and coming up — we have an exclusive report on mpox in the democratic republic of congo, where 75% of cases are in children under ten. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start this hour with breaking news out of pakistan. at least 22 people have been killed after armed men forced passengers from trucks and buses, checking their ids, with reports saying they singled out those from punjab to be shot before they set vehicles alight. the attack happened in the southern province of balochistan on an inter—provincial highway. the baloch liberation army, a militant group, has said it was behind the attacks, stating they had blocked roads entering the province in different areas. the passengers were travelling

from punjab province to various parts of balochistan when they were targeted. the prime minister shehbaz sharif expressed "deep grief and condemnation over the terrorist attack" in a statement issued by his office. we will be live in islamabad for the very latest on this story within the next hour. another big story which is developing this hour is out of ukraine. russia is carrying out a massive aerial attack on the country. dozens of drones and cruise missiles have been launched, and all of the country is under air raid alert. i want to show you these pictures which are from the capital kyiv, where hundreds of people headed down to the subway to shelter after alerts were sounded.

explosions have been heard in numerous cities, from lutsk in the west to dnipro in the east. so far at least three people have been killed. let's speak to abdujalil abdurasulov in kyiv. if you can, just outline for us where these drone and missile attacks are happening? the drones and missiles _ attacks are happening? the drones and missiles have _ attacks are happening? the drones and missiles have affected - attacks are happening? the drones and missiles have affected a - attacks are happening? the drones i and missiles have affected a number of regions across ukraine, including lviv in the west, odesa in the south, in the north, as well as in the q south, in the north, as well as in the 0 have as well. in the early hours today, the ukrainian hour force warned its citizens, saying that russian bombs, bombers, more than a dozen, which could carry

cruise missiles, were in the air. at that time we were already getting reports of several dozens of drones heading towards different regions. shortly afterwards, we heard explosions in the skies over key of, and it sounded like air defence systems engaging those drones and missiles. we still do not know the exact scale of the damage following this attack and so far we have only had about three people who got killed during the attack, but clearly, this number could rise later today. and what is interesting is that this attack happened early in the morning when people were still getting up, they were still at home, and some of them were already driving towards work, so, a lot of people were caught offguard when the attack happened and not everyone was able to get to the bomb shelters. and even though the warning did come early, now some people simply have no time to get to the shelter. we

have seen _ no time to get to the shelter. we have seen pictures of people in kyiv going down into the subway, of course, at the start of the conflict this was a regular occurrence, where they went down into those shelters, but there has been a relative calm at times, so this is an escalation from russia, do you think this is related to the fact that ukraine has gone into russian territory over the last month?— last month? well, such air attacks have been happening _ last month? well, such air attacks have been happening frequently, l last month? well, such air attacks| have been happening frequently, it is not the first time when russia launches such a massive attack targeting different cities in ukraine, and of course the timing of this attack is happening shortly after the ukrainian incursion in the kursk region of russia. and some observers are linking this attack to those events, but such attacks as i said have been happening before as well so it is really hard to say whether it is linked directly to those events happening in kursk region. but russia has been

targeting the energy infrastructure of ukraine, they have been targeting other areas in this country a lot, and just yesterday they hit a hotel in the city of kramatorsk in eastern ukraine, where severaljournalists were injured, including a british security adviser who was part of the reuters team who was there as well, he was killed in that attack. i reuters team who was there as well, he was killed in that attack.— he was killed in that attack. i have 'ust seen he was killed in that attack. i have just seen ukraine's _ he was killed in that attack. i have just seen ukraine's chief - he was killed in that attack. i have just seen ukraine's chief of - he was killed in that attack. i have just seen ukraine's chief of staff l just seen ukraine's chief of staff is calling on allies to allow long—range strikes on russia after moscow's attack. this is what kyiv would like, the western governments who have given them the jets and the ammunition, to allow them to attack russia? ., , ammunition, to allow them to attack russia? . , ~ ., ., russia? that is white, ukraine have been repeatedly _ russia? that is white, ukraine have been repeatedly asking _ russia? that is white, ukraine have been repeatedly asking its - russia? that is white, ukraine have been repeatedly asking its allies - russia? that is white, ukraine have been repeatedly asking its allies to | been repeatedly asking its allies to provide them long—range missiles —— that his right —— to hit the targets inside russia, including the airfields where those jets and

