seeking shelter in the region. these are lives pictures from the northern israeli city of haifa — meanwhile, israel has also struck lebanon. tehran has asked for a de—escalation. this is the nobody�*s interest. our message to all parties is clear, we need an immediate ceasefire from both sides so that we can get to a political settlement. —— david lammy. the crown prosecution service confirms it reviewed an allegation of rape against mohammed al fayed in 2015, but took no action due to a lack of evidence. and anthonyjoshua's hopes of becoming a three—time world heavyweight boxing champion

have been dashed — after he was knocked out by daniel dubois in the fifth round. hello, i'm kasia madera. start with some breaking news from sri lanka... the left—wing opposition candidate, anura kumara dissanayake, has won sri lanka's first presidential poll since the country defaulted on its international debts two years ago. that news just coming into us here at the bbc. he won when second preference votes were ta ken into account after winning about forty percent in the initial round of counting. the opposition leader, sajith premadasa, came second, with the outgoing president, ranil wikremesinghe trailing in third.

breaking news from sri lanka on that election. the left—wing opposition candidate, anura kumara dissanayake, has won sri lanka's first presidential poll since the country defaulted on its international debts two years ago. we will speak to our correspondence on the ground. she willjoin us live with the latest on that. we start in the middle east, where israel says hezbollah fired over 150 missiles into the country — in the latest escalation of cross—border strikes between the two sides. residents in the northern port city of haifa, nearly 30km from the border, have been told to restrict gatherings and stay near shelters. meanwhile, israel has launched extensive airstrikes on targets in southern lebanon,

which the state news agency there said killed two people and injured several others. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyaju, said in a statement that his country had inflicted a series of heavy blows on hezbollah in recent days, adding "if they haven't understood the message yet, they will". from jerusalem, paul adams reports. northern israel under attack this morning. houses hit far from the lebanese border. hezbollah are seeking revenge after days of devastating setbacks. israel's air defences in action over the northern city of haifa. hezbollah rockets now reaching deeper than ever into israel. evidence across the north that the iranian—backed group is using longer range weapons. haifa's main hospital has been preparing for this for weeks, the injured brought to its converted underground car park. israel's relentless assault

on hezbollah goes on. jets attacking targets across southern lebanon overnight. israel says it is hitting the militant group's infrastructure, especially its rocket launchers, trying to keep hezbollah on the back foot. translation: in the last fewj days we inflicted on hezbollah a sequence of blows that it did not imagine. if hezbollah has not understood the message, i promise you it will understand the message. where all of this is heading is not clear. there have been several other moments of high tension over the past 12 months. but israel's war on hezbollah has stepped up several gears in the past week. now the group is trying to prove it remains a formidable enemy. none of this bodes well for southern lebanon, caught in a battle between deadly enemies. it has already paid a heavy price and seems destined to suffer more. scenes like these from northern israel are likely to trigger further action. for now, the two sides locked

in a dangerous spiral. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. as we heard in that report, people in northern israel continue to take shelter. for more details, i spoke earlier to our correspondent daniel de simone, who's in jerusalem. there was significant fire into israel from lebanon today. overnight and into this morning. there was also a smaller number of missiles fired into israel from iraq by an islamic, an iran—backed militia in iraq. in northern israel, schools have been closed until at least tomorrow night, hospitals have been told that they can only operate in secure areas and one hospital has been transferring patients to an underground car park. beaches have been closed and people haqve been told, in some areas,

have been told they need to be near secure shelters at all time, so effectively being near bomb shelters. some of the missiles that came in overnight from hezbollah has been described by the israeli military as going further and deeper than seen before during this almost year long conflict with hezbollah, so that means farther south. and we have seen missiles around haifa in northern israel, we saw some houses damaged, some people have been injured and hezbollah said it was targeting an airbase and a defence company in the north of the area. bu i think what this shows is that hezbollah, despite of all of the targeting of it this week, in the airstrikes and in the ways that never imagined to be targeted such as the pager and walkie—talkie explosions, despite all that, it is still capable of striking israel. earlier this week the israeli government set a war goal of returning home 60,000 people

who have been displaced by the rocket fire over the past year in northern israel. at the moment that has not clearly been achieved because hezbollah are still firing rockets in, people are still displaced and if anything, people are even more disrupted at the moment by what is happening. so i think that leaves the question about what will happen next, what further steps might israel take. the leadership certainly has said they will not stop these military actions until they achieve their goal. hezbollah, for its part, says it will not stop firing until there is a ceasefire in gaza and in the occupied west bank. so as we heard from daniel there israel continues to strike into southern lebanon. 0ur middle east corresponent hugo bachega is following developments from beirut. the israeli military say that these attacks are going to continue and they are going to intensify. so the fear here in lebanon is that we could see the beginning of a wider israeli offensive against hezbollah. and again as daniel was saying

hezbollah is defiant, they say that these attacks are going to continue unless there is ceasefire in gaza, and all recent efforts for a deal in gaza have failed. that was the main hope to try to de—escalate actions here along the border. now, the last few days have been humiliating for hezbollah, the group have faced a number of setbacks, those explosions targeting pagers and walkie—talkies used by the group, an indication that israel has infiltrated the group's communication system _ even though israel has rejected any involvement in this attack but also the attack here on friday in beruit, that essentially decimated the command chain of hezbollah's main fighting unit, an air strike that hit a residential building here in beirut.

