Being launched from iran as yet and is at a high state of alert. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged israelis to heed safety instructions, and warned of testing days ahead. The us Embassy Injerusalem has directed staff and their families to shelter in place until further notice. Joining me now is our correspondent Jon Donnison whos Injerusalem And Anna foster whos in beirut. Overnight, the Ground Invasion started in Southern Lebanon with israelis watching that attack butjohn, first to you, what is the latest youre hearing about preparations with those threats in the message relayed from white House Officials there to officials there in the israeli government. There in the israeli covernment. ,. , , government. Israeli military is confirmed government. Israeli military is confirmed that government. Israeli military is confirmed that it government. Israeli military is confirmed that it received confirmed that it received intelligence from the united states that iran was preparing to launch missiles towards israel and as you say, it is not detected any missiles being launched yet but it says that its Air Defence systems are fully prepared and that Air Force Fighter jets fully prepared and that Air Force Fighterjets are Force Fighter jets are patrolling Force Fighterjets are patrolling the skies. Iran has been threatening to seek vengeance for the killing of the leader of the iranian backed Militia Group in lebanon who was killed on friday and it seems, if it comes to pass, this could be that response. In the past ten minutes, The Agency is citing similar western sources sing around is expected to attack israel with ballistic missiles that will reach israel within 12 minutes not the drones of Cruise Missiles that we usually see in that Attack Back in april. Back in a ril, that Attack Back in april. Back in april. Iran that Attack Back in april. Back in april, iran launched that Attack Back in april. E c< in april, iran launched around 300 drones and missiles towards israel and nearly all of them were shot down and i think there were some limited damage at that time but theres certainly no casualties. This would be different because as you say, ballistic missiles are capable of reaching israel much, much quicker. They would be guided missiles in the New York Times is reporting that the likely target would be irans intelligence headquarters like Tel Aviv. We have not been able to confirm that but certainly ballistic missiles are much greater threat. ~. , missiles are much greater threat. ~ ,. , missiles are much greater threat. ~. ,. , missiles are much greater threat. ~ ,. ,. ,. , threat. We will come to an a in a moment threat. We will come to an a in a moment and threat. We will come to an a in a moment and write threat. We will come to an a in a moment and write back threat. We will come to an a in a moment and write back from j a moment and write back from where Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing the Un General Assembly, he was quite clearly directing so many comments aimed at iran saying that if you strike us, we will strike you strike us, we will strike you and there is no where inside iran that we cannot reach. And they have known the potential threat was coming. Yes, youre absolutely right it was interesting about this is that this will now not be a Surprise Attack in any way and it may be that the us intelligence is picked up signs that this launch is imminent but it might also be Lake Iran has telegraphed it its going to respond to the death of Hassan Nasrallah in a way that is giving a warning to israel and so, it can be seen to be responding and sending a strong message that is not accepting what israel is doing well the same time, perhaps knowing that with some warning, israel might be able to neutralise the threat. ,. , threat. Putting that final oint to threat. Putting that final point to her threat. Putting that final point to her in threat. Putting that final point to her in a threat. Putting that final| point to her in a moment threat. Putting that final. Point to her in a moment or two. He let us had to be rude and anna, that, so much focus on what is coming out at the White House and any potential eminent threat from iran and talking about will be seen already and israel starting that Ground Invasion and just take us through it its been like in the last 2a hours. We like in the last 24 hours. We have seen like in the last 24 hours. We have seen continued air Strikes Year have seen continued air Strikes Year in have seen continued air Strikes Year in the have seen continued air Strikes Year in the beirut and the Ground Year in the beirut and the Ground Invasion which is started Ground Invasion which is started here in Southern Lebanon, we got the message about lebanon, we got the message about two oclock this morning and that about two oclock this morning and that an israel confirmed that and that an israel confirmed that its and that an israel confirmed that its troops were Inside Lebanon that its troops were Inside Lebanon was abuzz with the first lebanon was abuzz with the First Time since the war in 2006 First Time since the war in 2006 but later in the day, they said that 2006 