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Areas that threaten is really targeting the north of that country. In response we have seen hezbollah Firing Missiles again today towards israel into central israel, Hitting Highway and also again the sound of sirens in Tel Aviv sending people running to shelters. Hezbollah� s response and how it will look at how sustained and the scope of it will be something we will see over the next few days, whether they still have the infrastructure to strike back at israel as they have said they would do. I just want to show you a map of the area we are talking about between Southern Lebanon and northern israel. You can see the border between the two countries but you can also see the tiny river which is a key marker because after the last war between these two sides and 2006 that what is to mark a Buffer Zone and they wont suppose me any hezbollah fighters in the Buffer Zone but there has been and that is why israel says it is trying to move now hezbollah back out of that whole area to meet the terms of that international agreement. Of course this has displaced hundreds of thousands now of citizens in area and those israeli Air Strikes have also led to civilian deaths in Southern Lebanon. I want to bring you the latest from the idf, the Israel Defense forces. Here is idf spokesperson, rear Admiral Daniel Hagari speaking about Israels Operation in lebanon. Tonight we are classifying a series of idf operations conducted since the beginning of the war, aimed at dismantling hezbollah Terrorist Infrastructure and Capabilities Infrastructure and capabilities in the area of the Israel Lebanon Border as part of our efforts to make sure that the residents of northern israel can return to their homes in Safety And Security without the threat of hezbollah on the doorstep. During this Operation Idf specialforces doorstep. During this Operation Idf Special Forces entered into hezbollah compounds and dozens of locations along the border with israel, collected intelligence, dismantled hezbollah� s weapons and Terrorist Infrastructures. I was told he is entered hezbollah� s in the ground infrastructures, expose hezbollah� s hidden weapons and seized and destroyed the weapons including advanced iranian made weapons. In the last few moments the turkish president has responded to what has happened and he said that into turkey they would stand by their lebanese brothers and support them with all means possible. Lets head to jerusalem all means possible. Lets Head Tojerusalem for the very latest. We heard from the idf about what they are trying to achieve from this operation and how it might be carried out. What more can you tell us . What was so interesting what more can you tell us . What was so interesting about what more can you tell us . await was so interesting about that briefing is that he wasnt talking about what theyre doing now, he was talking about what they have been doing for much of the past year and that has been sending Special Forces into lebanon, possibly as far back as november, spending up to 200 nights there, finding, dismantling and destroying Hezbollahs Infrastructure in the zones close to the border. There was some pretty remarkable video which you may have seen in the clip of them going in to Temple Complexes and and the houses close to the border, tunnels that went right up border, tunnels that went right up to the border, caches of weapons. We know the israelis have pushed into Southern Lebanon overnight but this is talking about what they have been doing for much of the past year. Been doing for much of the past ear. �. , been doing for much of the past ear. ~. , w. , year. And what is the reaction in israel because year. And what is the reaction in israel because of year. And what is the reaction in israel because of course in israel because of course israeli forces have been fighting in gaza for almost a year now. Does the israeli public have the will and the appetite for another war on the Northern Border . I appetite for another war on the Northern Border . Northern border . I think they very much Northern Border . I think they very much do. Northern border . I think they very much do, yes. Northern border . I think they very much do, yes. Unlike i Northern Border . I think they| very much do, yes. Unlike the war in gaza where there is a lot of dissent against the Governments Policy and strategy in gaza including from government ministers, people within the military, the families of some of the hostages still being held who want the government to prioritise more seriously a Ceasefire And Hostage release deal. When it comes to whats happening on the Northern Border i think the public is very much united in support of what the military is doing. They clearly feel that hezbollah is on the back foot and they should press forward and they should press forward and they should press forward and the key thing that people are talking about here especially when you go up to communities up north is you have 60,000 israeli citizens who have not been able to live in their homes in the north of israel for the best part of a year and they want to go back. What about the international community . Do they have israels a year or any leveraged any chance of that De Escalation they have