Hello. Welcome to this hour. Israel and the iran backed hezbollah are continuing their attacks on Each Other as the Middle East braces itself for a possible retaliation by israel on iran. Lets take you through the latest developments. The Israeli Army says its struck Hezbollah Fighters inside a mosque in the south of the country. Hezbollah fighters are also said to be engaged in fierce clashes with israeli troops in lebanons Southern Border area. At least four hospitals have been closed in southern lebanon because of the israeli airstrikes, with officials saying theyve had to turn away emergency patients. The World Health Organisation says at least 37 Healthcare Facilities have closed over the past two weeks, since israel began its Air Bombardment of lebanon. There have also been more explosions in the Hezbollah Dominated Suburbs of the lebanese capital, beirut. It comes just hours after the Israeli Army issued an Evacuation Order for dozens of areas in the city. An Apartment Building was hit in the Northern Port Of Tripoli where a hamas commander, saeed atallah, was reportedly killed, along with three members of his family. Our reporter Will Vernon has more. Lebanons capital, pummelled by explosions yet again. This was the scene overnight, one week on since the leader of hezbollah was killed, this conflict is escalating. And the suffering of the lebanese people is intensifying. The United Nations says that most of the 900 shelters that have appeared across the country are now full. Hundreds of men, women and children are forced to sleep in the open. The toll on civilians from this campaign is totally u na cce pta ble. All parties must do whatever they can at all times to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and ensure that civilians are never put in harms way. And tension is mounting over how israel will respond to this. Last week, iran fired around 200 ballistic missiles at its enemy. Most were shot down, but america is concerned that Israels Retaliation could open up a dangerous new front in this war. President Biden Last Night suggested strikes against iranian Oil Facilities were not the solution. The israelis have not concluded what theyre going to do in terms of a strike, thats under discussion. I think if i were in their shoes, id be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields. On israels northern border with lebanon, the sounds of war are neverfar. For those that remain, the fear is constant. Its more than afraid. Afraid is something forjust a few minutes. We have one year of afraid. Fear for a long time, and we dont know when, how it will finish. And more Uk Nationals have been evacuated on special flights organised by the british government. Another plane is scheduled to Leave Beirut tomorrow. Israel says its offensive in lebanon will continue until they no longer poses a threat for the civilians caught in the middle, the agony of war drags on. Will vernon, bbc news. Lets speak to the bbc� s Lina Sinjab whos in beirut. We have been looking at shots of the skyline where we see smoke hanging in the air. What are you seeing on the ground at the moment . Are you seeing on the ground at the moment . Continuous attacks that continued the moment . Continuous attacks that continued overnight the moment . Continuous attacks that continued overnight here that continued overnight here in the suburb in the southern part of beirut, very close to the airport. Thats why we can see smoke coming out. It is clear from the airport that is still operating for flights where are trying to leave for safety and the situation is constantly tense. Weather here in beirut, tripoli joined as well, there was an attack, they targeted an officer in charge of the military wing of hamas, that was in tripoli in the north of the country and the south, the south is constantly under fire, south, the south is constantly underfire, even including under fire, even including health underfire, even including Health Facilities, as evacuation was called for Health Facilities yesterday. Nine paramedics were injured and we also hear that israel has targeted a mosque that is adjacent to one of the Health Facilities. They say that hezbollah is operating there and are threatening to target ambulances because they say that hamas is using them to move people, fighters and weapons. All we see is there is nowhere excluded from any eminent israeli target because they say always that it is hezbollah or hamas and they hit mostly civilians caught in this battle. �. ,. , mostly civilians caught in this battle. �. , ,. , battle. And, lina, as you mention battle. And, lina, as you mention now, battle. And, lina, as you mention now, for battle. And, lina, as you L Mention now, for hospitals battle. And, lina, as you mention now, for hospitals at least closed in southern lebanon due to israeli Air Strikes and as you say, the Israeli Army accuses hezbollah of using Emergency Vehicles to transport militants and weapons. It is. Doctors on the ground have a different story, dont they . What are you hearing from them . Hearing from them . There have been several hearing from them . There have been several attacks hearing from them . There have been several attacks where been several attacks where paramedics and Health Workers are caught in the battle. Whether the 12 days ago here in the central of beirut that shook the country because it is really in a residential area and it targeted a health facility. We have learnt that at least six people were killed in attack. We have reports also in attack. We have reports also in the south, 37 Health Facilities are out because of threats of israeli strikes and of course, one was targeted yesterday. Health workers and health officials are really running around the clock, trying to serve and help the injured people that are in need of help. They should be excluded from any attack, but thatis excluded from any attack, but that is what the israelis are claiming and the view from the ground is that no one is challenging israel on its aggression in lebanon, that is expanding beyond fighting hezbollah, but also now its Health Facilities and Health Workers that are caught in the fire. �. , , fire. And, lina, Ust Briefly as weu. H fire. And, lina, Ust Briefly as weu. We fire. And, lina, Ust Briefly as well, we are fire. And, lina, jUst Briefly as well, we are talking fire. And, lina, jUst Briefly i as well, we are talking about more than i as well, we are talking about more thani million people in lebanon displaced as a result of this conflict, just bring us Up To Date on what support they are getting. And where they are going to. It are getting. And where they are auoin to. ,. , are getting. And where they are auoin to. ,. Y going to. It is officially 1. 