with the conflicts in ukraine and the middle east at the top of the agenda. a new poll shows republican donald trump leading his democratic opponent kamala harris in some key battleground states. hello, i'm carl nasman. hello, i'm carl nasman. health officials in lebanon say health officials in lebanon say nearly 500 people have been nearly 500 people have been killed by israeli airstrikes killed by israeli airstrikes on towns and villages on towns and villages in the country's south in the country's south and the eastern bekaa valley. and the eastern bekaa valley. more than 1,600 have more than 1,600 have been injured. been injured. it's the deadliest day it's the deadliest day of conflict across israel's of conflict across israel's northern border in on hezbollah members northern border in nearly two decades. nearly two decades. the israeli military said the israeli military said it had destroyed 1,300 it had destroyed 1,300 hezbollah cruise missiles, hezbollah cruise missiles, rockets and drones. rockets and drones. a spokesman acknowledged a spokesman acknowledged there had been a high there had been a high number of casualties. number of casualties. but he claimed many of them but he claimed many of them are hezbollah terrorists. are hezbollah terrorists. the cross—border strikes have the cross—border strikes have intensified after a series intensified after a series

of exploding device attacks of exploding device attacks on hezbollah members was blamed on israel. we have on—the—ground reporting from both sides of the border — first to our chief international correspondent 0rla guerin, who's in beirut. explosion. southern lebanon awoke to this. it looks like all—out war. the israeli army says it hit 1,300 hezbollah sites today. there were gaza—style warnings, telling residents to go, including from the israeli leader. now, starting this morning the idf has warned you to get out of harm's way. i urge you, take this warning seriously. don't let hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. don't let hezbollah endanger lebanon. please get out of harm's way now. but where to find safety in the middle of all this?

explosion. screaming. for one man, too late. "my siblings and their children were all killed here," he says. the israeli army insists its air strikes are destroying weapons, some hidden in homes, and it accuses hezbollah of using civilians as human shields.

in beirut, too, fear on the streets and a rush to get home. are you feeling afraid? "sure", mohammed tells me. "i'm afraid for myself, my wife and my five children. i don't know what to do. how long will we be living through this? we can't keep going." we can't keep going." parents were summoned parents were summoned to schools to pick up to schools to pick up their children early. their children early. "there were threats "there were threats by phone," he says, by phone," he says, "that they'll hit beirut." "that they'll hit beirut." is over — it's here. some in the capital have been some in the capital have been getting recorded messages getting recorded messages telling them to go, telling them to go, including staff at lebanon's including staff at lebanon's information ministry. information ministry. for months, there have been for months, there have been fears of a wider war. fears of a wider war.

now, the waiting now, the waiting is over — it's here. israel's escalation is a huge risk, and notjust for lebanon, but for the entire middle east. 0rla guerin, bbc news, beirut. israelis living near the border face the daily threat of rocket attacks by hezbollah. 0ur correspondent paul adams is in northern israel, where some evacuees have been housed for almost a year.

and it will, in the end, it will be ok. do you feel lucky today? yes, very lucky. israel's defence minister has called on the public to show composure and discipline, composure and discipline, and listen to the and listen to the instructions issued instructions issued by the local authorities. by the local authorities. it's only because the family it's only because the family who live here did precisely who live here did precisely that that no—one was hurt. that that no—one was hurt. air raid sirens. air raid sirens. across northern israel, across northern israel, sirens wailed and rockets fell. sirens wailed and rockets fell. plenty of near misses. plenty of near misses. explosion. explosion. the government says it's have left their homes. the government says it's determined to restore normal determined to restore normal life here to allow displaced life here to allow displaced civilians to return civilians to return to their homes. to their homes. but that's not going to happen but that's not going to happen while hezbollah is still firing while hezbollah is still firing rockets deep into israel. rockets deep into israel. hezbollah, on the 8th hezbollah, on the 8th of october, started firing of october, started firing at israeli civilians at israeli civilians in the northern border, in the northern border, and has been doing this and has been doing this for over 11 months, for over 11 months, with 9,000 rockets. with 9,000 rockets.

