Sunshine, particularly in the north and west. Some Rain In the forecast across areas that are already saturated in central and eastern england. All of the details shortly. Its tuesday, the first of ocTober. Israeli Ground Forces have crossed inTo Southern Lebanon, marking an important new escalation of their offensive against hezbollah. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by israel against the lebanese armed group, including the killing of its long time leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Israel says its targeting the iran backed group hezbollah, which is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by Western Governments, including the uk. Here, the Foreign Office has announced that a Chartered Commercial Flight Will Leave Beirut on wednesday To help any british nationals wanting To Leave Lebanon. It isa it is a complicated situation this morning. In the last few hours, explosions and smoke have been seen close To the border between israel and lebanon, with the israeli military warning residents in the south of the Capital Beirut To evacuate. Our correspondent Chi Chi Izundu has the latest. Explosion. A dangerous and pivotal moment in the Middle East. Escalation amid fresh missile strikes overnight. A Ground Offensive launched by israel inTo lebanon. In southern beirut, less than 30 minutes after israel Told residents To leave three neighbourhoods, a huge blast was heard. Explosion. Then the confirmation came. Israel began its Ground Operation in Southern Lebanon. Military chiefs said limited, localised and targeted raids against hezbollah are being carried out something the idf says is based on precise intelligence. The israeli government has said it wants To enable thousands of displaced israelis in the north of the country To return To their homes. But, iran backed hezbollah says its ready and prepared, warning that the battle may be long. Explosion. After the intense israeli airstrikes of the past week, its unclear how much Firepower Hezbollah still has. But, with the fear of wider retaliation from its other allies, including iran, the calls for de escalation grow louder. We ultimately want To see a diplomatic resolution To conflict in the Middle East that provides long Term Security for the people of israel, the people of lebanon and the palestinian people, as well as the broader region. And we will continue To work To advance efforts along those fronts. In the uk, for the next few days, the focus will be on getting british nationals in lebanon safely out of the country with the government chartering a Flight Tomorrow To help them and their families leave. I urge them To leave because the situation on the ground is fast moving. And, of course, whilst we will do everything we can To protect british nationals and those plans are in place To do so, we cannot anticipate the circumstances and the speed with which we could do that if things escalate in a major way over the coming hours and days. In lebanon, people are counting the Human Cost of this conflict. He says he pulled the bodies of his Loved Ones from the Rubble Yesterday during the call To prayer. He says, May God destroy you, israel, by gods will. Israel has landed a series of heavy blows on hezbollah in recent weeks. Whats unclear is how intense this conflict may now become and for how long it may last. Chi chi izundu, Bbc News. We will get the latest from our correspondence in a moment. We have a number of live cameras To bring you pictures from. This is what the capital of lebanon, beirut, looks like this morning. Apparently, the smoke has dissipated and explosions not happening at the moment. A short time after israel issued a warning Last Night telling people To evacuate buildings, and number of attacks happened in the southern suburbs of beirut. The israeli government saying it wants To allow 60,000 displaced israelis To allow 60,000 displaced israelis To return To their homes. That is the point they say of the operation which has now begun. Our middle East Correspondents are either side of the Israel Lebanon Border. Well speak To Yolande Knell, Whos Injerusalem, in a moment but first To Hugo Bachega In Beirut. An extremely tense time. Give us the latest on the ground at the moment. Good morning. It isjust after eight oclock in the morning. The country is waking up To the news which the israelis are describing as a limited Ground Operation in Southern Lebanon. There were loud explosions here In Beirut over Air Strikes hit a location near the Citys Airport in southern beirut. It happened after the israeli military warned residents To evacuate buildings it said were being used by has bella. Reports of heavy shelling in a village right next To the border the largest palestinian Refugee Camp was hit in a targeted assassination by the israeli military. There havent been put so far of any kind of direct confrontation between hezbollah fighters and the israeli military. Hezbollah has remained defiant and says it will resist any israeli Invasion. And this is the border with israel, seen from Southern Lebanon. All quiet now at eight oclock in the morning. A different situation overnight. With the damage and the blasts we have seen. We canjoin our middle East Correspondent, Yolande Knell, injerusalem. From an israeli perspective, what is the operation about . The operation about . Israel says these are limited, the operation about . Israel says these are limited, relatively these are limited, relatively small scale Ground Operations that are going on. It says its troops are being backed up at the moment by the artillery, by the Air Force as well. They are just in the lebanese villages across the border. They say there are hezbollah sites there which pose a direct threat To israeli citizens, who they want To return To their homes in the north of the country was that they have basically been evacuated by fighting over the last nearly one year. Hezbollah began firing its rockets inTo israel in this latest