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There are Reports Tonight that a us official says israel intends to launch a Ground Offensive in lebanon, which could begin as soon as today. Israeli tanks are gathering by the countrys northern border. Israels defense minister, who was visiting troops today, told them the next phase of the war will begin soon. Hezbollah has said its prepared for all out war. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson has been to northern israel and has this report. Israels army is moving closer to a Ground Invasion. The lebanese border, just a couple of miles away, the next redline in this war. Tens of thousands of forces moved up from gaza were told by their Chief Of Staff that they would soon step on enemy soil. And tonight, reports from us media that a limited Ground Invasion could start as soon after today. At the border, Israels Defense minister kept up the suspense. Israel would use all means required to return the evacuated communities to their homes, he said. Forces from the air, the sea and on land. Israel has been talking up its readiness to launch a Ground Offensive against hezbollah, but sending these tanks across the border would mean a very different kind of battle to the Air Strikes and intelligence its relied on so far fighting hezbollah on territory it controls, territory where its been planning a confrontation like this for years. In the Border Town of rosh pina, they watched israel step up its offensive this month against hezbollah leaders, its communications, its weapons. Many say they shouldnt stop there. See all this, all this is from now. These are all the alert sirens you get. You see, look, look, yes. To warn you that there might be something coming over the border towards you . Yes, when we have rockets, i dont have the time to go to the safe place. I dont have the time. What needs to happen for you to feel safe . To kill all the terrorists and finish, finish this situation. One year, every day, rockets, rockets, rockets and the americans said, dont, dont, dont. Come on, come on. Every morning. He imitates siren. Boom, boom. Its not life. Isreal� s Prime Minister, often proud of defying his allies, is looking beyond hezbollah to its backer, iran, warning against any retaliation from tehran. There is nowhere in the middle East Israel cannot reach. There is nowhere we will not go to protect our people and protect our country. With every passing moment, the regime is bringing you, i the noble persian people, closer to the abyss. Miscalculation was once seen as the biggest risk in triggering full Scale War along this border, but israels assessment appears to have changed. The miscalculation many fear now is faith in the idea of a limited war. Lucy williamson, Bbc News, at the israel lebanon border. Ive been speaking to jon donnison, whos our correspondent injerusalem, and asked him if a Ground Incursion was imminent. We dont know exactly when its going to happen, and we dont know what scale it will take and how long it will last. Now, we did get a pretty good sense from yoav gallant, the defense minister, as we heard in lucys report there, that it could be pretty soon. He was talking about a possible incursion as soon as today, so thats in the next few hours. But i think whats important to remember is that it could initially be quite limited and quite incremental. So it may be that israeli forces go over in one particular sector of the border. They might not push in too deeply to start with. They might then move on to another sector further along the border. Im not sure anyone is anticipating thousands of troops to cross over the border along the whole length of that frontier. So we do think its increasingly likely that its going to happen soon, but we dont know exactly what form that will take. And do we know what kind of response that could be met with . We dont. I mean, one things important to remember is that theres no one living in that part of Southern Lebanon at the moment. But hezbollah, as lucy was saying, have been preparing for this sort of possible incursion, invasion foryears. So they will be ready. Obviously, their leadership has been decimated over the past few weeks, but they still have considerable numbers of forces, very well trained. Theyre operating on their own territory, so theyre going to fight back. And certainly when weve seen previous invasions, most recently in 2006 when there was the full Scale War between israel and hezbollah, israel suffered a lot of casualties and they eventually were eventually pushed back. Now, israel will have undoubtedly learnt from that. Hezbollah has undoubtedly been weakened over the past few weeks, but they will face resistance. And, jon, given that this potentially could be happening in the next few hours or next few days, what level of support does a move like this have within ordinary people in the country there . A lot. I think the big difference between the war against hezbollah and the war in gaza is that when it comes to gaza, the israeli public, the israeli politicians, the israeli government is very much divided on strategy there. There are many people in israel, the families of some of the hostages still being held there, who feel that israel should be prioritising a ceasefire and a Hostage Release Deal instead of continuing its military military operations in gaza. That is not the case when it comes to hezbollah in lebanon. I think the country is united behind the Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu. He senses that. He senses that hes got hezbollah very much under pressure, and hes determined to push forward. In the past hour, we heard from Matthew Miller from the us State Apartment about what his department has been told by their israeli counterparts regarding any ground operation. We have been having conversations and ive seen reports conversations and ive seen reports about