and 60,000 israelis and 60,000 israelis have left their homes. we have to act. people were evacuated to this kibbutz a year ago, leaving vulnerable homes along the border. it's supposed to be safer, but today they were taking cover. so that's the second alarm we've had since we got here, what, just about an hour ago. again we can hear interceptions overhead, and i look at the app here, i can see there are alerts all the place. this area remains in the firing line. if hezbollah chooses to escalate, it could soon be the whole country. paul adams, bbc news, northern israel. for more, i spoke to emily harding, formerly middle east analyst at the cia, and now deputy director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. it's the deadliest day

of conflict across israel's northern border in nearly two decades. many people seeing this as a serious escalation. absolutely, it seems israel is following through on its threat to send hezbollah a strong message. it's really hard to overstate how little tolerance for risk israel has right now, especially on its northern border. since it made the declaration that it wants to send people back to the north, it seems committed to making the north safe from hezbollah attacks. just looking at those casualty numbers, nearly 500 killed, 35 children among that number, 1,600 others injured. we know israel issued warnings for people in lebanon to get out of harm's way, but does it appear to you that israel is doing enough to limit impact on civilians? 0ne civilian casualty is too many, one child killed is too many.

but israel do provide warning and hezbollah tend to hide weapons in residential areas for this reason. i think it's telling that 500 casualties and 58 were women, which suggests a lot of hezbollah fighters were the ones targeted. while any casualty is a tragedy, it seems israel is at least attempting to minimise civilian casualties. we know israel wants to return those 60,000 displaced people to the north of the country. can this campaign of force we are seeing now convince

what they want very quickly. we know in a head—to—head fight israel would win, but not without a lot of casualties in lebanon and likely not without some casualties inside israel too, so we may be at the beginning of something that's very tragic. how do you view the role of the united states? yesterday, the president said the us doing everything it can to try to de—escalate the situation. today we are hearing the us is sending more troops to the region. the us has a short—term role that is limited and a long—term role that is very significant. short—term, getting both sides to say enough is enough, it's time to calm down and maybe stop this round of fighting. the long—term role is trying to help lebanon get back on its feet as a whole. the stronger lebanon is, the central government, the weaker hezbollah will be.

they want hezbollah to move back north, so lebanon can be a wonderful and prosperous country in the middle east. it's a beautiful place and it's a shame to see this kind of fighting going on. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said that he believes ukraine's two—year—long war with russia is "closer to an end". speaking to abc news on monday, he also pushed for the continued support of allies. it comes before expected meetings this week with us presidentjoe biden, kamala harris and donald trump to present his "victory plan" to end the conflict. president zelensky is one of many world leaders currently in new york for the 79th session of the un general assembly. the wars in ukraine, sudan, gaza and escalating tensions along the israeli—lebanon border will likely dominate discussions this week. around two billion people currently live in conflict—ridden areas.

that's almost one quarter of the world's population. un secretary general antonio guterres painted a grim outlook of the world's state of affairs, saying that he's concerned for the safety of civilians living along the israeli and lebanon border. us presidentjoe biden is in new york, and he's set to address the un assembly on tuesday morning. he'll also meet with world leaders to discuss co—operation in tackling threats to international peace and security. for more on president zelensky�*s us tour, i've been speaking to the former deputy assistant secretary of defence for russia, ukraine and eurasia and the executive director at the mccain institute for international leadership at arizona state university, evelyn farkas. zelensky is going to be busy at the un general assembly, meeting the president and other world leaders. what are you expecting to hear from volodymyr zelensky this week? apparently, he is touting this new victory plan.

it's unclear what is in this plan, but what he is trying to do is rally the countries that have been supporting ukraine very generously with military and economic assistance to provide him first of all with fewer restrictions on the use in particular of the military assistance, and then an endorsement of this victory plan. he believes this victory plan is what it will take to convince russia that time is up and that russia has to negotiate a peace treaty with ukraine. evenjust that term, victory plan, i mean, this is a big change from a lot of what we have heard from ukraine. it sounds more optimistic. zelensky telling abc news that he believes war is closer to the end. does it feel like the tide could be turning in this conflict? i mean, to be honest, right now it doesn't feel that way. ukrainians are fighting what is essentially a war of attrition against the russians on their southern and eastern borders.

