and the islamic houthi and the islamic resistance and may be from militant groups is al-qaeda or the islamic state or other group who might capitalise on the situation in the cause of helping muslims or hamas or palestinians, they can use many slogans to justify their actions. but there will be a reaction soon. hopefully not the reaction to lead the region to an all—out war. we to an all-out war. we will u date to an all-out war. we will update you _ to an all-out war. we will update you all— to an all-out war. we will update you all on - to an all-out war. we will update you all on the - to an all-out war. we will. update you all on the latest developments. we have breaking news on the bbc with the announcement from hamas one of its most senior leaders, is smile hernia, has been killed in tehran on tuesday. he was there to attend the inauguration ceremony of iran's

new president and much reaction from around the world. —— ismail haniyeh. we have seen it breaking on the live paid. israel has not issued an official statement on ismail haniyeh's death but there has been the reaction from politicians such as the heritage member, a member of israel's far right. he wrote on x that ismail haniyeh's death makes the world a better place. that is on the bbc live page. as you can see, some reaction, no official line yet from israel to what has happened, but this is a member of the far right in israeli politics and the heritage minister is saying this death makes the world a

better place. this is the right way to clean the world from this filth, he says. this is what he has been posting on x. we are getting a lot of reaction from basically both sides to this latest development and don't forget this hasjust been happening as well. we must remind our viewers this is happening hot on the heels of israel announcing they have killed hezbollah�*s top commander that they say was responsible for what happened in the golan heights on saturday, the killing of 12 young people. hezbollah has continued to deny they were behind that attacked on saturday but (unknown term) has been killed and it shows the security forces of israel are very well militarised, able to be very precise in their operations, whether it be in lebanon or in iran. mr

netanyahu _ lebanon or in iran. mr netanyahu in - lebanon or in iran. mr netanyahu in his - lebanon or in iran. m netanyahu in his piece in congress last week, he said, we help the americans through our intelligence to save many american lives. the israeli intelligence is very strong and they have like eyes everywhere, in gaza, lebanon, iran, everywhere, all over and they are known for their connection, their strength, there is good operations. they failed in some but many were successful. it was not confirmed inaudible was killed, no confirmation from hezbollah, from the security forces in lebanon, but they said some people died and the building was damaged or collapsed, but not yet, so this shows they strength. israeli

try to show, especially netanyahu, tries to show the strength of israel to put people off, to try to tell them, if you try, you will lose. but it is not going to put these people off because these people do not feel death and ismail haniyeh, when his children died, he was consoled by person and they said that they were with allah and they will be the continuation of the palestinian state, so the ideology of these groups will be a strong support of them in front of the israeli arsenal and weapons and intelligence, so that is very big contrast between the two of them, so strength there, c is going to win. i, , i, , , win. the palestinian president has made _ win. the palestinian president has made a — win. the palestinian president has made a comment. - win. the palestinian president i has made a comment. mahmoud abbas says he strongly condemns the killing of ismail haniyeh in tehran, literally the line we have got. we can expect more

of this, can't we, this kind of comment, reactions, strong word of condemnation. it comment, reactions, strong word of condemnation.— of condemnation. it will come from the _ of condemnation. it will come from the arable. _ of condemnation. it will come from the arable. both - of condemnation. it will come | from the arable. both parties, hezbollah, the who these, iran inaudible so mahmoud abbas will say words but they will not do anything about it. hezbollah, hamas and iraq will do something and unfortunately will escalate the situation. it is not going to put pressure for negotiation because the negotiation i think inaudible work because even before these two killings, the latest development, there were problems in negotiations and hamas accusing israel of putting condition after condition. the latest condition of the israelis is the names of the people be released from the israeli hostages. before that,

no return for the inaudible the north inaudible to go back because many people supporting hamas in gaza because of helping them because the government there so it is very hard to differentiate between them. the other condition is notjust smuggling weapons not just smuggling weapons between notjust smuggling weapons between the border, they want to control a corridor. there are many conditions, so the negotiation before the development was in a problematic situation. it was already hitting _ problematic situation. it was already hitting roadblocks. l already hitting roadblocks. this development will add more problems, unfortunately. absolutely. thank you for now. just to remind you, the latest developments here, we have received in the last hour the news that the senior leader of hamas, was killed on tuesday in tehran. this is ismail haniyeh, who was at the time attending the inauguration ceremony of

