For dozens of areas in the city. In this footage from the last couple of hours, you can see explosions lighting up the sky over beirut. Reports say the blasts were targetting the hezbollah dominated suburbs. Earlier in the night, hezbollah said its fighters had been engaged with israeli troops near the lebanon israel border. This is the scene live in beirut, as the clock passes 6. 00am there. As Air Strikes continue, lebanese authorities say four hospitals are now out of action and the United Nations has warned that all 900 shelters for displaced people are now full. This recent map shows weapons strikes across the region. Attacks by israel are shown in red and those by Hezbollah Rockets fired into Northern Israel are in purple. Israel has ordered residents in these southern lebanese communities, about 30 villages, here marked in orange, to leave their homes for their own safety. The areas in grey show places which have already received Evacuation Orders since tuesday. On friday morning, an Israeli Strike cut a key route with syria. Israel says it struck the Masnaa Crossing because the route was being used by hezbollah to transport weapons. The Masnaa Crossing has been used by thousands of refugees from Lebanon Whove been fleeing the bombing by israel. Our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports now, from the israel lebanon border. Hezbollah rockets are no longer a response to israeli troops in gaza, but to israeli troops at home, mapping their path through Lebanons Border villages. Were starting to see more signs of resistance to israeli forces on The Other Side of the border. Even a year of Air Strikes, intelligence operations, raids by Special Forces have not destroyed hezbollah� S Ability to fight back just a few miles in. Sirens. Weve just heard some bursts of small Arms Fire and what sounded like some grenades from the Israeli Army, and now you can hear the sirens going off, telling us to get out of the area. Explosions. Weve just heard a series of very loud explosions, what seems to be rockets landing nearby, some small Arms Fire across the border. It seems the Israeli Army is pushing into a location, and this was the response. Go. Most of the residents along this border have been evacuated. Come on, time to go. But in the arab israeli Town Ofjish a few miles down the road, many people have stayed. The sound of israeli Artillery Firing from The Hill above. The mayor is one of many here with Family Ties to lebanon. Israels Ground War has sparked mixed emotions, he says. Its more than afraid. Afraid is something forjust a few minutes. We have one year of afraid. I cant. I dont know how to say it, but its fear for a long time. And they dont know when, how, how it will finish. This is israels third Ground War in lebanon. So far, those wars have been easier to start than to end. Lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel lebanon border. Lebanon says a number of hospitals in the south of the country are out of action, as israel continues its offensive against hezbollah. The un says all 900 Government Shelters for the displaced are now full. Our senior international Correspondent Orla Guerin reports from southern lebanon. An Escape Route from lebanon today, now passable just by foot. Israel bombed the road overnight, claiming hezbollah was Smuggling Weapons beneath it. Most of those struggling across this border are syrians, escaping Lebanons War to go home to their own. Who wouldnt want to escape this . Beirut Last Night another massive Israeli Strike One Mile from the airport. The target the likely next leader of hezbollah, his fate unknown. Day and Night And Country wide, israel is bombing. This is in the south, in tyre. Was there a Hezbollah Target here . We dont know, but locals say israel killed five people from one family, including two women and a baby. Everybody here were children. Family, children, everybody here. Why . Hassan was here outside his Coffee Shop when the Air Strike killed his neighbours at the weekend. Translation two missiles came. I saw the first one landing. I was thrown from there to there. And the second missile sent me flying again, me and the guys. Now, im terrified if i hear this sound. Hassan insists there were no weapons stored nearby, and all the dead were civilians. Its not right. Its not right at all. I wish id died with them. In lebanon now, many are lost and weary, and fear this War May Bejust beginning. Explosions. So, were just hearing explosions now. Thats the sound of outgoing fire thats rockets being fired from quite close by hezbollah, targeting israeli positions. A whole stream of rockets being fired now. Israel has released this footage of its troops on lebanese soil, apparently advancing. But the invaders may face a hard fight here, as happened in the past. And how will the Middle East look on the day after . Few would dare to guess. Orla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon. We can bring you live pictures here in beirut. You can see smoke rising on the horizon as dawn approaches. The israeli military says it has continued strikes throughout the course of the night, including on southern suburbs, that it says are an area where there is a high volume of hezbollah fighters, according to the israeli military, the keep there in beirut. For more on this evolving conflict, i spoke to gina abercrombie winstanley, a retired senior us diplomat who now serves as senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council in washington. I think it is fair in saying tonight that this feels like a very precarious moment in the Middle East. How do you assess it . Well, i think the word precarious is exactly right. We have had a year of war with israel and the palestinians and with the us led efforts to prevent exactly what is happening now from happening. And any time that you have this conflict, this