live from london. this is bbc news. hezbollah retaliates after reports that at least 10 people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in lebanon. protests in venezuala's capital after the opposition calls for worldwide demonstrations, over president nicolas maduro�*s disputed election victory. ukrainian authorities release video of what they say is the moment a key strategic bridge in russia's kursk region is destroyed. and new figures reveal that nigel farage has the highest earnings outside of parliament of any mp. hello, i'm lauren taylor. lebanon says at least ten people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building

in the southern city of nabatieh. the lebanese state news agency says two children were among those killed. israel said it was targeting a hezbollah weapons depot. lebanese media say hezbollah have fired more than a0 rockets into northern israel in retaliation. israel says it was more than 50. also on saturday, hospital officials say an israeli strike in central gaza killed at least 15 people. they say a house and warehouse sheltering displaced people were hit. as the fighting continues, ceasefire and hostage release talks continue. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. images and reports from across the region show there are still huge obstacles to peace, despite the positive messages coming from talks in qatar. in gaza, an overnight israeli air strike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of the palestinian territory. although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several women and children were also reportedly killed.

translation: what happened is that around 1:00 in the morning, - three rockets hit directly the house of this man and his family. there were many children and women inside, mainly women, around 20 in total. to the north, deep inside lebanon, the israeli air force said it had also struck hezbollah targets, including a weapons storage facility. but reports from the scene said at least ten people were killed, many of them syrian refugees, including a woman and her two children. translation: this is an industrial area, a brick factory, _ slaughterhouse, metalfactory, aluminium factory and cow farm. it's an industrial and civilian area. there's an urgency for the next round of talks to succeed, amid fears that the conflicts in gaza and either side of israel's northern border could escalate into a much wider regional war. but hamas officials have already dismissed american optimism as an illusion. president biden has welcomed

the reported progress in the qatar talks. i'm optimistic. not farfrom over. just a couple more issues and i think we got a shot. are you more optimistic now than you have been in months past? yes. why? if i told you that i'd give away what's going on. his secretary of state, antony blinken, is heading to the region to promote what is being called a final �*bridging proposal�* hopefully leading to a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, has called for both nationwide and international demonstrations urging people to protest against president nicolas maduro's disputed election victory last month. these are pictures from sydney. protesters in the australian city kicked off a global rally in support of venezuela's opposition.

a group of united nations experts said that venezuela's presidential election lacked "basic transparency and integrity". experts have criticised venezuela's national electoral council for declaring the incumbent, president maduro, the winner without publishing detailed voting tallies. on friday, the organisation of american states, meeting in washington, adopted a resolution calling on venezuela to publish comprehensive details of the results. ms machado said she would join a march in venezuela's capital, caracas. now, let's speak to alfredo romero — a venezuelan human rights lawyer and director—president of non—governmental organisation foro penal. he joins us from caracas. can you explain to us the risks that people are taking going out to protest because there has been a crackdown on the opposition. irate protest because there has been a crackdown on the opposition. we have verified a number— crackdown on the opposition. we have verified a number of— crackdown on the opposition. we have verified a number of detainees - crackdown on the opposition. we have verified a number of detainees who i verified a number of detainees who are being detained in the mass

protests that have happened in those 15 days. we are verifying and identifying different kind of situations happening injails, so there is a risk because repression is being used effectively to crack down on the protests. what is being used effectively to crack down on the protests. what recourse down on the protests. what recourse do --eole down on the protests. what recourse do peeple have _ down on the protests. what recourse do peeple have if _ down on the protests. what recourse do people have if they _ down on the protests. what recourse do people have if they are _ down on the protests. what recourse do people have if they are arrested? | do people have if they are arrested? there aren't many things happening at this point. we don't have access to the protesters as lawyers. the families have been incommunicado. they have reported situations, there

