and hezbollah are urged to step back from the brink. a political shift for sri lanka, as a left—wing anti—corruption candidate wins the country's presidential election and world leaders back the un's �*pact for the future,�* pledging to work together on challenges including climate change, aland inequality. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. presidentjoe biden has said the us is doing �*everything it can�* to prevent a wider war in the middle east. it comes as israel and hezbollah threaten to increase cross—border attacks. israel�*s military says hezbollah launched about 150 rockets into the country this weekend, with some landing near the city of haifa. hezbollah�*s attack comes after pagers and radio devices held by members of the group detonated

across lebanon last week — killing at least 20 people. israel hasn�*t said whether it was involved. as the fighting intensifies, un chief antonio guterres says he fears lebanon could become another gaza. the lebanese health ministry raised the death toll to 45 in friday�*s strike by israel targeting hezbollah commanders in southern beirut. most of those killed were civilians. authorities say women and children are among the dead. on sunday, israel launched further strikes on towns in southern lebanon, killing three people. and the israeli military says it destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launcher barrels over the past few days. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu had this to say. no country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. we cannot accept it either. we will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe, back to their homes. meanwhile, in lebanon hundreds attended the funeral

of ibrahim aqil, a high—ranking hezbollah commander killed in an israeli strike on friday. the group�*s deputy leader has declared that the conflict has entered a �*new phase�* of reckoning. orla guerin reports from beirut. hezbollah today, in mourning, but unbowed. this was the funeral of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, killed on friday in an israeli air strike. the armed group�*s deputy leader said it was entering a new phase of open—ended battle against israel. and there�*s resounding support for that in its stronghold in southern beirut, where hezbollah fighters, living and dead, are heroes.

many have lined the streets here to say goodbye to ibrahim aqil. his killing is a major loss for hezbollah at a time when the organisation is suffering blow after blow. there is anger here, and grief, but also defiance. the message is hezbollah is not broken and will fight on. and it�*s been doing that today, firing missiles deeper into israel. hezbollah says its targets are military. but this residential area in northern israel was hit. this too was a residential area in beirut, until friday�*s israeli strike, which killed the hezbollah commander and 15 of his men, as they met below ground. a lebanese government minister linked to hezbollah says israel is dragging the region to war.

at the end, lebanon is not seeking the war. even the lebanese people. but israel is calling us, worldwide, come to war, come to war. and do you think it will happen? i don�*t know. we will see. around 30 civilians were killed here too, including entire families. some of their relatives are still waiting at the scene today, hoping for remains to be found. orla guerin, bbc news, beirut. our international editor jeremy bowen is in tel aviv — and considers where these cross—border strikes between israel and hezbollah leave tensions in the region.

the damage done to hezbollah means they would struggle to take any effective defensive action that they are firing missiles deeper into israel. as for the israelis i think they feel they have an advantage here, that maybe they can push forward and they have said the time has come to push hezbollah back from the northern border so that the 60,000 israelis who have been forced to leave their homes over the course of the last year will be able to get back there. now if hezbollah does not buckle and i do not expect them to because fighting israel is deep in their dna than israel says it will do more. that may be some kind of ground operation involving sending tanks and troops into lebanon and i think that, then, goes into an escalatory and dangerous situation and that is what the americans, particularly are worried about. they still say there should be

some kind of diplomatic solution but, quite frankly at the moment, i don�*t think anyone is listening. for more on the situation, i�*ve been speaking to matthew levitt. he�*s the director of the reinhard programme on counterterrorism & intelligence at the washington institute for near east policy. it is great to have you back on the bbc. both israel and hezbollah right now are being urged to step things back a bit and avoided broader conflict. do you think either side right now is listening?— do you think either side right now is listening? thank you for havin: now is listening? thank you for having me _ now is listening? thank you for having me on _ now is listening? thank you for having me on the _ now is listening? thank you for having me on the show. - now is listening? thank you for having me on the show. no. i i having me on the show. no. i think that what we are seeing now is is really frustration with the fact that a diplomatic effort that has been pursued for months, not weeks but months has failed to push hezbollah back from the border where almost one year of nearly daily hezbollah rocket attacks into israel. anyone who is surprised that the israelis are pushing back has no reason to be. israel has been clear for weeks that this would happen. if the diplomatic track did not

