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The international Cricket Calendar is to next year. The international Cricket Calendar is about to next year. The international Cricket Calendar is about to Cricket Calendar is about to start. And when� s first game is on saturday against bangladesh. Due to be hosts until political unrest in the Country Led to the tournament being relocated to the uae. Scotland are involved in the Opening Game against the same opponents and what will be the first appearance in a womens World Cup. I appearance in a womens world cu. ~ � , appearance in a womens world cu, ~ � ,. , , cup. I think its massive. Hepefully cup. I think its massive. Hepefully it cup. I think its massive. Hopefully it can cup. I think its massive. Hopefully it can inspire l cup. I think its massive. Hopefully it can inspire some people. The amount of Support Weve got back home has been absolutely incredible. Hopefully people can now see that it hopefully people can now see thatitis hopefully people can now see that it is a sport where there is something to work towards. You get to go to global events, World Events and come to things like the World Cup which you never got to do before. So hopefully that can get more people involved. The hopefully that can get more people involved. Hopefully that can get more people involved. The final of the louis people involved. The final of the Louis Vuitton people involved. The final of the Louis Vuitton Cup people involved. The final of i the Louis Vuitton Cup continued off the coast of barcelona on wednesday. The series that decides whether in us britannia or the italians will take on New Zealand for the Americas Cup later this month. Having won both the days raises, they now have a 6 4 lead in the first of seven series and therefore only need one more victory to see them through. Sir Mark Cavendish has said it will be really nice to race as a Knight Commander after he received a knighthood at Windsor Castle earlier on. The 39 Euros finish the season with a record breaking 35th Stage when in the tour de france. He says he wont ride the race again but still keen to complete his season on the road. Cavendish said one of his children expected him to emerge from the ceremony wearing a suit of armour after being knighted. That would have been a site. Thats all the sport from ostinato. What a legend he is on the bike. Thank you very much. We talked in the last Half Hour about the target Options Israel is considering. Top of the list the atomic Weapons Capability that iran has continued to develop since the Trump Administration pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2015. Iran is the only non nuclear Weapons Country to produce 60 enriched uranium and is considered to have enough near Weapons Grade Nuclear Fuel for around three bombs. Estimates vary of how long it would take iran to build that nuclear weapon. But last year, gen. Mark milley, the then chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff, told congress that in his view it would only take them a Matter of months. Nuclear weapon. Back with us on the programme, Ali Vaez Iran Project Director at the crisis group. Always good to get your analysis. In fact, today i was just reading a thread that you reposted from the director of global risk at the federation of american scientists. And he says iran in his view is within weeks of producing enough material for a weeks of producing enough materialfor a bomb and could produce one quickly once the uranium is enriched. In his view, if israel targets arounds nuclear facilities, its better not miss, but it could be quite futile. find could be quite futile. And absolutely. Could be quite futile. And absolutely. Let could be quite futile. And absolutely. Let me could be quite futile. fific absolutely. Let me break this down with several different subjects. One is that targeting a functional nuclear facility has serious humanitarian risks because you might cause serious nuclear contamination that could even travel long distances like iran has its nuclear reactor on the shores of the persian gulf. It is closer to dubai and ohio than it is to to ron. And so that is his one serious consideration. The second is yes you can take out some of the infrastructure, but the knowledge is already in the head of iranian scientists and that cannot be bombed away. The third is an attack would basically prove the point that many hardliners in iran have been making, that the countrys regional deterrence or its conventional deterrence is not working and iran needs the ultimate deterrent which comes in the form of nuclear weapons. So It Mightjust Harden the iranians in the resolve to pursue nuclear weapons despite the temporary setback and that an israeli strike might cause. I think ive got my dates wrong, the jcpoa, i think ive got my dates wrong, thejcpoa, the nuclear deal was signed in 2015. I think he can paint, donald trump, that he was going to withdraw from it. That america would be better off by withdrawing from it. Eventually they left the agreement in 2018. Imjust they left the agreement in 2018. Im just reading that here. Was that a mistake in hindsight . Hindsight . Imagine when President Hindsight . Imagine when President Trump Hindsight . Imagine when President Trump walked L Hindsight . Imagine when i President Trump walked out hindsight . Imagine when President Trump walked out of the nuclear deal in 2018. It would take iran upwards of 12 months to enrich enough materialfor months to enrich enough material for a months to enrich enough materialfor a nuclear months to enrich enough material for a nuclear weapon. That timeline today is six days. So President Trump basically took out the Iranian Nuclear Programme to programme it was put in a box and under the most rigorous international Monitoring Mechanism ever designed and put it in a microwave. And this is now the programme that we have and iran is on the threshold of nuclear weapons all thanks to