iran's new president, so hamas made the announcement, this coming in the last 2a hours, where the israeli military says it killed one of hezbollah�*s top commanders in a targeted air strike on the lebanese capital, beirut. we have had no official response or news from israel itself as yet. no—one has said anything about the killing of ismail haniyeh. however, the israeli military said it was responsible for the killing of the hezbollah leader who was in beirut. reaction now to the announcement of the death of ismail haniyeh. it is remarkable we have seen in a 24—hour span israel hit not only the senior leader... the

senior leaders of two of around's proxy groups, axis of resistance and not only with a targeted, they were targeted in the respective state capitals and demonstrate israel's level of precision and ability to project its deterrence capability, demonstrate it can essentially track down and take out anyone, including at this point iran's supreme leader if it wanted to. it point iran's supreme leader if it wanted to.— it wanted to. it demonstrates israel is willing _ it wanted to. it demonstrates israel is willing to _ it wanted to. it demonstrates israel is willing to respond i it wanted to. it demonstrates israel is willing to respond in | israel is willing to respond in a meaningful and symbolic way to attacks on its territory of the kind that we saw happen in the kind that we saw happen in the northern part of the country in the druze village that resulted in the tragic death of those 12 children. it is remarkable... both a retaliation but also an escalation and again the other thing that really stands out and i should note is news out this assassination spread quickly. usually there is a delay before we have the iranians or other announced this but the degree to which this but the degree to which this was posted and spread and the manner in which it was

done, apparently done by a drone strike or some kind of very low level airstrike, makes us wonder to what extent israel had assistance on the inside. there is no question it had some degree but now even more some degree but now even more so that this information was ready to go out quickly and the strike happened using a drone or other lower—level capabilities, so that stands out from this incident. in terms of _ out from this incident. in terms of reaction to this, what will happen next do you think? iran does not want to escalate. it is very clear. in the past when we saw this happen with its senior officials and other important figures where the iranians or other proxy group leaders taken out, there will be an understanding this is as far as it goes and i think they will accept this was a tit—for—tat and this represents the counterstrike to acknowledge and retaliate for the hezbollah attack on northern israel a few days ago. they will make a statement, some kind of a show and we will

see some bluster, but israel demonstrated any and all leaders of any state or nonstate entity are now reachable and so i think iran will now want to de—escalate before any other senior officials see themselves as target. i don't see this getting much further than what we have seen.— we have seen. israel said, benjamin _ we have seen. israel said, benjamin netanyahu - we have seen. israel said, benjamin netanyahu said, we have seen. israel said, - benjamin netanyahu said, there would be a severe response to the tragic killings of young people and children on the golan heights this saturday. as you have mentioned, the senior hezbollah commander who was seen as responsible for carrying out that strike on saturday has been killed by israel. do you think that now means as far as israel is concerned that is it? not necessarily. _ concerned that is it? not necessarily. we - concerned that is it? not necessarily. we know - concerned that is it? lime necessarily. we know the military leader of hamas, the so—called architect, of the october seven massacre, he is still alive, absolutely a target and has been a target since that incident. in fact,

arguably before then and we can assume any other senior revolutionary guard or islamic revolutionary guard or islamic revolutionary guard or islamic revolutionary guard commanders and operators facilitating what hamas and hezbollah are doing us will also likely targets. this is israel seeking to weaken the ability of a round to support these proxy groups, these axis of resistance members who have been staging attacks against israel both from gaza and hezbollah so i would say those leadership figures and senior officers and commanders are still very likely targets.— commanders are still very likel tarets. , . . , likely targets. ismail haniyeh, who is the _ likely targets. ismail haniyeh, who is the person, _ likely targets. ismail haniyeh, who is the person, the - likely targets. ismail haniyeh, who is the person, the leaderl who is the person, the leader of hamas, who we have just heard was killed on tuesday, he was seen as quite a moderate lead compared to many of the others with the n hamas may, within the leadership. —— leader. he was a part of the negotiations are what does it mean going forward when it comes to ceasefire talks? that remains to _ comes to ceasefire talks? that remains to be _ comes to ceasefire talks? that remains to be seen _ comes to ceasefire talks? that remains to be seen at - comes to ceasefire talks? that remains to be seen at the - comes to ceasefire talks? t�*isgt remains to be seen at the issue of moderates and hamas's