this is a war, when i say attrition, it'sjust that the front line stays roughly the same but lots of people are dying. the russians have more manpower to throw into the war, they have more weaponry. so that has been grim. ukrainians took some initiative recently, and this is where i think the new emboldened victory conversation is coming from, because they seized territory inside russia. the ukrainians actually invaded russia, if you will, counter—invaded, and took russian territory temporarily to use as a bargaining chip. so in a sense, it doesn't feel that different, it doesn't feel like the war is going to end tomorrow. but there's this a little opening, so i think people are willing to listen to what president zelensky has to say. we also saw some relative success from the drone programme, being sent into russian territory and striking an ammunition depot. we heard from the eu's foreign

policy chief saying that the g7 will discuss sending long—range missiles to ukraine that could be used to hit russian territory. is some of this recent success convincing some international leaders that they might want to loosen the reins with ukraine? yes, and at the same time, i think the europeans are also motivated by an increased understanding that the risks to them of the war spreading to european countries and nato have increased. we've heard reports of drones and pieces of missiles falling in poland and romania. more recently, russian aircraft have gone into latvian airspace, one of the baltic countries, most countries have downplayed these incursions. but it's only a matter of time before somebody loses a life and then there's a popular outcry in one of the nato

countries, and then the risk of us going into direct war with russia increases. so i think the europeans have a renewed appreciation for the risks to them, and they would like to bring this war to a close. so they see an opportunity there. what role do you think the us presidential election will play, will it be top of the discussions at the un general assembly? that's the other thing motivating president zelensky to come now and make this big push with a victory plan. first of all, he has to paint the best face possible to republicans, democrats, all of the people running for office in the united states who might influence assistance going to ukraine. you want to be on the side of the victor, right? so you want to be for the victory plan. that's important to him. regardless of who wins the presidential election, he knows congress is important. the republicans may control the senate, the democrats the house, and then a question about the white house. what does that mean for him?

he has a big audience here, he's trying to show momentum is on his side and he's trying to bring some commitment, as many commitments as he can get before november 5th from all parties. we even saw zelensky almost making a campaign stop of his own, he was in pennsylvania at a munitions factory. is he almost reaching out to the american voters now? he is, and i think it's very savvy. at the mccain institute, we thought about giving awards to factory managers in arizona, obvious for us, but also pennsylvania, 0hio. so many states that are not traditionally outspoken in support of ukraine, and some of their members are opposed to helping ukraine. so zelensky understands the reality and going right to the american people — i say bravo. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. rachel reeves has used her

first labour conference speech as chancellor to rule out a return to austerity. she stood by her cuts to winter fuel payments for many pensioners, insisting "tough decisions" were needed but she would make "fair" choices. ms reeves also outlined the government's plans for a covid corruption minister, to review disupted contracts from the pandemic. nurses in england have said a pay rise of 5.5% awarded by the government is not enough. two thirds of royal college of nursing members who voted online said that the rise was not fair. but the union says it's not planning to ballot its members to see if they want to take strike action. heavy rain and flash flooding has hit parts of england and wales, causing widespread disruption, including this flood closing the a421 between bedford and milton keynes. roads and houses across central and southern england were affected, as some areas saw a month's worth of rain in just a few hours. it's thought the worst of the bad weather is now over.

you're live with bbc news. the man accused of a second assassination plot against donald trump wrote a note months earlier stating that he planned to kill the former president. court documents show the suspect dropped the letter off at the home of an unnamed witness months before the incident. us federal prosecutors say they'll be charging the suspect with attempting to assassinate a major political candidate. he is already facing two federal gun charges, and was ordered to remain injail ahead of a trial. and on monday, former president trump announced he plans to return to butler, pennsylvania on october 5th, where the first assassination attempt took place injuly. he'll hold a rally at the same location. this comes as we are just six weeks out from election day here in the us, and a new poll from the new york times and siena college shows republican donald trump leading his democratic opponent kamala harris in three key battleground states.