President Trump. In weapons all thanks to president trum. ,. , trump. In the scientists view, there is nothing trump. In the scientists view, there is nothing in trump. In the scientists view, there is nothing in their trump. In the scientists view, there is nothing in their view | there is nothing in their view that israel could do now short of overthrowing the regime that is going to change that because a the reality is they probably have the know how, they probably have the material. You are not going to get it all come as you just pointed out to us. So what do we have to face whether we like it or not that iran is going to become a nuclear capable country . Because, what . That is the only way to restore their deterrent . This is why when President Biden was asked today about whether he would support israel targeting an iranian nuclear facility he said no. And its because this would be the last straw that would push iran towards a political decision. They have the technical capabilities and capacity. The question is a political decision, but they would go and take this last step of Crossing The Rubicon and developing nuclear weapons. So yes, an attack on their soil, a significant one could potentially be that trigger and should be avoided because a lot of the problems of the west has with iran, whether It Support of Terrorist Groups in the region or its proliferation of drones and missiles to state and non state actors, all of these would become so much more difficult to deal with if iran is sitting behind a nuclear shield. And i want to add to this the difficulty that as a result of us withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, the international inspectors still have full view of all of the fissile material. But since three years ago they have no visibility to harm the advanced centrifuges there and has produced and whether it has also created new clandestine nine facilities that could be used in a towards nuclear weapons or not. And this is why, again, anything that would disturb the existing balance would be a grave mistake. A officials were in New York last week talking to the European Counterparts trying to find a diplomatic way to get back into a nuclear deal with the west. That provides a much more sustainable solution to this dilemma then anything using military power. Military power. Thats an important military power. Thats an important point military power. Thats an important point to military power. Thats an important point to pick. Military power. Thats an l important point to pick up, military power. Thats an important point to pick up, the new president is viewed as a moderate and referred to comments and iranian contacts. He was in New York at the general assembly almost holding out a fig leaf, i thought some of the political route was still open. And yet, last night, presumably the moderates lost the argument on how to react tally eight to the killing room. So does he still have an ability to drag them in that direction . That direction . Well, it all depends that direction . Well, it all depends on that direction . Well, it all depends on what that direction . Well, it all depends on what happensj that direction . Well, it all depends on what happens next. I think even the Uranium Moderates have come to the point of realising the restraint that iran had demonstrated was being interpreted as a sign of weakness by israel, continuing to push its advantage and iranians were worried that israel would eventually come after them anyways thinking that iran is exposed because its most important defensive shield is on its knees. Israel is more protected than ever because the united states has boosted its Military Presence in the region and is shielding israel. And therefore the risks are pretty high. It was a choice, the fact that they would be doomed if they do it, they would be doomed if they dont do it, but at least they decided to be in a position that they are not just reactive and they have taken the initiative into their own hands. Their hope is that this would now remind the international community, especially the united states, that the risks and unrestrained israeli action in the region would result in a regional conflict is real, so if i hold israel back then may be. Gaza, lebanon around the iranian nuclearflap. The gaza, lebanon around the iranian nuclear flap. The other auestion iranian nuclear flap. The other question is iranian nuclear flap. The other question is is iranian nuclear flap. The other question is is the iranian nuclear flap. The other question is is the Reaction Question is is the reaction from The Americans . Because although joe from The Americans . Because Althouthoe Biden has said today that he doesnt support an attack on any nuclear facilities, there is a Report Today that says senior White House figures who privately did support Israels Decision to invade lebanon and take on hezbollah. So they werent in support of a 21 day cease fire. It seems not everyone is talking in the same way within the biden administration. What do you know about that . find do you know about that . And thats absolutely do you know about that . 2 1c thats absolutely right. Do you know about that . 2. 