is a guy in a specific present centre who has been jailed there. there are minors, we have identified 126 minors, aged 14—17. there is a girl named victoria part of the system here. there are many situations happening. this massive repression, the results are that everyone on the street is being detained even if they don't participate in these protests. while we are talking _ participate in these protests. while we are talking to _ participate in these protests. while we are talking to you _ participate in these protests. while we are talking to you we _ participate in these protests. while we are talking to you we can - participate in these protests. while we are talking to you we can see live pictures from caracas which are showing reasonably large crowds that have turned out. we mention that the organization of american states approved a resolution urging caracas

to publish the election records and also for the eu, calling for impartial verification of the outcome. how likely is nicolas maduro to listen to that which yellow that is something we really cannot answer as human rights lawyers in venezuela. we expect that this situation will be solved, some kind of solution to the problem because right now what we more of an he man at aryan problem than a political we see as more a humanitarian problem than a political problem. there are people who in jail who are politically innocent. more than 20 people reported killed in protests. that's a result of this political

problem that's happening now. the idea that there may be fresh elections, neighbours brazil and colombia have said that there should be fresh elections but maria corina machado has said that it shows a lack of respect for the popular will. do you think these people in protests would be happy with new elections or would they be happier with results of the current one? to tell with results of the current one? trr tell you the truth, people are very scared. what they cfv day, a lot of relatives of these children are scared. —— what they see everyday. i can't tell you what the expectations of people are about people are waiting for a peaceful solution to this situation. of course there is a political issue, there are political expectations but at this point our major focus is on solving this humanitarian problem that's going on

now. people injail. what happened is a reaction to protest. for instance there are today, protests, and the reaction of the government is repression and they are effectively using repression to stop the protests. repression means... people are being killed and injail etc. people are being killed and in “ail etc. . ~ people are being killed and in “ail etc. ., ~ , ., ukrainian authorities release video of what they say is the moment a key strategic bridge in russia's kursk region is destroyed. this video shows large explosions on the structure, about 11 kilometres from the border, in an area of kursk that remains under russian control. moscow says a bridge was destroyed on friday. russia says it is pushing back the ukrainian forces, which have captured territory in its kursk region — but ukraine's president zelensky

says his forces are strengthening their positions. the russian authorities are continuing to evacuate civilians in areas near to where the fighting is taking place. according to local officials, more than three thousand more people have been moved to safer areas in the past twenty four hours. the fighting also continues inside ukraine — these pictures show the aftermath of what ukraine says was russian shelling of the city of sumy — about thirty five kilometre shelling of the city of sumy — about 35km from the border with russia. (pres)and we have one other one person is said to have been injured. and we have one other new set of images to share with you. ukraine released these pictures of what it says was the moment its forces crossed into russia, into the kursk region, on the 6th of august — the beginning of their incursion. they appear to show a heavily damaged border post — and no further resistance from russia forces. james waterhouse is in the sumy region with more on the significance of ukraine destroying this key bridge. well, it seems that what ukraine is looking to do, alongside or frustrate supply lines.

so we saw, as you saw there, in quite spectacular fashion, a major bridge crossing in the north of the kursk region. it goes over a river that flows into belarus, and that had been used by russia's military to previously feed its invasion of ukraine. but ukrainian forces also control a number of major highways from north to south, connecting to the belgorod region of russia further south, which had been used by russian forces as well. and notjust that — the town of sudzha, which ukraine has captured, is on a hill, so it is allowing ukrainian forces to control the battlefield in that respect and force russian forces to react, and that is costing them men and machinery. ukraine will be suffering losses as well, but at the moment it's ukraine doing the dictating. and while its advances are slowing, what kyiv will point out is, look, we might be making a kilometre a day, that is still more than what the russian forces are making in a day in eastern ukraine. but crucially, those russian forces

are still moving forward. the london fire brigade says a fire that broke out at the historical somerset house is under control — and final checks are being made to ensure it doesn't reignite. london fire brigade say 20 fire engines were deployed, when plumes of smoke were seen coming from the 18th century arts centre on the banks of the thames. there were no reports of any injuries. here's a spokesperson with the latest details... just before midday we took the first of the calls regarding a fire at somerset house. 120 firefighters have been working since then to bring the fire under control and to protect this historic landmark. the fire was located in part of the building's roof space. the age and design of the building proved a challenge for the cruise as they initially responded. as a result four of the aerial ladders including a 64 metre turntable ladder were

