hello, i'm carl nasman. un officials in lebanon have urged restraint along the lebanese—israeli border after a rocket attack in the israeli—occupied golan heights. at least 12 people were killed and many others injured when a rocket hit a soccer field in the town of majdal shams. many of the casualties are thought to have been children who were playing at the time. the israeli military described the attack as the deadliest in the area since october 7th and blames hezbollah, a lebanese armed group. hezbollah has denied responsibility. israel's foreign affairs minister, israel katz, said the country is "approaching a moment of all—out war" with hezbollah. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is flying back early from his trip to the us and has warned that hezbollah will pay a heavy price. translation: since l was. updated about the disaster, i have been holding continuous security consultations, and i have directed that our return to israel be brought forward. as soon as i arrive, i will immediately convene

the security cabinet. i can say that the state of israel will not let this pass in silence. we will not overlook this. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is injerusalem with more. i was with a western diplomat when news of the attack in majdal shams broke, and he expressed the concern that everyone here is feeling tonight, which is that this is precisely what people of been worried about, have been fearing, for the past ten months — that this simmering conflict along israel's northern border with lebanon would result in a mass—fatality event which would trigger a much bigger conflict. i think it is inevitable that israel will reply, will respond. if you think back to the attack by a yemeni houthi drone on tel aviv a week or so ago that killed one civilian, israel's response to that attack was pretty quick and pretty severe, so i think we can expect something of the same.

now, obviously, this was a disaster for the druze community in majdal shams, but it was also a disaster for hezbollah. if hezbollah fired the rocket that caused all of those deaths, then it wasn'tjust killing druze citizens in the occupied golan heights. it was also affecting the druze community in its own country. there are druze people living in lebanon, and they will be furious at the suggestion, the possibility, that hezbollah, which claims to defend the rights of all lebanese civilians, has been responsible for killing their kinfolk across the border. so this is potentially a political disasterfor hezbollah. now, we're still in claim and counterclaim territory. hezbollah says that it did not fire the rocket in question, but at exactly or roughly the same time as the first reports of casualties came from majdal shams, hezbollah�*s media wing was claiming an attack on an israeli military base less than two miles away. so that does point in the direction of some kind of misfired hezbollah rocket. it is also possible that this was intercepted by israel's iron dome system and that somehow fragments of that fell to the ground and caused this. a lot of questions still to be answered.

but unless this was a complete mistake, i think we are likely to see quite a significant israeli response. in gaza, the health ministry says at least 30 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a school which was sheltering displaced people. israeli missiles hit the khadija school compound in deir al—balah in central gaza, it had been housing palestinians who'd been forced to flee their homes since the war began. the israeli army says the strike targeted a hamas command and control centre which was inside the school. ambulances brought those killed and injured,

including children, to a nearby hospital in deir al—balah. also, an investigation has found that half of gaza's water sites have been damaged or destroyed. the world health organization has warned of a high risk of polio spreading in gaza and beyond after the variant type 2 polio virus was detected in sewage. there are fears that it may already be spreading undetected amongst the population in khan younis and deir al balah, where it was discovered. our reporter, ru abbass, takes a look at the struggles of two families living there in dire conditions. this family know that their lives will never be the same again. they have been displaced from jabalia in the north, and their grandmother works hard to create a sense of normality for the children. but living in such squalor means the kitchen and the toilet are in the same room, although the sanitation challenges inside are not their biggest problem. due to desperation and a lack

of available space, they there have been forced to set up their tent next to a sewage canal — sewage that the world health organization has identified as containing the highly infectious type 2 poliovirus. here in deir al—balah, the stench has been hard to bear. enduring life in tents made of plastic sheets amid soaring temperatures has taken its toll. translation: there is nothing to protect us from insects - and the diseases they cause, including allergies to the children and diarrhoea. all night we try to get rid of them, and they are so big. they keep coming back. what can we do? we keep killing them, but then others keep coming at us. theyjust don't die. the un says an estimated 100,000 tons of rotting waste is piling up in gaza. the inability to maintain hygiene amidst the filth exposes many to infectious diseases, leaving them highly vulnerable.