war, then we have a failure of diplomacy and i know everyone that has spoken on the bbc, us leaders, leaders from the region, have all spoken about the importance of a day after, a pathway, through diplomacy, to get there. But we have seen decisions made by both sides, particularly with regard to hamas and, of course, the israeli Prime Minister, avoiding that pathway to diplomacy, avoiding that offramp from the conflict and the region is suffering, as was anticipated. Do you think there is any responsibility from the united states in that Quote Unquote Failure . Well, i think we will have to take some measure of that but not the united states alone, and i do believe its important to realise that there are voices and pressures and leverage from a range of parties. Of course, the united states. And the president has made the decision, although giving Sound Advice to prime Minister Netanyahu about the importance of a diplomatic pathway, of giving palestinians a way forward for Self Determination and Dignity And Safety and security to ensure that israel has the same. That decision was not taken but there are others in the region. We know that of any arab country that has diplomatic relations with israel, none have broken diplomatic ties. We know that in an effort to give israel a sense of Courage And Confidence to do the right thing, to make the tough choices with regard to palestinians, but countries in the region came to Israels Aid but for naught so far because the Prime Minister has taken a different path. I want to touch on the role of iran now in this conflict. Weve seen from iran that public defence of its Missile Strikes on it as well as, quote, minimum punishment. When you hear that, did you see some degree of bluster here . Do you see it as a credible warning . How do you view irans increasing role in this conflict, particularly as it relates to proxies in the region, hezbollah, houthis and militias in iraq . Absolutely. I believe iran is very well aware of the dangers that it may be bringing on itself from israel. When the Prime Minister speaks about Israels Ability to reach anywhere in the region, clearly, it behoves everyone in the region to take the statement seriously. The operations against hezbollah are unprecedented and extraordinary and extraordinarily successful, and lets be clear here there may be a way forward for this way, by undermining hezbollah to such an extent. I dont believe it, but it may indeed bring them to the table to find a way of a ceasefire, even without the ceasefire that they have demanded in the gaza strip. But when you see that hamas has not been eradicated, even after a year from the strongest military in the region, it is hard to believe that hezbollah is going to come to heel in the same way in any short period of time. And israel has a lot of experience, having had multiple invasions of lebanon before. It has been incredibly costly to the lebanese but also costly to israel. Well, this present war in the Middle East can be traced back to nearly a year ago October 7 Last year, when Israels Military was overwhelmed as thousands of hamas gunmen breached the Security Barrier between israel and gaza. Just a kilometre from the border, the Military Base of Nahal Oz found itself on the frontline of the attack, and in less than five hours, it was overrun. Jon donnison has been taking a look at warnings from that base which were ignored, and how it fell to hamas. Dawn on october 7, and hamas gunmen are already swarming Nahal Oz, one of israels closest Military Bases to gaza, right on the front line. Attacking on the ground and from the air. With drones, even paragliders. Within hours, the base is overrun and over 60 israeli soldiers are dead. Among those taken hostage was naama levy, then 19 and only in her second day in thejob, bloodied and pinned against the wall. I have friends in palestine, she pleaded. She was taken to gaza, where she has been for 12 months. After i could take in the wounds, the blood, the horror of those moments, i knew she was going to say something like that. You know, im not the enemy. I have friends in palestine. That is my naama. The young Soldiers Job was what is called a spotter. Unarmed, she was one of dozens of mostly young women who monitored suspicious activity in gaza. Theyd warned that hamas was planning Something Big for years, its Fighters Training in footage like this. The nahal Oz Base is now completely destroyed and some of the Women Spotters who worked there are asking why it wasnt better protected. Shimron is one of the few who didnt die. She didnt want to give her real name, and her words are re enacted by a bbc producer. They told me, get up. The terrorists are here, outside the door. I thought it wasnt real. It didnt make sense that they would be here, inside the Military Base. And she is not the only person saying that if Nahal Oz had been better reinforced, the soldiers there couldve helped Stop Hamas from going on to kill hundreds of israelis. If that post was stronger and pushed back the hamas in that area, it could save a lot of lives. But even if Nahal Oz and other posts were standing, it could not prevent totally the takeover, but it could save a lot of lives, yeah. Hundreds of lives . Most probably hundreds of lives, yes. And for the families of those who were killed or taken hostage, they want answers. There should be, you know protection tanks, armed combat soldiers, etc. Its painful to understand. One year on, there are still so many questions. Why wasnt intelligence acted on . How did one of the worlds most powerful militaries suffer its biggest ever defeat to a much inferiorforce . The Israeli Army says it is still investigating what happened at Nahal Oz a base that should have been the countrys first line of defence. Jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. Here in the us, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in the Home Stretch of the race for the white house, with Novembers President ial election just 32 days away. Theyre ramping up campaigning in the handful of key states where both Ms Harris and Mr Trump stand a chance of winning. The democratic nominee is in the hotly contested state of michigan on friday, trying to appeal to working class voters. She made stops in the Union Stronghold cities of detroit and flint, touting her record on labour rights. During her rally in flint just a short while ago, Ms Harris made appeals to workers without College Degrees. We will retool existing factories, hire locally and work with unions to create good paying jobs, including jobs that do not require a College Degree. Cheering and applause because we understand a College Degree is not the only measure of whether a worker has skills and experience to get the job done. Meanwhile, Donald Trump Made Stops In Georgia and North Carolina on friday. He appeared with georgias popular governor Brian Kemp to survey damage in the state from the deadly Hurricane Helene earlier in the day. Mr trump then travelled to North Carolina for a town hall, where he fielded questions from residents on a range of topics including immgration, health care, and foreign policy. The republican president ial nominee criticised president joe biden� s position on conflict in the Middle East on wednesday, and suggested israel should target irans nuclear facilities. They asked him what do you think about what do you think about iran . Would you hit iran . And he goes, as long as they dont hit the nuclear stuff. Thats the thing you want to hit, right . I said he has got that one wrong. Isnt that what you are supposed to hit . We have to be totally prepared, we have to be absolutely prepared. And when they ask him the question, the answer should have been, hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later. On saturday, Donald Trump returns to butler, pennsylvania, where a gunman made an attempt on his life injuly. Our North America Correspondent Gary Odonoghue was in butler at the time of that attack. Hes been back there to speak to residents reeling from the aftermath, including the widow of cory compatore, a former Volunteer Fire Fighter who was killed by a bullet meant for the former president. Its a moment that will go down in history. Look what happened. Gunfire. A former president coming within inches of losing his life. Theres frantic activity among the police. Hes laying down, a Book Bag next to him. Give me a bleep Hard Line . As they look for other possible gunmen. This building, he was on top of this building, the left one meanwhile, those closest to the stage are watching Donald Trump on the floor. This video taken just moments later. While Donald Trump survived, Corey Comperatore did not. The former Volunteer Fire Chief losing his life as he protected his wife and daughters. His widow, helen, told me how theyd been childhood sweethearts. The day before he was killed, my youngest daughter pulled out his senior photo that he had given to me. And on the back he had written that i was his best. Thanked me for being his best friend. And he actually teared up. And looked at me and said, thank you for being my best friend. So it was just kind of weird that we had that moment, you know, the day before. So. Throughout the rally, corey had joked how he believed the former president would get him up on stage. Less than a week later, Coreys Jacket was displayed on stage as Donald Trump accepted the republican nomination. When trump told me he was going to do that, you know, we were all sitting here and watching it and ijust cried, because that. You know, i said, he got his moment on stage with trump, so, you know, it was kind of like a nice moment, but it was a sad moment at the same time. Two people with an exceptional view that day were a mother and son. Ii year old gino dressed as the former president , just feet from the stage. I felt everything. I felt sad, scared, mad that someone would do this. Angry that theres political violence, violence at all. We have to respect our political leaders. We might not always agree with everyone on The Other Side, but theres no need for violence. Were pointing at the guy crawling up the radio. And he had a gun, right . He had a rifle. A rifle. We could clearly see him with the rifle. Just outside the rally, me and my team were talking to trump supporters about what theyd seen when one man told us an extraordinary story. His words would reverberate around the world. Three months later, he has no regrets. I feel proud of it. Everything that i told you that night has proven out to be true from everything thats come out since then. Theres still no clear answer to the question why Thomas Crooks attempted to assassinate Donald Trump. But we do now have a much clearer idea about the series of Security Blunders that allowed him to do so. He was able to fly a drone over the site undetected. Police saw him using a Range Finder tojudge the distance to the stage. Yet still, he was able to climb onto a Roof And Fire eight shots. Moments after that, crooks was dead, a single shot to the head from a Secret Service sniper. Multiple inquiries are trying to establish who was to blame, with much of the focus now on the actions of the Secret Service. If youre the Secret Service, if youre homeland security, if youre the most elite of the elite, how could you have not have been professional that day . How could you have failed in almost every single thing that needed to be covered . Do you feel angry about losing him . Yeah. Very. Im angry because there were a lot of mistakes made that day. And it didnt have to happen. It didnt have to happen. There are mixed feelings about Donald Trumps return to butler, some parents deciding to keep their children