imagine who else will be — this? it's hard to imagine who else will be behind _ this? it's hard to imagine who else will be behind it, this? it's hard to imagine who else will be behind it, under l else will be behind it, under the us government has denied any role only knowledge of it, is well so far has been quite on the matter. If is well so far has been quite on the matter. — is well so far has been quite on the matter. If you look at the impact _ on the matter. If you look at the impact here, _ on the matter. If you look at the impact here, nine on the matter. If you look at the impact here, nine dead, | the impact here, nine dead, hundreds injured, some with critical injury to the hospital, what impact do you think this has on hezbollah itself?. Think this has on hezbollah itself? ,. ,. , ,. , itself? there is going to be a dramatic _ itself? there is going to be a dramatic morale _ itself? there is going to be a dramatic morale impact itself? there is going to be a dramatic morale impact and | itself? there is going to be a dramatic morale impact and then also a very real and practical disruption to the operation. On the morale piece, they are going to have to be questioning everything about their security apparatus right now. They will wonder who in the supply chain managed to be compromised, there will be questioning all there will be questioning all the communications in fact, we saw that hezbollah put out a note to everybody to throw away any pages or any other medication devices they have right now. And that really needs to the practical disruption here, if they cannot communicate, it's much harder for them to fight, the way that hezbollah likes to operate against israel is to shoot and then run and reorganise, is really difficult to organise that kind of intricate movement if you don't have comms. Plus with several thousand of the people injured, logical, a lot of them were hezbollah fighters, if their hands and eyesight were injured, that is very difficult to overcome when it comes to getting forces back onto the battlefield. The it comes to getting forces back onto the battlefield. — onto the battlefield. The other side of this — onto the battlefield. The other side of this question _ onto the battlefield. The other side of this question is onto the battlefield. The other side of this question is what i side of this question is what does this mean for israel? we know that hezbollah is an extremely well supplied group so, does this mean that israel is able to achieve its aim of safely moving residents back into the north?— into the north? there is a sense in _ into the north? there is a sense in which _ into the north? there is a sense in which this into the north? there is a sense in which this could | into the north? there is a i sense in which this could be actually the escalatory and it could get people back to the north faster, it has by light literally cannot fight right now, it'll take them months perhaps to regroup, that an opportunity for things to come down on the border and for people to go home. It's possible that this is israel preparing for a much bigger offensive, they could be looking at this as an opportunity once hezbollah is disrupted when they will be able to respond to an attack. It's too soon to tell which one of those options it is but either way, of those options it is but eitherway, is of those options it is but either way, is well is temporary gaining the upper hand. ,. ,. Temporary gaining the upper hand. . ,. , , hand. Hezbollah said that it is vowin: hand. Hezbollah said that it is vowing to _ hand. Hezbollah said that it is vowing to just _ hand. Hezbollah said that it is vowing to just retribution. Vowing to just retribution. What do you think that could possibly look like knowing what hezbollah is capable of? this is a common _ hezbollah is capable of? this is a common pattern. Hezbollah is capable of? ti 3 is a common pattern. Has bullard gets a strong and then they val retribution right away, sometimes that retribution is once even years incoming, they really do pick the time and place that they are choosing where they think they found the right target, they found the right target, they can possibly execute an operation to strike back, this will be a little bit different because so many people were affected in such a public way is an argument to be made that this was a civilian target as well as military targets and is from hezbollah perspective and a lot of people who operated hezbollah's orbit in southern lebanon our serving civilian roles and they maintain that direction so that may have them to have an aggressive attack sooner. ~. . Sooner. We have a minute left but what do — sooner. We have a minute left but what do you _ sooner. We have a minute left but what do you think sooner. We have a minute left but what do you think the sooner. We have a minute left but what do you think the soul leaves the us which is what against escalatory measures on both sides?