the world health organization says that over 150,000 people have contracted skin diseases due to living in poor conditions. in al—mawasi this desperate father uses mud in hopes of healing his little girl's skin, since medical care is unavailable. some doctor advised me to put it on my daughter's back to help her. he has relocated his heavily pregnant wife and children to the beach. there is no privacy here, or any kind of sanitation infrastructure, but he has found his own way to create a makeshift toilet. this curtain may offer some privacy, but it provides scant protection from flies who travel from the sewage, spreading diseases — an invisible danger to those

forced to dwell here. we live as the cavemen. we use salted water for drain and we bring it from the sea. now, only i'm thinking, you know, only to evacuate my family and to reach a safe place. but no place is safe in gaza. unable to turn to the fragile health care system collapsing under the strain of the war, the people of gaza have no choice but to navigate the turbulent tide that lies ahead. ru abbass, bbc news. to venezuela now, where voters will head to the polls on sunday in what is being seen as a pivotal presidential election. the country has been facing years of political and economic challenges. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, is leading

most opinion polls. he says it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. a short while ago, i spoke to tamara taraciuk broner. she is the the director of the rule of law program at the inter—american dialogue think tank. thank you so much for being here. just from where you are, what's the sense that you're getting right now? how pivotal is this election for venezuela? good evening. this election is going to be a critical political moment for the country. the conditions are certainly neither clean norfair, but nonetheless, people are very eager to go out and vote. every poll, every reliable poll, indicates a lead in favour of the opposition, and what we're expecting is massive mobilisation. people are tired of having lived through three

simultaneous crises for many, many years. there is a crackdown on dissent, there's a humanitarian emergency, and a huge exodus of the nearly 8 million people who have left the country. and people don't have the energy to take to the streets and protest, but they're saving the energy to go and vote on sunday. and the expectation is massive mobilisation, and we're going to have to see how far the government is willing to go, legally and illegally, to narrow that margin of expected victory. yeah, i mean, that's the question, isn't it? is this an election that might actually change things in the country? you don't expect this to be a free and fair election. could this then be tipped towards maduro, despite the lead for the opposition? i think that even if clearly this would not be free and fair, it's an opportunity to start the transition towards democracy. it's the first time in many years that the opposition is united, that people

are willing to mobilise massively to vote, and this can change the game. the question now is not only what's going to happen on sunday during the election, but what is going to happen afterwards. how is the government willing to have a conversation about a negotiation between the election and january, when the next government is supposed to take office? and equally as important is to see what is the international community going to do after the election results are announced, whatever they are? and power is not monolithic in venezuela today, so it's not as if you're going to have a monolithic decision one way or another. in venezuela you have a lot of people within the judiciary, the security forces, the electoral authorities that can see a better future for themselves in a transition towards democracy in venezuela. and these are the key people that we're going to have to see how they play the game

after the elections on sunday. here in the us, republican presidential nominee donald trump has said that he plans to continue holding outdoor rallies, disregarding safety advice after he survived an assassination attempt two weeks ago. he's been holding a rally in minnesota this evening, with his running mate, jd vance. the former president said the us secret service would give him increased protection. but he said nobody could "ever be allowed to stop or impede free speech or gathering." opinion polls suggest his lead in the presidential election campaign has narrowed since kamala harris became the democrats' likely candidate. she was a bum three weeks ago. she was a bum — a failed vice president in a failed administration, with millions of people crossing, and she was the border tzar. donald trump made those comments at a speech to religious conservatives late on friday.

and to clarify, while the vice president led a diplomatic effort to reduce migration from three countries, she was not tasked with managing security at the border. well, other comments during that speech have been making headlines. former president trump told attendees that if they voted him into office, they would not need to vote again. take a listen. but with voting, one of your most important things you can do — maybe in many ways your most important — they don't want to approve voter id. that's because they want to cheat. but until then, republicans must win. we have to win this election, most important election ever. we want a landslide that's too big to rig. if you want to save america, get your friends, get your family, get everyone you know and vote. vote early, vote absentee, vote on election day. i don't care how how, but you have to get out and vote. and again, christians, get out and vote, just this time. applause.

you won't have to do it anymore. four more years, you know what? it'll be fixed, it'll be fine. you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful christians. i love you christians, i'm a christian. i love you. get out — you got to get out and vote. in four years you don't have to vote again. we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote. earlier i spoke to rina shah, political strategist, as well as a 2016 republican national convention delegate. how do you rate the way that this trump campaign now has switched gears now that they're no longer running againstjoe biden, they're running against kamala harris? i think this past week's pivot of the trump campaign has been actually pretty disastrous, and largely due to the running mate pick. jd vance has proven to not only be milquetoast but to be somebody who's not capable of saying the right thing when it needs to be said.