bombers take off to attack ukrainian cities, and ukraine was saying that if they do get those weapons, it would allow them to defend its cities, and its citizens, much better, and prevent those aerial attacks, including prevent the attacks, including prevent the attacks using cruise missiles and ballistic is, because they could target the airfields and the airbases. and of course, some of the countries, like the us, allow them to use a long—ish missiles but also they limited to what extent they could use those weapons, so they limited the range and they could only use those weapons within the border areas. and not further. and therefore ukraine is asking now to give them long—range weapons, such as storm shadow is, and other weapons, that could hit targets deep

inside russia, and this would allow, as they say, to protect their cities. thank you very much, abdujalil aburasulov, in kyiv. to the middle east next. the united states says it's working to prevent the conflict between israel and the lebanese group hezbollah from escalating into a regional war after sunday's heavy bombardments. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has called for an immediate end to hostilities on both sides. in a televised address, hezbollah�*s secretary—general, hassan nasrallah, said that the delay in the retaliation attack for the assassination of its military commander last month, was to keep israel on edge. he also said they still have to assess the impact of its barrage, and did not rule out another strike. from tel aviv, benjamin netanyahu said that israel's airstrikes were "not the end of the story" and added they had destroyed thousands of hezbollah�*s short—range rockets. and there's been no progress on the gaza ceasefire talks in cairo. hamas, which has now left

the egyptian capital, said it rejected new israeli conditions and accused them of backtracking on promises. israel denies changing its demands since a last round of talks in earlyjuly. let's speak to our middle east correspondent in jerusalem yolande knell. i wonder, yolande, iwonder, yolande, if i wonder, yolande, if you could assess the mood from lebanon's and israel's point of view, after those intense exchanges yesterday? to some degree, there is a sense of relief among people on both sides of this major exchange of fire is over for now, without signs that it has really, as many people feared, gone into an all—out war between israel and hezbollah. but there is still a sense of unfinished business. certainly some of the commentary in the israeli media this morning pointing out that although israel

says that something like two thirds of the drones and missiles that hezbollah was preparing to launch early yesterday morning were destroyed still on the ground by what they are saying was a pre—emptive strike involving about 100 warplanes, they had received intelligence, some of that coming from the us, according to different officials. still, the situation in the north remains. you have tens of thousands of israeli citizens who have been displaced by the day—to—day fighting that has gone on since the start of the war in gaza across israel's northern border with hezbollah. and of course there is a similar number of people who have been displaced by the fighting on the lebanese side. so, hassan nasrallah, the head of his blood, said that it was time to take a breath, talking to people in lebanon. i think that is happening,

there is a lot of reflection going on about exactly what occurred yesterday. but still, this is a place that is very much on edge. we have had the israeli military saying that there was a suspicious drone that there was a suspicious drone that was shot down close to the sea of galilee this morning. with some reports suggesting that they may have been launched from syria. we also had yesterday a longer range rocket fired by hamas from the gaza strip towards tel aviv, without any casualties being reported as a result of that. but the israeli military saying that as part of the ongoing fighting in the gaza strip it has now attacked what it says was the launch site for the rocket close to khan younis in the south. and it remains still extremely panicked in parts of the gaza strip, with people, patients and also displaced people, patients and also displaced people, fleeing from the area of the alexa hospital this morning. that is

because of israeli military evacuation orders that have been issued and ongoing israeli military activity in the centre of the gaza strip. activity in the centre of the gaza stri -. ., . activity in the centre of the gaza stri . _ ., ., ., ~' activity in the centre of the gaza stri, ., ., ., ~' the leader of hezbollah has said its reprisal for the assassination of its senior commander last month has been "completed". let's speak to fadi nicholas nassar — director of the lebanon programme at the middle east institute. he joins us from beirut. do you think there will be more retaliation for the killing of their commander?— retaliation for the killing of their commander? ., ~ , ., . ., commander? thank you so much for havin: commander? thank you so much for having me. — commander? thank you so much for having me. it _ commander? thank you so much for having me. it is _ commander? thank you so much for having me, it is a _ commander? thank you so much for having me, it is a difficult _ having me, it is a difficult question. i would say we are really seeing hezbollah leveraging strategic ambiguity. to give the background to the audience, after more than three weeks of posturing and pledging a strong response following the assassination of one of its most senior military commanders in beirut town, a clear crossing of a red line, the response