work they would have to do it through other means. now the blowing up of pages and stuff is surprising, of course and the real question is does the israeli increase pressure, which is significant, force hezbollah to try and come up with a face—saving way to declare divine victory or what have you and stop the shelling or does it escalate into what could be full—scale war or something even in between? you mentioned _ something even in between? you mentioned the _ something even in between? you mentioned the shelling and we saw some of the strikes by hezbollah reaching far into northern israel. a few landing near the city of haifa some striking residential areas. what do you think this is about the actual capability of hezbollah even after several of its military commanders were killed in recent strikes? that�*s be clear this is not just several commanders, this is some of the highest level commanders and in the airstrike that followed the pager and

radio explosions, the walkie—talkie explosions, you had not only ibrahimovic gilbert a bunch of has pull a special forces command is killed in what the israelis they was a gathering to prepare a cross border raid a la 0ctober seven. hezbollah can shoot rockets in no problems. he can shoot rockets further into israel, it isjust a question of which rocket. the real question is how much of that can it do without drawing in a massive israeli response which hezbollah is not as prepared to contend with today as it was four, five or six days ago. their wartime communications undermine their own faith and credibility on their own systems and looking over their shoulders and who is the more has undermined their morale. they lost a huge number of fighters, killed and even more so a few thousand injured with the pages and walkie—talkies that exploded another script that was killed

in the airstrike. they can fire rockets but hezbollah is in a pickle. how much can it do, it wants to show it is not down and out but how much more canada without inviting israel to come in hard at a time when hezbollah is less prepared to contend with that they were several days ago. fin contend with that they were several days ago.— contend with that they were several days ago. on the israel side, several days ago. on the israel side. what _ several days ago. on the israel side, what do _ several days ago. on the israel side, what do you _ several days ago. on the israel side, what do you think? - several days ago. on the israel side, what do you think? we i side, what do you think? we have a new goal now by the israeli government within this broader conflict saying it wants to return more than 60,000 people have been displaced there along the border region. what will it do, do you think, in order to reach that goal? how far is the prime minister netanyahu willing to go here? minister netanyahu willing to no here? , ,., , minister netanyahu willing to . here? , go here? this is only a new coal, go here? this is only a new goal. the — go here? this is only a new goal. the goal _ go here? this is only a new goal, the goal of _ go here? this is only a new goal, the goal of being - go here? this is only a new| goal, the goal of being able go here? this is only a new i goal, the goal of being able to get the 60 something thousand civilians displaced back to their homes in a sense that the cabinet officially made it a war goal. it is being clearly articulated for weeks and weeks and weeks. the israelis, it is not like they can do anything they want. they understand that hezbollah is on its back heel but they have a huge set of

missiles, some 150,000 different types of projectiles, some of them long—range, medium—range, large payloads. some are precision guided musicians. this meant munitions. you do not fire that intercommunity or a block or a neighbourhood. they have enough missiles in volume to overwhelm even israel�*s supports here. the israelis, it is not like they are not worried. the public reports today that the big hospital in haifa is moving newborn infants into the fourth subbasement of the parking garage where they have set up a new icu. however it is clear that when i was in israel in the early summer there were people just there just beginning to say look, we will have to do more but many were command people, but the country was not there yet. a few weeks later it all changed and basically there is a lot more support. not unanimous by any stretch of the imagination but support for the idea and now

that they believe they have largely dealt with the serious military threat from hamas in the south that they can our pivot to the north. you may have seen pictures of tanks going to the north today to deal with this threat. i cannot tell you how many israelis have said to me over the past few months that we will no longer live with the threat, a gun to our head not in the south are not to the north and that is across the political spectrum. the israelis are serious. they want the shelling to end. sri lanka�*s presidential election has been won by a left—wing anti—corruption candidate. a warning there is some flash photography in the following pictures. anura kumara dissanayake promised a fresh start for the country. the poll, which went to a second round of counting for the first time in sri lanka�*s history, has been described as one of the country�*s closest. 0ur correspondent in colombo, samira hussain, explains how big a shift this result is in sri lankan politics. i am outside sri lanka�*s election commission offices and this is where they announced the next president

