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 venezuela's capital after the opposition calls for worldwide demonstrations over president nicolas maduro�*s disputed election win. matthew perry's death brought medical use of the drug ketamine into the spotlight. we ask an expert what people who use it are hoping to achieve. and new figures reveal that nigel farage has the highest earnings outside of parliament of any uk 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. 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. as the fighting continues, ceasefire and hostage release talks continue. israel's team is reporting cautious optimism. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is following developments from beirut in lebanon— she gave us this analysis on the negotiations about the ceasefire and release of hostages.

a hamas spokesman said the americans were excessively optimistic and trying to buy time and that the proposals hamas had received four mediators were very disappointing. we know the two sides have been given a bridging proposal, an attempt to close the gap between them. antony blinken will come back to the region next week in cairo and will have another round of talks. i think a point is going to come, possibly quite soon, where these frenzied international efforts, frantic efforts to get a deal together, cannot be sustained in the absence of any real, tangible progress. neither israel nor hamas will want to be blamed if there is no ceasefire but mediators fear we are coming to a cross in the road where it is either a ceasefire is agreed or there is a very real risk of all—out regional war. 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 pictures are 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. she has and this is her speaking now. quite a big turnout on the streets of venezuela for the opposition leader. she has rejected calls from brazil and neighbouring colombia to hold new elections,

saying that would be going against the will of the people. she's been trying to galvanise the opposition there, where president maduro declared himself the winner without giving details of the vote tallies, which has upset observers around the world. we'll keep watching protests happening around venezuela but also internationally, for more transparency in the elections in venezuela. alfredo romero is a venezuelan human rights lawyer. he spoke to us from caracas about the risks protesters were taking. we have verified more than 1700 detainees, being detained in protests, the mass protests that have happened, in those 15 days before now. and we verified and are identifying different situations happening injails. so it is an

important risk because repression is being used effectively, as you said, to crackdown on protest. what to crackdown on protest. what recourse do — to crackdown on protest. what recourse do people _ to crackdown on protest. what recourse do people have - to crackdown on protest. what recourse do people have if- to crackdown on protest. what recourse do people have if they are arrested? . ., , , arrested? there are many things ha enin: arrested? there are many things happening at _ arrested? there are many things happening at this _ arrested? there are many things happening at this point. - arrested? there are many things happening at this point. the - arrested? there are many things - happening at this point. the problem is that we don't have access to detainees as private lawyers. right now, the families... they have been incommunicado for 15 days. families have had access and they are reporting things. a man yesterday, there is a guy in a specific present centre who has been jailed there. there are minor, people from 14—17 years old. we have verified 126

minors 14—17 years old. there is a girl named victoria who is part of the system in venezuela. she is a musician. this massive repression, the results are that everyone that is walking on the street is being detained, even if they don't participate in these protests. the ukrainian military has released video, which it says shows the destruction of a key bridge inside the kursk region of russia. 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 3,000 more people have been moved to safer areas in the past 2a 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 35 kilometre from the border with russia. 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

drawing in russian troops, is also control its logistics 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. it's not going to be easy, and i think we just need to look at recent history as to why. the same general who came up with this counteroffensive is a guy called 0leksandr syrskyi, he is now the head of ukraine's armed forces. he was responsible for these counteroffensives in 2022, which blindsided russia. he used misdirection by talking up offences elsewhere, and he used the element of surprise. the moment when things turned south, went badly for ukraine, is when the fighting then slowed — it became static and that favoured russia and its greater size. so we've seen that again, haven't we, in the kursk region? they've moved in, they are expanding at quite a rate. they've taken quite a lot of territory very quickly. but russia will gradually divert more and more resources to slowing that advance. and once you have defensive positions firmly in place, which russia has been building, then that really will be a test for ukraine. and also it will present it

with a difficult decision as to when, when or if, it should pull out, because losing men is something ukraine can especially not afford to do, unlike russia. when friends actor matthew perry was found dead in a hot tub at his los angeles home last year, it seemed to have been an accident. he had been treating depression with ketamine — and no foul play was expected. but, the arrest of five people including medical doctors, perry's assistant, and an alleged dealer, shed light on a suspected underground distribution network — and cast doubt on the use of ketamine to treat depression. let's speak to rachel feltman — who is a sciencejournalist, specialising in psychedelic drugs and ketamine therapy — and also editor of the scientific america podcast. thanks for being with us. so, tell us about the treatment, the use of ketamine as treatment for depression. how widespread is that? i don't know that anyone has solid numbers on how many people are using ketamine for depression but it has

exploded in recent years. in 202“ wrote a feature for a science magazine about the use of ketamine and about my own experience using it as a treatment for ptsd and at that time i estimated around 75 clinics offered it in the us. recently one outlet estimated that is close to 750 clinics. so, clearly there's been a big surge in demand for it. what does it do to humans? it is generally known as a horse tranquilizer and presumably dosage is important?— is important? sure, absolutely. it's been used as— is important? sure, absolutely. it's been used as a _ is important? sure, absolutely. it's been used as a sedative _ is important? sure, absolutely. it's been used as a sedative for- is important? sure, absolutely. it's| been used as a sedative for humans as well since the 70s and that's what it has fda approval for. it doesn't have approval for anything else. it is very easy to get it off label, as is the case with many drugs, which is sometimes a good thing. it has thesis therapeutic uses, it is one of many drugs being