we saw short. now, israel has stated that this was a consequence of its successful pre—emptive strikes, that thwarted what it claims was a larger response. meanwhile, hassan nasrallah in his last speech signalled that he was satisfied with the alleged targeting of israeli military and intelligence sites. against the backdrop of these two competing narratives, some have suggested that hezbollah has essentially chosen to de—prioritise restoring deterrent took over in order to avoid taking a more robust response which could trigger a full—scale conflict. to be clear, both israel and hezbollah are keeping the door open for a future response. just keeping the door open for a future resonse, , , ., ., ., response. just explain for our viewers. _ response. just explain for our viewers. who _ response. just explain for our viewers, who might _ response. just explain for our viewers, who might not - response. just explain for our| viewers, who might not know, response. just explain for our - viewers, who might not know, who are hezbollah and how much power do they have in lebanon that is an excellent question and i would say i think it is a question that lebanese and regional experts continue to ask

themselves. hezbollah is an organisation which continues to evolve. it organisation which continues to evolve. ., , organisation which continues to evolve. . , , ., , , evolve. it was established with the su ort of evolve. it was established with the sunport of iran _ evolve. it was established with the support of iran after _ evolve. it was established with the support of iran after israel's - evolve. it was established with the support of iran after israel's 1982 l support of iran after israel's1982 invasion support of iran after israel's 1982 invasion of lebanon, support of iran after israel's1982 invasion of lebanon, and it has gradually evolved into being the tip of iran's spear against israel and the crown jewel in the iranian led axis of resistance. today, through a combination of political violence and weaponised obstruction, it is really the main powerbroker in lebanon, as evidenced by very fact that it, not the lebanese government, is determining if and when lebanon goes to war. director ofthe when lebanon goes to war. director of the lebanon _ when lebanon goes to war. director of the lebanon programme - when lebanon goes to war. director of the lebanon programme at - when lebanon goes to war. director of the lebanon programme at the i of the lebanon programme at the middle east institute, fadi nicholas nassar, thank you for your time. thank you for having me. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

here, a massive fire has engulfed a building in east london

which is partly used as a block of flats. more than 100 people were evacuated from the building in the early hours. these are drone pictures of the scene. more than 200 firefighters were there. two people have been taken to hospital. let's speak to our correspondent simonjones in dagenham in east london. simon, just explain how this fire broke out, because we are seeing these pictures from the early hours, with the flames literally pouring out of the top of the building? yes, we know the fire broke outjust before three o'clock this morning. the cause is under investigation, but the london fire brigade have declared this to be a major incident. we know that more than 100

people were led to safety this morning. i have been speaking to one resident, who lives on the first floor of the block of flats, and he told me the first he became aware was, he was asleep and suddenly one of his neighbours was banging frantically on his front door. he managed to get out safely. that neighbour was going from door—to—door making sure everyone was accounted for. one thing we have been unable to ascertain, the fibro will not say at the moment whether they believe everyone has got out of that building. four people were treated here at the scene and two of them were taken to hospital. but a short time ago we had this update from the man leading the operation with the london fire brigade. to allow us to focus on the incident, we have — allow us to focus on the incident, we have declared a major incident. the building has a number of fire safety— the building has a number of fire safety issues known to the london fire brigade. a full, simultaneous

evacuation — fire brigade. a full, simultaneous evacuation of the building was immediately carried out with a significant search and rescue operation, which is still under way. at this _ operation, which is still under way. at this stage, two people have been taken _ at this stage, two people have been taken to— at this stage, two people have been taken to hospital by the london ambulance service.— taken to hospital by the london ambulance service. simon, what has ha--ened ambulance service. simon, what has happened to — ambulance service. simon, what has happened to the _ ambulance service. simon, what has happened to the people _ ambulance service. simon, what has happened to the people who - ambulance service. simon, what has happened to the people who have . ambulance service. simon, what has| happened to the people who have had to be evacuated from that building? gardening some have gone to stay with friends orfamily. gardening some have gone to stay with friends or family. i was speaking to one man who said that his six—year—old daughter was in the block of flats last night, at a sleepover with friends, and suddenly he got this frantic call at three o'clock this morning saying this fire had broken out, he raced down because he lives near here and managed to pick up his daughter and check that she was ok, but he said for her and for his friends, it was a terrifying experience. others had gone to a nearby sports hall, the gone to a nearby sports hall, the local council has set that up so local council has set that up so