deployed to support firefighters as they carried out a complex and technical response. this included creating fire breaks in the roof which has now limited the spread of flames. our correspondent noor nanji is at the scene. what's the latest? the london fire briaade what's the latest? the london fire brigade have _ what's the latest? the london fire brigade have said _ what's the latest? the london fire brigade have said they _ what's the latest? the london fire brigade have said they first - brigade have said they first received reports of the fire at around midday. fire crews were sent to the scene and have been tackling the blaze ever since then and as we just heard, they are still working to extinguish the final pockets of the fire and the cause of the fire is not yet known. as i arrived here several hours ago there were thick clouds of smoke. you could see it from several streets away and in some of the social media videos posted off the fire including over the river thames. the building itself had been evacuated and there

were no reported injuries. we know that the artwork is believed to be safe. somerset house is an historic institution dating back centuries. it's used as an arts venue and is home to a gallery hosting several crisis pieces —— several priceless pieces of art. we spoke to the director of the somerset house trust to state that the area in which the fire broke out, that was actually different to where the artwork is housed. so those concerns have been allayed. efforts are still going on to contain the fire and for now, somerset house is close to the public. let's return now to our top story, lebanon says at least ten this people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabitiah. we can cross live tojerusalem and wyre davies is there for us.

the mood music is different from different sides, tell us we are. indeed, after two days of preliminary talks in qatar there was a very positive communique issued talking about a framework for a future agreement and the americans responded saying this was the best chance we've had in some time for peace. antony blinken the secretary of state is due to arrive in the region at the end of the weekend to try and hammer out a tension deal for a ceasefire and also of course the release of hostages. but the reality of what's happening on the ground, we had attacks in gaza and southern lebanon. hamas have dismissed talks of optimism as fanciful and an illusion. that's the reality on the ground. there's a lot of pressure on both sides to try and achieve a peace deal. tell

of pressure on both sides to try and achieve a peace deal.— achieve a peace deal. tell us about the diplomatic— achieve a peace deal. tell us about the diplomatic push _ achieve a peace deal. tell us about the diplomatic push and _ achieve a peace deal. tell us about the diplomatic push and how - achieve a peace deal. tell us about the diplomatic push and how it - achieve a peace deal. tell us about. the diplomatic push and how it plays out over the next few days. you mentioned antony blinken arriving. what else is happening? it mentioned antony blinken arriving. what else is happening?— what else is happening? it isn't 'ust what else is happening? it isn't just secretary — what else is happening? it isn't just secretary blinken. - what else is happening? it isn't just secretary blinken. the - what else is happening? it isn't - just secretary blinken. the european governments, the british, french and germans have also been here and they are putting a lot of pressure especially on the israelis, who they can talk to directly. benjamin ne is thought to be more reluctant than some in his government. his defence minister said the idea of a complete victory against hamas is fanciful. netanyahu and other members of the government, especially those on the far right, dismissed the idea of a peace agreement with hamas while it is still a viable fighting force. so there is a diplomatic push, a huge one. american optimism is driven by domestic considerations because there is an election in the us and for the democratic party and kamala harris, it would suit her purposes if there was a peace agreement in

the middle east. we have had ten months of war and 40,000 people reportedly killed in gaza and there is still no immediate end insight to what is happening gaza nor in lebanon. ., ., lebanon. you mention southern lebanon. _ lebanon. you mention southern lebanon. the — lebanon. you mention southern lebanon, the exchange - lebanon. you mention southern lebanon, the exchange that - lebanon. you mention southern - lebanon, the exchange that happened today, more significant than they had been in the last few days? i think there's a real danger that there is one place where the war could escalate if it was going to become a bigger issue. the iranians after the high—profile assassinations in iran and southern lebanon, have threatened to retaliate against israel. everyone in the region is sort of expecting that and one way that could happen is if hezbollah were to step up its campaign against israel which has been ongoing since october the 8th as well. in the early days of that conflict on the northern border it was confined to a five kilometre stretch along the border but in recent months both sides have attacked targets deep in each other�*s territory. israel have assassinated key hezbollah figures