of sri lanka. he is a leftist marxist candidate although he has really moved away from some of the more extreme messaging that he used when he first came onto the political scene and has now become the voice of the working class here in sri lanka. he very much campaigned on being someone who can rebuild the country�*s economy after that crushing economic crisis two years ago. he is a candidate that is not part of the usual sri lankan political dynasties and very much seen as a candidate of change. this election has really been marked with a lot of firsts. on ethnic or religious lines but it is all about the economy. this is also the first time that we see a peaceful election, past elections in sri lanka have been marred by violence.

now that akd has won the election, he now has the arduous task of making good on his promises, not only to rebuild the country�*s economy but also rebuild the trust of the people in government. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. deputy prime minister angela rayner says she does not believe she broke parliamentary rules, over a stay in a new york flat owned by a labour donor. she told the bbc that lord waheed alli was a friend and the trip had been a personal holiday. but she said had been "transparent" in disclosing her use of the apartment, because he had donated to her in the past. it comes as labour�*s first conference in 15 years as the party of government is under way in liverpool. chancellor rachel reeves will pledge quote: "a budget to rebuild britain" in her speech on monday. she�*s under pressure to provide optimism, after gloomy messaging on the state of the economy that labour inherited from the conservatives. people with asthma or severe

acne will no longer be banned from joining britain�*s armed forces. defence secretaryjohn healey says he wants to end what he sees as outdated and unnecessary entry requirements, to tackle a recruitment crisis. in a speech to labour�*s conference, he will also announce plans to encourage gamers to join a new cyber defence effort. you�*re live with bbc news. early results suggest the political party of german chancellor 0laf scholz has secured a narrow victory over the far right alternative for germany, or afd in a key regional election. the social democrats are on track to keep hold of brandenburg in the country�*s north—east — where it has led since german reunification more than 30 years ago. sunday�*s election follows major gains for the afd — including a win in the eastern state of thuringia on september one. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is in brandenburg�*s capital potsdam, and explained how

immigration is increasingly impacting german elections. at the height of your�*s migration crisis germany welcomed in 1.5 million migrants. they were lining the train stations while coming migrants in saying that germany was proud of this change in its reputation from 80 years ago and its wartime past. but there has been a dramatic change since then. from 2013, between 2013 and 2022, six million migrants have come to this country. one in five people are now foreign—born here in germany and there has been an increasing backlash against them is the cost of living crisis has bitten and as they have been individual attacks that have been magnified. last month there was a stabbing by syrian asylum seeker that played into the hands of the af day and now when you hear from some migrants here that many of them say they do not feel welcome anymore. it is something that we see right

across europe, in france, in italy, in many parts of the country. in many parts of the continent. the far right is rising and it is this youth vote that is coming out. your most associate the far right voters sometimes with elderly voters sometimes with elderly voters but that is not the case here in germany where the afd hasn�*t really used tiktok and social media to harness young voters and that is a real concern, i think, for the traditional establishment parties here going forward. and of concern for the chancellor even though he will have some respite from the results tonight. let�*s turn to some other news around the world. media outlets injapan report six people have been killed after rains caused floods and landslides in the northwestern ishikawa region. more than 40,000 people across four cities have been ordered to evacuate after at least a dozen rivers in the region burst their banks. the region is still recovering from a powerful earthquake at the begining of this year. kenya has pledged to send 600 more police to haiti to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital city. it would more than double the number of kenyan officers

deployed to help the haiti�*s police force. armed gangs have in recent months taken over large parts of port—au—prince, as well as swathes of rural haiti. ecuador has begun nationwide power cuts one day earlier than planned due to a severe drought affecting its hydroelectric plants. the government says daytime cuts in 12 provinces on top of the wider nightly blackouts are set to start on monday. the country faces its worst doubt in 60 years. world leaders have started gathering at the un headquarters in new york for the 79th session of the un general assembly. on day one, the un held the "summit of the future", adopting an agreement that it calls a "once—in—a—generation opportunity" to "steer humanity on a new course." the agreement — called the "pact for the future" — was approved by 143 un countries. seven voted against it.0ne of the pact�*s key elements is action to address climate change. countries reaffirmed their commitment to move way