but later in the day, they said that they had been conducting smaller scale incursions into tunnels but for some incursions into tunnels but for some months, presumably in preparation to Military Operations of the advancing of the last operations of the advancing of the last two Weeks or so and i think the last two Weeks or so and i think what the last two Weeks or so and i think what is interesting now is something that we have discussed several times on the programme in the last few days and the programme in the last few days and the kind of response that there and the kind of response that there will be to the killing here there will be to the killing here in there will be to the killing here in beirut of the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. They hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. They said it had degraded significantly than military capabilities and certainly managed to decimate the Organisations Leadership and Command Structure and more than a Week Command Structure and more than a Week ago Command Structure and more than a Week ago of Air Strikes, they have a Week ago of Air Strikes, they have managed to also destroy a lot of have managed to also destroy a lot of its have managed to also destroy a lot of its weapons and weapons launching lot of its weapons and weapons launching patterns and that is why we launching patterns and that is why we were talking about the wells why we were talking about the wells who may be involved at this Point Wells who may be involved at this Point And Hezbollah being in iran this Point And Hezbollah being in iran backed and funded organisation. We talked about iran itself which is what we seem iran itself which is what we seem to iran itself which is what we seem to be seen coming to fruition seem to be seen coming to fruition now and also in yemen, or Backed Fruition now and also in yemen, or backed militias in syria and its time or backed militias in syria and its time to consider is the rens its time to consider is the rons to its time to consider is the rons to begin because Hezbollah Cannot make a response of its own . I think Things Response of its own . I think things will certainly become a little things will certainly become a little bit things will certainly become a little bit clearer in the next few hours, matthew. Let little bit clearer in the next few hours, matthew. Let me Ust Brina few hours, matthew. Let me ust bring some � few hours, matthew. Let me ust bring some the i few hours, matthew. Let me ust bring some the latest few hours, matthew. Let me ust bring some the latest lines, h bring some the latest lines, warning that All Out War must be avoided in Lebanon And Lebanon plus plus Sovereignty And Integrity must be respected in the last few moments, the peacekeepers of lebanon saying they have seen sporadic incursions by Israeli Military and they have not seen a full Scale Invasion which brings us to what i want to ask you next which was do you have any sense of where you are and how far israel has actually gonein how far israel has actually gone in to Southern Lebanon . That loops around very neatly to the that loops around very neatly to the lines are talking about particularly about the Un Peacekeepers and inns tend to Make Peacekeepers and inns tend to make existing in the Buffer Zone make existing in the Buffer Zone between the border in the River Zone between the border in the river here zone between the border in the river here in lebanon because of the river here in lebanon because of the End River here in lebanon because of The End of the war in 2006, the un of The End of the war in 2006, the un put a resolution in place. The un put a resolution in place, Resolution 1701 which was place, Resolution 1701 which was supposed to turn the Southern Lebanon into a Buffer Area Southern Lebanon into a Buffer Area to Southern Lebanon into a Buffer Area to make sure that hezbollah fighters and hezbollah fighters and hezbollah weapons were not close hezbollah weapons were not close to hezbollah weapons were not close to israel to do any damage but that did not have been damage but that did not have been in damage but that did not have been in the peacekeepers were there been in the peacekeepers were there to been in the peacekeepers were there to assist the lebanese armed there to assist the lebanese Armed Forces to try to keep that Armed Forces to try to keep that area Armed Forces to try to keep that area free of hezbollah essentially. So the question is, how essentially. So the question is, how far does israel want to id is, how far does israel want to go with is, how far does israel want to go with this, do they want to, and go with this, do they want to, and Theyve Used Words like limited and Theyve Used Words like limited in localised and targeted operationsjust Inside Lebanon targeted operationsjust Inside Lebanon to destroy the Tunnel Network Lebanon to destroy the Tunnel Network and the infrastructure that hezbollah built just network and the infrastructure that Hezbollah Builtjust on the side of the border into lebanon the side of the border into lebanon or do they want to go the whole lebanon or do they want to go the whole way