i was talking to some hezbollah supporters and they remain defiant. they say these israeli attacks will not affect their positions, they will continue to resist. i think this shows you the feeling among some hezbollah supporters. but obviously across the country, the view here and the fear is that hezbollah is dragging lebanon into a conflict with israel that is not in the country's interest, a conflict that could be devastating for this country which has suffered so much over the years.|t's the addressing the recent escalation between hezbollah

and israel, mr lammy said it was "worrying" and he told british nationals in lebanon to "leave now". in recent days we have seen a worrying escalation. this is a nobody�*s interest. 0ur message to all parties is clear, we need an immediate ceasefire from both sides so that we can get to a political settlement. so israelis and lebanese civilians can return to their homes and live in peace and security. applause and national still in lebanon let me be very clear. for your own safety leave now. iran is not only destabilising the middle east but providing support to vladimir putin's barbaric or why exploratory ballistic missiles and that is why we have put restrictions on

iranian air and moved actions. david lammy speaking earlier. here in the uk, the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, says she doesn't believe she broke any rules when she stayed in the new york flat of a labour donor. ms rayner told the bbc donations were part of politics — and the government was "open and transparent" about the process. the prime minister and senior figures in the government have said they won't accept further donations for clothes, after fierce criticism. helen catt reports from the labour party conference in liverpool. the labour party conference is finally fully open for business. the big draw and this morning's agenda, the deputy prime minister angela rayner. it is my great honour to stand here today as your deputy prime

minister. applause i want to start off with my first thanks to the british people. you entrusted us with the task of change, and we will not forget it. you kept faith with us, and we will keep faith with you. after weeks of sombre messages from the government, she seemed to offer a bit of positivity. it will get better if we make the right choices. sustained economic growth is the only way to improve the lives of working people. and we are fixing the foundations to put britain back on the path to growth. but a row over donations of clothing to angela rayner, keir starmer and rachel reeves has dominated the run—up to this conference and attracted criticism. accepting free clothes

and a luxury designer goods for his wife frankly strikes me asjust a bit weird and, to be honest, inappropriate. and angela rayner had to defend another donation she had taken, a state new york flat at the expense of the a stay new york flat at the expense of the new york peer lord ali. she declared it, but did not say that a friend had stayed there too. i do not believe i broke any rules. i had the use of the apartment and i disclosed that. in fact, i think i was overly transparent because i think it was important, despite it being a personal holiday. briefing against sue gray, the downing street chief of staff, has also leaked from inside government. angela rayner said ms gray was being demonised. and sir keir starmer said that leaking just damages everybody. he added, it is myjob to do something about that and i accept that responsibility. the foreign secretary david lammy will be this afternoon's big speaker as the government hopes to switch the conversation to what it is doing now it is the party of

government. helen catt, bbc news, liverpool. he spoke earlier on, much more he spoke earlier on, much more on our website as well. on our website as well. the crown prosecution the crown prosecution service says it twice service says it twice considered bringing charges against the former harrods considered bringing charges against the former harrods owner mohammed al fayed, owner mohammed al fayed, but on both occasions, but on both occasions, it concluded there was it concluded there was no realistic prospect no realistic prospect of a conviction. of a conviction. all of this has come to light all of this has come to light since a bbc documentary this since a bbc documentary this week led to dozens of women week led to dozens of women coming forward with allegations to the crown prosecution coming forward with allegations of being sexually assaulted of being sexually assaulted or raped by the billionaire, or raped by the billionaire, who died last year. who died last year. 0ur reporter ben king has 0ur reporter ben king has the latest from the newsroom. the latest from the newsroom. bring us up—to—date on what the bring us up—to—date on what the cps is saying. cps is saying. we have learned today that we have learned today that in 2008 the metropolitan police in 2008 the metropolitan police investigated the case investigated the case of a 15—year—old girl of a 15—year—old girl who said she was sexually who said she was sexually assaulted by mr al fayed assaulted by mr al fayed

in the boardroom of harrods. in the boardroom of harrods. that case was passed that case was passed to the crown prosecution service but they took no further action. they say that was because they had no realistic prospect of a conviction based on the evidence that they had at the time. there was a similar case which made it to the cps but no further in 2015, and three subsequent cases which did not make it as far as the cps. now, contrast that with the 20 or more women who have been in touch with the bbc to detail their experiences of sexual assault while working at harrods. and we have also been contacted by dozens more who have detailed their experiences of assaults at the hands of mr al fayed. the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, was on the television this morning and she called his allegations horrifying as she said she was concerned about powerful people who seem to get away with it time and time again. harrods is now no longer by mr al fayed who died last year, but by the state of qatar.