leadership is a relative term so we should take that with a grain of salt when the description is ascribed. where the hamas has two passed on this. you can see other hawks and those who are more aggressive looking to escalate the situation further or we could see it as an opportunity for an offering for their leadership euro, the council of leaders, if you will, to look to de—escalate because they do not want to be targets either with the exception of... who has a target on him so it is possible hamas could see they need to make a deal and push for something happen lest they themselves become further targets down the line, so there is good chance this could possibly lead to deescalation unless we see one of the hopes of then the leadership council for more aggressive countermeasures. how will washington _ countermeasures. how will washington respond - countermeasures. how will washington respond to - countermeasures. how will i washington respond to this? countermeasures. how will. washington respond to this? it has been alleged the hamas... it sydney, the hezbollah commander was responsible for the bombing of the us barracks

in 1981, 1982 the bombing of the us barracks in1981, 1982 and the bombing of the us barracks in 1981, 1982 and he was a figure the us wanted to be captured or taken out captured or ta ken out effectively captured or taken out effectively and ismail haniyeh is a leader of hamas which is an organisation the united states recognise as a terrorist organisation. —— excuse me. as we now know no civilians were killed, apparently as bodyguard with other person killed the kind of precision guided response the united states has pressured israel to try to carry out in its operations against hamas, has below and others who are... facilitated the attacks against israel. benjamin, who i spoke to allah, is a professor in the united states and a specialist in middle east politics. just to say if you're tuning into bbc one, normally we would have business today right now, bringing you the latest

business stories, but we are rolling with these latest developments that have occurred... we havejust been hearing in the last few hours that the senior leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has been killed, something that was breaking at around 4:30 am uk time, so we are keeping across these latest developments. iran's revolutionary guard has announced in the statement that ismail haniyeh, a top hamas leader was killed in tehran on tuesday, attending the inauguration ceremony of iran's new president. so we are slowly getting reaction from all sides to what has happened, the israeli defence forces has told several media outlets including cnn, the newswire afp that it will not respond to foreign media reports on his death. that is

the official line from the israeli defence forces. there has been — israeli defence forces. there has been reaction _ israeli defence forces. there has been reaction from - israeli defence forces. there| has been reaction from some type israeli politicians on social media. a lot of reaction to this news in fact, there is concerned what this will mean in terms of escalation of the war and whether, what reaction we will get from iran to this. it happened on their soil. also of course this happened the news this happened hasjust been breaking in the last day when israeli military did announce it has killed one of hezbollah �*stop commanders, and a targeted airstrike on the lebanese capital in beirut. fauod shakir, the top military commander responsible for the deaths of 12 young people in the golan heights on tuesday. we have our expert from bbc

arabic. reaction from people now, hamas in particular saying this is a very grave escalation of events and there will be a severe response to this. i think escalation would be the main word we will hear for the next few days, if i can remind that in 2021, the top nuclear scientist was assassinated in iran in 2021 because there is a problem with the iranian nuclear programmes and israel was against the for iran to have the nuclear bomb. the killing of this man and commanders of the israeli guard did not iran. april show of strength when they sent thousands of drones and missiles to israel shows it would not put these people off

maas is the same story there is killing but the reaction would be like on different level, but it would be a reaction. interestingly the president of levin on his condemned the news of the killing of ismail haniyeh and tehran, palestinian national and islamic factions have been calling now for a general strike in reaction to this and mass demonstrations to the killing. we would that happen, across iran? it the killing. we would that happen, across iran? it will be in different— happen, across iran? it will be in different places, _ happen, across iran? it will be in different places, especiallyl in different places, especially would be on friday after the friday prayers in many muslim countries. but this is only the reaction on demonstration level, demonstration is a show of anger, they are not happy with that, it is condemnation for whatever comes from this operation. so, but it will be ending on this level, this is a

people level, the problem is not the demonstration but the actions. and the military response, and there will be a military response. hezbollah from iran, because more assassinations before, didn't put iran off. it assassinations before, didn't put iran off-— put iran off. it is clear all this activity _ put iran off. it is clear all this activity the - put iran off. it is clear all this activity the news - put iran off. it is clear all this activity the news we | put iran off. it is clear all - this activity the news we have this activity the news we have this morning, the news of the killing of the hezbollah leader, what happened on saturday in the occupied golan heights, all of this is really would you argue setback in breakthrough and ceasefire talks that could end the fighting in gaza? absolutely, saturday it — fighting in gaza? absolutely, saturday it was _ fighting in gaza? absolutely, saturday it was considered i fighting in gaza? absolutely, | saturday it was considered as mr galante israeli minister of defence crossing the red line, the response if it was ismail haniyeh had announced the senior commander of hezbollah

