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Israeli prime Minister Benjamin israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu about the Widening Offensive in the region. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with Cruise Missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. Israel is not holding back, its Air Force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. And earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. For the past year, the Yemeni Houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. This is their commandos seizing a british owned ship in the red sea last november. They have long range missiles, are supported by iran and are fiercely opposed to israel. Speaking yesterday, the houthis� military Spokesperson Yahya Saree said they wouldnt stop until israel ended its aggression against gaza and lebanon. Todays strikes in Yemen Highlight another dangerous front in a war that threatens to engulf the region. Jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. Israel is continuing to launch strikes on what it says are hezbollah targets in lebanon. The idf says that he has hit around 120 sites belonging to the group. More than 1 around 120 sites belonging to the group. More than1 million people face being forced from their homes. The body of the late hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has reported to be in recovered from the site. Speaking yesterday, the houthis� military it is fuelling concerns about an all out war. 0ur senior correspondent reports from the Beqaa Valley and a warning you may find some parts of her report distressing. Israel keeps hitting hard. For now, it looks unstoppable. This is the Bekaa Valley this afternoon. There were at least 30 Air Strikes in an hour. Danger in every direction. And new dead. 0ur neighbours, the jamil family, are all gone, he says. As more Air Strikes rain down, noor lies in intensive care. She is six years old and was injured on her own doorstep on monday. Her family says she is intelligent and chatty, and loves meeting new people. But here, shortly before the attack, she was afraid and praying. Her mother now prays by her bedside. And suddenly, as we filmed, the planes were back. Well, within the last few seconds, we have had a strike. We heard the plane in the air. Then we felt the impact. The windows here shook, they rattled. And its an indication of how nowhere here is safe. Even patients in Hospitals Cant feel completely safe. Minutes later, new wounded. An ambulance has just arrived now, bringing casualties from the latest air strike. They are being treated in the emergency department. There is a lot of anger and tension. People are stressed, wondering when this is going to stop. Back in intensive care, noor� s father abdullah wants the world to see his child. Was she fighting . , he asks. She was playing at home. Does she have weapons . Half of her brain is gone. Noor was born after her parents had ten years of ivf. Herfather says he is not in hezbollah, but now wishes he was. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the Beqaa Valley. A live pictures from beirut. This is the Apartment Building believed to be struck by an israeli attack the first believed to be within the City Limits since the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza Last year. The popular front for the liberation of palestine, a secular left Wing Group aligned with hezbollah, says three of its members were killed in that strike. These are live pictures. You can see the Scene And Destruction of that Apartment Building. This is in the city centre, in the state limits, City Limits of beirut, the first time we have seen a strike since the war broke out. Lets get more now on the overall situation and we can bring in the senior yemen in visor with the European Institute of peace. Great to have you on the bbc. What you make of the strikes we see across lebanon but also now escalating and we are seeing strikes in yemen on who to make targets. Strikes in yemen on who to make taraets. ,. , targets. Houthis target. Unfortunately, targets. Houthis target. Unfortunately, that targets. Houthis target. Unfortunately, that does. Targets. Houthis target. I unfortunately, that does not work. There is the fact that these strikes specifically in yemen and beirut will be used as Fodderfor The Yemen and beirut will be used as fodder for the propaganda for the Houthis And Hezbollah and how the israelis are exacerbating suffering which would lead to more recruitment, and indoctrination and improve their Recruitment Drive especially when they hit infrastructure in hodeidah, not only hodeidah, but all the way through to the capital, Head Oil tanks and this is the part that almost 70 of humanitarian aid is coming through so it will make the situation worse, not just for the houthis will make the situation worse, notjust for the houthis but for the whole population. Israel would say and many of its allies including the us and uk the houthis have been firing on maritime traffic for many months now that this has been an issue that has been ongoing. Does it surprise you then that israel would be trying to strike against the houthis especially since we know there were projectiles filed from yemen towards israel . H0. Were projectiles filed from yemen towards israel . No, that is definitely yemen towards israel . No, that is definitely 0k yemen towards israel . No, that is definitely 0k And Yemen towards israel . No, that is definitely 0k and is is definitely 0k and is acceptable, isjustified. The acceptable, is justified. The thing acceptable, isjustified. The thing is pick your targets. There is a huge Tarro Bank of targets, military sites, Military Bases you could use. Houthis are located within certain areas but when you go after infrastructure, that is what the houthis grave, they want you to do that, they are baiting israelis to do that because they can turn around and use it for their own propaganda and