in the back of ali and also in beirut, there was the attack in nabatieh and the israeli air force admitted it had killed a senior hezbollah commander near a separate city. hezbollah responded with rockets into israeli territory and if that war were to expand we could have a repeat of the very big war between israel and hezbollah in lebanon in 2006 which lasted for over a month and claimed 1000 lives. thank you. a 16 year old boy has appeared in court in the republic of ireland, charged in connection with the stabbing of an army chaplain in galway on thursday evening. the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with causing harm relating to a stabbing. he was remanded to a children's detention campus. police told the court they believed the accused has a radical islamist mindset, and that there could be further charges. the army chaplain, father paul murphy, is recovering from multiple stab wounds

after having surgery. brexit leader and mp for clacton, nigel farage, has declared earnings of more than £1 million a year from work he does outside his new role. the latest register of members' financial interests, published each year by parliament, shows mr farage is paid more than ten times his mp salary, as a presenter on gb news, making him among the highest earning mps sitting this parliament. our political correspondentjoins us. it is very good money, isn't it? yes, to take us to it, every mp must declare money that they are outside of parliament and they must also declare things like paid for travel gifts and hospitality. this is the first official register for this new parliament and according to the declarations on it, nigel farage appears to be the mp who is earning the most from having anotherjob. to going to the figures, all mps get a

salary ofjust over £91,000 a year and what nigel farage's entry in the register says is that on top of that, he is also earning £97,000 a month for hosting a tv show on db news and there are other earnings, if you add them up, taking his annual earnings come on top of his mps salary, to one 25p a year, including writing for the daily telegraph —— £1.2 million a year. and he also records birthday greetings and pep talks to an online service. in terms of how much time it takes, nigel farage has said it is around nine work days a months. this evening he has cast doubt on those figures. he this evening he has cast doubt on those figures.— this evening he has cast doubt on those figures. he has responded, i believe we — those figures. he has responded, i believe we have _ those figures. he has responded, i believe we have a _ those figures. he has responded, i believe we have a graphic- those figures. he has responded, i believe we have a graphic from - believe we have a graphic from social needy. —— social media.

in general, there has been a push to get mps to stop having outside work. is this going to add into that? it will definitely play into the discussion and something we should say about the social media post that nigel farage put up, the way the register is assembled, it is up to the mps to declare their earnings. they give their figures department and put it in the register. so if, as he appears to be suggesting, the figure isn't correct, then there are questions about how that happened because ultimately the information comes from mps in the first instance. so some questions to be asked around what's happening there. it is supposed to be an accurate reflection of outside earnings and you are right, there will be a focus especially this year coming because in the past there has been discussion about second jobs and whether restrictions should be in place about how much they can earn

and what they can do and how many hours they can spend. the labour government in its manifesto said it wanted to see restrictions looked at on second jobs, so it looks like a topic that is likely to come up. thank you. for a third day, firefighters in turkey are battling a strong forest fire in the resort city of izmir. 11 helicopters and two water bomber planes are dousing hot spots — trying to contain the fire, which has burnt across 1,600 hectares of land. hundreds of people were evacuated during the night as the blaze spread to residential areas. there are six other fires in cities across turkey. hurricane ernesto has made landfall on the island of bermuda in the north atlantic, bringing a risk of serious flooding. the category1 storm was downgraded from the more serious category 2 but is still carrying powerful winds, with the potenial of a dangerous storm surge and up to 30 centimeters of rain. 60% of the population

is reportedly without power. the former thai prime minister, thaksin shinawatra, has received a royal pardon. he returned from self—exile last year, after receiving a one—year sentence for abuse of power while in office 20 years ago. his lawyer said his parole term would now expire on sunday rather than the end of the month. his daughter, paetongtarn, became thailand's prime minister on friday. a cargo spacecraft has arrived at the international space station o deliverfood, fuel and other supplies for those onboard — including two nasa astronauts stuck there for several months. the unpiloted spacecraft, named progress 89, successfully transferred about three tonnes of supplies. nasa says it will remain docked for approximately six months before returning to earth. two nasa astronauts, butch wilmore and suni william, are stuck on the international space station because of safety concerns over the boeing starliner capsule that was meant to take them home. they were originally expected to return home after eight days.