round of violence really at the start of the war in thousand. There has been cross border exchanges of fire pretty much on a daily basis since then. Israel has long since known that in the south of lebanon, hezbollah has underground tunnels with military bunkers, other military infrastructure. There has been a lot of pressure before israel can say its been a lot of pressure before israel can say its operation was completed in lebanon To deal with these. This is an extremely dangerous new stage. We know hezbollah, it still has Tens Of Thousands of fighters potentially. It could pose a very real threat of casualties To israeli forces going in there. Forces going in there. Thank you very much forces going in there. Thank you very much indeed. Forces going in there. Thank you very much indeed. We forces going in there. Thank you very much indeed. We will forces going in there. Thank you | very much indeed. We will speak forces going in there. Thank you i very much indeed. We will speak To you again a little bit later. Our chief political Correspondent Henry Zeffman is moniToring the Governments Response To the situation in the Middle East, whilst covering the conservative Party Conference in birmingham. He is also across what the Uk Government is doing. What are you hearing this morning . The government is focusin hearing this morning . The government is focusing on hearing this morning . The government is focusing on two hearing this morning . The government is focusing on two things, hearing this morning . The government is focusing on two things, one hearing this morning . The government is focusing on two things, one a is focusing on two things, one a potential evacuation of british citizens remaining in lebanon and the other is diplomacy. On the evacuation, the government announced Last Night it was chartering a flight To get british citizens out of lebanon. That will leave Tomorrow. British citizen and their spouses and children under 18 will be eligible To get on that flight. The government estimates between 4000 and 6000 brits were still in lebanon last week. The government has been telling british citizens To leave for more than two months. There were 16,000 brits there, so clearly that has had some effect. In times of diplomacy, the Governments Approach is pretty similar To the us. David lammy spoke To AnTony Blinken Yesterday and afterwards David Lammy said they were clear on the need for a diplomatic solution. The uk is calling for an immediate ceasefire and the implementation of a political plan allowing displaced israeli and lebanese citizens To return To their homes. Israeli and lebanese citizens To return To their homes. Thank you very much return To their homes. Thank you very much indeed. Return To their homes. Thank you very much indeed. A return To their homes. Thank you j very much indeed. A complicated situation this morning. We will speak To our correspondence throughout the programme. Our correspondence are all feeding inTo a live page which is constantly being updated and giving you all the latest information. Sarah can tell you what else you need To know this morning. An Accounting System used by Post Office Sub postmasters before the controversial Horizon Software was introduced is also likely To have been faulty thats according To the findings of a new investigation. More than 70 people are seeking legal advice after unexplained losses relating To the use of the Capture Software. Our correspondent Tim Muffett reports. Hoping for answers and clarity. Mark, his Sister Claire and their mum, agnes, have come To meet the Post Office minister. They and other families believe that Post Office Accounting software, called capture, used before horizon during the 1990s, was faulty and led To their Dad And Husband peter a subpostmaster in bolTon being wrongly accused of theft. Back in 1994 when it happened, it completely devastated his life from that point on for the next 28 years until he died a couple of years ago. Your experiences predate the Horizon Scandal. Earlier this year, the previous government ordered an independent investigation inTo questions surrounding Capture Software. That report has now been published. Its found there was a reasonable likelihood that capture could have created shortfalls in accounts, and that the burden placed on subpostmasters To implement fixes, which varied in complexity, meant there was a high capacity for errors To go unnoticed. I think its profoundly concerning what ive read, and certainly the experience of listening To some of the subpostmasters and their families about what they went through using the Capture Software and how they were treated by the Post Office, it was profoundly disturbing Too, To listen To. And weve got a big job of work To do now To go through the. To think through the implications. What commitment can you give To those caught up in this that this Wont Drag on this wont take years and years . Because some of them are quite elderly. Some of them will have seen how long the Horizon Scandal has gone on. What commitment can you give . I am determined with colleagues in government To act quickly. Were determined To set out what were going To do next on this by december. In a statement, a Post Office spokesperson said. What did you think of the. Of your meeting with the minister . Um, it was emotional. It was, um, very good To finally hear that they acknowledged the problem with capture. My dad, your Role Model in life. To be. To go from the the person he was To. Yeah. He lost all. You know, he was a shell of his former self. Even having the news on, if the Post Office was mentioned, the spiral of depression that ensued, all the internal anger and the turmoil that you could see physically going through, um, was tangible. As the public inquiry inTo faulty Horizon Software reaches its final stage, another chapter, it seems, in the sTory of the Post Office scandal. Tim muffett, Bbc News. Gas and Electricity Prices in england, scotland