they say that the victims were failed and they will settle legal claims. a mass shooting in the us state of alabama has left at least four people dead and dozens wounded. police say several gunmen fired at people in the five points south district of birmingham, just after 11:00 pm local time. two men and a woman were found dead at the scene. a fourth victim died in hospital.

four people four four people were sadly killed in this incident. they have said no arrests have been made but they don't believe this was a random shooting. this was in the five point south area, it would have been busy at the time full of bars and restaurants about the incident happened outside on the street stop police say a number of suspects opened fire on a large group of people and they say that stemmed from an isolated incident where multiple victims were in the crossfire. police say this was a targeted attack, they are looking for the people responsible, they are working with the fbi to do that. to understand who the intended targets wear and their motivation.— targets wear and their motivation. , ., ., motivation. tell us more how president _ motivation. tell us more how president biden _ motivation. tell us more how president biden is _ motivation. tell us more how president biden is handling i motivation. tell us more howl president biden is handling the issue. ., ., . ., issue. non-violence has been a bi issue issue. non-violence has been a big issue in _ issue. non-violence has been a big issue in america _ issue. non-violence has been a big issue in america for- big issue in america for many, many years. we heard from the white house this morning that this executive action will be happening soon. no precise

details of what will happen. they say it will be wholly new ideas. last year the president issued an action along with our range of other measures which was to restrict the age of guns to people under the age of 21 and with people of certain offences of domestic violence. they say that has led to a 17% drop in homicide by any new executive action will have to be slept with the presidential elections in november injust over a month's time. the gun violence archive tots are the number of mass shootings in america and it classes one as an incident where four or more people are injured or killed and they say that this incident in alabama ranks to 403 —— shootings in america this year. last year there were 656. put into context, _ last year there were 656. put into context, doesn't it? let's cross over to the bbc sports

centre and let's get an up date of the sports news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with tulsen tollett. hello from the bbc sport centre. lando norris has won the singapore grand prix leading from start to finish. the mclaren driver started on pole position ahead of championship leader max verstappen. the red bull driver and reigning world champion holds a 52 point lead over norris while mclaren also landed third on the podium through 0scar piastri. the champions manchester city host arsenal in the late kick off in the premier league. mikel arteta's arsenal have finished second in the past two season's and a win her would show a statement of intent, while city's manager is aiming for improvement. i am looking forward to play the game. every game is a chance to getting better or playing better or doing better than before. they are consistent and doing similar things, you always have a chance to improve some aspects.

so, it is a chance for us, we play at home. hopefully we will do a good performance. so they'll play later at the etihad — but the first game of the day is underway as brighton host nottingham forest at the amex. both teams are unbeaten so far this season and forest will be hoping to build on their away win at anfield last weekend. and they started well taking the lead early on thanks to a chris wood penalty. but brighton have since turned things around with goals from jack hinshelwood and danny welbeck. 2—1 the score there in the second half. anthonyjoshua says he won't give up after being defeated by daniel dubois — who retained his ibf world heavyweight title with a blistering performance on saturday night. dubois dominated the all—british fight in front of 96 thousand spectators at wembley stadium and ultimately knocked joshua down for a fourth and final time in the fifth round. he could not keep me down. he was going to have to nail me to that canvas. i was unstoppable tonight. it was a good fight. i just enjoyed it. enjoyed the whole moment,

winning and coming through that and fulfilling my potential tonight anyway, so on we go. boxing commentator steve bunce fully believes that anthonyjoshua will be back in the ring, and that these two will meet again. if he walked away now i would raise a glass. he will not walk away now. there is a rematch clause, we might see the whole thing again in april or may. people save but he was knocked down four times, he was knocked out cold on the fifth round. so what, that is the business. their fans will come back. believe it or not we could see that rematch. ravichandran ashwin bowled india to victory in the first test against bangladesh. that and a century made him the clear man of the match in chennai. bangladesh had 6 wickets in hand when they resumed on day 4, but were bowled

out for 234. india remain in a strong position at the top of the world test championship. it could be a close finish in galle. sri lanka set new zealand 275 to win the first test where the blackl caps finished day 4 on 207—8. rachin ravindra is 91 not out. new zealand need 68 runs on the final day, sri lanka need just the two wickets. in netball — england levelled their three—test series with world champions australia with a dramatic 61—59 win in sydney. hosts australia went into the final period 45—43 ahead but england outscored them late on to record their first win over the diamonds since last year's world cup. the victory for england sets up a series—deciding final test on wednesday in victoria. and that's all the sport for now. everything else is on the bbc sport website.