into the write up the whole way into the write up the river the whole way into the write up the river and do they want to try to the river and do they want to try to clear out and secured a Buffer Try to clear out and secured a Buffer Zone and that in itself would Buffer Zone and that in itself would be a far bigger and far more would be a far bigger and far more than larger Military Operation in saying that hezbollah will fight back and uses hezbollah will fight back and uses people on the ground to push uses people on the ground to push back and civilians and that push back and civilians and that is push back and civilians and that is the operation that would that is the operation that would be hard to complete in such would be hard to complete in such a would be hard to complete in such a short amount of time. | such a short amount of time. I was listening to peter from the idea of speaking earlier and he was saying that the reason they launched this attack was to stop any sort of repeat the people spilling over the border and yet, israeli Prime Minister has consistently said day after day that they will allow those residents in Northern Israel who will return. How does this stop the rockets that causes those people to leave their homes . F those people to leave their homes . J ,. ,. , homes . Theyre perhaps wanting to Ut Homes . Theyre perhaps wanting to put that homes . Theyre perhaps wanting to put that much homes . Theyre perhaps wanting to put that much wider homes . Theyre perhaps wanting to put that much wider buffer to put that much wider Buffer Zone to put that much wider Buffer Zone in to put that much wider Buffer Zone in place because as you rightly zone in place because as you rightly send the days after the october rightly send the days after the October The 7th attacks, there are tens October The 7th attacks, there are tens of thousands of people in Northern Israel who fled their in Northern Israel who fled their homes because hezbollah on the their homes because hezbollah on the eighth started Firing Rockets on the eighth started Firing Rockets across the border and when rockets across the border and when the rockets across the border and when the idf, when israel said that hezbollah should not have been that hezbollah should not have been in that hezbollah should not have been in that area, that was an area been in that area, that was an area that been in that area, that was an area that after the war in 2006 Shouidve Area that after the war in 2006 shouldve been this Buffer Zone and the shouldve been this Buffer Zone and the problem now is that israei and the problem now is that israel and wanted to return it Civilians Israel and wanted to return It Civilians rightly to their homes civilians rightly to their homes and israel have carried out this homes and israel have carried out this operation that is displaced many of the Prime Minister displaced many of the Prime Minister say people not just displaced many of the Prime Minister say People Notjust in a Room Minister say People Notjust in a room but in southern areas as well a room but in southern areas as well and a room but in southern areas as well and it a room but in southern areas as well and it is Air Strikes that israel well and it is Air Strikes that israel is well and it is Air Strikes that israel is carried out in the past israel is carried out in the past ten israel is carried out in the past ten days or so to target that past ten days or so to target that infrastructure, theyve also that infrastructure, theyve also had that infrastructure, theyve also had a lot of civilian casualties as well and the 2006 warsaw casualties as well and the 2006 warsawjust over A Thousand warsaw just over A Thousand Deaths Warsaw just over A Thousand deaths in warsawjust over A Thousand deaths in a Month And Weve already deaths in a Month And Weve already seen over thousand deaths already seen over thousand deaths in less than two Weeks and is deaths in less than two Weeks and is that civilian told you on the and is that civilian told you on the lebanese side which is drawing on the lebanese side which is drawing the attention of World Leaders drawing the attention of World Leaders and that is why they again leaders and that is why they terms of the calculation, what is your best assessmen they leaders and that is why they again leaders and that is why they again repeatedly talking about again repeatedly talking about again repeatedly talking about again repeatedly talking about a Cease Fire but when the un a Cease Fire but when the un general a Cease Fire but when the Un General Assembly was meeting, general a Cease Fire but when the Un General Assembly was meeting, There General Assembly was meeting, there was a lot of positive There General Assembly was meeting, there was a lot of positive noises there was a lot of positive noises there was a lot of positive noises made about a Cease Fire and then noises made about a Cease Fire and then noises made about a Cease Fire and then later that day, israel noises made about a Cease Fire and then later that day, israel killed killed and then later that day, israel killed the leader of hezbollah, and then later that day, israel