away. But in this staunchly pro trump county, many believe they owe it to the former president to welcome him back. Gary odonoghue, bbc news, butler, pennsylvania. The World Health Organisation has approved the first diagnostic test for mpox that will provide results immediately. It comes as authorities in the Democratic Republic Of Congo say nearly 31,000 people have been infected with m pox. The Health Minister there said Children Underfive were worst affected, with a 70 mortality rate. Jarbas barbosa is director of the pan american health organization, which serves the americas for the World Health Organisation. We need to work together and to support the countries in africa, mainly the drc, to deal with the mpox outbreak. I think that the best protection for the other regions is not to think that they are far from the problem. We need to support the countries in africa. I think that this is the best option. In countries in the americas, we have provided technical guidance about the case management, about how to handle contacts to prevent the spread of mpox, and we are also offering mpox vaccines to our Member States using our Paho Procurement Mechanism that you have in the americas. That is Pahos Solution for vaccines. The United Nations says at least 70 people are known to have been killed in a Gang Attack in haiti on thursday. The uns human Rights Office said armed men belonging to the nororious gran grif gang, rampgaged through the town of pont sonde, using Automatic Rifles to shoot residents. In recent months, haiti has seen armed gangs take control of large parts of the country, including the Capital Port au prince. A un led policing mission is attempting to regain control. Flash floods forced about 100 elephants to flee their sanctuary in northern thailand. Staff at the Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai tried to herd the elephants towards higher ground. All of the elephants there were rescued from varoius exploitative industries, along with other animals. Among some of the elephants were injured or sick members, thailand is suffering the effects of typhoon yagi, asias most powerful storm this year. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. For many of us, friday was a pretty mild day, thanks to the south to Southeasterly Winds. The best of the sunshine was across england and wales. We had a top temperature of 18 degrees around the london area. But for scotland and northern ireland, there was a lot more cloud than there has been, bringing outbreaks of rain over recent houis. Now, on the satellite picture, you can see the Weather Front thats bringing in that zone of cloudier weather to the northwest of the uk. A strong Jet Stream continues to develop this Weather System and its going to be bringing some very Heavy Rain into the republic of ireland, where theres probably going to be some flooding across southern areas. The front itself is very slow moving, so over the next few hours, were going to keep the largely clear skies across england and wales. One or two Fog Patches possible in the east, where temperatures could dip as low as about 3 or 4 degrees in the coldest spots. But across the northwest of the uk, temperatures staying up into double figures because weve got that cloud. Theres a fair breeze around here but we also have a bit of rain to come as well. Now, heading into the first part of saturday, there will be some pulses of Heavy Rain that work into northern ireland. The rain tending to come and go, so there might be some brighter spells for the afternoon here. Rain at times, too, for western and northern areas of scotland but away from that, for eastern and southern scotland, for the bulk of Eastern Wales and all of england, really, it should be a fine and a dry day with plenty of sunshine. Its going to be another mild one top temperatures could hit 18 degrees once again. Now, these Weather Fronts will then push eastwards through saturday night, weakening as they run into our area of high pressure to the east, so just a few patches of light rain. There will be some damp weather, then, for some as we start off Sunday Morning but weve got a more pronounced band of heavier rain that, through the afternoon, will spread into northern ireland, this time wales and south West England getting a bit of a soaking, too. The south to Southeasterly Winds continue to drag up the mild air, so temperatures above average for most looking at around 17 in london and cardiff and about 14 for edinburgh. Then, into next week, this area of low pressure is going to continue to fire showers or some longer spells of rain across the uk. Meanwhile, a low pressure, perhaps to our south, contains the remnants of hurricane kirk. Well, that could bring some very strong winds to parts of western europe. Western france looking vulnerable at the moment. But here in the uk, its an unsettled looking week. Quite windy at times with showers or longer spells of rain next week. Voiceover this is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Hello, im roz lutkins. And im Katie Razzall hello, im roz lutkins. And im Katie Razzall and hello, im roz lutkins. And im Katie Razzall and this hello, im roz lutkins. And im Katie Razzall and this week hello, im roz lutkins. And im Katie Razzall and this week we | Katie Razzall and this week we are meeting the Business Brain behind europes biggest eugarie creators the sidemen. Iretell creators the sidemen. Well also look at a new Game Creators the sidemen. Well. Also look at a new game from sony which has become one of the biggest flops in media history. Thats all coming up on the media show. We are going to begin with news thats been dominating the this that� s been dominating the this week thats been dominating the this week the escalation of the situation in the Middle East. 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