remember the houthis are fighting an internal wall. They want the internal wall. They want the internal population they are suppressing, that they are replacing, they want to distract them from the internal fight by creating this external Enemy And Israel is providing them with that. So now the houthis for the past 12 hours, they have been, went into this hyper Mode And Propaganda telling the people, showing footage of the strikes and fire and the smoke and telling them, see what the israelis are doing to our people . They targeted civilians, killed four people, but killed the main lifeline through which aid is coming through, the hodeidah port. It is worth remembering exactly what the situation is within yemen and how much support there is for the houthis among there is for the houthis among the general population in terms of this hoof the mission to support the palestinians and this effort in gaza. Houthi. Most support is in the north and even there they enjoy strong support from about 20 of the population. A large part of the population. A large part of the population is not supporting the houthis but they are entrenched in the same area and fending off an external enemy and the houthis are smart doing that. It is the minis, the arab nation fighting off the arab nation fighting off the israelis and when the israelis commit atrocities in Gaza And Beirut and in yemen, it feeds the houthis. They want this. Could the strikes by the Houthis Risk bringing iran off the sidelines . I Houthis Risk bringing iran off the sidelines . The sidelines . I highly doubt that. Yemen the sidelines . I highly doubt that. Yemen is the sidelines . I highly doubt that. Yemen is a the sidelines . I highly doubt that. Yemen is a cheap the sidelines . I highly doubt i that. Yemen is a cheap theatre of operation for the group. They do not want to bring them to the doorstep. They do not want that confrontation and even after her son nasrallah, even after her son nasrallah, even after her son nasrallah, even after Ishmail Nia was assassinated, they will not do it. ,. ,. , it. The senior Yemen Adviser with the european it. The senior Yemen Adviser with the European Institute i it. The senior Yemen Adviser l with the European Institute for peace, thanks for your insights. We appreciate it. At least 91 people are dead after Hurricane Helene swept through the southeast united states. Us president Joe Biden says he plans to visited communities affected by that category four hurricane once he is sure it will not disrupt the emergency response. The storm brought torrential Rain And Flooding to the states of florida, georgia, virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina where the city of asheville has been particularly badly hit. More than 300,000 people across the state were left without power and residents face difficulties reaching emergency services. Ceuphone reaching emergency services. Cellphone services have gone down. More than 400 roads across the state are closed due to damage from the storm. The American Red Cross are now is now opened about hundred and 40 shelters across those five states that have been affected. Lets go live tojeremy, the Assistant Fire Chief of Emergency Management with the Asheville Fire department. We appreciate you taking the time to speak with us, especially under the circumstances there. First, im sure you have been around your city. Can you describe some of what you have been seeing . Been seeing . Absolutely. A lot of devastation. Been seeing . Absolutely. A lot of devastation. Our been seeing . Absolutely. A lot of devastation. Our communityj of devastation. Our community is suffering, we have suffered impact that we have never seen and the storm damage, the Storm Totals are unprecedented. We are currently running 24 hour operations trying to get out there, doing targeted searches of the area, of the damaged area trying to assess and still in life safety mode. Not only looking for our community members, we have severalfolks that are missing, lots of folks that are missing, lots of folks that cannot connect with their Loved Ones here that are out of state. Our infrastructure has taken some serious impacts, our roadways are closed, our ceuphone roadways are closed, our Cellphone Carriers and the things we depend on day to day have been severely impacted. We are out of power, we have been on Generator Power here for four days since the Storm Hit and just trying to get better and just trying to get better and make it better one day at a time. ,. , and make it better one day at a time. ,. ,. , and make it better one day at a time. ,. , ,. , time. Do you have a sense of how many time. Do you have a sense of how many people time. Do you have a sense of how many people might time. Do you have a sense of how many people might still| time. Do you have a sense of i how many people might still be missing and what kind of challenges are you facing and that Rescue Effort . You mentioned difficulties with power, communications, cellphones. What kind of Rescue Operation is this . It is difficult operation is this . It is difficult rarely operation is this . It is difficult rarely in operation is this . It is difficult rarely in the l difficult rarely in the mountains normally, withjust mountains normally, with just our Topography Mountains normally, withjust our topography and the amount of different slopes and things and features that we have, it is hard to understand the gravity of this. Being on the ground, being in the mode, obviously, our critical Infrastructure And Access has really been damaged. So, first of all, we have got to open the roads, got to get access into places so that we can begin these targeted searches. We are disconnected, disconnected from our normal means. 0ur Radio System has kept us afloat through this whole thing and we are depending heavily on that but were also having to, as we take a step forward, we have a primary plan, and we also need several contingencies for primary client. In many cases we have had to pull the parachute and do the best we could until the water recedes. 