2 million people going to. It is officially 1. 2 million people displaced l going to. It is officially 1. 2 i million people displaced and most of them have reached the city of beirut where they thought that it would be safe. 900 shelters are almost full with people who are displaced. Those who have the money renting apartments, staying in hotels or fleeing up to the mountains. Many also cross the border into syria when it was functioning, before an Air Strike that made out of service. Really, it is a terrible situation and the number of people fleeing is on the rise. All of those, they need food, they need health care, they need sanitation, they need water, they need electricity. All of theirs is stretching the Capacity of an already crippled economy in this country and so Aid And Support from international communities is meant immensely needed. The government have said that some aid is arriving, but much less than they need for this Capacity. For this Capacity. Thank you very much for this Capacity. Thank you very much for for this Capacity. Thank you very much for bringing for this Capacity. Thank you very much for bringing us l very much for bringing us Up To Date. As youve been hearing, there have been multiple strikes overnight and into this morning. This map shows Weapon Strikes across the region up until friday night. Attacks by israel are shown in red on this map and those by hezbollah rockets fired into Northern Israel are in purple. I think we can go back and show you the purple dots there. Actually, i am you the purple dots there. Actually, iam not you the purple dots there. Actually, i am not sure we. Know, apologies, we cannot. The other dots you saw earlier in purple where hezbollah attacks there. Yes, the most notable development overnight as the fighting has continued not far from here across the border in southern lebanon. This particular village is said to be at the heart of some quite fierce fighting overnight. Certainly, hezbollah is saying on the Social Media this morning that overnight, they engaged as they put it israeli fighters, there was a big explosion, that they injured israeli troops and forced them to retreat. That is a claim from hezbollah. We put that to the israeli defense forces this morning asking for any clarification on potential incidents or potential casualties on their side and there hasnt been any information given at the moment. It may well be, in the coming hours, we get more. We have heard some loud explosions in the past few hours. In the distance. Much louder than yesterday. That reflects the israeli operation growing. Of course, we are in one position. This is a snapshot of what is happening. It is worth pointing out, in the past hour or so, if we go further south to gaza, to gaza, the israeli forces there are telling more people to evacuate, in the centre of the Gaza Strip and at the same time, the hamas run Health And Ministry in gaza are saying that 23 people have been killed in operations there today. There is a lot of speculation about what israels next move might be for retaliation against iran for their strikes towards israel earlier in the week. Some mutterings that retaliation could come at any hour from now. Yes, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, within hours of the attack on Tuesday Night when iran sent some 180 ballistic missiles across to israel, responded saying they would be great consequences for iran, for tehran, for what happened. Since then there has been a vacuum of information. It has been thejewish new year holiday. Thats one explanation as to why we have not seen anything yet. In the absence of any firm Military Action for the israelis, there has been lots of speculation, notably on the us, what with the americans tolerate or be prepared to help with in terms of the israeli response . We heard pResident Biden, he was asked festival would he support any attack on Iranians Nuclearfacilities Or Development Facilities . He said he wouldnt. Then there was the suggestion from Resident Biden that theyll were conversations about hitting Irans Oil facilities. The latest we hear is that he would not want to see that. The israelis have been calibrating what they are going to do next. Now the holidays are over here, we might see some tense activity in the coming hours or days. That was Nick Pete who was in Northern Israel for us. What we try to show you before was a Map Outlining all the strikes. It shows you Weapon Strikes across the region up until friday night. Lets return to the map. You can see the red dots there on the map are by hezbollah. Sorry, again it is a bit confusing here. I think the red dots are actually attacks by israel shown in red and attacks by hezbollah are the dots at the lower end, in purple. Israel has ordered residents in the southern lebanese communities, that is about 13 villages marked on this map here in orange about 13 villages marked on this map here in orange to leave their homes for their safety. To give you a better idea of some of the geography involved in the conflict. Tamar hermann is a Senior Fellow at the israel democracy institute. She told me more about the mood in israel. Let me first mention that we are in the midst of thejewish high holidays. These are the holiest in the year. The