had announced in their opinion would be crossing the line. hezbollah denied it did that attack. , ., , hezbollah denied it did that attack. , . , ., attack. they have still not said it was _ attack. they have still not said it was them. - attack. they have still not said it was them. there . attack. they have still not. said it was them. there are re orts said it was them. there are reports from _ said it was them. there are reports from israeli - said it was them. there are reports from israeli said . said it was them. there are reports from israeli said it. reports from israeli said it was hezbollah announcing they were strikes of israeli positions on golan heights, so they said it might be a mistake, miscalculation, some reports from israel saying that but his blood denying that. it is considered for israeli crossing the red line, they need to have a show of strength, and they have paid a heavy price, that will lead to the negotiation will not be resuming. the negotiation will be in tatters. you can go to a negotiation without the leaders, ismail haniyeh is the orchestrator, the one giving instructions regarding the negotiations or the team of negotiators. the negotiations on hold. .,

negotiators. the negotiations on hold. . , ., ., on hold. earlierl spoke to a doctor who _ on hold. earlierl spoke to a doctor who is _ on hold. earlierl spoke to a doctor who is fellow - on hold. earlierl spoke to a doctor who is fellow at - on hold. earlier i spoke to a l doctor who is fellow at deakin university in australia. i asked for his reaction to the news of the death of the hamas leader. , , ., , , leader. this is a very big security _ leader. this is a very big security breach - leader. this is a very big security breach for - leader. this is a very big | security breach for hamas leader. this is a very big - security breach for hamas and turan, both, it will have a lot of implications, it will change the rules of engagement for this will because it is pushing the red stop between the two parties and it will delay the deal between hamas and israel and it is very unlikely to have any delay between the two parties in the nearfuture, after the spec escalation. in terms of the israeli internal and domestic politics, it will give some kind of short—term benefit to the netanyahu government but on the long—term it will have negative impact on

it will have negative impact on it because what israelis eventually want, what they want they want the hostages to go back to get back to the country. this will delay this matter significant.- country. this will delay this matter significant. what do you think the reaction _ matter significant. what do you think the reaction might - matter significant. what do you think the reaction might be - matter significant. what do you think the reaction might be in l think the reaction might be in iran to this? di think the reaction might be in iran to this?— iran to this? of course, iranians _ iran to this? of course, iranians will _ iran to this? of course, iranians will have - iran to this? of course, iranians will have to - iran to this? of course, i iranians will have to show iran to this? of course, - iranians will have to show some kind of strong reaction to this development and they want —— they won't accept it and they won't remain silent about it. it is unlikely to have another direct attack on israel similar to what happened in the past but there will be some escalation by some iranian allies either houthis or iraqi militias or hezbollah in lebanon on on their capital city as far as we know significantly growing during the last decade, the hezbollah is not the hezbollah of 2005

and 2006, the houthis are not the ones they were of a few years ago in the war with saudi arabia. iraqi militia same all of them have developed significantly, what they you so far against israel is very limited, it is likely they will show some kind of escalation against israel. this will take the region, the entire region, toward, the verge of a regional war. it toward, the verge of a regional war. .., , y toward, the verge of a regional war. , y war. it comes very quickly, this news _ war. it comes very quickly, this news of _ war. it comes very quickly, this news of the _ war. it comes very quickly, this news of the israeli - this news of the israeli military announced it has killed one of hezbollah �*stop commanders, fauod shukr, who they say was responsible for they say was responsible for the rocket attacks that killed 12 young people in the occupied golan heights on saturday. given that event as well, your thoughts on how, how this will develop in the very short term.

because while all this is happening there is supposed to be negotiations for a deal to bring an end to fighting in gaza? ., ., . ~ bring an end to fighting in gaza? . ., . ,, ., bring an end to fighting in gaza? . ., ., gaza? the attack on the golan heihts gaza? the attack on the golan heights was — gaza? the attack on the golan heights was denied _ gaza? the attack on the golan heights was denied by - heights was denied by hezbollah, it is not confirmed by hezbollah. i think hezbollah will show some kind of reaction to it in the reaction will be probably more increasing attack on northern israel, but i do not think it will escalate toward an open war on the israel inaudible.- toward an open war on the israel inaudible. that was doctor israel inaudible. that was doetor dr — israel inaudible. that was doctor dr ali _ israel inaudible. that was doctor dr ali mamouri - israel inaudible. that was | doctor dr ali mamouri based israel inaudible. that was - doctor dr ali mamouri based in sydney as a specialist in religious studies. we have our expert from bbc arabic, more reaction to the news?- expert from bbc arabic, more reaction to the news? from one ofthe reaction to the news? from one of the heads — reaction to the news? from one of the heads of _ reaction to the news? from one of the heads of the _ reaction to the news? from one of the heads of the political - of the heads of the political bureau, said the estimation of ismail haniyeh is a coward action, it will not pass by

