speaking at the labour party conference, the foreign secretary david lammy called for a de—escalation between israel and hezbollah our message to all parties there is clear. we need an immediate ceasefire from both sides and we can get to a political settlement. hello i'm kasia madera.

we are expecting reaction to come in, but this is the situation in sri lanka. anura kumara dissanayake has one the first presidential poll since the country had to default on its international debts two years ago. he won second preference votes. when they were taken into account when he won 40% in the initial round of counting. the opposition leader came second. the outgoing prime

minister trailing in third place. anura kumara dissanayake heads the national people's power alliance and it is a party... that aligns includes his people's liberation front party, a party traditionally backed, that has traditionally backed, that has traditionally backed stronger intervention and lower taxes. its campaign for let this economic policies. with this win, sri lanka will see for the first time, a government that is headed by a leader with a strong left wing ideology. we are expecting anura kumara dissanayake to dissolve the... to dissolve the parliament and then call for parliamentary elections after having one that presidential

election. it is this first presidential elections in sri lanka had to default on its international debt two years ago. we arejust international debt two years ago. we are just monitoring that, that electoral commission in colombo. we are getting reaction as well. anura kumara dissanayake has spoken out on twitter, on x. he has tweeted that this was notjust twitter, on x. he has tweeted that this was not just a twitter, on x. he has tweeted that this was notjust a win for him, he had a team behind them. we arejust for him, he had a team behind them. we are just monitoring that breaking news coming from sri lanka. let's go back to azhar main story today. the developing crisis in the middle east. we begin this hour in the the middle east, where the deputy leader of hezbollah says its confrontation with israel has entered a new phase — describing it as an "open—ended battle of reckoning". naim qassem was speaking during the funeral of a senior hezbollah commander, killed in friday's israeli airstrike on beirut. that attack has led to a further escalation of cross—border strikes, with two people reported

to have been killed in an israeli attack on southern lebanon. and israel says hezbollah has fired over 150 rockets into its territory. residents in haifa, 30km from the lebanese border, have been told to restrict gatherings and stay near shelters. 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 have 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. but i think what this shows is that hezbollah, despite of all of the targeting of it this week, in ways it has become used to 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 suffered 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. that was focused on at the labour party conference this weekend. it's the labour conference in liverpool this weekend — earlier we heard from foreign secretary david lammy. 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... applause. ..we have seen a worrying escalation between israel and lebanese hezbollah. this is in nobody�*s interests. 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 to british nationals 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 putin's barbaric war through exporting ballistic missiles. and that is why we put

new restrictions on iran air that will stop it entering the uk and new sanctions against the irgc. also addressing the labour party confrence, the uk 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 on this morning's agenda, the deputy prime minister angela rayner. it is an absolute great honour of my life to stand here today as your deputy prime minister. applause.

and, conference, i want to start off with my first thanks that are 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 optimism. but conference, things can 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 miss rayner, keir starmer and rachel reeves that has dominated the run—up to this conference and attracted criticism. frankly, accepting free clothes

and luxury designer goods for his wife, frankly strikes me as a bit weird and to be honest inappropriate as well. and this morning, angela rayner had to defend another donation she had taken. a stay in a new york flat at the expense of the labour peer lord ali. she declared it but didn't say that a friend had stayed there, too. i don't believe i broke any rules. i had the use of the apartment and i disclosed that i had the use of the apartment. 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 in an interview with the observer this morning, sir kier said that leaking just damages everybody. he added, it is myjob to do something about that and i accept that responsibility. helen catt, bbc news, liverpool. the crown prosecution service says it twice considered bringing charges

against the former harrods owner mohammed al fayed, but on both occasions, it concluded there was no realistic prospect of a conviction. all of this has come to light since a bbc documentary this week led to dozens of women coming forward with allegations of being sexually assaulted or raped by the billionaire, who died last year. let's get more from our biusiness correspondent, ben king. we have learned today that in 2008 the metropolitan police investigated the case of a 15—year—old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by mr al fayed in the boardroom of harrods. 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 owned by mr al fayed who died last year, but sold to the state of qatar. they say that the victims were failed and they will settle legal claims.

