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Legal action. And four years after he was shot dead on duty a memorial to Sergeant Matt Ratana is unveiled. Good afternoon. Israel is conducting what is calls � extensive� further Air Strikes on Southern Lebanon, with the lebanese Health Ministry reporting that 22 people have been killed today. The new wave of attacks came after israel intercepted a hezbollah Ballistic Missile aimed at Tel Aviv. The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is preparing to address the un in New York, after warning that the region could be on the brink of All Out War and urging british nationals to Leave Lebanon. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega has this report. Early morning in israel and an interception over Tel Aviv, the first time the city is targeted by a missile from hezbollah. There were no casualties or damage, but there was probably a message. Hezbollah has been weakened but remains a threat and its attacks are not going to stop. Heavy Israeli Air strikes on lebanon are not stopping either. They continue this morning, hitting the south and the Beqaa Valley in the east and killing at least 15 people, according to the lebanese Health Ministry. The attacks are leaving a trail of devastation. Israel has accused hezbollah of hiding weapons and rockets in residential areas, but people here disagree. Issams warehouse was destroyed in an Attack Injiyeh in the south. This was an auto repair shop, he says, and the equipment was all for civilian use. He saw in the media that the israelis might have suspected that he had weapons there. In beirut, displaced families continue to arrive, fleeing the south. Schools have been turned into shelters, and many dont know when or if theyll be able to go home again. Translation god willing, everything calms down. I hope theres a solution. I really hope theres a solution. The uk is again urging citizens to Leave Lebanon immediately. For now, theres no panic and many are staying in part of the. Society here for over ten years. So we hope that sanity can prevailand, um, peace can prevail at at some point. And De Escalation. And thats it simply really. Are you concerned about whats happening . I think, wouldnt you be . I live in whats considered a safer area here in beirut. We can hear things. So last night, we heard the bomb at about midnight injiyeh. As the traffic has quietened down, you can hear more. So no. We dont we dont we dont feel safe. But in terms of our immediate surroundings, were in a saferarea. And the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah is intensifying, and neither side seems interested in backing down. Hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. In a moment, well speak to Yolande Knell injerusalem. Hugojoins us now from beirut. Hugo how significant are this mornings attacks for the people of lebanon . I think what we are seeing here are indications that this conflict is going to continue and possibly expand because in the last few hours, we have seen that places have been hit for the first time in these Israeli Air strikes and there is growing speculation that part of the israeli plan is to carry out a Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon to create a so called Buffer Zone to destroy hezbollah� s Infrastructure And Push fighters away from the border. Hezbollah continues to carry out this attack despite all these Air Strikes and high profile assassinations of the last few days and last week, the Groups Leader said you can invade, we are ready to fight. So despite all these international calls with De Escalation, there are few signs that Hezbollah And Israel are willing to back down. In the meantime, we are seeing this flow of thousands of people trying to leave the south and coming to places like beirut and the displacement of residents is likely to continue. Hugo, thank you. Our Middle East corresponded your land is in jerusalem for this morning. 0ur middle East Correspondent Yolande Knell is injerusalem. Yolande, this missile intercepted, but the tensions are mounting. Earlier, the Israeli Military gave us a briefing where it stressed that this was the furthest that a Hezbollah Missile had ever reached inside israeli territory, they said it was a heavy warhead that was used and if it hadnt been intercepted, it would have hit a civilian area, they said. Now, really, they work very quick to strike back, they said they hit the Launch Site inside lebanon and that about 100 targets had been hit since the morning. We saw a wave of strikes in the East And South of lebanon and at the same time, hezbollah rockets have been hitting, some of them in the north of israel, causing damage and some injuries as well. Now, it isnt clear how long this operation will at last but israel has said its aim is to return Tens Of Thousands of its displaced citizens from their homes, it has been nearly one year of fighting that has gone on now. Though it has intensified in recent days, this across the border, it has gone on in parallel to the war in gaza. This lunchtime, what could be an important development, we had the head of israels Northern Command telling Ground Troops they should be ready for manoeuvres and action. That could trigger a new escalation. Yolande with the latest from jerusalem, thank you. World leaders have gathered for the united nations general assembley, which the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will address this evening. Growing tensions in the Middle East are likely to dominate the agenda. 0ur North America Reporter Nada Tawfik is in New York what do we expect to hear . The intensifying conflict between Hezbollah And Israel and lebanon on has certainly dominated this annual gathering, all of yesterday in speeches we had urgent calls for De Escalation and for protection, expressing alarm at the deaths of women and children, the numbers of civilians there. Today we are expecting an Emergency Security Council meeting, that has been called by france. In attendance will be the foreign Secretary David Lammy and he will call for a ceasefire in lebanon. He is the first of the G7 Western Nations expected to do so. He met yesterday with irans Foreign Minister on the sidelines of the Un General Assembly and asked him to use his influence over hezbollah to basically get them to move their position that their strikes will stop only when there is a ceasefire in lebanon. Frances President Emmanuel Macron also met with Irans President with that same message but all eyes are on the United States. President biden in his Address Yesterday again expressed support for israels white dissolved defence but expressed hope in a diplomatic solution. To lebanons Foreign Minister, he said that wasnt a promising statement but he still held out hope because the United States is the only one that can make a difference in the Middle East. Almost 200 women have now come foward to accuse the former Harrods Owner mohamed Al Fayed of sexual assualt. It follows a Bbc Documentary which exposed decades of serious allegations against him. Five of his original accusers have come together to share their experineces and call forjustice, describing themselves as lambs to the slaughter. 