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block of flats. and coming up, we have an exclusive report on mpox in the democratic republic of congo, where 75% of cases are in children under 10. ♪ anchor: welcome to the program. we start this hour with breaking news out of pakistan. at least 22 people have been killed after armed men have 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. a militant group has said it is behind the attacks, stating they had blocked roads entering the province in different areas. the passengers were traveling from the punjab province to

different parts of balochistan when they were targeted. the prime minister expressed grief and condemnation or what he called the terrorist attack, in a statement issued by his office. we will be at live in islamabad with the latest on this story in the next hour, so stay with us. we also want to update you on another big story developing this hour. it is out of ukraine. russia is carrying out a massive dozens of drones and cruisey. 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, as you can see, hundreds of people have headed down to the subway to shelter. it is after those alerts were sounded in the capital and across the country. you can see pets taken with the people who have gone down into

that subway. explosions have been heard in numerous cities, from lutsk to the east. so far, at least three people have been killed. we will be live in the capital kyiv with our correspondent, and he joins us now. if you can, outline where these drone and missile attacks are happening. correspondent: the drones and missiles headed to a number of regions across ukraine, including the western region, in the south in the city of odessa, in the north, as well as the t capital of kyiv. they warned their citizens saying more than a dozen russian bombers who could carry cruise missiles were in the air. already, we are getting reports

about several dozens of drones headed towards different regions . shortly after, we heard explosions in the skies over kyiv, and it sounded like air defenses engaging those drones and missiles. well do not know the exact scale of the damage following this attack. so far, we only heard about three people who got killed during the attack. but clearly, this number could rise later today. 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. a lot of people were caught off guard and not everyone was able to get to the bomb shelters. even though the warning did come earlier, some people simply had no time to get to the shelter. anchor: we have seen pictures of people in kyiv going down into

the subway. 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. this is an escalation from russia. do you think this is related to the fact that ukrai has gone into russian territory over the last month? correspondent: such aerial attacks have been happening frequently. it is not the first time when russia launches such a massive attack targeting different cities in ukraine. of course, the timing of this attack is happening shortly after the ukrainian incursion in russia's kursk region. some observers are linking this attack to those events. but such attacks have happened before as well. it is hard to say it is linked directly to those events happening in kursk region. but russia have been targeting

the energy infrastructure of ukraine. they have been targeting other areas in this country a lot. just yesterday, they hit a hotel in the city in eastern ukraine where several journalists were injured, including a british security advisor who was there as well. he was killed in the attack. anchor: i have just seen ukraine's presidential chief of calling on ukraine's allies to allow long-range strikes on russia after moscow's attack. this is what kyiv would like, the western governments who have given the jets and ammunition, to allow them to attack russia. correspondent: that is right. ukraine have been repeatedly asking its allies to provide them long-range missiles to hit the targets inside russia, including the airfields where those jets and bombers take off to attack ukrainian cities.

and ukraine was saying if they doet those weapons, it would allow them to defend its citizens much better and prevent those aerial attacks, including preventing the attacks using cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, because they could target the airfields and airbases. and of course, some of the countries like the u.s. have allowed them to use long-range missiles, but also limited them 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. therefore, ukraine is asking now to give them long-range weapons such as shadows and other weapons that could hit a target deep inside russia. this would allow, as they say,

to protect their cities. anchor: thank you very much. to the middle east next, and the united states says it is working to prevent the conflict between israel and the iranian back lebanese group hezbollah from escalating into a regional war. that is after sunday's heavy bombardment. antonio guterres has called for an immediate end to hostilities from both sides. in a televised address, hezbollah's secretary general said the delay in the retaliation attack for the assassination of its military commander last month was to keep israel on edge. they also said they have to assess the impacts of its barrage and did not rule out another strike. from tel aviv, benjamin netanyahu said israel's airstrikes were not the end of the story, and added they have destroyed thousands of hezbollah's short-range rockets. there has been no progress on the gaza cease-fire talks in cairo.