and wales will rise by 10 from Today, as the new Energy Price Cap comes inTo force. The changes, which will see an average annual Household Bill Rise by 149, come amid continuing concern over the loss of Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners, which the government says it can no longer afford To fund. Its now Too late To save many of switzerlandS Glaciers thats according To the findings of a new report. The research by the Swiss Academy Of Sciences says the rapid reduction of Ice Caps as a result of climate change, Cannot Be reversed, regardless of efforts To limit global warming. Us officials say as many as 600 people may have died in flooding after Hurricane Helene hit the South East last week. The sTorm caused catastrophic flooding after it struck several states including florida, georgia and the carolinas. Our Correspondent Carl Nasman has the latest. This is a region that is no stranger To tropical sTorms, but the devastation across Americas Southeast is on a different level. Some of the hardest hit communities are here in North Carolina. The western part of the state was hit by a deluge up To five months worth of Rain In just a couple of days, and residents here say theyve never seen anything quite like it. Homes, businesses, roads washed away. The Mountain City of asheville now digging its way out from flooding and debris. The Death Toll across six states has reached well over 100, with at least 40 perishing in one North Carolina county alone. And rescuers are still searching To find the hundreds more missing. Us president Joe Biden has announced hell be visiting the state on wednesday To survey the damage. Governor cooper and i have spoken about my travelling To North Carolina To survey the damage as soon as i can without taking resources or diverting resources on the ground. And were going To stay as long as it takes when we get this thing going. Meanwhile, the aid he pledged is beginning To arrive, after some Towns went days without clean drinking water. It was way worse than we expected. We were not preparing for an event like this. Weve had, in the past, Hurricane Warnings and when they come, itsjust, you know, a rainsTorm and it hasnt been as devastating as this. Weve never seen this type of flooding and destruction. Millions of americans are without power. Thousands of families have lost their homes. With the hurricane over, the next sTorm could be political. Us Vice President and democratic president ial candidate Kamala Harris cancelled Campaign Events on the West Coast To return To washingTon for emergency briefings. Shes expected To visit the region later this week. Cheering. Meanwhile, former President Trump was in flood ravaged georgia a state expected To be crucial in the upcoming president ial election, which is about five weeks away. Carl nasman, Bbc News, North Carolina. A . Round The World . Cruise . Liner . Has finally left Belfast Harbour, . Four . Months . After . It . Was due To depart. Passengers of the Villa Vie residences odyssey had been living in hotels and rental accommodation in the city while the vessel was made seaworthy. Our . Ireland . Correspondent chris . Page watched it set off. Horn blasts. This round the World Cruise has had only one sTop in four months belfast. Following 122 days of delay, the ship was still in a repair yard, long after the scheduled boarding time yesterday. The Chief Executive of the company admitted To feeling a bit stressed and didnt sound hopeful. Ships coming Today, Tomorrow, some time soon, hopefully. Hopefully. Hopefully, yes. Hopefully. But a little later, the ocean beckoned. Its on our way, guys. Cheering. Finally, passengers could begin their global adventure. Were ecstatic. Absolutely amazing. So. I can breathe. Not all the seafarers are human. Holly and her cat, captain, have taken on something of a Celebrity Status during their unexpected stay here. Belfast has been very good To me, and we will probably be back on our next circumnavigation. So, ready To sail inTo perpetual summers, were Told the ship is now going. Thats right. Its going To be a couple of weeks till we get To summer. But, yeah, i definitely want To sail inTo warm weather. And, you know, iwant To live on that ship. Personally, i dont care if we dont go anywhere for a while if we have To, so long as we can be on the ship. Well, many passengers have said theyve come To love this place and its people. But there are some aspects of life here that perhaps they wont miss as much. If the ship had stuck To its original itinerary, well, apparently it would be in the bahamas now, rather than belfast. You can imagine that plenty of the people here now safely on board will be glad To be heading for the high seas. Cheering. The travellers have shown a lot of humour amidst the hassle. 17 weeks on, Northern Ireland has said bon voyage. Chris page, Bbc News, belfast. There she goes. Finally. After a four month wait. Can you imagine . They have gone. Sailing Towards warmer weather. The caribbean, wouldnt that be nice. How caribbean well it be for us this morning . Goad well it be for us this morning . Good morninu. Well it be for us this morning . Good morning i well it be for us this morning . Good morning i can well it be for us this morning . Good morning. I can tell well it be for us this morning . Good morning. I can tell you well it be for us this morning . Good morning. I can tell you it well it be for us this morning . Good morning. I can tell you it is morning. I can tell you it is not Caribbean Weather at all in terms of temperatures. We have a cloudy start. Drierthan temperatures. We have a cloudy start. Drier than yesterday. That wouldnt be difficult. Still when around, particularly across parts of england. Here is where the ground is already flooded, across parts of northern and central parts of england. This when a stinking south, living through wales at the moment. Will push in the direction of the South East. Gusty winds coming in from