1c thats absolutely right. There is a debate within the White House and this is a lame Duck Administration at this point. Us elections are only four weeks away. President biden is not running for reelection. There is a degree of paralysis and a vacuum that currently exists at the top of the political system in dc. But it is understandable that some people looking out, some people within the Buy Demonstration looking at the tactical gains that israel has had over the last few weeks, decapitating Hezbollahs Leadership and being able to get away with it almost at no cost, despite all the warnings that they have provided to israel of the potential escalatory risks of these actions. They thought maybe they were wrong in their own analysis and they should give israel more open hand to weaken their common enemies, iran and its allies in the region. But its exactly moments like this that there is risk for hubris and overreach, and i think there are still people within the administration who understand that, and i hope that they would gain and cooler heads would gain and cooler heads would eventually prevail and advising his room what is accepted in the united states are not whether Israel But Heed that advice is an entirely different Matter. That advice is an entirely different Matter. Really good to net different Matter. Really good to get your different Matter. Really good to get your analysis different Matter. Really good to get your analysis this to get your analysis this evening on what they might be thinking into ron. We will talk to you again soon on the programme. Thank you very much. Around the world and across The Uk. This is bbc news. While we were speaking to our correspondent, i was watching some live pictures coming to us from birmingham, the flight that the Uk Government chartered to help british nationals get out of lebanon has just landed nationals get out of Lebanon Hasjust landed back nationals get out of lebanon has just landed back here nationals get out of Lebanon Hasjust landed back here in The Uk. Of course, The Uk one of the countries that is told its citizens to leave lebanon after the israeli military expanded that Operation South of the country. Our correspondent is out there in the dark somewhere. Did you manage to see it land . How many do we think are on board that plane . Do we think are on board that lane . � ,. ~ do we think are on board that lane . � ,. , ~. , plane . Its dark at this time of Niuht Plane . Its dark at this time of Night But Plane . Its dark at this time of night but the plane . Its dark at this time of night but the foreign plane . Its dark at this time i of night but the foreign Office Hasnt conferred to us how many people are on board. Its probably 100 5200 passengers that were on board. Out of course a fraction of the number of british nationals that are in lebanon, estimates from last week 5 6000 there. The first chartered flight that the British Government has organised. Today it was for vulnerable people, mainly that were on that plane along with children and, of course their dependents, wives, husbands, parents. They had to pay £350 each to be on the plane, and today the foreign Secretary David Lam he confirmed that there will be another Flight Tomorrow and as are needed as long as the Security Situation stays as it is because, as you mentioned, the number of commercialflights that mentioned, the number of commercial flights that are now operating out Of Beirut has dwindled since the conflict has escalated. So it is hard to get seats on planes and indeed the german government announced today they are sending a Military Aircraft to pick up some of their citizens. They did on monday for a lot of their consular staff, did on monday for a lot of their consularstaff, but did on monday for a lot of their consular staff, but they have today announced that they are sending in a Military Plane to take their people home. Also other nations, people like japan, they were sent to Military Aircraft to greece just in case. Australia looking at how it might have to get it citizens out if need be, but the main message from all of the main message from all of the government says you need to get out now while you can while there are still some flights and commercialflights there are still some flights and commercial flights flying out Of Beirut. It and commercial flights flying out Of Beirut. I and commercial flights flying out Of Beirut. It worried about how their out Of Beirut. It worried about how their families out Of Beirut. It worried about how their families are out Of Beirut. It worried about how their families are feeling | how their families are feeling back at home and No Doubt there are a lot of families relieved tonight that their Loved Ones are back on Terra Firma here in The Uk. Thank you very much for that. The flightjust The Uk. Thank you very much for that. The flight just arriving backin that. The flight just arriving back in birmingham. The four candidates in the conservative Leadership Contest have made their final pitches to the Party Conference in birmingham. The speeches from tom tugendhat, James Cleverly, Robertjenrick And Kemi Badenoch Covered Topics such as taxes, immigration and the Partys Record Defeat in the summer. The next round of voting starts in a week, the winner of the contest will be announced a month from today. Our political editor, chris mason, was watching. Onto the stage One By one, the candidates for conservative leader. Thejob hauling their party out of the deepest of holes, colossal election defeat. The speech that felt like a potential Game Changer came from the man who used to be home secretary, James Cleverly, Who Channelled The Former us President Ronald Reagan in trying to be upbeat. So, lets be more like reagan. Lets be enthusiastic, relatable, positive, optimistic. Lets be more normal. Laughter. He said the property Sales Tax Stamp duty should be scrapped and adapted a Line Gordon Brown once used about his rivals. Now is not the time for an apprentice. Who could that possibly be a reference to . Well, all the others, really, including the frontrunner robertjenrick, who had this blunt critique of the conservative record in office. We failed to deliver the strong nhs, the strong economy and, yes, the strong border. He wants The Uk to leave the European Convention on human rights and have a law to cut immigration. If i am your leader, i will fight for the effective freeze in net migration our country needs. Theres no end to branded millinery here, including for the candidate with a mention of headgear in his name. The fightback starts now. We will focus on what i the british people need and be absolutely ruthless about delivering it. From Health Care and. Immigration to security and education, we