0r could until the water recedes. Or it is safe to get in and start working. It is definitely a very complex incident. Irate a very complex incident. We have been a very complex incident. We have been hearing about the Death Toll there in the dozens, just in your county alone. Do you have a sense of what led to those tragedies . What was about the storm that it ended up with so many people, unfortunately, passing away in your community . I think the sheer magnitude. This exceeded any. The 500 Year Flood for us. This exceeded any. The 500 yearflood for us. Our this exceeded any. The 500 Year Flood for us. Our gauges would not even register as high as what the water rose. It was hard to forecast. We had a lot of good intel, lots of collaboration with our partners, lots of cooperation, everyone did the absolute best they could to measure this complexity. However, the storm exceeded it all and i think there is water in places. I have lived in this community my whole life. I never thought i would see water where there is water today, would see water where there is watertoday, in would see water where there is water today, in the past several days. Several days. Just a devastating several days. Just a l devastating situation several days. Just a devastating situation there in asheville. Jeremy from the Fire Department joining asheville. Jeremy from the Fire Departmentjoining us. Thank department joining us. Thank you departmentjoining us. Thank you for your time and best of luck in those Rescue And Relief operations. Around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. Lets look at other stories making headlines. The four out of this left in the race to become conservative leader are making their cases at the Party Conference in birmingham. Kemi badenoch, robertjenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat are all trying to win support. Earlier, current leader Rishi Sunak addressed the conference. An eight year old has died. The child suffered injuries to his head and face. Police say a man in his 60s is being held on a case of Gross Negligence and months old and has been released on bail. The government is to tighten hospitality rules. It is after a row over Freebies Hospitality rules. It is after a row overfreebies received by Sir Keir Starmer and other labour ministers. They will now have to declare Hospitality Length to their hospitalityjob in the register as well. You are live with bbc news. Projections in austria suggest the far right Freedom Party is heading for an unprecedented general Election Victory although it will not be gaining although it will not be gaining a majority. Here are the Exit Polls that give the leading party 29 and the opposition Social Democratic Party secured its first ever result with 21 with a pos has twice served in previous coalitions. Both the conservative Peoples Party has refused to take part in government headed by the apos polarising leader. Hundreds of people gathered outside austrian Parliament Buildings to protest the election outcome. Victory is the latest in a string of far right election successes in Europe The First Pyrite National Election the jury in austria since the era of the nazi party. 0ur Correspondent is in vienna. The Freedom Party and its supporters are celebrating. The Freedom Party Leader Herbert Kickl has tapped into voter concerns about the economy, about rising prices and crucially about migration. He says he wants to build Fortress Austria to keep the migrants out. He also said he wants to be what he calls a peoples chancellor, a volkskanzler a term that worries some austrians because it was used to describe adolf hitler. Whatever happens, forming a Coalition Government is likely to be very complicated, because the other parties have all said they dont want to form an alliance led by kickl. Its likely that all talks to form a government will take weeks if not months. Here to Rescue Efforts are under way in nepal after floods and landslides killed nearly 150 people there. At least 50 others are still missing. The government has faced criticism over the emergency response. Steven murphy has more. In the past two days some parts of nepal have seen some of the highest levels of rainfall in more than 50 years. Thousands of people have been forced to youre live with bbc in the past few days, some parts of nepal have seen the highest rainfall in more than 50 years. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes, some major roads have been cut off because of the intense rainfall and landslides. Especially in the area around the capital kathmandu, which has been hit hardest by the intense rainfall. Police have been using Zip Lines to rescue people and some residents have described the lengths they went to, to escape the rising waters. Translation as the Water Levels rose, we had to cut. The roof and get out. Wejumped from one roof to another and finally reached a concrete house. A huge Rescue Operation continues, and these pictures show the extraordinary moment a young boy was pulled from the rubble of a building which had collapsed following a landslide. Officials in nepal have ordered schools to close for three days because there has been so much damage to buildings, and while the government has faced criticism for its search and Rescue Operation being too slow, it looks like there is some respite on the way. Officials believe the worst of the weather has now passed and the main airport in kathmandu has now reopened. Its now the Tail End of the Monsoon Season in nepal, and while deadly floods and landslides have happened before, experts say intense Rainfall Events like this are happening more frequently and they are more intense because of climate change. The american Singer Songwriter and actor Chris Kristofferson has died at the age of 88. He played a major role in defining american Country Music in the 19705 