people who don't have anywhere else people who don't have anywhere else to go can get somewhere there to to go can get somewhere there to have a cup of tea. they may need to have a cup of tea. they may need to spend some time there because all spend some time there because all their possessions are likely to be their possessions are likely to be inside the block of flats. i think inside the block of flats. i think what is interesting is, you heard what is interesting is, you heard from the fire brigade that they said from the fire brigade that they said that there had been a number of that there had been a number of known fire safety issues with this known fire safety issues with this building. they have not gone into building. they have not gone into any detail about what exactly they any detail about what exactly they were, but we do know that the were, but we do know that the cladding on the building was in the cladding on the building was in the process of being changed. because process of being changed. because that cladding was not considered to that cladding was not considered to be compliant. we know in the past, be compliant. we know in the past, with the grenfell tower fire, that with the grenfell tower fire, that cladding played a huge issue with cladding played a huge issue with the fire spreading so quickly. so, the fire spreading so quickly. so, the fire spreading so quickly. so, the fire spreading so quickly. so, the cladding here was in the process the cladding here was in the process of being changed to compliant of being changed to compliant cladding. that will be part of the cladding. that will be part of the investigation. this morning, the investigation. this morning, the

focus of the firefighters seems to be on the hall, the

weary and in pain. two—year—old encima caught mpox from one of her five siblings, who have all had the disease. translation: this is - the first time i've seen it. when my child got sick, other parents told me it might be measles, but we started treating measles and failed. this hospital in kavumu is in south kivu, the epicentre of this new mpox crisis. it's had 800 patients sincejune. more than 70% have been children. eight have died, all under the age of five. about 100 miles away, the spring in amani's step slowly returns after four days of free treatment at this centre in munigi neargoma. like the hospital, three quarters of patients here have been under the age of ten.

health workers told the bbc they've had up to ten new cases a day. the idp camps are overcrowded, so you see children in idp camps, they are always playing together, so they have time together. they don't really care about distance, social distance, they don't care about that. so they play together. they are always together. and you can also see like in the household, they even pass the night on the same bed. you can find three, four, five children. so that means the transmission is really present on a daily basis. these camps, in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo, are crammed with millions who have been displaced because of an ongoing armed conflict, the perfect place for mpox to run rampant. charity workers are trying to get ahead by teaching people about symptoms, stigma and hygiene. simijolaoso, bbc news.

the conservatives are demanding to know who authorised a downing street pass for labour's biggest donor, despite the donor in question having no formal job at the premises. the sunday times revealed that lord waheed alli had been issued with a temporary pass for number 10. with me is henry zeffman. now to see you in the studio rather than at westminster. just what is the background to this, and who normally gets passes for no 10? well, a lot of this is still a little bit infusing, to be honest, nikki. as you mentioned, lord alli has given a lot of money to the labour party, £500,000, but over 20p is, he is a big figure in the party, he is a labour, he is an active member of the house of lords. it emerged in the sunday times this weekend that he had held a pass giving him access to downing street, basically unfettered, unmediated access. it is really unclear, or at least downing street has not given

any public explanation of why he had that pass. we are told that he attended some political meetings at downing street in the immediate aftermath of the general election, political meetings meaning no civil servants are present. but he could have attended those without the pass, the only difference really is that you have to go through airport style security, but most people do not get passes for that. so, a lot of that is still quite unclear and i think growing pressure on keir starmer and the labour government more generally to explain why he ever had the pass in the first place. ever had the pass in the first lace. �* ., , ., , ., place. and the conservatives are askin: place. and the conservatives are asking that _ place. and the conservatives are asking that question _ place. and the conservatives are asking that question and - place. and the conservatives are asking that question and we - place. and the conservatives are | asking that question and we have seenin asking that question and we have seen in some of the papers, it being branded passes for glasses, explain why? branded passes for glasses, explain wh ? ., , branded passes for glasses, explain wh ? . , , , branded passes for glasses, explain wh? . , branded passes for glasses, explain wh? . ., why? that is because some of the donations from _ why? that is because some of the donations from lord _ why? that is because some of the donations from lord alli _ why? that is because some of the donations from lord alli were - why? that is because some of the donations from lord alli were not| donations from lord alli were not money, but they were donations in kind, he has been involved in lots of fashion businesses, and just before the general election, if you noticed that keir starmer suddenly had a different pair of glasses, well, it turned out subsequently, and we have known this for some time, that those glasses and some