— both sides? the us has a constant _ both sides? the us has a constant refrain both sides? the us has a constant refrain of both sides? the us has a constant refrain of no constant refrain of no escalation in the region right now and for good reason. I do think that they need to be a little bit cautious about calling this inherently escalatory and in my mind, assuming this was israel, the minister severely weaken hezbollah at a very cougal moment and that could actually prove to be a step towards coming things down. Mil prove to be a step towards coming things down. All right, we will leave _ coming things down. All right, we will leave it _ coming things down. All right, we will leave it there, coming things down. All right, we will leave it there, thank i we will leave it there, thank you so much forjoining us again here on bbc news. {iii again here on bbc news. Of course. In france, a man accused of drugging his now ex—wife and recruiting dozens of other men to rape her, has admitted to all of the charges against him. In his first testimony since the trial opened, dominique pelicot admitted that he was a rapist, and said his wife gisele, who has waived her right to anonymity, did not deserve what happened to her. Ms pelicot, who was given the chance to respond shortly after his admission of guilt, said, it is difficult for me to listen to this. For 50 years, i lived with a man who i would've never imagined could be capable of this. I trusted him completely. The case sparked protests across france over the weekend, with thousands gathering in cities across the country. Although no cameras are allowed in court, ms pelicot has requested the trial be open to the public. Her legal team says a public trial will shift the shame back on the accused. The rapper and producer sean diddy combs was denied bail after pleading not guilty to charges that include racketeering and sex trafficking in new york. Authorities accuse mr combs of turning his business empire into a criminal enterprise. Something he denies. The charges come after raids on two of sean combs' properties in los angeles and miami in march. He'll be held in federal custody until his trial. Prosecutors allege mr combs abused, threatened and coerced women to fulfil his sexual desires. The 54—year—old is also accused of creating a criminal enterprise to facilitate his exploitation of women. If convicted he could face life in prison. Sean combs is one of the biggest names in hip hop, with a career stretching back to the 1990s. The bbc�*s nada tawfik has more from new york. Sean combs pleaded not guilty in court. His family was there to support him, but the judge then heard nearly two hours of arguments from both sides over his detention, the prosecution saying that he was a flight risk, a serial abuser who had tried to tamper with witnesses and obstructjustice, and that given his vast wealth, for the safety of the community and to ensure he wouldn't try to flee, he should be held. His lawyers, on the other hand, said that he should get home detention. They even offered $50 million in bail. But ultimately, the judge sided with prosecutors. This is, of course, a case with incredibly serious allegations — sex trafficking, racketeering, essentially accusing sean diddy combs of using his business as a criminal enterprise to force women to engage in what he referred to as freak—offs, sexual encounters with male prostitutes that were transported across state lines. So this will be a case where mountains of evidence will be brought forward. After raids on his two homes, prosecutors say they have over 90 devices with footage of the so—called freak offs and other evidence, and that they have over 50 witnesses that they have spoken to already. Florida's governor ron desantis says he's opening an investigation into the apparent assassination attempt against donald trump in his state on sunday. Federal authorities are already investigating the incident, but desantis, a republican, cast doubt on thejustice department's impartiality. The incident took place at trump's florida golf club. The suspect was spotted by secret service agents, pointing a gun through a fence near where the president was playing. He didn't have a chance to fire a shot. The 58—year old is now in jail facing charges for violating federal gun laws. It is the second recent attempt to assassinate the former president in as many months, raising alarm about top politicans' security. Congess is considering granting emergency funding to the secret service, as part of a budget bill already under consideration. But lawmakers are also asking whether the secret service is even fit for purpose. Tom bateman has the latest from west palm beach. All as more emerges about the suspects, so to more questions arise here. Key to those are what exactly happened on the perimeter of this golf course. We know as investigators revealed from mobile phone records that rina ruth spell i2 records that rina ruth spell 12 hours heading in the bushes up until that point, 130 on sunday afternoon when the secret service spotted the barrel of his rifle. How easy able to remain there for long undetected? and a question being raised about whether or not he had any information because investigators have said that this was an unscheduled appearance by donald trump on the golf course on sunday. And yet she was the suspect apparently waiting for him to be there. More questions for the investigation and at the same time, we are seeing the increasing politicisation of the investigation itself. Ron desantis, the republican desa ntis, the republican governor of desantis, the republican governor of florida saying he appointed a statewide investigator to look into this, he spent a fairly lengthy news conference casting doubt on federal agencies to do this and his republican attorney general in the state described it as in her words, awkward that the same agencies that were prosecuting donald trump are also those that are seeking to investigate and prosecute the gunmen, the suspect in this case. Meanwhile, mr drum himself has continued to try to lay blame on democrats come on kamala harris and joe biden for what he describes as the rhetoric around all of this, for their part, they all said that they describe donald trump as a threat to democracy because of his failed attempt to try to overturn the 2020 election but fundamentally, donald trump now bringing this incident to the front and centre of his election campaigning. Trump says he thinks his democratic rival, vice president kamala harris, fueled rhetoric that led to this latest attempt on his life. But he told a rally in michigan on tuesday evening that both she and us presidentjoe biden have been kind to him in recent days. I have to say that president biden called me yesterday, it was very nice, we had a very nice conversation, i appreciate that he called about what happened the other day and. . . Laughter he is committed. He is committed. Now, today, a little while ago, i got a very nice call from kamala harris. . . It was very nice. It was very nice. It was very, very nice and we appreciate that. But we have to take back our country, we have to win, we are going to win and will make america great again, that is all the rest away. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Let's look at some other stories making news. A 12—year—old boy is believed to have become the youngest person to be sentenced in connection to the wave of violent disorder injuly and august. He's been given a 12 month referral order, after he threw stones at police in southport the day after a stabbing attack in the town in which three girls were killed. The commonwealth games are returning to glasgow in 2026 — 12 years after they were last held in the city. The australian state of victoria pulled out of hosting the event because of spiralling costs. The scottish government says it has agreed on a deal for a pared back games, at no cost to the public purse. The princess of wales has carried out her first work meeting since she began cancer treatment earlier this year. In another small step in her return to public life, the princess had a meeting on tuesday in windsor castle about her early childhood project. It follows last week's video message from catherine where she revealed her relief that her chemotherapy had ended. The princess said this year had been incredibly tough, but she had gained a renewed sense of hope and appreciation of life. You're live with bbc news. Instagram is one of the biggest social media platforms in the world — and it's announced a new policy designed to protect teenagers online. Kids from 13 to 15 years old will now use what are called teen accounts, that have parental controls as a default setting. They're being rolled out in the uk, us, canada and australia now. And the european union and the rest of the world will follow later this year. It comes amid growing pressure on social media companies to better protect children from harmful content. For more i'm joined by naomi nix, a staff writer at the washington post, who focuses on social media. Great to have you on tonight. Put this into context for us, how significant are these measures from meta? it’s how significant are these measures from meta? it's a meaningful— measures from meta? it's a meaningful step, _ measures from meta? it's a meaningful step, what measures from meta? it's a meaningful step, what they| measures from meta? it's a meaningful step, what they are saying is we want to beef up the standard the fall protections for teams and then get their parents involved if those teenagers, particular the younger ones, want to change your settings. Younger ones, want to change yoursettings. In younger ones, want to change your settings. In the past, meta has been reluctant to change the settings for existing teens and now they are saying, we will change the settings for millions of teenagers around the world. And so, it's a meaningful step others a lot of critics are saying, it doesn't go far enough given the really rising concern about the way the social media giant has been handling youth safety. I’ll social media giant has been handling youth safety. I'll ask about some _ handling youth safety. I'll ask about some of _ handling youth safety. I'll ask about some of the _ handling youth safety. I'll ask about some of the criticism i handling youth safety. I'll ask. About some of the criticism but first, i going to have a lot of angry teenagers? i first, i going to have a lot of angry teenagers?— first, i going to have a lot of angry teenagers? i think there will be a lot — angry teenagers? i think there will be a lot of _ angry teenagers? i think there will be a lot of teenagers angry teenagers? i think there will be a lot of teenagers who | will be a lot of teenagers who are unhappy. Particular because meta it's expanding the matter —— the apparent supervision. Now parents can see who they are messaging, will be able to set time limits, that might have some concern about teenagers who want to be able to spend lots of time on instagram. — to spend lots of time on instagram. To spend lots of time on instaaram. . , , , , instagram. So, to sum up this criticism. _ instagram. So, to sum up this criticism, the _ instagram. So, to sum up this criticism, the point _ instagram. So, to sum up this criticism, the point is instagram. So, to sum up this criticism, the point is been. Criticism, the point is been made, cannot children between 13 and 15, can theyjust create accounts pretending that they're actually older than they're actually older than they are?