from fossil fuels, and to triple renewable energy capacity. un secretary general antonio guterres called the summit because, he said, "our world is heading off the rails." the pact for the future must lay the ground for reform. reform of the outdated united nations security council, to make it more effective but also more representative of what the world is today. the climate crisis is destroying lives, devastating communities and ravaging ecologies. and we all know the solution, a just phase—out of fossil fuels and, yet, emissions are still rising. 350.org is an global environmental group addressing the many aspects of climate change. the group will be involved with the un general assembly meetings this week. and i spoke to 350�*s head of regions, savio carvalho. great to have you with us on

the bbc. looking at this document it is 42 pages long. what did you make of this pact of the future? how big a step forward do you think this is? the biggest thing is that last year the claimant meeting, copd 28, there was a comment made to go down and triple renewable energy capacity and move away from fossil fuels. energy capacity and move away from fossilfuels. i energy capacity and move away from fossil fuels. i think in this document, world leaders and heads of state and government have really come out themselves now to act and the pact for the future documents and brings to life the commitment that they will triple renewable energy capacity and move away from fossil fuels which include gas, oil and coal and i think this is what the document speaks to and now what is left is action and now what is left is action and words and that is what

we�*re here for, to ensure that government shows action and this isjust the beginning. i think many people have been waiting for big action on climate change for a long time from these international bodies. is there anything in the document there that you see thatis the document there that you see that is a concrete action? something the government and countries are agreeing to really push forward here? just this thing of— really push forward here? jut this thing of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, i think that is quite a bit commitment —— big commitment, just to get it done. and that is big and moving away from fossil fuels. that is big as well. and if theyjust that is big as well. and if they just stick to these two things and make it happen with a clear plan to show that they are transiting or that they are stopping the fossil fuel stopping the fossilfuel dependency, i think that will make a big difference. everything is there now. there

is technology, we know how to do it. countries are ready, communities are ready. we work with communities across the world, people are ready. there is need for action and need for finance. i is need for action and need for finance. , , finance. i remember being there in dubai when _ finance. i remember being there in dubai when the _ finance. i remember being there in dubai when the agreement. finance. i remember being there l in dubai when the agreement was announced and in many ways it was a big step forward for the first time, countries coming together and agreeing to phase out fossil fuels. does the agreement today give you the hope that nations will actually follow through with these promises? i follow through with these promises?— follow through with these promises? follow through with these romises? ~' , ., , promises? i think there is hope all the time. _ promises? i think there is hope all the time. and _ promises? i think there is hope all the time. and that - promises? i think there is hope all the time. and that is - promises? i think there is hope all the time. and that is what i all the time. and that is what keeps us going. but hope has to be matched to commitments. rich countries need to put money in the trade bill, they need to come to this figure of $1 trillion required annually for climate finance. and without that, these commitments will not see the light of day. so

everything has to move together and in sync. if we have technology, we now have the commitment by the heads of state and government and now we need financing on the table. so countries now also need to really show that they have a plan, a plan to start phasing out fossil fuels and stop all new extractions. i want to repeat that. all new new extraction in the pipeline. there is definitely hope that we can turn the corner and i think time is not on our side so more action is required. digging into the document a little more, this pact for the future includes what it calls a groundbreaking commitment by government to listen to young people and include them in decision—making. there have been a lot of high profile young people for climate action. greta thunberg comes to mind. it is interesting to see that they�*re in the document saying that we need to start listening to young people. this

platitude from language and text that you see in documents, i think this is all fine and it all looks good but again, young people for a decade plus, years together now have been saying it is our future you are gambling with our future. so havin: gambling with our future. sr having the gambling with our future. 5r having the sentence in the document is nice but again, young people have been saying action or wards and this is what young people will hold the world and their leaders to account. so, yes, once again we would say to the heads of state and government that this has been seen. young people have said what they have to say and now it is your turn to act. and put promises into action. briefly, we have about seconds left but looking ahead to cop29, kicking off days after the presidential election. do you think world leaders are holding their breath to see what happens here in the united states? the us is an important