combination of the new year with the day of deployment right around the corner, with a one year long war, the issue of iran is only part of a large package of emotional and, you know, political considerations that are mixed together. Yes, people are waiting to see what israel is going to do in retaliation for the iranian attack on the capital of days ago, you saw All Of Us in shelters with simon going on and off, on and off. At the same time, we saw and Terrorist Attack in jaffa, same time, we saw and Terrorist Attack injaffa, with israelis killed by hamas members. We are surrounded by these kinds of threats. You can easily understand that the mood is quite gloomy here. However, i would say that resilience is also high. People do believe that we will overcome this situation. In fact, we had a survey on less than a week ago and around 81, 80, survey on less than a week ago and around 81,80, Eight0 said that the idf would be able to manage with a multi front military conflict. And about the same number is said that the same number is said that the Israeli Civil Society would be able to stand a prolonged attack. , ~. Attack. This weekend marks the anniversary attack. This weekend marks the anniversary of attack. This weekend marks the anniversary of hamass attack. This weekend marks the anniversary of hamass attacks| anniversary of hamass attacks on israel that saw 1205 people killed and people taken hoStage. It led to Israels Onslaught on gaza which has killed 41,825 people. Throughout the weekend, will be bringing you special coverage of that. There will be a number of that. There will be a number of protests and marches, Pro Israeli and pro palestinian, and at the moment, lets take you to South Africa where as Pro Palestinian March Taking place in cape town. As you can see, the crowds theyre walking through with signs and flags as well. As i say, we will be bringing you coverage of the different marches and memorials and commemorations as we near that first anniversary of the hamas attacks and the ongoing conflict in gaza. As you can see, pictures there from Kate Town for a pro palestinian march. Now, lets take you to the us. The republican nominee for the us presidency, Donald Trump, will return to the city of butler in the State Of Pennsylvania later today where he was injured in an Assassination Attempt at a rally injuly. Our correspondent gary odonoghue, who was there at the time of the attack, has returned to the Swing State to speak to people who were affected that day including the widow of a former Volunteer Fire Fighter who was killed hit by a bullet meant for mr trump. My my youngest daughter pulled out his senior photo that he had given to me and on the back, he had written that i was. He thanked me for being his best friend. And he actually teared up, 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, her husband had joked how he believed the president would get him up on Stage. 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Gary odonoghue reporting since then. Gary odonoghue reporting there. Rob stutzman is a republican strategist. He told us how he felt the election was going. This race really couldnt be any closer. I think analysts in both parties really believe in which candidates really can turn out voters that typically may not vote. Can trump bring new voters . Is harris able to connect data with young voters who havent voted before . Deeper. This is what remains a mystery and no amount of polling between now and over the next four weeks is going to completely answer that for us. It is low single digits, the number of voters that indicate foreign Policy Orforeign affairs as their primary issue. When asked who do they trust more on foreign policy, recent polls this week give a slight edge to trump, and i would not say that significant. Interestingly, harris is using trumps former military and civilian defence advisers and the former Vice President in an ad where they all say that trump should not be trusted with the presidency again because the world is a dangerous place. It is certainly in play and i think it is having an impact, but this is very much still an economic driven election in the united states this year. Drexel heard is a Senior Adviser to the democrats. He shared his views on the new ways of Campaigning Tha Kamala Harris is exploring. What i will say is that Kamala Harris is not doing the traditional media route, while Donald Trump is spending his time comfortably on fox news. Harris is spending her time not only talking to voters, but also out there talking to those podcasts and those Media Outlets that are reaching voters in a nontraditional way. While she is not maybe on cnn or other channels where republicans think she would traditionally be, she is out there talking to voters in a different way. And that is probably how campaigns are going to be run in the future. We are not going to see them on Network Televisions as often as we would normally do and that is what Kamala Harris is setting the trend to do that. We know that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are focused on how we can rebuild our focus on an Americas Strength in the Middle East and that is through diplomacy. And it is one month now until that us president ial vote. Children and young people in england with Special Educational Needs will be offered nhs eyesight, dental and ear checks in their schools from next year. All residential Special Schools and colleges will be included, to reach 18,000 pupils. Heres more from our health reporter, michelle roberts. Hi, rashid. Are you ready for the Hearing Screening Today . Going for a Hearing Test can be daunting. Not least if you are a young person who is visually impaired and has learning difficulties. This special Residential School in South London is part of a new Nhs Scheme getting trained teachers to do the checks themselves. Problems can be spotted sooner and quickly referred to be treated. Your ears are absolutely fine. I have been having Hearing Checks at