Displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged that the assassination of leader Hassan Nasrallah was a big blow, but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. President Joe Biden maintained his call for an end to fighting. Weve also heard from the us department of defense. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh spoke to the bbc about the conflict in the last hour. What theyre doing along the northern border is conducting limited operations to dismantle hezbollah infrastructure, but again its really for the israelis to speak to in their own operations. What the secretary continues to urge for is to seek a diplomatic solution. We certainly want to see regional tensions cool, we want to see. We see the best path forward is through diplomatic means, and so that is what we are continuing to push for. Officials in lebanon say more than
It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
He is One of putins fiercest critics and feared for his life while he was locked up in One of the kremlin s jails. But now he is free and has been reunited with his wife and has been reunited with his wife and children. They tell us their incredible story. I was woken up, i saw that it was dark. I asked what time it was. They said sam, and they told me to get up and get ready in ten minutes. And at that moment i was absolutely certain that i was being led out to be executed. And with us in liverpool, the Housing Campaigner Kwajo tweneboa, the boss of iceland, richard walker, who was a cOnvert to the Labour Cause last year. And claire ainsley, who worked for Keir Starmer during the hard yards of oppositiOn. Lets start with whats making the news. No surprise, the mail and the express both splash On Downing Street Rows a picture of Keir Starmer and his Chief Of Staff in a corporate box at the football. The observer and the mirror are a bit more friendly with the pm vowing no going back to
7 30pm, just be time for us to get a check on all of the sport on sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Back on top Manchester City Salvage a point after a dramatic finish at the etihad. Another disappointment for Rory Mcilroy as he finishes second again he misses out at the Pga Championship as Billy Horschel wins a tense playoff. And what does the future hold for anthonyjoshua after his defeat to Daniel Dubois . Also coming up on sportsday. From pole to podium Lando Norris claims the Singapore Grand Prix and narrows the gap on Championship Leader Max verstappen. And another gold and no sign of Retirement Sarah Storey wins again at the World Championships. Welcome to the programme. Thank you forjoining us. Champions Manchester City left it very late at the etihad to salvage a point in an eventful 2 2 draw with arsenal. Erling haaland opened the scoring for city with his 100th goal for the club before arsenal fought back. Andy swiss reports. So, whos up for some drama . Well, Manc
We ll start with a busy evening of champions league football and a surprising loss for the five time winners of the competition. Barcelona have won theirfirst five la liga games of the season, but they were beaten 2 1 by monaco. Hansi flick s side were forced to play most of the match with 10 men, after defender eric garcia was sent off. George ilenikhena scored the winner for the french side, who are back in europe s top competition for the first time in five years. They bringa lot of players in and it wasn t easy to defend it after ten minutes or 12 minutes, for the game change, totally, but i can see is the positive thing that we try to do first, we tried to defend as a team and also attack as a team and we had chances. But today, we have to accept that. 21. Elsewhere, a late header byjose maria gimenez gave atletico madrid a 2 1win over rb leipzig. The german visitors took the lead in the fourth minute but atletico dominated for the most part with 20 attempts on goal before finding