stakeholder and an important player in the un claimant change seen. regardless of whoever is in the white house, everyone will hold their feet to the fire. because the united states is a big player in the united states must act in a sense that it is back and remains the climate change seen it shows commitments at home and internationally and it actually leads by example. so the government�*s of civil size side he will hold their feet to the fire. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky will be attending meetings at the un general assembly. he arrived in new york on sunday, and is expected to present kyiv�*s idea to end the war with russia. he�*ll outline what he calls a "victory plan" to president biden, as well as presidential hopefuls kamala harris and donald trump. the visit comes after a summer of intense fires that sent troops make advances in eastern

ukraine. while swathes of russia�*s kursk region also held onto. russia's kursk region also held onto. ~ �* , ., ., , ., onto. we're starting a visit to the united — onto. we're starting a visit to the united states. _ onto. we're starting a visit to the united states. we're - onto. we're starting a visit to l the united states. we're flying the united states. we�*re flying out of a special visit. the new york, washington. and it will decide what happens next in the war, it is autumn. with our partners we can strengthen our positions as necessary for victory, our common victory, for peace that is true and just. ukraine will present the united states a victory plan and the president of the united states will be the first to see it in full. of course, i will present victory plan to all leaders of our partner countries who, like president biden, our leaders of the world and can become leaders of peace by helping us with the victory plan. by helping us with the victory lan. �* by helping us with the victory ian, �* ., by helping us with the victory lan. �* ., _, ., plan. and we will have coverage of those meetings _ plan. and we will have coverage of those meetings coming - plan. and we will have coverage of those meetings coming up i plan. and we will have coverage of those meetings coming up in | of those meetings coming up in the next several days here on bbc news. stay tuned. there is more at the top of the hour.

hello there. big thunderstorms are on the way for monday and that brings the threat of some significant flash flooding. the storms that we had on sunday were heavy enough but didn�*t affect everyone. western scotland, the skies have been like this for days in the highlands. another still day, you�*ll be wondering what all the fuss is about, i�*m sure. but further southwards, the radar picture showed some intense storms, particularly going through the south midlands. and in woburn in bedfordshire, we recorded over the space of two hours 59mm of rain. that�*s more than the average for the entirety of september. and over the 2a hour period, the same site had 102mm of rain, so nearly double the monthly average rainfall. and nearby in dunstable, well, there was some severe flooding with the high street underwater at one point. now looking at the picture at the moment, lots of showers across england and wales again with some thunderstorms — quieter weather further northwards. but the met office have got an amber weather warning out in force for monday. some communities could see around 80mm—120mm of rain, and it could well be that this risk of extreme rainfall

extends into central, southern england as well. so through the day, some torrential thundery downpours focussed across parts of england, some communities having a high risk of flash flooding, probably some river flooding, some disruption. it�*s one of those days where you want to check on travel conditions before heading out. northern ireland, west scotland, bright with some sunny spells. east scotland continues to be rather cloudy with mist. north scotland, we�*re seeing a weather front move in, bringing outbreaks of rain and ultimately cooler weather conditions. 0n into tuesday, well, the thundery rain is clearing out of the way across england and wales, so in that respect, it�*s a drier kind of day. in scotland, we get this cold front continuing to push its way southwards, really dumping the temperatures here — just ten degrees in aberdeen and 12 for glasgow. still relatively mild, i suppose for northern ireland, england and wales. middle part of the week sees active areas of low pressure bringing further heavy rain, particularly focussed again on england and wales. and once those systems have pushed through, well, then we get chilly

northwesterly winds diving southwards, and so through the week it is going to stay unsettled, and through the week it is going to turn a lot cooler as well, with temperatures across the board well below average. but for monday, it�*s that risk of flash flooding we really need to pay attention to. stay in touch with the latest forecast, please.

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