been talking about but dont seem able to achieve . Talking about but dont seem able to achieve . Frankly, no. I dontthink able to achieve . Frankly, no. I dont think they able to achieve . Frankly, no. I dont think they do. Able to achieve . Frankly, no. I dont think they do. Israel able to achieve . Frankly, no. I dont think they do. Israel is i dont think they do. Israel is determined to do whatever it thinks is necessary to protect its citizens from attack. Weve its citizens from attack. Weve had this push from the international community led of course by The Americans first of all for a ceasefire in gaza, that has got nowhere. Benjamin netanyahu does not seem to be listening. And in the last three weeks to push for a ceasefire with hezbollah equally that has not got anyway and in fact while this proposed ceasefire with hezbollah in lebanon was on the table Benjamin Netanyahu is Making Plans to take out the leader of hezbollah funds. Plans to take out the leader of hezbollah funds. Plans to take out the leader of hezbollah funds. Lets head closer to hezbollah funds. Lets head closer to the hezbollah funds. Lets head closer to the Border Hezbollah funds. Lets head closer to the Border And Hezbollah funds. Lets head closer to the border and see i closer to the border and see what the situation is there. 0ur middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson shared the latest from metula, in northern israel. We are just by the checkpoint outside the Border Town of metula. This is as close as we can get to the lebanese border this morning. There is a group of soldiersjust behind me preparing to go in. Metula is one of the focal points the first 2a hours of this ground incursion. It had several rounds of rockets come in overnight and a nearby town just ahead of me is completely deserted. And just a little further down the road, fields that yesterday which were full of tanks are emptying. Almost the entire Fighting Force there has now moved on. Israel is calling this a limited, targeted incursion, but sending Ground Forces even a little way into lebanon is a major undertaking for the israeli army. That is the latest from the israeli side of the border. Its worth saying, i dont know if you can hear in the background, The Sound Of Drums has been incessant in beirut today. There is a drone above now which is extremely loud across the city. We have seen a lot of it over the last week. And also israeli air Strikes Notjust here in the southern suburbs of beirut but also in the south of the country and in the south of the country and in the East Israel said it was doing that to try and degrade hezbollahs military infrastructure ahead of this ground invasion. 0ursenior ground invasion. 0ur senior international correspondent ground invasion. 0ursenior International Correspondent is international correspondent is in that area and she has been reporting. You can see here there has been a massive strike. Trees have been ripped out of the ground, cars have been flipped over. There are three here on the side of the road. And if we cross over there is an enormous crater. The building has been ripped out of the ground and completely destroyed. And now israeli forces are on the ground in the south starting a ground in the south starting a ground war. This city is extremely empty. We are passing very few cars and very few people. We have seen ambulances On The Road but there are a lot of boarded up shops, a lot of broken glass and the city feels like a war zone. That was our senior international correspondent. This is a fast and fast developing story and we are keeping up to date with it on Bbc News but you can also follow our live page on the Bbc News website with all of the latest developments and Context And Analysis from me and our other correspondence in the region. Around the world and across the uk, this is Bbc News. Lets continue our coverage of what is happening in Israel And Lebanon at the moment. We can show you some live pictures coming to us at the moment of beirut, the lebanese capital, where we know that strikes have been hitting the Capital Today but also officials in lebanon have said a building under palestinian Refugee Camp have also been hit. We have learned from the idf that the military have been operating inside lebanon four months. Special forces have destroyed Hezbollah Tunnels and seized weapons as well. The lebanese Prime Minister has said today his country is facing one of its most dangerous phases and also talking a lot about the i million people who have been displaced within lebanon. 