the us space agency has delayed a decision on how to bring them home, saying it will make a call by the end of the month. arcade game fans are preparing to compete in what's being described as the uk's only dedicated pinball event this weekend. pinfest uk will see some of the best compete in the three—day tournament. our reporter, laura foster, met one of the regional champions who'll be taking part. a warning, her report contains flashing images. in nathan's childhood home, there's a room dedicated to his favourite hobby. to those who love it, pinball has all the rules and strategy of video games, mixed with the timing, precision and skill of sports such as pool and snooker, and it's becoming more and more popular. # shock waves mean bad ball. there's nothing else like it. it's just really,

really enjoyable to do. in east anglia, we've had our own league this year. that's never happened before, because there's never been enough venues, enough collectors, enough games in order to do it. he's been playing since he was a kid and they've even got their own electronic scoreboard. it's great. it means i get to spend a lot of time with him. he beats me. he beats lots of people. he's very good. i think it's given nathan a big, big field of friends over the years as well. so it's a good thing. this weekend, nathan will be competing at pin fest, the uk's biggest pinball contest, in daventry. but there will also be hundreds of machines for members of the general public to play on forfree. and there's already some talk in the community about competitions getting even more prominence in the future. i think people would be surprised by how entertaining it is to watch because, you know, people stream these tournaments, you can watch them online, on twitch and things. sadly, there wasn't enough time in ourfilming schedule to capture my very high final score. laura foster, apparently at the bottom of the leaderboard, bbc news in ipswich. stay with us here on bbc news.

there will still be a few showers. we had them pushing through on a brisk wind in the north and west, that will continue. even in east anglia and the south—east where we have had most of the sunshine. the cloud is melting overnight, the wind will be easing and another cool start on sunday morning. the wind is lighter as the azores high is closer to our shores but still be westerly breeze in the north although it is a notch down, enough to carry in some showers, possibly the odd one in northern ireland and western england

and wales. but it should be a mostly dry and bright day with good spells of sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm. temperatures might be a degree down but with lighter wind, that will compensate. it is all change going through the week. high pollen levels on monday but into the new week we have wind and rain coming in. sunday into monday, high pressure producing some mist and fog in central and eastern areas. but the rain coming in looks quite intense, especially the second part of the day across northern ireland and western scotland and northern scotland, cloud piling and around the irish sea coast. further east, switching wind direction, so we could see some temperatures nudging above 25 in some parts. warm for all and a warm night on monday into tuesday, warm and wet as the weather system moves east. behind it on

tuesday, heavy and thundery showers on monday night and into tuesday. we will still see temperatures in the mid 20s, closer to average further north and west. showing you the rainfall through the week, mostly in the north and west but anywhere seeing some rainfall on tuesday but the heaviest is likely in the north and west, cumbria and north wales with wet and windy weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines... hezbollah fires a barrage of rockets into northern israel, after an israeli strike on a residential building in southern lebanon kills ten people. the israeli army says about 55 rockets were fired across the border — with no casualties reported. hospital officials in gaza say at least 15 people, including children and women, have been killed in israeli strikes on central gaza. meanwhile and hamas official has dismissed president biden�*s optimism of a ceasefire deal being "closer than ever". protests in venezuala's capital after the country's opposition calls for world—wide demonstrations — over president nicolas maduro's disputed election victory. police and soldiers aredeployed on the streets with maduro supporters planning their own demonstration. ukrainian authorities release video of what they say is the moment a key strategic bridge in russia's kursk

region is destroyed. meanwhile russia launches counter strikes in the