killed the leader of hezbollah, hassan killed the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. You hear a hassan killed the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. You hear a lot of Hassan Nasrallah. You hear a lot of Talk Lot of Hassan Nasrallah. You hear a lot of talk Hassan Nasrallah. You hear a lot of talk at the highest Levels Lot of talk at the highest levels in the Sea Right on the Hassan Nasrallah. You hear a lot of talk at the highest Levels Lot of talk at the highest levels in the Sea Right on the Ground Levels in the Sea Right on the ground youre in the middle Ground Levels in the Sea Right on the ground youre in the Middle East, ground youre in the Middle East, is ground youre in the Middle East, ground youre in the Middle East, is ground youre in the Middle East, is very different. Sink east, is very different. Sink earlier in east, is very different. Sink earlier in east, is very different. Sink earlier in the east, is very different. Sink earlier in the data east, is very different. Sink earlier in the east, is very different. 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Sinkl earlier in the data this is one the most moments in their history and think you once history and think you once again for taking us through all again for taking us through all of that and that is speaking of that and that is speaking out to our diplomatic correspondent who was here in out to our diplomatic correspondent who was here in the studio with me and the studio with me and returning to the potential returning to the potential threat from the iranians, let threat from the iranians, Let Me just tell you and our me just tell you and our viewers the armies urging viewers the armies urging israelis to per Text And Israelis to per text and wide ranging attacks in the wide ranging attacks in the Defence Minister spoke in the Defence Minister spoke in the last few minutes to his last few minutes to his american counterpart and so, in american counterpart and so, in terms of the calculation, what terms of the calculation, what is your best assessment . That information and warnings that an attack is imminent and they wish i could answer exec with the calculations are but we do know is that there are divisions within iran the conservatives and hardliners are suggesting that if iran had retaliated to that assassination, maybe israel would not have gone after hezbollah and Hassan Nasrallah in the way that it has in the moderate president to his elected not to long ago spent advising caution and we believe and understand we thought the Supreme Leader was a cautious man who do not want to do anything existential for his survival but now we have these reports in and it was saying how dangerous the situation is and its a very dangerous moment for the entire Middle East now. 50 moment for the entire Middle East now moment for the entire Middle East now. ,. , � east now. So much that we dont know because east now. So much that we dont know because as east now. So much that we dont know because as John East now. So much that we dont know because as john was east now. So much that we dont| know because as john was saying know because asjohn was saying and certainly the case indicated last time that the drone missile strike, many senses, Bells Telegraphed by the iranians in there seem to respond but not in a way that ratcheted things up even further and so, we still dont know in this case whether again it is the same telegraphing whether The Americans of spotted something or detected something that perhaps they had seen that the iranians did not want to see. I seen that the iranians did not want to see want to see. I think that is a question want to see. I think that is a question for want to see. I think that is a question for us want to see. I think that is a question for us officials want to see. I think that is a question for us officials and J Question for us officials and certainly dated telegraphed what they were going to do in those missiles, those 300 missiles and drones that are directed at israel were launched in response to an attack by israel on the iranian commanders that were killed and they said that this is a red light and what we have seen over the past few months in the Middle East and all the rules that come if you want to call them that, the competence abided by for decades, really being trampled on and being blown apart and very unpredictable times at the moment. Unpredictable times at the moment unpredictable times at the moment. ,. ,. ,~ , moment. Thank you for taking us throu~h moment. Thank you for taking us through that moment. Thank you for taking us through that and moment. Thank you for taking us through that and you moment. Thank you for taking us through that and you ended through that and you ended talking about deadlines that are being crossed in recent Weeks and months in exactly the points made. Ive been speaking to dr h. A. Hellyer, who is a senior Associate Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for international peace. He gave me his assessment of the israeli incursion into lebanon. The invasion, um, is, you know, under way. Its unclear as to how far the israelis are going to