mr trump leads by 5% in arizona, 4% in georgia, and byjust 2% in the state of north carolina, which is within the margin of error. the three states are among seven critical swing states that could decide the 2024 presidential election. mr trump lost both georgia and arizona to president biden in 2020, but won north carolina, which hasn't voted democratic since barack 0bama in 2008. the state of california is suing exxonmobile is suing exxonmobil over its alleged role in global plastic waste pollution. in the first lawsuit of its kind, california's attorney general has accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastics recycling. the lawsuit seeks to hold exxon accountable for allegedly falsely promoting all plastics as recycleable. of the a0 million tons of plastic waste generated in the us in 2021, only 5—6% was recycled.

in a statement responding to the lawsuit, exxonmobil said that its advanced recycling process is effective and the company has kept more than 60 million pounds of plastic waste out of landfills using the method. the company also blamed california officials for failing to act on a flawed recycling system. i spoke to california's attorney general, rob bonta. why did you decide to bring this lawsuit against exxonmobil? ., ., ., , ., exxonmobil? california brought this lawsuit _ exxonmobil? california brought this lawsuit today _ exxonmobil? california brought this lawsuit today because - this lawsuit today because exxonmobil has been involved in a decades—long campaign of deception, in which it has tried to convince the world, including california, that recycling of plastics including single—use plastics is sustainable, it's good for the environment. it is not, they have lied, they have deceived. and it is wrong, so we are

suing to hold them accountable for those lies and the damage the lies have caused. they have been involved in pushing sham solutions, manipulating the public, lying to consumers, and it needs to come to an end. they have perpetuated the myth of recycling to help boost their profits, making consumers believe that they can endlessly use plastics because if you put it in the blue bin, it will be recycled and reused and it's good for the environment, you are being a good steward... haw are being a good steward... how exactly did _ are being a good steward... how exactly did exxonmobil do it, you are alleging that they lied, what specifically do you think the company actually did? we have a number of examples. 0ne, we have a number of examples. one, in 1989, they submitted a 12 page layout to time magazine calling for an urgent need to be cycling, talking about the fact that plastics are recyclable and they are being recycled and it is a green

solution, and people must be more urgent in their need and behaviour to recycle. placing the burden on everyday people, consumers, when it didn't matter what consumers did for the most part. 0nly matter what consumers did for the most part. only 5% of plastic is actually recycled in america. 95% is not. that 95% goes into the environment, our rivers and beaches and oceans, or incinerators and goes to landfill. that is number one. they knew, and we have examples of internal communications where they say, we have a problem, people are seeing plastics pollution, we need a makeover and a new image. their makeover and a new image. their makeover was recycling. and here is another example of their lying. they started designating the types of plastic that were in their products with what is called a resin number, one, two, three, four, whatever... resin number, one, two, three, four, whatever. . ._ resin number, one, two, three, four, whatever... you often see those numbers _ four, whatever... you often see

those numbers on _ four, whatever... you often see those numbers on plastic - those numbers on plastic passage packaging with the arrows going around. that's exactly it- _ arrows going around. that's exactly it. the _ arrows going around. that's exactly it. the number - arrows going around. that's exactly it. the number is i arrows going around. that's| exactly it. the number is the important thing. but they deliberately used the chasing arrow symbols around it. they co—opted the symbol from the recycled paper world. they knew the impact it would have, and it had the impact they wanted. to make the consumer believe that the product is recyclable, when most... most are not, but it gave comfort to the consumers. consumers turn over the package in the store, they look at the number, they see the chasing arrows, they conclude in their mind that the product is recyclable, they purchase it because of that, then they conscientiously after they are done using it, put it