— they're actually older than the are? ,. , , they are? they will find lots of wa s they are? they will find lots of ways around _ they are? they will find lots of ways around this. They are? they will find lots of ways around this. What l they are? they will find lots i of ways around this. What they are saying is they will use artificial intelligence to proactively find teenagers who might be trying to set up new accounts and there are also going to rely on outside contract to help them verify teenagers that they suspect might be lying about their age and that will require them to take a video selfie or to a bloated government id and so, they are going to be teenagers who find their way around this but meta is investing in ways to find teenagers. — to find teenagers. Another criticism — to find teenagers. Another criticism that _ to find teenagers. Another criticism that point to find teenagers. Another criticism that point it's to find teenagers. Another. Criticism that point it's been made is that meta is making this move now after years of criticism because congress has set up to take up a children's online safety bill, is that right? online safety bill, is that riuht?. Online safety bill, is that riuht? ,. ,. ,. ,. , right? yes, tomorrow, a key house committee _ right? yes, tomorrow, a key house committee is right? yes, tomorrow, a key house committee is going i right? yes, tomorrow, a key| house committee is going to right? yes, tomorrow, a key. House committee is going to be weighing amendments on a huge child safety bill which will force tech companies to take more meaningful measures to protect children online and for some to limits their data collection of youth and so, this is a way for meta to say that this is what we're doing and perhaps prevent all this incentivise legislation from passing. We should also note that there is dozens of state attorneys and generals who are suing meta over the way it handled youth safety so they have definitely been targeted by regulators in the us and all around the world. — around the world. What president _ around the world. What president do _ around the world. What president do you around the world. What president do you thinkl around the world. What. President do you think this measures said? do you think will see other social media follow suit?— will see other social media follow suit? ~. ,. Follow suit? we have in recent months and — follow suit? we have in recent months and years _ follow suit? we have in recent months and years seen follow suit? we have in recent months and years seen otherl months and years seen other tech companies also introduce their own parental supervision tools and often, meta does tend tools and often, meta does tend to be the company that leads on this front and often, those other internet platforms like youtube or snapchat, we will look at what meta is doing and doing new policy. I think the key though to remember is whether parental supervision is really the best way to guard against you safety and what critics are saying is actually may the ownership shouldn't be on parents, maybe they don't have the time or the technical know—how to be supervising their children's activities online. So i think it's more company introduced distal, they will face more questions on the front. . ,. , , , front. That would be my last question. — front. That would be my last question. It _ front. That would be my last question, it doesn't front. That would be my last question, it doesn't really i question, it doesn't really tackle the question of the type of content that's being perhaps pushed in the first place i could home notjust children but also adults so, is anything being done about that? so the com an being done about that? so the company does _ being done about that? so the company does have _ being done about that? so the company does have some being done about that? so the. Company does have some limits on what they call sensitive content and topics but the reality is it's meta who's deciding what's sensitive and uses don't have a lot of power right now and even with this new tools to other company know when they want to see less types of a potentially controversial toxic content, it also does not change fundamental incentives for teenagers who like to stay really in touch with their friends on instagram, doesn't remove weight counts, doesn't remove weight counts, doesn't remove the endless scroll mechanism that might keep teenagers hooked on these up and that's what creeks are saying, there's a lot more progress to be made. 0k, interesting _ progress to be made. 0k, interesting conversation tonight, think as much for us on bbc news. — on bbc news. Thank you for havin: on bbc news. Thank you for having me _ wildfires are sweeping across large parts of portugal. At least seven people, including three firefighters, have been killed. More than 50 wildfires are burning. They can be seen from space — this satellite image shows the extent of the fires and the amount of smoke moving over the atlantic ocean. Mass flooding is causing devastation in central and eastern europe — with unusally heavy rainfall triggering floods that left a number of people dead. That rain is now moving into italy. In a moment, we will hear from mark lowen on the fires in portugal but first sarah rainsford reports from poland on the aftermath of the floods. This is now the only route to safety from another polish town cut off by the floods. Boats sent to the rescue of those who'd called for help as the water rose in their homes. The very edge of town is now the only dry spot left. How much water? really, so high? yeah. Scary, scary. Yeah. One of the rescuers described it — he said until around about 4:00 in the morning, they were trying to reinforce the river bank to stop it from flooding, but the water burst through and it has flooded this town extremely badly. So that's why this mass evacuation is under way. It is well organised, there are lots of people involved, but it is a major emergency that they're dealing with here now. The military have been drafted in, too, and by nightfall more than 400 people had been evacuated. Adrian didn't wait, though. He walked waist—high through the water to get out. What's it like inside the town? it's terrible. There's no energy, no gas, no anything. It's nothing funny. We just need to survive, yeah? the rain stopped long ago here, but the floods and the danger are still spreading. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, lewin brzeski. Night terrors are tearing through portugal. Engulfed by infernos, more than 100, ravaging and overpowering what and who stand in their way. Bell ringing. They sounded the alarm however they could, like a funeral bell for a landscape devoured. I'm scared, he says, because i never thought the fire would come so close to my house. There's a lot of wind, which is enemy number one. Scorching heat, fanned by high winds, has set parts of central and northern portugal ablaze, hundreds of firefighters armed to fight it. But they're outgunned, and the flames have already taken lives. Daylight brought no respite. It looked like a bomb had hit — the landscape charred as flames licked. Fire crews from france, italy, spain and greece are helping, as the prime minister warned it could get worse. Translation: | would like to say we need to be calm and also realistic. We will endure difficult hours in the coming days. Portugal is very prone to wildfires. The worst in 2017 killed 120. Climate change has made them more intense and more frequent. And so, as this country's annual battle rages again, people try to resist. For now, it's futile and frightening. Mark lowen, bbc news, lisbon. You can find more coverage on our website. Just before we go now. A zoo in the uk is looking for a missing capybara. The animal, named cinnamon, has been missing from the zoo for four days, her owners have appealed for help finding her — but said she's probably living her best life. That's our programme at this hour. Thank you so much for watching. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. Tuesday was another glorious day across the uk with lots of autumnal sunshine. Skies like these in aboyne. Aboyne was the warmest place in the whole of the uk, reaching a top temperature of 25 c through the afternoon — that's a whole eight degrees celsius above average for this time of year. But the warmth was pretty widespread — 2a in leuchars in eastern scotland, into the north—west of northern ireland, 2a celsius, as well. Now, over the next few hours, we are starting to see a drift of cloud come in off the north sea, affecting eastern and central areas of england, probably reaching east wales. A few fog patches already forming in scotland. One or two of these could be quite dense, as we start off into wednesday. Otherwise, it's quite a chilly night where we keep the skies clearest longest. Now, over the next few days, high pressure is going to stay firmly in charge of our weather, and that means we've got more of this fine, settled sunny weather to come. But that said, we are going to start wednesday with quite extensive cloud across england, eastern parts of wales. It will take a time for that to thin and break up, but eventually the sunshine will come out — mist and fog patches clearing away elsewhere. Plenty of sunshine around, and it's another very warm day for september. Temperatures probably about 25 again for parts of scotland, a 2k for the london area, and a 22 or so for western counties of northern ireland. On into thursday, it's a similar kind of weather picture, really. Again, there'll be a fair bit of cloud to start the day across parts of england, clearing away. Still quite a brisk north—easterly breeze blowing across east anglia and south—east england, otherwise the winds are quite light. Wherever you are in the sunshine through the afternoon, it is going to feel pleasantly warm, with temperatures widely climbing into the 20s and probably peaking at about 2k degrees or so. Again, some mist and fog, a bit of cloud around to start the day on friday, but this time, as we head into the afternoon, there's a chance of seeing one or two showers pop up across parts of england and wales. Some of these could end up being thundery, as well, but they'll stay away from scotland and northern ireland, where it'll be another dry day, with some sunny spells developing, perhapsjust a little bit cooler into some of our eastern coastal areas. Well, that takes us on into the weekend, and low pressure to our south is going to be drifting into england and wales, bringing heavy, thundery showers or some longer spells of rain, so it could turn quite wet for a time over the weekend across england and wales, but for scotland and northern ireland, at this stage, it looks like most of the rain will stay away and it should stay mostly fine and dry with more of that sunshine. Voiceover: this is bbc news. We'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Hello, i'm katie razzall. This week, how russia is alleged to be using influencers to interfere with the us election. And we look at the ongoing media fascination with the child killer, lucy letby. It's all coming up on the media show. The us has accused russia of attempting to influence the upcoming election with a widespread disinformation campaign. One of the most unusual aspects of the story is the alleged use of american influencers. The department ofjustice claims that two employees of the russian state broadcaster rt paid a media company named by us news outlets as tenet media to create pro—russian content. Well, maggie miller is the cybersecurity reporter at politico and fills us in. These were charges that were unveiled last week by the us attorney general, one of our, well, our top—ranking law enforcement official. And really, these two rt employees, who are both russian citizens, are accused of funnelling around $10 million over the past year to a us—based media company, which was called tenet media, established last year, to help pay some of their youtube commentators to put out certain content, most of which was pro—russian content or content that was aimed at exploiting divisions in us society. So everything from being against the war in ukraine to exploiting divisions on race, on lgbtq issues,