ground operations. We have had some conversations with them about that conversations with them about that. They have at this time told that. They have at this time told us that. They have at this time told us they are limited operations focusing on hezbollah infrastructure near the border but we are in continuous conversations about it. Lina khatib, an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and director of the soas Middle East institute, told me more about the significance of these escalations. Its a transformative. Moment in the conflict, because a Ground Incursion| basically means full on war will begin. This is a scenario that many had hoped would not happen, including hezbollah itself. But at the same time, this means that this conflict is not going to end any time soon, because a Ground Incursion is going to be. Something that hezbollah is well prepared for. Hezbollah has a lot of experience in asymmetrical warfare, so this is notl going to be a swiftjob. So what are the. You mentioned there, this asymmetrical warfare. What in your eyes, then, are some of the advantages that hezbollah would potentially have here . First of all, Hezbollah Foughtl Israel through Ground Warfare for almost two decades, i during the days when israel was occupying Southern Lebanon in the 805 and 905. And this experience i has been passed down within hezbollah. And lets not forget, hezbollah has also been fighting similarly in syria, so a lot of its troops have experience in. This kind of warfare. The second thing i is the infrastructure in Southern Lebanon, such as hezbollahs tunnels. Now were hearing that Special Operations from israel have i entered some of those tunnels and, you know, gathered important intelligence. However, this is an extensive network and not easily infiltrated. And hezbollah will. Definitely be using it. And the third thing is, of course, hezbollah fought israel in the 805 and 905 using technology that is Primitive Comparedl to todays technology. And so even if hezbollahs technological capacity has been really devastated by israel, l today, hezbollah can still put up a fight using, you know, more i would say modest means. Thanks for that. Here, it is the second day of the Conservative Partys annuaL Conference. This Years Event is also a chance for the partys four leadership candidates to audition for the top job. Lets speak to our political correspondent rob watson, who is at the conference in birmingham. Whats been happening today . Greeting. The first thing i would say is really for a party that received its biggest thumping since wait for it, 1832, the earliest 19th century, the conservatives seem to be remarkably upbeat. They have been hearing from two of the four remaining candidates, thats kemi Badenoch And Tom tugendhat, they have been essentially making their pitches to what they should take over the Conservative Party. I should say there are not vast ideological differences as all four candidates believe in the sort of core conservative principles of core conservative principles of ideally a smaller state and lower taxes. And all are saying is they really need to unite after the kicking they got in 2024, back injuly this year. Remind us of stages because even though the conference here has been dominated by this leadership contest, we are not actually going to know a winner anytime soon. We actually going to know a winner anytime soon anytime soon. We are not and ou anytime soon. We are not and you might anytime soon. We are not and you might face anytime soon. We are not and you might face a anytime soon. We are not and you might face a very anytime soon. We are not and you might face a very odd anytime soon. We are not and you might face a very odd way to design a talent show. The way we are used to seeing the on the bc and No Doubt other channels is the four candidates do their thing, the audience give their bow and bingo you know the result. Thats not whats happening here. The four candidates all get to address the conference but it wont be until after the conference that the Conservative Party in parliament, the mps would the list down to two, then that goes back out to membership and we will actually get the result until november the 2nd. So its not your conventional beauty, talent contest. Has not your conventional beauty, talent contest. Talent contest. As for the conference talent contest. As for the conference itself, talent contest. As for the conference itself, are talent contest. As for the L Conference itself, are there big discussions going on as well as a leader, which is clearly a crucial issue, but about things like looking at what went wrong at the election at the king about central policies for the years ahead . All of those things. Interestingly the man who used to be chancellor, jeremy hunt, he wore the party, look, you cannotjust he wore the party, look, you cannot just assume the Governing Labour Party are going to mess things up even though most conservative here think thats exactly what is going to happen. Thats not going to happen. Thats not going to happen. Thats not going to be good enough is that we will need to figure out what is our modern conservative message to the country. How do we stay united and become up with a plant people are going to believe . Is going to be an uphill struggle in the following sentence on the latest polling suggests that one of the things that did for the conservative at the last election was a people did not trust them. Something like two thirds thought you just cannot trust the Conservative Party to keep his promises. {lita trust the Conservative Party to keep his promises. Keep his promises. 0k, rob, thank you keep his promises. 0k, rob, thank you so keep his promises. 0k, rob, thank you so much keep his promises. 0k, rob, thank you so much that keep his promises. 