in the blue bin. thinking the product will be recycled, and it won't be, 95% of the time. so that is another lie. just it won't be, 95% of the time. so that is another lie.- so that is another lie. just to “um so that is another lie. just to jump in. _ so that is another lie. just to jump in. we _ so that is another lie. just to jump in, we should - so that is another lie. just to jump in, we should take - jump in, we should take exxonmobil have responded and said that california's recycling system itself is ineffective, it said as well, instead of suing us, they could have worked with us to fix the problem and keep plastic out of landfill. i want to get your response to that.- landfill. i want to get your response to that. they have had 50 ears response to that. they have had 50 years to _ response to that. they have had 50 years to step _ response to that. they have had 50 years to stop lying _ response to that. they have had 50 years to stop lying and - response to that. they have had 50 years to stop lying and they i 50 years to stop lying and they haven't done it. to now claim someone else could have done something, to deflect and deny their own responsibility is disappointing although not surprising. it's what they do, they lie, they deceive, today they lie, they deceive, today they are engaged in another lie, a new version of an old lie, a new version of an old lie about the myth of recycling, advanced recycling. i'm sure they gave you a statement about that too. they think it actually recycles when it doesn't. we can talk about

that if you wish. to talk about other people's conduct is a deflection. this lawsuit is about exxonmobil, what they have done, the lies they have knowingly, intentionally, deliberately continue to perpetuate year after year. so that they could profit to the tune of $36 billion last year. if people believe they can endlessly use plastic, they would buy more. exxonmobil would buy more. exxonmobil would profit more. and that's exactly what has happened so far. ~ ., ., ., ., , ., , far. we have more on that story on our website. _ far. we have more on that story on our website. california's - on our website. california's lawsuit against exxonmobil over global plastic waste pollution. lots more coming up at the top of the hour on bbc news. hello. we have seen a lot of extreme rainfall over the last couple of days. woburn in bedfordshire had 102mm of rain recorded on sunday.

but on monday, it was really 0xfordshire's turn to see some absolutely horrendous conditions, widespread flooding and some severe disruption. in south newington in 0xfordshire, we recorded about 98mm through the day — that's about a month and a half's worth of rain. and you can see the rain on the radar picture here. it is gradually easing, and over the next few hours, it will tend to become a lot lighter, a lot patchier, before becoming confined to east anglia and south—east england. so it is an improving — very gradually — kind of weather situation. bit of rain coming into the far north of scotland. that's a cold front that will be bringing some colder air with it, but these are the kind of temperatures you'll have as you start off your tuesday morning. tuesday, still some dribs and drabs of rain left over for east anglia and south—east england, but clearing away quite quickly. this area of more substantial rain moves southwards across scotland through the day — that's our cold front. much colder air spreading to the far north of scotland, where there will be a few afternoon showers.

temperatures just around 10 degrees in aberdeen. 10 as well for stornoway. further southwards, we're around 1a to 18 celsius. now, the middle part of the week sees an area of low pressure move in off the atlantic, bringing more heavy rain, particularly targeted on england and wales. 0nce that's cleared through, well, then we start to get some colder air moving right the way across the country. and so for wednesday, it's kind of a day where we will see rain developing from the west, so turning wet across wales, southern and western areas of england through the day. probably a fair amount of dry weatherfurther northwards with some sunshine, a few showers in the forecast for northern areas of scotland, but it will continue to get colder across those northern areas. and then as we head into wednesday night and thursday, the rain continues to drive its way northwards and eastwards, covering most parts of england and wales with some heavy downpours. the colder air continues to flow in across scotland and northern ireland. so temperatures in belfast, 12. 13 for edinburgh — average at this time

of year is 17 degrees, so quite a long way below average. and that colder air is going to move its way southwards across all parts of the country before the end of the week.

climate change is bringing droughts and floods around the world, but in many countries it's doing something else as well... ..acting as a kind of chaos multiplier. i'm in somalia, one of the most dangerous countries in the world, to report on how climate change

is making conflict in places like this even worse. when drought hits, people begin to fight for access to food and water. translation: they stay back when they see my gun. - somalia didn't cause the problem. the entire country has emitted as much carbon dioxide since the 19505 as americans have in — wait for it — the last three days. but somalia is beginning to help itself — investing in new technology. starting new businesses. translation: | buy food from the shop. | i cook it and i keep the profit. there is hope. there is a whole narrative in the country that's called somalia rising. so what will it take to lift somalia out of the vicious cycle of climate and conflict?