if you are concerned about this story, there is more on our website and there is bbc action lane. they have lists of organisations that can provide support. now it's time for a look at today's sport with tolsen. brighton and nottingham forest played out a 2—2 draw meaning both remain unbeaten this season in the premier league. chris wood's early penalty saw forest in front but two goals from the hosts throuthack hinshelwood and danny welbeck had the seagulls ahead at the break. substitute ramon sosa levelled matters 20 minutes from the end and then a second yellow to morgan gibbs white sparked a touchline melee that saw both managers handed a red card and sent to the stands. in the coming minutes, champions manchester city host

arsenal in the late kick off. kevin de bruyne is not in the manchester city squad. mikel arteta's arsenal have finished second in the past two seasons and a win here 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. lando norris has won the singapore grand prix leading from start to finish. the mclaren driver started on pole position and claimed a third victory of the season finishing well 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. 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 96,000 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. i enjoyed the whole moment, winning and coming through that and fulfilling my potential tonight anyway, so on we go. of course i want to continue fighting _ of course i want to continue fighting. that is what i said, we took_ fighting. that is what i said, we took a _ fighting. that is what i said, we took a shot at success and came — we took a shot at success and came out— we took a shot at success and came out short. what does that mean _ came out short. what does that mean there? we are going to run away, _ mean there? we are going to run away, they're going to fight another_ away, they're going to fight another day. i am a warrior and we have — another day. i am a warrior and we have to _ another day. i am a warrior and we have to give credit to our opponent, daniel. even though when— opponent, daniel. even though when i — opponent, daniel. even though when i signed up to fight

opponents, i don't really like them — opponents, i don't really like them in _ opponents, i don't really like them in my head any more. now it is done, — them in my head any more. now it is done, i_ them in my head any more. now it is done, i take my hat off to i— it is done, i take my hat off to i say— it is done, i take my hat off to i say well done to him and his team _ in major league baseball — the chicago white sox tied the american league record with their 119th loss on saturday night, when xander bogaerts and elias d az each hit a two—run homer to help the san diego padres win 6—2. the white sox defeat matched the al mark set by the 2003 detroit tigers, who finished with 43 wins and 119 losses. one more defeat for chicago over its final seven games would equal the post 1900 record of i20 losses by the 1962 expansion new york mets. 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 for 8. rachin ravindra is 91 not out. new zealand need 68 runs on the final day, sri lanka need just the two wickets. and that's all the sport for now. as always, really good to see you. thank you so much. 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. 18 were wounded, with in a critical condition. police have not arrested anyone over the shooting and are appealing to the public for information. president biden has said he will announce a new executive order on gun law soon. here's truman fitzgerald from the birmingham police department in alabama. just after 11pm officers

receive multiple calls of multiple shots fired in and around the 2000 block of magnolia avenue south. multiple people were shot. 0ur officers arrived at the scene and then observe to adult males and one aduu observe to adult males and one adult female who were lying on adult female who were lying on a sidewalk unresponsive, suffering from an apparent shot down wind. we also began locating multiple gunshot victims in and around the 2000 block of magnolia avenue. also, we began to receive multiple calls that gunshot victims were arriving at various hospitals. birmingham fire and... plural memory investigation has revealed the following, we believe that multiple shooters fired on a large group of people who were outside in the 2000 block of magnolia avenue south. we have no one in

custody and we have reached out to a federal partners and the fbi to assist us.— fbi to assist us. the latest from alabama. _ fbi to assist us. the latest from alabama. we - fbi to assist us. the latest from alabama. we are - fbi to assist us. the latest - from alabama. we are keeping an eye on that. let's go back to the boxing. let's bring you more now on anthonyjoshua's hopes of becoming a three—time world heavyweight boxing champion being dashed — he was knocked out by daniel dubois in the fifth round in front of a record 96,000 fans at london's wembley stadium. anthonyjoshua said the loss would not stop him from rebuilding but did admit he and his team came up short. earlier i asked steve bunce, a boxing commentator and host of 5 live boxing with steve bunce podcast, about his impression of the fight, and of the possibility of a re—match between joshua and dubois. nothing will ever surprise me in boxing business. this brand of heavyweight boxing we have had, most have been in saudi