0f displaced within lebanon. Of course many people are trying to leave the country. The uk is one of those countries that is calling on their citizens to leave lebanon. Lets speak now to our reporter who is outside Heathrow Airport with several flights to bring back british citizens have landed a short time ago. Have you managed to speak to anyone on any of those flights . I speak to anyone on any of those fliuhts . , ~ speak to anyone on any of those fliuhts . , ~ , flights . I have. Last week up to 6000 british flights . I have. Last week up to 6000 british nationals flights . I have. Last week up i to 6000 british nationals were living in lebanon and they were all urged to leave but that was proving very difficult because a number of commercial airlines were cancelling flights and also there were fears of actually getting to the international airport in case that was also a target of the strikes. This Morning Flight come into heathrow, one of the very few that did manage to make it, and i went through the arrivals and spoke to people. It was very emotional, many people were crying as they came through. They were children carrying balloons and being given toys. 0ne Carrying Balloons and being given toys. One man said he was distraught. I also spoke to 19 year old lara who is british but lebanese origin and she was reunited with her mother after travelling with her Great Grandmother on the flight. Greatgrandmother on the fli. Ht. � greatgrandmother on the fliuht. �. ,. , greatgrandmother on the fliuht. ,. ,. ,. , flight. Ive had to leave Loved Ones behind flight. Ive had to leave Loved Ones behind and flight. Ive had to leave Loved Ones behind and this flight. Ive had to leave Loved Ones behind and this is ones behind and this is probably the first time in my life ive probably the first time in my life ive left Lebanon And Pe0ple life ive left lebanon and people have said goodbye to me in a way people have said goodbye to me in a way that they shouldnt say goodbye to me. They might not see say goodbye to me. They might not see me ever again. Its not right not see me ever again. Its not right for not see me ever again. Its not right for people to be sitting and wondering if that is the sound and wondering if that is the sound of and wondering if that is the sound of a missile or a normal Plane Sound of a missile or a normal plane i sound of a missile or a normal plane. I generally have anxiety now because whenever i hear a bang now because whenever i hear a bang or now because whenever i hear a bang or hear something getting dragged across the floor i think dragged across the floor i think its a Plane Or Missile coming think its a Plane Or Missile coming towards me. I shouldnt have coming towards me. I shouldnt have to coming towards me. I shouldnt have to have that trauma. Kids younger have to have that trauma. Kids younger than we shouldnt have to have younger than we shouldnt have to have that trauma. The younger than we shouldnt have to have that trauma. To have that trauma. The bbc has been to have that trauma. The bbc has been speaking to have that trauma. The bbc has been speaking to to have that trauma. The bbc has been speaking to people | has been speaking to people urging the Uk Government to put on flights and today it was announced that the Uk Government will be chartering a flight on wednesday for british nationals, they can pay £350 to take the flight and vulnerable people will be prioritised. They will potentially put more flights on in the coming days. 23 schoolchildren and some of their teachers have died in thailand after the bus they were travelling in caught fire in bangkok. The blaze began after a tyre on the bus burst, causing it to hit a road barrier, although its not yet clear what started the fire. Some children and teachers who were on a School Trip managed to escape. Heres the bbcs South East Asia Correspondent jonathan head, there at the scene. What you can see behind me is the attempt to move the charred frame of the bus, whats the attempt to move the charred frame of the bus, whats left of it, so the vehicle behind has been planning to move it but the bus was powered was converted to run on compressed Natural Gas and there is some concern the Gas Canisters might still explode. We have been pushing us back. Throughout the afternoon we have watched ambulances coming backwards and forwards along this main highway, it is one of the main highways into bangkok, to retrieve the bodies from the bus. They have retrieved 23 bodies, 20 of them believe we believe our schoolchildren. Even by the very poor Road Safety standards of this country this is a truly dreadful Road Accident. But we dont know is why the bus caught fire and burned so quickly. Its relatively undamaged when you look at its frame, didnt undamaged when you look at its frame, didnt hit the Central Reservation had but somehow a fire started near the front of the bus and consumed it within a couple of minutes and it seems that some of the experts were not able to be opened and people can get out so we had this very large number of casualties. There are 16 people being treated in hospital, not sure of the condition. A really shocking incident and awful for the area in Northern Thailand where these schoolchildren have come from and what was a Field Trip from their school to the capital. Trip from their school to the ca ital. ,. ,. , capital. Over the years we have soken capital. Over the years we have spoken many capital. Over the years we have spoken many times capital. Over the years we have spoken many times about spoken many times about horrific Road Accident in thailand. Has the Government And Anything to try and tackle the Road Safety record . H0 the Road Safety record . No government the Road Safety record . Fir . Government has. I have been reporting in this country for around 2a years off and on and its always talk about when we have these accident, there is clearly a safety issue. There is no way this bus in what was a relatively minor accident