researched for their potential to treat depression in humans. in terms of what it does, it is known as a dissociative anaesthetic at very high doses. at a lower dose it can induce anything from relaxation to a trancelike state, into an actual hallucinatory state.— hallucinatory state. clearly investigations _ hallucinatory state. clearly investigations have - hallucinatory state. clearly investigations have found l hallucinatory state. clearly . investigations have found that hallucinatory state. clearly - investigations have found that the police said on thursday that they had uncovered a broad, underground criminal network of drug suppliers distributing large amounts of ketamine. you said it is used off label. how easy is it to obtain now? interesting question because people have used ketamine recreationally and illegally for as long as it has been used as an anaesthetic. so the use of ketamine as a recreational

drug, in high quantities and illegally, is not new. what is new is that it can be accessed through these clinical settings and as you said, these are much lower doses than matthew perry had in his system. the doses he was getting from these people who were clearly exploiting him were truly an order of magnitude higher than what you see in therapy. what concerns me is the blurring of the lines that you get, as ketamine is being radicalised and is acceptable in these clinical spaces. someone who is very vulnerable and looking for psychiatric help might get pulled into some bad places if they aren't being supported by the people administering the drug to them. they don't have a solid mental health support network around them. presumably if it moves into the criminal networks that is dangerous

in the same way, is it? yes. in the same way, is it? yes, absolutely- _ in the same way, is it? yes, absolutely. any _ in the same way, is it? yes, absolutely. any drug - in the same way, is it? yes, absolutely. any drug we - in the same way, is it? yes, absolutely. any drug we are j in the same way, is it? yes, - absolutely. any drug we are seeing bought illegally, you worry about the dosing, the actual contents of dejagah, who is telling you how much to take and when. there are many things that are disturbing to me about matthew perry's story, what happened to him, but the sheer number of times he was being injected in a day leading up to his death is reallyjust so far beyond what any decent psychedelic therapy practitioner would be advising. so again, once you start to have this intersection between people selling drugs illegally and this sort of medical, therapeutic access, people can really get exploited.—

can really get exploited. thank you for sharin: can really get exploited. thank you for sharing your — can really get exploited. thank you for sharing your expertise. - 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. speaking outside somerset house, keeley foster, deputy assistant commissioner of the london fire brigade provided an update on the fire. just before midday the brigade took the first of over 30 calls reporting a fire at somerset house. 20 fire engines and around 120 firefighters have been working since then to bring the fire under control and 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 the complex and technical response. this included creating fire breaks in the roof, which has now limited the spread of flames. our correspondent noor nanji was outside somerset house with more. while the london fire brigade, as we were hearing there, said that they first received reports about this fire at around midday. crews were sent to the scene and have been tackling the blaze ever since then. and as we just heard there, they are still working to extinguish the final pocket of the fire and the cause of the fire is not yet known. now, when i arrived here several hours ago, there were thick clouds of smoke. you could see at several several streets away, and you could also see it in some of the social media videos that have been posted of the fire, including over the river thames. the building itself had been evacuated and there

were no reported injuries. we also know that the artwork is believed to be safe. now don't forget somerset house is an historic institution. it dates back centuries. it is now used as an arts venue. it is home to the courtauld gallery, which houses several priceless pieces of art, including by van gogh and monet, amongst others. but we were speaking to the director of the somerset house trust, who told us 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. but as you say, the efforts are still going on to contain this fire. and for now, somerset house remains closed to the public. we'll keep watching somerset house. it looks like a small amount of fire, possibly steam coming off the top of the building... smoke i should say, coming off the top of the building. the fire brigade is watching and final checks are being

made to ensure it does not reignite. now, to india... we are... we are reporting on the strike in india, the medical strike where medics have gone on strike in support of a woman who was raped and killed, one of their colleagues in the hospital in delhi. our correspondent, archana shukla, has more from mumbai. now, the largest doctors grouping, which is the indian medical association, hasjoined into the protest. so today, 24 hours of nationwide strike. the first, such where both government as well as private health care institutions will stop all non—emergency services. so all your elective surgeries as well as outpatient departments in both government and private hospitals will be closed today. and that is a mark of protest and literally amping up the protest to put pressure both on the investigative agency as well as the government

to do more about safety. we know that the top crime agency is investigating the incident of the rape and murder of the 31—year—old trainee doctor in kolkata, and protesters are trying to amp up more and demand that a speedy trial and justice is given in that matter. and they are also demanding that the government come up with stricter laws to make it safer at workplace. like we heard from one of the protesters that they spend hours together at the hospital, that's literally like their second home. and if they are not safe even there, then where can women be safe? and, you know, despite laws having come into place, they are not effective on ground. most of the protesters who i have spoken to over the last few days have told me that there are laws, but they are not effective and hence they are demanding that the government come up with one, a central law that can protect doctors against any violence that is levelled at them, and secondly, is to also make it