go. What we do know is that the israelis were not particularly happy about the fact that the us leaked information about the beginnings of the invasion, which apparently they did, according to reports, in order to try to limit the operation. But having said that, its still an Invasion And Mission creep is very real. Um, when we look at how the israelis proceeded in gaza a year ago and you look at how today theres now a Military Governor that has been appointed for the territory of gaza by the israelis. You know, what happens in between is not the result of, you know, one linear plan, but indeed, because on the ground without checks and balances and there are none at present when it comes to the israelis, then things can really change quite quickly. In terms of the iranians, um, i want to point out right now, all of these things are unconfirmed. The white House Official has not been identified, which means that it was purposely leaked without attribution and picked up very quickly by different media outlets. At the same time, Sky News is reporting that the idf have told them that they dont see any imminent aerial attack. Um, so its unclear. Are the iranians actually planning something . Are the iranians feigning an attack in order to rattle their adversaries . Whats going on, exactly . I think we have to be very, very cautious here. Were in the midst of, quote unquote, the fog of war. Um, and many things have been justified in the past relying on intelligence that turned out to be incorrect. So id be cautious about that. Yes, youre right to have all of those caveats. But referencing what ijust read out from the Un Secretary general saying All Out War must be avoided. That is a real risk here, isnt it . I think it is. And i think its very dangerous. I think its very reckless. Youve seen this language, particularly over the last day or so, where senior american figures and of course, the israeli government, especially netanyahu himself, the Prime Minister, are talking about, quote unquote, some sort of historic opportunity to reshape the Middle East, to remake the Middle East, that the Middle East right now is malleable and not as solid and locked into certain patterns as usual. That its a once in a Generation Sort of opportunity. And this is incredibly dangerous talk. Every time this talk has happened in my lifetime, the results have been catastrophic. Is Shooting Attack near Tel Aviv with casualties thats being reported on Israeli Television Israeli Police confirming a Shooting Attack with a number of casualties and the suspicions of a motive is a terror attack. Those reports coming in as we were listening to the doctor it will keep an eye on that and bring you the very latest on that and incredibly fluid i was there in the region here on bbc news. Around the world and across the uk, youre watching bbc news. 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. They ll be debating important issues including immigration and the Economy And Bbc verify s fact checking team will be looking out for some key claims as Merlyn Thomas explains. Vice president Ial Candidatest Vance and Tim Walz will go head to head on Tuesday Night for the first and only time. The campaign has already been dominated by claim and counter claim, and it could be a busy night for fact checkers at bbc verify. Heres what you need to know if some of these claims come up. Republicans have been attacking the biden harris Administrations Record on illegal immigration with some big numbers. Jd vance said this. Its also because Kamala Harris let 25 Million illegal aliens into this country. But we dont know where this number comes from. Us Border Officials record encounters with immigrants. This includes people who attempted to cross illegally, and people who tried to enter legally but werent allowed. These encounters did rise to record highs under the Biden Harris Administration before falling in recent months, but not to the overall Number Vance claims. Since biden became president injanuary 2021, there have been more than Ten Million so called encounters, and about Eight Million of those came over the southern Land Border with mexico. And vance might be asked about the baseless claim he made on x about Haitian Immigrants Eating Pets in springfield, ohio, which Donald Trump then repeated in the president ial debate. In springfield, theyre eating the dogs. Bbc verify have found no evidence to support the claim. Police and city officials told us theyd had no reports of this happening, but vance has since refused to back down, saying this on cnn. If i have to. It wasnt just a meme. If i have to create stories so that the american media actually pays attention to the suffering of the american people, then thats what im going to do. Now onto walz. This is the first president ial election since the supreme court, including three conservative justices appointed by Donald Trump, overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022. Democrats think the Battle Over Reproductive Rights is a winning issue for them, and they have this warning. He will ban abortion across this country, whether congress is there or not be absolutely clear about it. But thats not what trump says. In