0ne one of the voices we heard there is a next guest, the boxing commentator. let's speak to steve bunce, boxing commentator and host of 5 live boxing with steve bunce podcast. we heard you talking about to that huge fight, there was so much interest. you were saying that daniel dubois obviously underdog when that anthony joshua, a fighterfor a lie. and possibly we are going to see a rematch, seriously. nothing surprises me and nothing will ever surprise me in boxing business. most have beenin in boxing business. most have been in saudi arabia in the last ten months, we have had half a dozen blockbusters. they have been blockbusters and we had this one last night at wembley, record crowds, 96,000. liam gallagher sang three songs

live. a rematch? who knows and it could happen. people will pat’- it could happen. people will pay. they will say that daniel dubois, that was his greatest night and anthonyjoshua had the worst of his mates. it was daniel dubois who wanted redemption. they will find a narrative. there are other fights out there.— narrative. there are other fights out there. you have sold out. why when _ fights out there. you have sold out. why when daniel - fights out there. you have sold out. why when daniel dubois l fights out there. you have sold i out. why when daniel dubois was saying he was a king slayer, why were people not listening to him? ~ . ., ' why were people not listening tohim? . . ' , to him? we have had 12 years in the uk of _ to him? we have had 12 years in the uk of anthony _ to him? we have had 12 years in the uk of anthony joshua - to him? we have had 12 years in the uk of anthony joshua stop l the uk of anthonyjoshua stop he won at gold medal in london. he has had 2120 three main events, sold—out manchester

arena. he had outdoors, he had seven fights and he had been viewed by half a billion people. 490,000 people have paid to watch him. some people might argue that he raise the profile of boxing worldwide. daniel dubois, even though he is dangerous and younger and a terrific fighter, he felt that he was going in there to slay the king and he did slay the king, trust me.— the king and he did slay the king, trust me. listen, steve, if there is— king, trust me. listen, steve, if there is a — king, trust me. listen, steve, if there is a rematch _ king, trust me. listen, steve, if there is a rematch then - if there is a rematch then we're coming straight back to you further commentary. five live boxing commentator and also has a podcast, steve vance, thank you for speaking with us.

i want to take you to their live shot of columbo of the election committee. this is off the back of the election result in sri lanka, the first presidential poll since the country had to default on its international debts two years ago. big economic crisis two years ago. we have the reports that the left—wing candidate has one that presidential poll in sri lanka. he won the second preference votes. after the second preference votes were taken into account after winning around 40% in the initial round of the counting. the outgoing president trailed in third position. we will bring you reaction to this.

hello there. if you have been caught in the thundery rain around this morning, you will know it has been wet out there. some places have had as much as 50 millimetres of rain. this was earlier in the day, but i think we will get more showers developing, the brightest weather further south. if you are travelling in england and wales for the rest of the day, a lot of excess spray and standing water on the road will cause flooding. details are on the website of warnings. we have an amber warning for monday's rain, but i think the large area of england and we will be affected by that rain, up to 60—80 millimetres could fall, on top of what we have already seen through yesterday and today. for the rest of the day, quite a lot of rain around, showery rain with heavy thunderstorms, torrential downpours, large hail and gusty winds, and temperatures as a result of a bit more cloud in the sky, a little lower. further north, good sunshine across western scotland, parts of northern ireland

and into the north—west of england, but near the east coast again, misty low cloud moves back in overnight. 0vernight tonight, low pressure drives all that heavy, thundery rain. it moves a little closer. you can see that rain starting to become a more organised band of really intense rain, so again a really warm and muggy night, a little fresher in the glens of scotland, further north and west, but a lot of mist and murk around again, even in the south. for england and wales, concerns we could see a month's worth of rain if not more in a few spots, on top of what has fallen tonight and today, which could result in some flooding issues, with thunder and lightning, temperatures just taking a dip time you go even further north, wettest weather crossing with dry across england and wales on tuesday, heavy weather coming in across this weather front in scotland. from mid week onwards, another area of low pressure rushing of the atlantic. this time, there could be a sting in the tail. strong winds, there were so

stay tuned if you have plans. is that clears away, it opens the gates of this northerly arctic wind, so getting much colder by the end of the week, but a lot of weather to happen between now and then. warnings are on the website.

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