suits as well were paid for by a top. you are right to mention that the conservatives are trying to make hay from this, they have written to the cabinet secretary, simon case, the cabinet secretary, simon case, the chief civil servant in downing street, laying that he should investigate why lord alli had a pass, saying that that should be a privilege reserved for those who require access for work rather than for those who need occasional access. �* . for those who need occasional access. ~ . ., access. and at the moment the government — access. and at the moment the government not _ access. and at the moment the government not saying - access. and at the moment the i government not saying anything, access. and at the moment the - government not saying anything, do you think the pressure will increase for them to say something? and of course we are in this holiday period where the house of commons is not sitting at the moment? fiat where the house of commons is not sitting at the moment? pat mcfadden, who is a senior — sitting at the moment? pat mcfadden, who is a senior cabinet _ sitting at the moment? pat mcfadden, who is a senior cabinet minister, - who is a senior cabinet minister, did some interviews yesterday where he defended lord alli having had a pass but also terrified that he has since given it up, which i think was their attempt to try to defuse the story. but keir starmer is giving a big speech tomorrow, that is actually the pre—released excerpts of that speech, are what i think the government would like us to be talking about right now, rather than that, and that is where this becomes a distraction for them, because in

the speech tomorrow, we are told keir starmer is going to decry the rubble and ruin left by the conservative government, need a decade to fix what he has inherited, but i am pretty sure that in the question and answer session after the speech, people will be asking questions about passes.— the speech, people will be asking questions about passes. thank you very much. — questions about passes. thank you very much. henry _ questions about passes. thank you very much, henry zeffman. - questions about passes. thank you very much, henry zeffman. and i questions about passes. thank you | very much, henry zeffman. and we will have coverage of that speech by sir keir starmer tomorrow here on bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news, much more to come. hello again. today is not going to be as wet or as windy as it was yesterday, and it will be a bit warmer. and in fact, as we go through this week, what you will notice is it's going to turn warmer for a time. the peak will probably be on wednesday. it will dip, then pick up at the weekend. there'll be some sunshine, but there'll also be spells of rain. if we look at the air mass chart,

you can see how on wednesday we see the amber colours return, then we've got the cooler yellows, but as we head back into the weekend, the amber colours start to return, showing that increase in temperature. today, though, we still do have areas of cloud floating around. there will be sunny intervals as well. the early morning rain really breaking up across northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland, where we could catch the odd shower through the day. but temperatures, 1a to about 23 degrees north to south. but later, the cloud is going to thicken out towards the west, the wind will strengthen and we'll start to see some rain arrive. and this rain across western scotland will be particularly heavy, a0 millimetres quite possible by the end of the night, falling on already very saturated ground. overnight lows between 10 and about 16 degrees. we start tomorrow, then, on a dry note for england and for wales, but our band of heavy rain continues to push slowly southeastwards.

to push slowly south—eastwards. the sunshine will turn hazy ahead of it and behind it we see a return to bright spells, sunshine and also a few showers, more especially in the north—west. but despite that, temperatures up. we're looking at 16 in stornoway, 19 in newcastle, to a high of 25 or 26 in the south—east. tuesday into wednesday, the weather front continues to sink south but it could develop a wave, so it might take the rain on it a little bit further north for a time. but as this front tries to push eastwards during the course of wednesday, it's running into an area of high pressure, so it will be a fairly weak affair. some drier conditions behind it, but heavy, potentially thundery, showers coming in across western scotland and northern ireland. but this is when we are expecting the highest temperatures, up to 27, maybe higher than that in the south—east. that weather front eventually pushes away, thursday and friday, then we've got this ridge of high pressure building in behind it. so what we're looking at as we head on into thursday once again is a fair bit of dry weather, some showers in the north.

this is bbc news, the headlines... gunmen in pakistan shoot dead more than 20 people, singling them out for their ethnicity after forcing them off vehicles. hundreds of people take cover in a kyiv subway as russia launches missile and drone attacks across ukraine. hundreds of firefighters tackle a major blaze in a block of flats in east london.

you are watching bbc news. let's get more on that top story. pakistani authorities say gunmen in balochistan have shot dead more than 20 people, singling them out for their ethnicity after forcing them off vehicles. let's speak to the bbc urdu correspondent farhat javed who is in islamabad. this sounds like a horrific incident, what do we know about what happened? incident, what do we know about what ha ened? , ., incident, what do we know about what ha ened? , . ., , happened? yes, we have the latest information — happened? yes, we have the latest information from _ happened? yes, we have the latest information from authorities, - happened? yes, we have the latest information from authorities, who l information from authorities, who now say that at least 39 people have been killed in a series of attacks in the last 2a hours in the south—western province of balochistan. authorities say 22 of them were passengers travelling from different parts of punjab to several other areas in balochistan, when

they were off—loaded from buses and