so i have to be honest with you — i think republicans are coming off of a no good, terrible, very bad week, and i'm not sure how they turn it around this next week. well that's, of course, after a really strong week. we saw this very united republican national convention, and of course, with all the emotional events surrounding the assassination attempt against donald trump, really seeing a bump in the polls. but do you think, now, that potentially donald trump has a bit of buyer's remorse, then, in terms of picking jd vance as his running mate? well, look, the yo—yo feeling of this past two weeks, i don't think anybody could have ever predicted. this past two weeks in washington has felt like two years, and it's notjust because of the bump that trump got from surviving that assassination attempt. but you saw four nights of complete unity from republicans on stage there in milwaukee. coming off of that, nobody could have guessed biden�*s timing of dropping from this race. there was so much within that three to four weeks of acrimony, spilling out into the public, that democrats had.

i think donald trump thought he was getting gift after gift after gift, but biden�*s timing couldn't have been better for the democrats. essentially, donald trump, i think, is having buyer's remorse now about vance because he probably would have picked a woman. there were so many rumours saying that haley was someone he was considering until the very last moment. and, of course, it's been said a million times over that his pick ofjd vance has been a legacy pick and one that his sons were very influential with. of course, it's only been a few weeks, and there is time forjd vance maybe to find his footing here. let's talk about kamala harris now. of course, there's lots of speculation about who she will pick to be her running mate. there's a few names being bounced around here — arizona senator mark kelly, pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro, among others. what do you make of this

shortlist, as they say, of potential vps for harris? well, i was struck, number one, by how very male it was, and how much whiteness there was. truth be told, everybody on that list is white. and here you've got a biracial woman, for the first time ever, as the major party's presumptive nominee going into the convention. well, rina, do you think that is a deliberate strategy, then, from kamala harris? i think it's a strategy that we're not quite sure who's really steering the ship on yet. i don't know if it's her, but i'll tell you what. when you talk about shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania, and the senator mark kelly, you've got to look at their states. pennsylvania and arizona — two different places, but we know that seven states are the swing states that are essentially going to determine the outcome of this election. so do you pick the guy who's very popular in what seems to be a very red state? mark kelly enjoys support even from people on the other side of the aisle than him. as a popular democrat, an astronaut, the husband of a former congresswoman, gabby giffords, who was shot while she was on duty as a congressperson,

he's somebody that has mass appeal and could have it not just in arizona but across the board. pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro has been looked at by numerous republicans and is lauded in many ways. but also, do you want to take that chance, given how influential pennsylvania is? but i would say this: i'd hope the pick would not be kelly, because democrats have such a razor—thin margin in the senate. do they really want to put that in play? do they want to risk that? so i'm not really sure who would be the best one right now, but one thing is for sure. it doesn't seem a woman... governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, who isjust incredible — it doesn't seem like that will be a two—woman ticket, if i may go so far. it would have been exciting. rina, we have about 30 seconds left, but i want to ask you, how long do you think this harris honeymoon might last? the democrats are very excited, but it's only been a couple of weeks.

well, i don't think anybody could have predicted this much energy about kamala harris's — what seems to be nominee nod right now. she's going into the dnc with what looks like a coronation, but this energy could be a mixed bag. you know, there were so many people that were frustrated that biden wasn't dropping out. and when he finally did, perhaps a lot of that money was sitting out there in wait, and wasn'tjust fully given to her because it's her, and who she is as a person, but also because people now feel this sense of relief and feel good about the democrats' chances now. i don't want to diminish her in any way by saying that, but i mean to say it was unpredictable, this past week. the honeymoon could extend for another two to three weeks. it's been a wild and wacky week in washington. anything is possible. we've got 100 days exactly to go. people need to stay informed, make sure they've got their voting plan and, more important than anything else, pay close attention every day. that's the name of the game for american voters now. it has been a wild ride in the past few days, hasn't it? rina shah, political

strategist and analyst, thank you very much. thank you. an order issued this week by california's governor gavin newsom could see homeless encampments dismantled across the state. the move follows a us supreme court ruling allowing cities to ban people from sleeping in outdoor public places. mr newsom said in a statement that the executive order directs state agencies to move and urgently address dangerous encampments while supporting the individuals living within them. for more, i've been speaking to antonia fasanelli, the executive director of the national homelessness law center. great to have you here. what's your response to the recent move by california's governor? is this a productive approach, do you think? thank you so much for having me. no, this approach is deeply harmful to unhoused residents across the state of california. this is a move that unquestionably puts the lives