0ur Correspondent Ellie price has the story. As the number of women accusing former Harrods Boss of sexual abuse rises, we will devote half an hour of the programme to speak to survivors alive here in the studio. These women didnt know each other� s stories until the Bbc Documentary last week. They all described being isolated by mohamed Al Fayed at the time. We arejoined here on breakfast right now byjen, nicole, lindsay, gemma and catherine. Now they realise they were not alone in what they experienced. We all have the same pattern, even though if you lined us up, i think we go from working there in the � 80s to the mid 2000s. All of us had the same experiences, and being altogether, i think its quite good to think, oh god, i thought for ages this wasjust me. So you kind of expected what was going on and internalised that actually, you know, is Itjust Me . Am i the victim of the really hard behaviour . You were terrified to speak out. Jen was too, and this morning she waived her anonymity for the first time. Initially i didnt want to be involved because mohamed was still alive and as ridiculous as that may sound to people not involved, he still felt like a threat until the moment he died. Mohamed Al Fayed was the chairman of harrods between 1985 and 2010. He died last year aged 94. He wont Face Justice now but these women say there was a web of corruption within the company that allowed the abuse to happen and kept it hushed up. I almost had given up hope that anyone was going to actually find out anything really because he was so successful at putting people up in front of him that he could hide behind. They enabled all these people, enabled the situation, and left us like lambs to the slaughter. Harrods declined to come on Bbc Breakfast this morning. The Department Store which came under new ownership in 2010 has previously said it is appalled by the allegations. Harrods also told the bbc it was investigating whether any current employees were involved in any of the allegations but they havent told us if any individual has been identified or any action taken. The monster that was Al Fayed was at the centre of all this, but it is easy and convenient if i may say so to actually just say it was him. There was a system, there was a process which enabled and facilitated the sexual abuse of these women. And there are people still working at harrods who you think were involved in this . Thats my belief. Many women later abused by Al Fayed were asked to take intrusive sexual health tests when they started at harrods. Today a complaint has been made to the General Medical Council about one of the doctors who carried out such tests. I never got my results either, they went straight to mohamed Al Fayed. I never got them. Never even shared them with you . They never shared them with me. Shocking. Since the Bbc Documentary was released last week, lawyers for Al Fayeds accusers say hundreds more women have come forward. And with every new story, The Call for justice grows stronger. Ellie price, bbc news. The justice for harrods Survivors Group is now calling for the General Medical Council to investigate a doctor who allegedly carried out intrusive medical tests the women had while working at harrods. Lets get more now from our Health Editor Hugh pym. Hugh, what has the regulator said so far . Well, yes, the General Medical Council put out a statement and this is what they have said. A spokesperson said the alleged sexual abuse conducted by mr Al Fayed against multiple women was horrifying and the allegations relating to medical staff were deeply concerning and if any fitness to practise concerns about individual doctors were identified, relevant information would be examined and action taken as appropriate. The gmc as a matter of course it doesnt tend to confirm or deny whether any complaints have been made and doesnt make any form of announcement unless they decide to take the doctor in question to a tribunal to seek to have them struck off the medical register. So it may be that we dont get any further clarification from the gmc and i should just remind where we are that this relates to two doctors reported to have carried out the medical examinations, one Wendy Snell has still died since died and another doctor, and coxon, does have questions to answer about examinations carried out under the group will take this to the gmc. Doctor coxon, i should say, has been approached for Comment But Hasnt responded. Approached for Comment But Hasnt resonded. ,. , responded. Hugh with the latest from london, responded. Hugh with the latest from london. Thank responded. Hugh with the latest from london, thank you. The time is 1. 14, our top story this afternoon. Israel is conducting more Air Strikes on Southern Lebanon, after it says it intercepted a Hezbollah Missile aimed at Tel Aviv as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. And 16 months after his controversial exit from itv, the Presenter Phillip Schofield will return to the screen in a Reality Tv Series that sees him isolated on an island off madagascar. And on bbc london, the parents campaigning to save a not for Profit Nursery in South East London describing the closure after a0 years as heartbreaking and more rain plus temperatures are expected to drop from friday, we will have your weather. In the last couple of hours, Trade Unions have won a Vote Calling for the government to reverse cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment. Although the vote is non binding, it will be seen as a blow to leadership on the final day of Labour Party conference. 0ur Political Correspondent Iain Watson sent us this report from liverpool. Well, this didnt take long. The Labour Government was elected injuly and is facing protests by september. Save the Winter Fuel members of some of the big unions are opposing cuts to the Winter Fuel allowance, and the Unite Union took the issue to the conference floor. Friends, people simply do not understand. I do not understand how our new Labour Government can cut the Winter Fuel allowance for pensioners and leave the super rich untouched. This is not what people voted for. Its the wrong decision and it needs to be reversed. The Labour Conference voted against the Labour Governments cuts to the Winter Fuel allowance, but that does not mean that they will be stopped. More than 11. 5 million pensioners currently receive Winter Fuel Payments of up to £300. The vast majority of them are set to lose this. The result of Todays Vote