should have caught fire like that. There is no way that a relatively darted out all of those the government were look into but we have seen accidents like this many times before. Huge fires, inexplicable accidents and horrible death. I cant remember any significant initiative by any government to try to change the Road Safety culture. I would try to change the Road Safety culture. Iwould be try to change the Road Safety culture. I would be amazed if it happens this time. The new young Prime Minister of thailand is a young mother herself, people may remember she was pregnant when she was campaigning in an election early last year and she was visibly distressed by what happened here. Perhaps that might make a difference. But there isjust a lack might make a difference. But there is just a lack of Safety Culture all around. No real attempt to campaign to change peoples minds. Routinely up to even more than 20,000 people die On The Roads in thailand every year and there are very few people who make a big fuss about that. Us officials say they fear as many as 600 people may have died, after Hurricane Helene battered six states in the South East of america. Over 100 people have been confirmed dead, and hundreds of others are still unaccounted for. These are pictures showing aid being loaded into trucks in florida, where the hurricane first made landfall. It was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved through the states of georgia, the carolinas, tenessee and virginia. Entire communities have been detroyed, and millions still remain without power. With around five weeks to go until election day, the us Vice President ial candidates will face each other later today in their only scheduled debate of this election. Tim walz the Minnesota Governor will be representing the democrats and Kamala Harris. Jd vance, the ohio senator, will be making the case for the republicans and Donald Trump. Bbc Verify S Fact Checking Team will be looking out for some key claims as Merlyn Thomas explains. Vice president ial candidates will go head to head on Tuesday Night for the first time and only time. The campaign has already been dominated by claim and counterclaim and it could be a busy night for fact checkers are to be to verify. Here is what you need to know if some of these claims cannot. 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Since Butjoe Biden became president in 2021 we have been more than 10 Million so called encounters and around 8 Million of those kim over the southern Land Border with mexico. France might be asked about the baseless claim he made on x about Immigrants Eating Pets in springfield, ohio. Which Donald Trump then repeated in the president ial debate. In springfield they are eating the dogs springfield they are eating the do. S. , dogs. The Receiver Ifi have no evidence dogs. The Receiver Ifi have no evidence to dogs. The Receiver Ifi have no evidence to support dogs. The Receiver Ifi have no evidence to support the dogs. The Receiver Ifi have no| evidence to support the claim. Police and city officials told us they had had no reports of this happening. But that has since refused to back down. 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Walls claims trumps plans to start a chat. After a to start a chat. After a backlash against more radical Proposals Trump again distanced himself from the 900 Page Document and said he has nothing to do with it. Dozens of former Trump Administration officials did contribute to the proposals giving democrats an Attack Line but again trump says he was not involved in this. There is likely to be lots of other claims that will come up on the Night And Abc verify will be looking into them to try to help you get to them to try to help you get to the facts. And you can watch the gfx Cbs News Vice President ial debate is simulcast here on Bbc News. We are going to have a full build up from i am British Summer Time or 8 pm eastern time. This is the scene live right now in Port Newark and an estimated 16,000 workers have stopped working over demands for more pay and less automation. These stoppages could cost the us economy as much as 5 Billion a day. Thats according to the thats according to the investment bankjpmorgan. Experts say it will be less than that. A significant impact and we will be live there shortly with World Business Report. The Prince Of Wales has visited the London Air ambulance to mark the end of a £15 million campaign to raise money for two new helicopters. 0ur Royal Correspondent Daniela Relph reports. This was a Fundraising Campaign that had some celebrity superpower. As patron of the London Air ambulance, the Prince Of Wales had led the fundraising drive. David beckham was a key supporter, and today he got a personal Royal Tour of the new helicopter. The prince, a former Search And Rescue pilot, was an expert guide. Tell us a little bit about that invite. It was a personal request from the prince himself. Yeah, you know, i know what this means to prince william. And the moment he called and asked me to be. I had to hide my excitement a little bit because, like i said, ive been a fan of the London Air ambulance for a long time, being an East End boy. And these guys rely on public funding and donations, and the fact that i could get involved