arabia in the last few months. they have been blockbusters and we had this one last night at wembley with record cloud —— mike rhodes, 96,000. liam gallagherfrom oasis mike rhodes, 96,000. liam gallagher from oasis doing three songs live. the rematch, who knows. it could happen. people will pay. they will say they know it was the greatest fight. ajay had the worst night. and he wants redemption whereas last night it was daniel who wanted redemption. we will find a narrative, that fight will happen. there are otherfights out there. fight will happen. there are other fights out there. listen, ou other fights out there. listen, you have _ other fights out there. listen, you have sold _ other fights out there. listen, you have sold it _ other fights out there. listen, you have sold it to _ other fights out there. listen, you have sold it to ours. - other fights out there. listen, | you have sold it to ours. when daniel dubois was saying he was a king slayer, why were people not listening? tote a king slayer, why were people not listening?— not listening? we have had 12 ears in

not listening? we have had 12 years in the — not listening? we have had 12 years in the uk _ not listening? we have had 12 years in the uk of— not listening? we have had 12 years in the uk of anthony . years in the uk of anthony joshua, he won a gold medal in the olympics in 2012 in london. he has had 22,23 main events, sold—out manchester arena and this is a staggering statistic. 0utdoor we have had seven fights and he has been viewed by close to half a billion people. 490,000 people have paid to watch him in stadium fights. he has notjust carried british boxing but raised the profile of boxing worldwide. daniel dubois, even though he was the champion and younger and dangerous, he felt even going in there, he would slay the king and he did slay the king, trust me.— the king and he did slay the king, trust me. our thanks to steve barnes _ king, trust me. our thanks to steve barnes there. - stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. if you've been caught in some of the thundery rain

around this morning, you'll know it's pretty wet out there. some places have had as much as 50mm of rain. this was earlier in the day, but i think we'll get some more showers developing in the brighter slots further south. so, if you're travelling across england and wales for the rest of the day, there'll be a lot of excess spray and standing water on the roads which will cause flooding. the details of the warnings are on the website because we now have an amberwarning. this is for tomorrow for monday's rain, but i think a large area of england and wales will be affected by that rain. up to 60 or 80mm could fall, and that's on top of what we've already seen through yesterday and today as well. so the rest of the day, as i say, there'll be quite a lot of rain around, showery rain with some 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, some good sunshine across western scotland, parts of northern ireland and the northwest of england, but near the east coast, again, we've got that misty low cloud which rolls back in overnight.

now overnight tonight, as that low pressure that's driving all this heavy, thundery rain just moves a little closer, you can see that rain starting to become a more organised band of really intense rain. so again, a warm and muggy night. a little bit fresher in the glens of scotland, further north and west. but, obviously there'll be a lot of mist and murk around again tomorrow morning, even in the south. but tomorrow for england and wales, real concerns that we could see, as i mentioned earlier, a month's worth of rain, if not more, in a few spots on top of what's fallen last night and today could result in some flooding issues and certainly some disruptive weather around with that thunder and lightning and temperatures just taking a dip once again even further north to because we've got a weather front approaching from the north. so for monday, it looks like we'll see the wettest weather across england and wales. for tuesday, a little bit drier across england, wales, but some heavy rain coming in across this weather front into scotland. and then from midweek onwards we've got another area of low pressure rushing in off the atlantic, this time, notjust rain, there could be a sting in its tail, it could

be some strong winds. so, do stay tuned if you've plans. and as that clears away, it opens the gates to this northerly arctic wind. so, it's getting much colder by the end of the week. but there's a lot of weather to happen between now and then. the warnings, as i say, there on the website.

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the headlines... the left—wing opposition candidate, anura kumara dissanayake, win�*s sri lanka's presidential poll. he won when second preference votes were ta ken into account after winning about 40% in the initial round of counting. hezbollah deputy secretary—general says the group's entered a new phase of its battle with israel, which he described as an open—ended battle of reckoning. he was speaking during a funeralfor a top commander killed on friday. in northern israel, thousands of people have been seeking shelter, after hezbollah launched more than a hundred rockets from lebanon. israel says a number of missiles were also fired into its territory from iraq. speaking at the labour party conference, the foreign secretary david lammy called for a de—escalation between israel and hezbollah, asking for an immediate ceasfire so that a political settlement may be acheieved. now on bbc news...newscast.