without reaction, also one of the leaders of hamas said we are conducting an open war, to liberatejerusalem, and we are ready to do that at any price. again, confirming the escalation would be the title for the next few days. thank ou so for the next few days. thank you so much. _ for the next few days. thank you so much, from - for the next few days. thank you so much, from bbc- for the next few days. thank i you so much, from bbc arabic our expert, at the top of our if you are us across the united kingdom you will bejoining bbc breakfast as they will keep you up—to—date with the breaking story. and other news to be across today, if you are expecting other news such as business and business today, we are following events in tehran where it was announced that on tuesday, the senior leader in the hamas, ismail haniyeh, was killed. this has ramifications of course on many levels, we are looking into that in

detail, we have a live page on bbc online which is bringing you up to date on what we know so far. stay with us on bbc news as we keep you across these developments that have been taking place in the middle east. hel�*lo. tuesday brought us the warmest day of the year so far. several parts of london saw temperatures up to 32 celsius, including heathrow, kew gardens, saintjames' park, as well, and it's notjust been the warmest day of the year, we've also officially seen a heat wave already in some regions, especially kent, east malling, and bramham, in west yorkshire. these areas have seen temperatures exceed their heatwave threshold for sunday, monday, and tuesday. so, already, three consecutive days, and we may well see another day or so of heatwave conditions in some areas. so, it's still warm and humid again, but a thunderstorm risk, as we head through wednesday in the southeast of england. to start the day, then, we've got the heat and humidity in the south from the word go. it's fresher, further north, but long spells of sunshine, lots of dry weather,

light winds, really pleasant late—july day, but it is humid towards the south, and, as we head through the afternoon, you can see those showers and thunderstorms starting to crop up, particularly so across parts of kent, into sussex, as well. they'll be hit—and—miss, so you might not see one, but if you do catch one, could be some localised flooding. top temperatures still 28, possibly 29, for central and southern areas. low—20s or high teens, though, further north. now, heading on into wednesday evening and overnight into thursday, some of those heavy showers and thunderstorms become a little bit more extensive, especially across parts of england and wales. could be a bit of rain across the west of scotland, heading on into thursday, as well. it's going to be another really muggy, sticky night in the south — mid—to—high—teens here — a little bit warmer further north than it has been overnight, too. now, through thursday, we've got this first mass of heavy showers and thunderstorms, it clears away, and then, through the day, cloud and showers bubble up, so, again, some thunderstorms potentially breaking out, especially for england and wales, i think, during the afternoon. drier for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 22—28 — so still above average for most of us. we've still got that warm

air with us, as we head through friday, but later on friday, and into saturday, a frontal system pushes its way eastwards and that's going to allow fresher air to start to move in from the west. so, a change in weather type, as we head through friday into saturday. still quite warm and sunny in the south and east, i think, through friday, but the winds pick up in the north and the west, with the arrival of some showers, as low pressure starts to move in. so, temperatures around about 16—21 for northern ireland and scotland, still about 28 in the far south east, but then, eventually, things do turn a little bit fresher and more unsettled as we head into the weekend. bye for now.

good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today. tributes are paid to the three little girls killed in a knife attack in southport. hundreds of people attend a vigil to remember the victims. we kind of can't believe it, and the fact that it's little girls, it's three innocent lives lost, and everyone needs to come together. butjust hours later, 39 police officers were injured

in violent clashes — the prime minister says rioters will feel the full force of the law. hamas says its leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed in an israeli raid on his residence in tehran. it might be convenient for users, but it's also pretty handy for scammers. councils and police forces are warning about a rise in or code scams in places like car parks. i'll be taking a look. great britain win the men's 4x200m relay relay! gold for team gb's freestyle relay team, as they make it look easy in the pool. good morning. yesterday we reached 32 celsius in london, making it the warmest day of the software. to date for most it will be dry, sunny, warm or hot, but there is the risk of thunderstorms in the south—east. good morning. it's wednesday, the 31st ofjuly.

our main story. it's wednesday, the 31st ofjuly. hundreds of people attended a vigil in southport last night, to