and we could raise the money that we raised, you know, bought one of these incredible helicopters. So its nice to help in a small way. Prince william Met Pilots and paramedics who will work on the two new aircraft, which are operational from today. Although poor weather prevented the prince getting airborne. Thank you so much not at all, thank you. There was also a chance to meet those who owed their life to the London Airambulance team. Mark smith suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car. What difference did having the Air Ambulance that day make to you and your chances of survival . Youre still talking to me. I was dead, there was no way i was getting out of that one, i was finished. A Team Selfie to celebrate the success of the fundraiser and the difference it will make. And a lasting reminder of the princes involvement, a royal signature on the aircraft in a language familiar to all pilots. It read, ball to the middle, william a reference to keeping the aircraft straight and level. Daniela relph, Bbc News, raf northolt. Do stay with us on Bbc News. Coming up its World Business Report from New York. See you in a few minutes. Hello. Flooding continues to cause concern across parts of england. Here we have a Weather Watch Picture from the Manchester Area showing some flooding from the River Credu is. Here is the latest flooding situation. We have a number of Flood Warnings in force but they have come down in the south west. Weve they have come down in the south west. Weve had these new Flood Warnings in Northern England to go along with the problems we have across parts of the midlands. Today there is a bit more rain to come in for the most part across eastern england its the most part across eastern england its quite a steady rain with a few heavy bursts mixed in. Now, today, yes, there is a bit more rain to come and for the most part across eastern england its quite a steady rain with just a few heavier bursts mixed in. So maybe another ten millimetres of rain to come. Something like that. As we go through the rest of the day, with the heaviest rain, probably going into East Anglia and across the Greater London area. At the same time where we have some Flooding Concerns into north west england, the weather should be mostly dry here, but staying pretty cloudy. The best of Todays Sunshine will be in Northern Ireland. Now overnight, as skies clear in scotland, i expect some Fog Patches to develop here so it turns quite murky. England and wales still having a lot of cloud. Still some patches of Rain Coming into East Anglia in the southeast of england. But by this stage the rain is going to be a lot lighter and then we see high Pressure Start to build across the uk. So although there could be a bit more rain to come across East Anglia. South east england, its going to be very light, and so id expect the number of Flood Warnings to drop over the coming days, because many of us should have quite a run of 2 or 3 days of dry weather to look forward to, and that should help some of those Flood Waters start to ebb away. But more sunshine, i think, for scotland and Northern Ireland as well, for tomorrow and then into wednesday night. Its a cold night. Temperatures down in single figures and A Touch Of Frost in the coldest parts of scotland. Now thursday morning, starting off with a few Mist And Fog patches. Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England clearing away. High pressure is in charge. Plenty of dry weather. Most of us will see some sunny spells and as i say, those Flood Waters should continue to have time to slowly ebb away. 0ur Temperatures around about 13 to 17 degrees. Now we should manage another dry day on friday for many areas before the weather starts to turn much more unsettled. Low pressure in the atlantic will start to bring some windier Weather Conditions in time for the weekend, along with some heavy outbreaks of rain. Its notjust over the weekend. Next week is looking unsettled too. So i think the best description is well see Rain At Times next week. Bell rings live from New York at the opening bell, this is business today. Us stocks open little changed, to kick off the fourth quarter, after a surprisingly strong september performance. Pickets at the ports. This is the scene live in newark as us Dock Workers stage their biggest walkout in nearly 50 years over Pay And Automation threatening billions of dollars of economic damage. Plus trading blows. 100 tariffs on chinese evs come into force in canada. We hear from the Countrys Trade Minister on the reasons behind the move. Welcome to business today, live from New York, i m ritika gupta. Lets start here in the united states where ports all across the East And Gulf coasts have virtually ground to a halt. It means goods ranging from cars to machinery and fresh fruit and vegtables are going to find a lot tougher to get into or out of the worlds biggest economy. An estimated 16,000 workers have stopped working over demands for more pay and less automation. The stoppages could cost the us economy as much as 5bn a day according to the Investment Bankjp Morgan but other experts say it will be less than that. 0ne Knock on could be as many as 100,000 people finding themselves temporarily out of work as the impact of the stoppage spreads