hamas has rejected new israeli conditions and accused them of backtracking on policies. israel denies changing its demands since a round of talks in july. let's go live to our middle east correspondent in jerusalem. i wonder if you could assess the mood both from israel and lebanon's point of view after those intense exchanges yesterday. correspondent: to some degree, there is a sense of relief among people on both sides of this major exchange of fire, that it is as many people feared gone it 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 something

like two thirds of the drones and missiles that hezbollah was preparing to launch early , still on the ground by whatyed they are saying is a preemptive strike involving about 100 warplanes, they had received intelligence, some of that coming from the u.s., 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. there are a similar number of people displaced by the fighting on the lebanese side. the head of hezbollah said this was time to take a breath, talking to people in lebanon, i think that is happening. there is reflection going on

about what occurred yesterday. still, this is a place that is very much on edge. we had the israeli military saying there was a drone, a suspicious drone that was shot down close to the sea of galilee this morning, with some reports suggesting that may have been launched from syria. we also had yesterday a longer-range rocket fired by hamas from the gaza strip toward 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 the launch site in the south. it remains still extremely panicked in parts of the gaza strip with people, patients, and it people fleeing the area of the hospital this morning, and that is because of

israeli military evacuation orders that have been issued and ongoing military activity in the center of the gaza strip. anchor: yolande knell with the latest, thank you. let's talk to the director of the lebanon program at the middle east institute. he joins us from beirut. thank you very much for your time, sir. hezbollah saying they completed the first phase, do you think there will be another one in retaliation forhe killing of their commander? guest: first, thank you so much for having me. it is a difficult question. i would say we are really saying hezbollah leveraging strategic ambiguity. but to give background to your audience, after three weeks of posturing and pledging a strong response following the assassination of one of its most senior military commanders, the clear crossing oa redline, the response we saw fell short.

israel stated this is a consequence of its successful preemptive strikes that thwarted what it claims is a larger response. meanwhile, the last speech signaled he was satisfied with the ledge targeting of israeli military intelligence sites. against the backdrop of these competing narratives, some have suggested that hezbollah has essentially chosen to de-prioritize restoring deterrence in order to take a more robust response that could trigger a full-sca conflict. to be clear, both israel and hezbollah are keeping the door open for a future response. anchor: just explain for our viewers who might not know, who are hezbollah and how much power do they have in lebanon? guest: that is an excellent question, and i would say i think that is a question the lebanese and regional experts continue to ask themselves. hezbollah is an organization that continues to evolve, was

established with the support of iran after israel's 1982 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 weaponized destruction, it is the main powerbroker in lebanon, characterized by the fact that it, not the lebanese government, is determining if and when lebanon goes to war. anchor: director of the lebanon program at the middle east institute, thank you for your insight. appreciate your time. guest: thank you for having me. anchor: around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. ♪

anchor: here, a massive fire has engulfed a building in east london partly used as apartment flats. more than 100 people were

evacuated from the building in the early hours. i want to show you some drone pictures we've got that show the scale of this fire that happened in the early hours. you can see from this the flames coming out of the top of that building as the firefighters try to tackle it. more than 200 firefighters were there. two people have been taken to hospital. i am going to leave these pictures up because they are so dramatic but bring in our correspondent simon jones, who is in dagenham in east london. simon, 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. correspondent: yes, we know the fire broke out just before 3:00 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 is he was asleep and suddenly one of his neighbors was banging frantically on his front door. he managed to get out safely. that neighbor was going from door to door, making sure everyone was accounted for. one thing we have been unable to ascertain, the fire brigade will not say at the moment whether they believe everyone has got out of that building. four people were injured, four people treated here at the scene and two of them taken to hospital. we have a short time ago had this update from the london fire brigade and the man leading the operation, this firefighting task. >> we have declared a major the building has a number of fire safety issues known to the london fire brigade.

a full simultaneous evacuation of the building was immediately carried out with a significant search-and-rescue operation which is still underway. at this stage, two people have been taken to hospital by the london ambulance services. anchor: what has happened to the people that have had to be evacuated from that building? correspondent: some have gone to stay with friends and family. i was speaking to one man who said 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 3:00 this morning saying this fire had broken out. he raced down to the scene because he livesear here and managed to pick up his daughter and checked that she was ok. he said for her and for his friends, it was a terrifying experience. others have gone to a nearby sports hall. the local council have set that up so people who don't have anywhere else to go can get