american Country Music in the 1970s and was known for hits like me and Bobby Mcgee and help make it through the night and as an actor starring in films including a is born. 0ur Arts Correspondent looks back at his life. Lay your head upon my pillow. It was Kris Kristoffersons Mix of songwriting Talent And Charm that turned this Texan Oil Rig Helicopter Pilot into one of the biggest stars of the � 70s. I was born upon the tide. Along with willie nelson, Johnny Cash and waylon jennings, he created a new sound outlaw country. You are finished there was more than a touch of that mood in his movie roles in films like convoy. And a star is born, in which he appeared with barbra streisand. He played a singer with a taste for the excesses of the music world. There were more than a few parallels with his own life. Go to hell. There are so many ways that i got away with murder, just rolling cars, you know . Having accidents on motorcycles. Just, er. Playing full tilt. But that Hard Living Texan Image was fast on the whole story. He had been a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and an Army Captain who was at one point offered a Teaching Post at west point. His family did not approve of him abandoning the military for music. Freedomsjust another word. Its perhaps not a surprise that his best known song me and Bobby Mcgee, sung here by his girlfriend at the time, janisjoplin, was a celebration of freedom and escape. Help me make it through the night. And here with his wife rita, a reminder of the intense charisma of kris kristofferson. Help me make it through the night. Up up Chris Kristofferson passing away at the age of 88. New zealand has regained the World Record for the largest number of people taking part in a haka. 6000 people coming togetherfor haka. 6000 people coming together for performance at the stadium in auckland. The haka is a traditional dance associated with new zealands traditional maori people. More at the top of the hour on bbc news. Hello there. Well, its now the end of the month, and its been a very wet one across the southern half of the uk. Some spots here have seen more than three or four times their average september rainfall. And theres more wet weather to come too, notably for the start of the week and then through the middle of the week, things will settle down, it will turn drier, there will be some sunshine, so things looking up and temperatures will return to the seasonal average too. But in the meantime, this is the Rainfall Accumulation Chart for the next couple of days. So more wet weather, especially in the south. And there could be some more flooding over the midlands with more heavy downpours here on the ground already saturated. And its all because this deep area of low pressure is rolling in from the southwest through the rest of the night, bringing heavy, persistent outbreaks of rain, especially over the higher ground. Strong, gusty winds, especially on the southern flank there. A few showers further north, but generally here it is drier, and its a milder start across the board than we saw over the weekend. And that low continues to push further northwards and eastwards as we head through monday. Bumps into the area of High Pressure out towards the east. So it is going to stall, and that is not good news where weve seen the recent flooding, because therell be more Heavy Rain falling on the saturated ground. Some of the heaviest of the downpours of rain on monday could be across the Liverpool Bay Area stretching across the midlands. North midlands in particular down from Southeast Yorkshire through into Northern Areas of east anglia. Towards the south, it will dry out and the winds will gradually ease down. And towards the north, well see a few showers scattered across parts of scotland, northern ireland, but generally a lot drier here. But it will turn drier, particularly out towards the west, as we head through Monday Night into tuesday as that low rolls off into the North Sea. So some clear spells starting to appear and a slightly chillier start for western areas well be seeing on monday morning. But underneath the cloud and the rain of course still very mild. And then on tuesday, well, our low pushes into the North Sea. High pressure starts to build into the north and the west. Well be seeing that a bit later on through the week. But were starting off tuesday with still outbreaks of rain across parts of east anglia, southeast england, a brisk north easterly wind blowing for the North Sea facing coasts, but towards the north and the west, therell be some brightness and spells of sunshine, perhaps a few showers but generally dry and temperatures will start to pick up. Its looking largely dry on wednesday, thursday and friday. Bye bye. Voiceover this is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Hello and welcome back to the new season of unspun world. Its really good to see you. In this programme. Life in beirut as Israels War against hezbollah in lebanon intensifies. Right now, there is a mixture of panic, anger and also numbness. It still looks like a tight race, but whats Donald Trumps mood like now that Kamala Harris is polling ahead in the us president ial election . I suppose its understandable that Donald Trump would be frustrated and resentful about the way the ground has shifted under him. And, as it attempts to tackle intractable conflicts across the world, is there really any chance of transforming the United Nations . One of the fundamental problems is that there are many countries out there who just feel that this body does not represent them. Thousands in Southern Lebanon are fleeing northwards in the hope of escaping israels wrath. Foreigners are being advised by their governments to leave the country. But what are benjamin netanyahus real intentions . Please, get out of harms way now. Given israels difficult history of involvement in lebanon, does he actually want to send troops in . 0r, after the business of the exploding pagers