0k, rob, i thank you so much that update. Around the world and across the uk, this is the World Today on Bbc News. Burki news now to bring you. We have just heard from afp News Agency that israel has declared part of its northern border a close military zone. Israel just declared part of its northern border as part of a close military zone. To try to put this in some form of context for you, a few hours ago, we discovered that israel had told the us It Plans to launch a limited Ground Incursion. Then in the last hour or so, we heard from the us State Department Spokesperson saying that israel has told us, that the us, about a number of operations, but those are limited operations focused on hezbollah infrastructure near the border with lebanon. And nowjust in the last few minutes, from afp, the last few minutes, from afp, the report that israel is declaring part of its northern Border Region eight closed military zone. So we were given some indication that a limited Ground Incursion by israel into lebanon could take place as soon after today, monday, and we have seen tanks amassing at the border. In confirmation from the us state department, that was an on Camera Press Briefing asking questions from journalists saying that israel has told us about a number of options but those operations are limited focusing on hezbollah infrastructure near the border. And now from afp News Agency, reporting that israel declares part of northern border eight closed military zone. We will be bringing you Reaction And Analysis to that as and when we get it. Hundreds of passengers are about to set sail from belfast on a 3. 5 Year Cruise around the world after being stranded in the city for four months. They were supposed to leave in may on what is being called the worlds first continual cruise. But the ship needed repairs, and it has taken a little longer than expected. 0ur Ireland CorrespondentChris Page reports. Passengers hadnt been dreaming of drizzle. This round the World Cruise has had only one stop in four months belfast. But now everythings looking shipshape. The Villa Vie residences� odyssey is said to be ready to head for the high seas. After 120 days of delay, dozens of people are set to begin life on the liner. I had a really hard time sleeping last night, and were super excited, feeling the butterflies, feeling the heart rate. Laughter. Going up, you know . So itll be fun. So this is the 30th of september. You had planned to board the ship on the 30th of september, though not in belfast, is that right . Thats exactly right. I was supposed to be in nassau boarding the ship today. In the bahamas. Laughter. So its a little bit different, some would say. Yeah. Northern ireland was largely uncharted territory for most of the would be seafarers, but theyve made the effort to check out the best of here and go wherever was within reach. These past four months, ive just had the time of my life. Its been fabulous. Yesterday, had a great day with our send off, and tonight, were on the ship. They say the bonds with belfast will remain. We went to liverpool a little i while ago, and when we came back and we were in the taxil coming here and we thought, home, were coming home. So its a nice feeling. Itll be sad to go, for us to go in some ways, and in others, were certainly happy to get on the road, on the ship. Its been a little bit challenging to cope with, but overall i think weve all kept the faith. We all believe in this endeavour, and were going to go forward with it. And memories are packed up for the globaljourney. One of the things i really love about belfast is the way they say my name. So, you know, in american english, we say wade, but in belfast, they said something like wa ade. And i cant say it with that way, but i recorded the Video Recording Yesterday of a guy saying it. Thats going to my new ringtone is the belfastian wa ade. A lasting legacy which will travel the world with you. Thats right thereve been 17 weeks of humour, planning and patience, but tonight, its apparently time for goodbyes and best wishes as Northern Ireland says bon voyage. Chris page, Bbc News, belfast. Some more lines we are getting in from lebanon this evening. Some potentially significant developments over the last few hours. The latest one from afp News Agency reporting a lebanon Army Source saying that troops are repositioning. This is after israeli threats seven incursion. Reuters reporting something similar, saying the Lebanese Army were seen withdrawing from several positions on the southern border with israel. They are citing local residents and a Security Source telling the reuters News Agency. An lebanese Army Spokesperson did not confirm or deny those reports. This comes a few minutes after afp reporting that israel has declared part of its northern Border Region, a couple of zones there, as closed military zones. This is after we know that tanks have been gathering at the border, in a few hours ago, we learned that israel told the us that It Plans to launch a limited Ground Incursion. Since weve been on air, we have heard from us State Department Spokesperson confirming that israel did tell the us about a number of operations, there is a caveat, those limited operations. Thats what the usa said, focused on hezbollah infrastructure near the border with lebanon. So these are the latest four or five developments or so. I want to bring you now a bit ofjoe biden, the us president , he was being asked about this issue. Lets see if we can take a listen. ,. , , lets see if we can take a listen. ,. ,. , listen. Israel may be now launching listen. Israel may be now Launching A listen. Israel may be now Launching A limited listen. Israel may be now Launching A limited operation into lebanon. Launching a limited operation into lebanon. Are Launching A limited operation into lebanon. Are you Launching A limited operation into lebanon. Are you awarel into lebanon. Are you aware that into lebanon. Are you aware that and into lebanon. Are you aware