school. Lily, who is 15, is partially sighted and has been worried about her hearing as well because deafness runs in her family. I was a bit scared that when i get older that i would inherit that as well. So i really wanted my ears checked to make sure that im 0k. Her teacher did this screening, which lily says was a far better experience than going to a clinic. I do not like going to the doctor because i find it a bit scary. But at school it is more comfortable because i know everyone here so it is much more relaxed. Tell me about what it felt like having the Hearing Test. It felt a little funny. In the ear. A little weird. But it was only in there for a couple of seconds so it was ok. And what were the results when you got the Test Results back . Perfect. That is brilliant. She will continue to have regular checks to make sure it remains that way. We can keep on top of it and if anything changes we know straightaway. See that little hole down there . So that is a perforation. The boy with the hole in his eardrum had been anxious about having the checkup. It took a few tries to get in there and we also needed breaks throughout. We had the luxury to stop and follow up the following day with the same people in the same place, having given him the verbal support and physical support. We got to this result. Without that, it would be another appointment in one months time. He may have gotten healed anyway, great, but what if not . We are going in. For students with complex needs, they lose so much time off school for appointmentsl so at least this appointment can happen here. Are we ready . Were going to kick off. Ready everybody . Are we ready . Staff at the school says it has been really beneficial for students. Zoom Zoom Zoom yes this is the best place because they know this space. Being able to offer this, again, during the School Day with people who are very familiar with these young people is a massive benefit for families, for the community, for school, for everyone. Nhs eyesight, dental and ear checks will soon be offered to all residential Special Schools and colleges in england, reaching 18,000 pupils. Michelle roberts, bbc news. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. It was a bit of a chilly start to the day for some of us, particularly across central and eastern parts of england, with some mistiness around too. Any mist is now cleared away, and for the rest of today were looking at Sunny Spells pretty widely. Some rain in the forecast across parts of the northwest of the uk, and thats down to the fact that weve got low pressure moving in from the west. So this frontal system here will spill some rain in. But high pressure sitting to the east is really winning out and dominating the weather for many of us. So england and wales, dry, fine, long spells of sunshine. Just a bit of Cloud Building into the afternoon. For parts of Northern Ireland and scotland, especially for antrim and down, in towards the central belt, for instance, were looking at a bit more sunshine developing into the afternoon. Still a bit of rain for the northwest of scotland, in towards Fermanagh And Tyrone as well. Top temperatures in the mid to high teens for most of us, so feeling pleasantly mild out there. Through the evening hours, this area of rain will move in across the southwest of england and wales too. Could be the odd heavy burst, but becoming lighter and more patchy in nature as that cloud spills its way further eastwards. You might be hoping to get a glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight, but we will see quite a bit of cloud moving in. Best chance probably across parts of northern scotland. Now, through the day tomorrow, this frontal system edges its way slowly further eastwards. The Warm Front will tend to peter out through the day. So yes, a few spots of rain initially in the morning across parts of england and scotland, as well. Some heavier bursts for Northern Ireland, wales and the southwest of england as that Cold Front moves in during the afternoon. But i think some eastern areas will stay mostly dry for a good part of the day. Top temperatures tomorrow similar to what weve got today, especially in the south. With that breeze coming in from the south, mild air, 17, possibly 18 degrees, a little Bit Cooler across the north of scotland. Monday and tuesday, you can see these winds wrapping around an area of low pressure, so some showers on the way. But cast your eyes towards the south. This big area of rain here that is likely to be the remnants of Ex Hurricane kirk, could bring some wet and windy weather for some of us into the middle of the week. Now for monday, Sunny Spells and scattered showers moving in from the southwest. The odd heavy one, could be the Odd Thunderstorm around on monday as well. In between any of the showers, still a bit of sunshine, still reasonably mild with temperatures in the mid to high teens again, but its really through into the middle of the week, wednesday, possibly thursday. Although that Ex Hurricane may well stay to the south, it could still bring some pretty wet and windy weatherfor a time in the middle of the week. And then things turn colder again towards the end of next week. This is bbc news, the headlines there have been explosions in beirut overnight and into the morning as Israels Ground and Air Attacks continue in lebanon. Hezbollah claims its fighters have pushed back israeli troops near lebanons Southern Border. These are live pictures from beirut now, where smoke from recent blasts is obscuring the citys skyline. Hamas has announced the death of a leader of its armed wing, along with three of his family members, in a strike on the northern lebanese city of tripoli. And its one month until the us election and the president ial hopefuls ramping up their campaigns in battleground states Kamala Harris has been in michigan, while Donald Trump is due to return to butler, the city in pennsylvania where he survived
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