of homeless californians at risk, who truly have no place to go but to sleep outside, in the most expensive state in the country. governor newsom's order unquestionably will have a terrible impact on unhoused residents, particularly unhoused residents of colour. we already know in the state of california that unhoused residents of colour are disproportionately affected by encampment destruction and by tickets and fines and arrests. and this is a state that has around 180,000 homeless people there. this is obviously a long—standing issue. how would you like to see california, cities there, the governor, go about finding either places for people to live or dealing with communities that do have these large encampments? yes, we are calling on all

elected officials to provide housing and services which are proven solutions to homelessness. this has been well documented for decades — that housing and supportive services for anyone who needs it are the ways to end homelessness, not destroying encampments. unquestionably, and we know this from jurisdictions including in california that have been destroying encampments for years, that does nothing to actually end homelessness. it only causes more people experiencing homelessness to disconnect from services and makes it harder to connect folks to housing.

you mentioned housing in california is incredibly expensive. there was just a proposition passed in california, very narrowly, providing billions of dollars towards finding that sort of housing for the unhoused population, but it will take time. in the meantime, what would you like to see happen? how do you bridge that gap between building more shelters and more spaces for people to live, and finding a place for people to be in the meantime? well, first, we are calling on the federal government to respond to this humanitarian crisis of homelessness by making a downpayment investment of $356 billion to provide housing and services to respond to the immediate housing crisis in the country that exists today. and while we are making that request, we are asking elected officials like governor newsom to respond to the needs of houseless residents in theirjurisdictions by identifying emergency housing resources in their communities so that people can move safely out of tent communities

and into safe homes. this comes, of course, on the heels of that supreme court decision which upholds a ban on sleeping outdoors. how do you see that ruling by the supreme court, and now this move by california, affecting the way that states or cities across the country deal with homelessness? well, we certainly hope that no other elected officials follow gavin newsom's actions here, and instead decide to follow proven solutions to homelessness, like housing and services. but governor newsom has been very clear that he hoped the supreme court would take up the case of the city of grants pass versusjohnson.

this was a case that interpreted whether a local ban on public camping was constitutional under the eighth amendment of the constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. and the supreme court found that the eighth amendment does not render the local law unconstitutional and allowed it to go forward on those grounds. but, as the supreme court referenced in its majority opinion, there are other legal claims that continue to stand to this day that people who are unhoused, who have no other place to go, can make. these claims include the right to notice before property is destroyed, the right to a hearing and the right for property to be retained and protected if an encampment

is destroyed. governor newsom and all other elected officials need to continue to follow those legal requirements. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the weekend started with some more showers around, but those showers have moved away now, and for the next few days at least we can look forward to some dry weather and some sunshine. temperatures are going to be rising, particularly across england and wales. the reason for the change in the weather — well, high pressure that's building across the uk, giving us the clear skies overnight. it will be a little chilly first thing on sunday morning. it'll warm up quickly, though, in the sunshine. some cloud will affect the far north—west of scotland. otherwise it's just a bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up. not much of that, really —

lots of sunshine to come and the winds will be quite light. a gentle southerly breeze developing. some sea breezes are possible, but it's going to be a warmer day on sunday than it was on saturday. two degrees warmer generally for scotland and northern ireland, and for many parts of england and wales, temperatures will be four degrees higher than they were on saturday. the high pressure is still around as we move into monday, particularly across england and wales. there is this weather front, though, approaching the north—west. it does mean the sunnier skies will be for england and wales. the far north of england, but more especially scotland and northern ireland, will see more cloud and breeze. that weather front bringing a little bit of rain, but many places will be dry. some sunshine coming through. temperatures in scotland and northern ireland aren't going to change too much. it's across england and wales that the heat will be building. we could be getting close to 30 degrees in the south—east on monday afternoon. and generally across western parts of europe, temperatures are on the rise. that heat is pushing up from iberia, into paris

for the olympics as well, and also across the uk. those temperatures rising quickly again for england and wales on tuesday. could be over 30 degrees across the south—east of england. now, temperatures aren't going to be as high for scotland and northern ireland — 20 or 21 degrees quite widely. there will be a bit more cloud around here, but still some sunshine. it looks like being dry. plenty of sunshine for england and wales. there is more cloud, though, threatening to move from northern france across the channel, maybe bringing one or two showers. and this is where things start to change, really, because the pressure is going to be falling as we head into wednesday. some heavy showers moving up from the south, heading northwards overnight, and then this is when the weather changes. we've got showers and more cloud and slightly lower temperatures, i think, through thursday and friday. but the start of the week is going to be very warm and hot in places.

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