more saferfor women at workplaces and outside. you know, despite laws, violence against women has only gone up if we go by the government statistics over the last one year, it has gone up by 4%. and this is something that the politicians, the government and the public all need to sit up and take notice of. 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. 0ur political correspondent helen catt explains. so to sort of take you through it, every mp has to declare any money that they earn outside of parliament on top of their mp salary, and they also have to

declare things like paid fortravel, gifts, hospitality. this is the first register that we've got the 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 another job. so, to go into the figures a bit. 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 gb news. and there are other earnings, which you've added if you add them all up, would take his annual earnings to on top of his mp salary to £1.25 million a year. and that includes writing for the telegraph newspaper. there's some income from social media and there's also just over £16,000, he's declared, from recording short, personalised video messages like birthday greetings or pep talks through an online service. and in terms of how much time all this takes, nigel farage has declared it as the equivalent of around nine work days a month.

but this evening he has cast some doubt on these figures. yeah, so he's responding. i think we've got a graphic here on social media saying the gb news sum paid to me and declared includes vat and was for several months of work. "it was paid to my company which has significant expenses. sorry to disappoint the media." i mean just on that in general, a there has been a push, hasn't there, to try and get mps to stop having outside work? so do you think this will add into that discussion? it will definitely. and something we should say about the social media post that nigel farage has put out this evening is the way the register is assembled, is that it's up to mps to declare their earnings. they give the figures to parliament, who then put it into the register. so if he, as he appears to be suggesting here, that figure isn't correct, then there are questions to be asked about, well, how was that happened? you know, because ultimately the information comes from mps in the first instance.

so there's a few a few questions to be asked around what's happening there. and the idea of it is, it's supposed to be an accurate reflection of mps' outside earnings. and as you said, you're right. there's going to be a real focus on this, particularly this year coming because there has in the past been discussion about mps' second jobs and whether there should be restrictions put in place about how much they can earn or what they can do, how many hours they can spend. the labour government, in its manifesto said that it wanted to see restrictions looked at on second jobs. so it looks like a topic that is likely to come up over this parliament. a cargo spacecraft has arrived at the international space station to 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 tons of supplies. 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. stay with us here on bbc news. good evening. although the sun wasn't out for all of us today, we did have a good deal of dry weather and that's the way it will continue this evening. if anything, the cloud may break up to reveal a little bit more sunshine, and hopefully there'll be a bit more around tomorrow, but there'll still be a few showers. we've had those pushing through on the brisk wind to the north and west. that continues this evening. the odd one elsewhere, even possibly in east anglia and the southeast, where we've had the lion's share of the day. of the day's sunshine. the cloud melts, though, through the night the winds ease further and it'll be another coolish start on sunday morning. perhaps a little bit of fog if you're up early enough, because actually the winds are falling lighter through sunday as the azores high ridges closer to our shores, but still that westerly breeze in the north.

although a notch down on those of today the winds, there's still enough to carry a few showers in, possibly the odd one. northern ireland, northern western parts of england and wales. but after the morning mist it should be a largely dry, bright day with good spells of sunshine. it will feel pleasantly warm, as it did during the day to day. temperatures mightjust be a degree down in the north, but with lighter winds that will compensate. however, it is all change as we go through the new week, so high pollen levels again through monday, as you can see. but into the new week we've got wind and rain coming in. monday, i think, mostly fine and dry. so sunday into monday out of the ridge of high pressure producing some mist and fog across central and eastern areas, possibly further west with some sea fog. but that rain coming in looks quite intense, particularly the second part of the day across northern ireland, western scotland, northern scotland as well. there'll be cloud piling in around the irish sea coast, some sea fog here, but further east we've switched our wind direction, picking up more of a southwesterly, so we could again see temperatures nudging above 25.

it will be warm for all, and a warm night monday into tuesday. warm and wet. as you can see, as that weather system carries its way eastwards behind it on tuesday. lots of showers, heavy thundery showers during monday night and into tuesday as well because it's warm air so we'll still see temperatures towards the mid 20s in the south and the east, but closer to average further north and west following our rain. but if ijust show you that rainfall as it piles up through the week, mostly in the north and west, but anywhere, really, seeing some rainfall tuesday. but the heaviest falls likely in the north and west, perhaps cumbria and north wales, with some more wet and windy weather midweek on.

this is bbc news. the headlines... hezbollah has fired a barrage of rockets into northern israel, after an israeli strike on a residential building in southern lebanon killed ten people. the israeli army says about 55 rockets were fired across the border — with no casualties reported. officials in gaza say at least 15 people have been killed in israeli strikes. meanwhile an israeli team has said it is cautiously optimistic about the ceasefire talks — but hamas has dismissed president biden's claim that a deal is "closer than ever". the venezuelan opposition leader maria corina machado leads a protest in the capital, caracas. she and her supporters are angry with president maduro's disputed victory in the presidential election.

the ukrainian military has released video of what it says is the moment