somewhere there to have a cup of tea. they may need to spend some time there because all their possessions are likely to be in the block of flats. what is interesting is you heard from the fire brigade that there had been a number of known fire safety issues with this building. they have not gone into any detail about what exactly they were, but we do know the cladding in the building was in the process of being changed, because that cladding, part of the exterior of the building, was not considered to be compliant. we know in the past with the grenfell tower fire that cladding played a huge issue with the fire spreading so quickly. so that cladding was in the process of being changed to compliant cladding. we don't know if that played any part in the fire that broke out this morning. that will be part of the investigation. certainly the firefighting eration continuing here this morning. the focus seems to be very much on the roof, with firefighters using those long ladders to

spray water onto the roof. the investigation, that will take some time, but the priority for the fire service is just to make sure everyone has been accounted for. anchor: simon jones with the very latest from dagenham. thank you very much. we do have a live page up and running with the latest on that fire in dagenham, including some of that dramatic drone footage we have been showing you. you can find that with the latest from our correspondents on the bbc news website or app let's turn our attention now to the mpox outbreak, which the world health organization has declared a public health emergency. doctors and the democratic republic of congo say they are overwhelmed with mpox patients, and a 70% of children under the age of 10. our africa correspondent has been given exclusive accents to -- access to two treatment centers in the country. a warning that you might find some of the images in her report distressing.

correspondent: weary and in pain. this two-year-old caught mpox from one of her five siblings, who have all had the disease. >> this is the first time i have seen it. when my child got sick, other parents told me it might be measles. we started treating measles and failed. correspondent: this hospital is in the epicenter of this new mpox crisis. it has had 800 patients since june. more than 70% have been children. eight have died, all under the agof five. about 100 miles away, the spring in imani's step returns. three quarters of the patients here have been under the age of 10. health workers told the bbc they have had up to 10 new cases a

day. >> it is difficult to count it. you see the children, they are always playing together. they don't care about the distance, the social distance, they don't care about it. so they play together. they are always together. you can also see it in the household. they spend the night on the same bed. you will find 3, 4, 5 children. social distancing is it really present. correspondent: these camps in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo are cramped 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. anchor: here, the conservatives are demanding to know who

authorized a downing street pass for labour's biggest owner, despite the donor in question having no formal job at the premises. the times revealed that he had been issued with a temporary pass for number 10. trying to explain all of this is our political correspondent. nice to see you in the studio rather than westminster. what is the background to this? and who normally gets passes? correspondent: a lot of this is still a little bit confusing, to be honest. lord ali has given a lot of money to look labour party. he has been a big figure labour in the labour pair. he is an active member of the house of lords. he 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 a public explanation, or

why he had that pass. we are told he had attended some political meetings in the immediate aftermath of the general election. but he could have attended those without a pass. the difference is you have to go through airport style security, but most people don't get passes for that. a lot of that still quite unclear. i think growing pressure on keir starmer and the labour government more generally to explain why he had the pass in the first place. >> the conservatives asking that question, we have seen some of the papers printed passes for glasses. explain why. correspondent: some of his donations to the labour party were not money but donations in kind. he is an experienced business figure. he has been involved in a lot of fashion businesses. just before the general election, if you notice that keir starmer suddenly had a different pair of glasses. we have known this for some time, by the way, but those glasses and some suits were paid for by lord avi.

you are right that the conservatives are trying to make hay from this. the chief civil servant in downing street saying he should investigate why he had a pass, saying that should be a privilege for those who require work rather than those who need occasional access. anchor: at the moment, govethem. do you think the pressure will increase for him to suit -- for them to say something? correspondent: pat mcfadden, a senior cabinet minister, did some interviews yesterday where he defended lord alli having had a pass, but also clarified that he has given it up, which i think was their attempt to diffuse the story. but keir starmer is giving a big speech tomorrow. that is the pre-released excerpts of that speech what the government would like us to be talking about right now rather than that, and this is where it becomes a distraction for them. in the speech tomorrow, it keir starmer is going to decry the rubble and ruin left by the

predecessor conservative government. he will say they need a decade to fix what he has inherited. but i am sure in the crusher -- question and answer session, people will be asking questions about passes. anchor: thank you very much. that is our chief political correspondent. we will have coverage of that speech tomorrow here on bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. much more to come. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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