will deliver. Mr tugendhat also wants a migration limit. Last up today, the favourite for many here, Kemi Badenoch. She talked about free speech, gender, and said she was not a climate change sceptic, but a net zero sceptic. Some people say i like a fight. I cant imagine where they got that idea. Laughter. But its not true. I do not like to fight, but im not afraid to fight. I dont fight for the sake of fighting, but i do fight for you. Both frontrunners, Kemi Badenoch and robertjenrick, have had difficult days at this conference, and. It felt today like James Cleverly made the most of his moment. The question is whether that will make any difference. The next round of voting is next week. The winner will be announced next month. Chris mason, bbc news, in birmingham. Lets speak to lucy fisher. Lovely to see you. Thank you for coming on. Who do you think is up and down . That for coming on. Who do you think is up and down . Is up and down . That was definitely is up and down . That was definitely my is up and down . That was definitely my take, is up and down . That was definitely my take, not i is up and down . That was i definitely my take, not least from the warm applause James Cleverly got in the auditorium today, definitely the biggest Standing Ovation at The End of his speech, and indeed someone shouting out, crowned the emperor. I think throughout the week, someone in his team said they felt heat crescendoed throughout the four Day Conference and it felt that way and a sense. He avoided gaffes, he avoided stoking controversy. I think he ended up at The End of the conference and that was reflected by their odds surging in the market. A difficult day with remarks he made about special forces, with remarks he made about specialforces, robertjenrick, ultimately accusing them of murder, saying that they were killing rather than capturing terrorists in order to swerve European Laws passed down by the European Convention on human rights. But still, you know, he remains a strong contender in this. These come top of the ballot so far in the voting. Today in the hall, it was noticeable she was kind of hitting a lot of the kind of key right wing flashpoints around net zero talking about the way shes challenged some of the orthodox views on transgender issues. That got her a lot of cheers and making it clear how she wanted to fight left wing nonsense, as she put it. You could tell there was a lot of popular backing for those sentiments in the hall. The person i say who hasnt done as well in this conference is definitely tom tugendhat. It feels like his chances have drifted over the past few days as he has failed to cut through. To cut through. Right. There are other to cut through. Right. There are other politics to cut through. Right. There are other politics around i to cut through. Right. There i are other politics around today as we watch them come out of a conference centre. We should talk about Sir Keir Starmer who is back more than £6,000 of gifts and hospitality. What do you have to say about that . fish you have to say about that . 2 1 interesting intervention from downing Street Today that Keir Starmer will pay back some of the hospitality he has received since becoming Prime Minister injuly. So that includes £2800 worth of tickets of table two a Taylor Swift concert, with £2000 worth of tickets to a day at the races in doncaster and several hundred Pounds Worth of football tickets. I think its going to strike some people as quite an arbitrary distinction to say he wont accept the freebies since having been elected Prime Minister even though he was happy to sort of receive similar benefits in kind before then, even though he was elected mp. I think the timing of it now might strike many people as a little too little too late, it has come rather laid down in the saga, which has been running for several weeks now. And indeed just as we thought the headlines were beginning to die down, it does really get the story more legs and keeps it in the news for another 211 hours. So quite curious decision to do it and to do it now. It and to do it now. Lets quickly it and to do it now. Lets quickly hear it and to do it now. Lets quickly hear what it and to do it now. Lets quickly hear what he i it and to do it now. Lets i quickly hear what he had to say because he was in brussels today. This is what he said about restarting relations with europe. About restarting relations with Euro E. ,. About restarting relations with euroe. ,. About restarting relations with euroe. ,. ,. ,. , europe. Ursula and i have aareed europe. Ursula and i have agreed that europe. Ursula and i have agreed that we europe. Ursula and i have agreed that we can i europe. Ursula and i have agreed that we can do i europe. Ursula and i have i agreed that we can do more together. And if you key areas in particular promoting growth and prosperity, working together on the shared challenges like climate change, energy challenges like climate change, Energy Security and illegal migration. Strengthening our shared migration. Strengthening our shared security and stability. So shared security and stability. 50 we shared security and stability. 50 we are shared security and stability. So we are putting our relationship with europe on a more relationship with europe on a more solid stable footing. That is what more solid stable footing. That is what the british people want. Is what the british people want. A is what the british people want, a return to pragmatic sensible want, a return to pragmatic sensible leadership when it comes sensible leadership when it comes to dealing with our closest comes to dealing with our closest neighbours. No Maor Chance closest neighbours. No Maor Change in d closest neighbours. No Maor Change in policy i closest neighbours. No Maor Change in policy all i closest neighbours. No Maor Change in policy all stop i i closest neighbours. No major change in policy all stop i got| change in policy all stop i got the sense from doubt that it is the sense from doubt that it is the start of a process. 