this campaign, hes ruled out a nationwide abortion ban, so this claim is misleading. Walz will still try to capitalise on divisions among conservatives, including trump and vance themselves, over how far into a pregnancy individual states should ban abortions from. And youll probably hear a lot about project 2025 from walz. Theyve made it easy for us to know what theyre going to do, because they wrote it in a 900 Page Document called project 2025. Walz claims trump plans to implement an ultra conservative Policy Agenda created by the Heritage Foundation think tank. But after a backlash against some more radical proposals, trump began distancing 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 wasnt involved in this. Theres likely to be lots of other claims that will come up on the night, and bbc verify will be looking into them to try to help you get to the facts. And you can watch the Cbs News Vice President ial debate in simulcast here on bbc news. We are going to have a full build up from 1 am British Summer Time or 8 pm eastern time. Buckingham place has announced that Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child the late Queens Granddaughter and her husband, edoardo mapelli mozzi, are preparing to welcome the new addition to their family in early spring. The Royal Baby will be a little Brother Or Sister for the couples three year old daughter sienna, and Mr Mapelli Mozzis Son and beatrices stepson, eight year old wolfie. In the Middle East in the last five minutes, reports of a Shooting Attack and i will tell you what a correspondent in the region is saying. Regarding a Shooting Incident in Tel Aviv, very close or the suburbs of Tel Aviv and multiple casualties in the initial suspicion of a motive is terror and so, multiple casualties in this attack and the motive at the moment, please suggesting is a Terror Motive and Let Me tell you also in the last half an hour, in terms of that threat from iran, israeli army urging israelis to stay near protected areas in case of a wide range iranian attack and so, all of those lines will continue to be followed will bring you the latest year and do stay with us on bbc news. Hello. Whilst flooding continues to be a concern across parts of england, the Flood Warnings we had earlier today across Southwest England have now cleared and those across Northern England have reduced in numbers. We still have problems across the midlands, where a number of Flood Warnings remain in force. The days sunniest weather on tuesday was to be found in Northern Ireland, barely a cloud in the sky there in portrush. And overnight tonight, it is across Northern Ireland and scotland, well keep the clearest conditions, some Fog Patches likely to develop in scotland through the night. England and wales keeping a lot of cloud and there will still be outbreaks of Rain Patchy rain at that across eastern areas. Its going to be light rain too, so its not going to cause any further problems with flooding. Now, heading into the next couple of days, High Pressure is going to dominate our weather picture, eventually squishing the weather front. So, although we start off with a bit of patchy rain across eastern areas of england, eventually over the next day or two it will become a good deal drier. Chilly winds, then, across central and eastern england, probably brightening up in wales and Northern England, but the best of the sunshine in scotland and Northern Ireland once weve lost any early Morning Mist and Fog Patches. Temperatures quite widely around about 15 degrees, give or take. And then wednesday night, its a cold one, temperatures getting well down into single figures and are cold enough for a nip of frost in sheltered areas of rural scotland. So it will be a cold start to the day as we look at the forecast into thursday. Plenty of sunshine, again, once any early Morning Mist and Fog Patches have cleared out of the way. Still quite a chilly breeze blowing across southern coastal counties of england, but away from that should feel ok in the October Sunshine with temperatures around 15 17 degrees. These temperatures are a bit above average for the time of year. We should manage another fine day for the most part across much of scotland and most of england and wales through friday, but for Northern Ireland and western scotland, the winds pick up through Friday Afternoon and eventually well start to see outbreaks of rain arriving, but really quite late in the day. Temperatures not changing too much highs for most between around 14 17 celsius. But into the Weekend, we are going to see a bigger change in our Weather Pattern as low pressure starts to push These Bands Of Rain Across the uk, accompanied by some strengthening winds. And its Notjust Rain that well have into the Weekend. Next Week also looks pretty unsettled, with rain at times. Bye for now. This is bbc news, the Headlines A senior us official warns iran is preparing an imminent Missile Attack on israel, it comes as israel launches a Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon. Gas and Electricity Prices in england, scotland and wales have risen with the new Energy Price Cap up by 10 . 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