that and comfortable into lebanon. Are you aware that and comfortable with i that and comfortable with plans . Im more aware than you might know, and im comfortable with them stopping. We should have a ceasefire now. Thank you. Just a few words there from joe biden. Lets go to beirut with a live shot of the skyline in what could be another initially sniffing at moment in the region. A few hours ago, we heard the first reports that israel had told the us, of course its ally, that It Plans to launch a limited Ground Incursion into lebanon as soon asthma monday. That is today. And you can see the clock there on the screen coming up to 9 30 p m. If we take those reports literally, Thenjust P m. If we take those reports literally, then just a few hours left for that to happen. We have not had any confirmation of any kind of incursion as yet. But we have seen throughout the day is troops, tanks on that northern israeli Border Area, and we now have from afp News Agency, quoting a lebanon Army Source, that troops are repositioning in lebanon after israeli threat seven incursion. We heard from israel through the afp News Agency that it is declaring part of the northern Border Area there as a closed military zone. So those are some of the developments just since we have been on air. We heard as i mentioned a little earlier from Matthew Miller, us State Department Spokesperson. And he gave us effectively confirmation of a line that we heard a little earlier, just a few hours earlier, but with a bit more detail. He said israel has told us about a number of operations, but those are limited operations focused on hezbollah infrastructure near the border with lebanon. So just to mark your cart of where we stand this evening, we are running Ally Page on the Bbc News website which will take contributions from our correspondence who were on the ground in the region. We have teams in beirut, we have teams injerusalem, we have teams in israel and we will bring you any new lines that we get on any new lines that we get on any potential developments come significant developments in the region if they do occur, we will bring them to you here. For the moment, this is Bbc News. Hello. This september has seen some extreme rainfall across parts of england. South newingtons in 0xfordshire, and here weve had 243 millimetres of rain, over four times the September Average and not far off double the previous rainfall record. There are a number of sites across the South Midlands that have seen Record Rainfall this september. Thats resulted in, of course, lots of flooding. Another day, another downpour, and this time it was northern england bearing the brunt. Liverpools roads and pavements heading underwater. The area of low pressure responsible is going to be with us through much of the night, bringing outbreaks of rain and some strong winds for East Anglia. We could see gusts here running into the 50s of miles an hour, so a particularly blustery, blowy kind of night. The winds probably strong enough to bring down one or two tree branches. Could be a little bit of localised Disruption Heading into tuesday. The same area of low pressure, slow moving, will continue to bring the wet and windy weather in across eastern areas of england. The strongest winds will begin to ease down as we head into the afternoon, but the best of the weather will be for scotland, Northern Ireland, parts of wales and Western Fringes of england as well, where you can look forward to a much drier kind of day with a bit more in the way of sunshine. Now, temperatures may range from around 13 17 degrees. Now, over the next days, were going to see a big change in our Weather Pattern as High Pressure becomes established across the uk, and this looks to bring us a much quieter spell of weather. Heading into wednesday, most areas will have a dry day. Could be a few Mist And Fog patches around, and it will be a chilly start to the morning with temperatures down into single figures, about four degrees in the coldest parts in scotland. Well still have the dribs and drabs of that Weather Front bringing the threat of some patchy rain to East Anglia and south east england. And it will still be quite a windy kind of day. Those winds will ease, though, as we head into thursday. The High Pressure dominates. A few Mist And Fog patches around. In the north, we could even have a bit of frost to start the day in the coldest spots, but for most of the country, thursdays a quieter day. It should be dry, and most of us will see some fairly decent spells of sunshine. Nice for a change, then. Temperatures at around about 13 17 degrees again, and this quieter spell of weather should hang around for friday. But into the weekend, we see further changes. Low pressure moves in. It turns wet and windy, particularly for wales and south west england, and this low� s going to be particularly slow moving. Next week, then, stays unsettled. A us official says israel has told the us that It Plans to launch a limited Ground Incursion into lebanon as soon as monday. Meanwhile, israels Prime Minister warns iranian citizens that their government is bringing them � closer to the abyss. � continued coverage of developments of the israel lebanon border. Back to the live pictures, does the beirut skyline, you can see it has just turned half past nine in the evening there. Reports that israel has notified the us that it intends to launch a limited Crowd Incursion into lebanon as early as today. Israeli tanks countries northern Border Defence Minister says the next phase of the war will begin soon and hezbollah says it is ready for a Ground Offensive and Deputy Leader seen the battle against israel will continue. Up to date with the latest developments taking place in the last hour or so. We know from a few hours ago that us officials say israel has two of the us It Plans to launch a limited Ground Incursion into lebanon as soon as monday