1 the sense from doubt that it is the start of a process. The start of a process. I think that is certainly the start of a process. I think that is certainly the the start of a process. I think that is certainly the case. I that is certainly the case. This is about launching the resets, starting the conversation with ursula boundary line, someone who Rishi Sunak seem to have pretty good rapport with, and indeed Sir Keir Starmer had sort of informal chats with him on the fringe of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week. Some very interesting photos that came out of the two of them looking quite conspiratorial. We have heard from diplomats, some sides of the European Commission saying in recent days that they think Sir Keir Starmer needs to be a bit clearer about what he wants from his European Reset and what hes willing to kind of trade away in order to get that. Of course, you know, timing and when to play your cards, how much to give away and how soon is all part of the tactics of negotiation. Im not surprised we havent heard anything more substantial today. Anything more substantial toda. ,. ,. , today. Lucy, great to get your thoughts today. Lucy, great to get your thoughts. Thank today. Lucy, great to get your thoughts. Thank you today. Lucy, great to get your thoughts. Thank you for i today. Lucy, great to get your l thoughts. Thank you for coming on tonight. Just before we go to the break i want to give you one line of Breaking News that we are getting. One of two of the doctors charged in connection with matthew perrys death, the actor has pleaded guilty after reaching a deal with prosecutors. A doctorfrom San Diego formally admitted to conspiring to distribute the Drug Ketamine and the 54 year old is the third person to accept charges following the death of the friends who died last october from the effects of ketamine. He was aged 511. We will be right back after this. Hello. Well, northern parts of The Uk have had plenty of sunshine today, but yet again across england, its been a cloudy picture with frequent showers. Really, the weather has left a lot to be desired, certainly after that wet september. Heres the good news if you want some drier and brighter weather thursday, friday and to an extent into saturday, the weather is looking a little bit better. Gap in the clouds at the moment with high Pressure Building across The Uk, and in fact, as we go through the course of this evening, skies will tend to clear across the bulk of the country. The winds are going to be light, so that means it is going to turn quite chilly early on thursday morning. In some spots, north or south temperatures could be just a few degrees above freezing, and thats in sheltered areas out of town. Some Mist And Fog in places, too, but in bigger cities and around coastal areas, i think around 6 9 degrees. So, High Pressure firmly in charge of the weather on thursday anchored across The Uk. That means light winds, prolonged sunshine, scattered fair weather clouds and this is from early morning onwards right through the course of the day. So, weve got a beautiful thursday on the way, and i think itll feel pleasant enough. The temperatures will be somewhat below the average for the time of the year, but we could do worse around 15 degrees in glasgow, 16 expected in the south of the country. Now, thursday into friday, that High Pressure is going to show signs of slipping away a little bit towards the east, giving way to atlantic weather fronts, and that does spell cloud and at least some rain across ireland and also into Western Parts of scotland. But the further East And Southeast you are, the better the weather will be on friday, and i think beautiful weather on the way for East Anglia and the southeast. 17 celsius expected in london. Further north, i think itll be a little fresher, maybe 13 15 degrees. So, thats how we end the week heres a look at the weekend and into next week. Low pressures once again sweeping off the atlantic and it is looking distinctly unsettled in the days ahead. In fact, here we have the Tail End of an Atlantic Hurricane potentially heading our way. Its still a long way off, but basically, it means that Theres Plenty of wet and windy weather in the forecast in the days ahead. So, heres a look at the weekend steadily going downhill. And then weve got Rain Icons pretty much for most of next week, but the temperatures still hovering around the mid teens. Thats it for me. Bye bye. Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Well be discussing with israel what they are going to do but all seven of us agreed that they have a right to respond. At that point, we saw the israeli air defence, the Iron Dome take to life and a lot of defensive missiles were sent up to the sky. The raging fires in the Middle East are quickly becoming an inferno. Joining me tonight on the panel. Democratic strategist and co founder of the collective Pac Stefanie brown james. Doug heye former Communications Director of the republican national committee. Democratic Strategist And Fundraiser lindy li. And the Journalist And Broadcaster Caroline Moderassy tehrani. All that to come, but first, the latest headlines. Israel says eight of its soldiers have been killed in fighting in southern lebanon, where its carrying out ground operations against hezbollah. Israels prime minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu says israel will continue its war against Irans Axis of evil. Speaking in qatar, Irans President Massoud pezeshkian said his country is not looking for War But Israel is forcing them to react and if israel strikes again that response will be even stronger. Us president Joe Biden has ordered the deployment of up to 1,000 troops to flood ravaged North Carolina to boost Emergency Response efforts including the Fight To Save Lives after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of southeastern states