years, he is keen borisjohnson years, he is keen not to do that artificial boosterism. it was about a britain that belongs to you, clearly, a limit of hope. thank ou for clearly, a limit of hope. thank you forioining _ clearly, a limit of hope. thank you forjoining us _ clearly, a limit of hope. thank you forjoining us on - clearly, a limit of hope. thank you forjoining us on bbc - clearly, a limit of hope. thank. you forjoining us on bbc news. some reaction to that conference speech by keir starmer, the first by a labour prime ministerfor iii starmer, the first by a labour prime minister for m years, starmer, the first by a labour prime ministerfor iii years, as we will continue to bring reaction throughout the afternoon. 2019 conference. we have changed the party. it was a packed house as well, standing room only, probably. not enough seats for all of the mps either. alex, thank you very much. hezbollah says it has attacked military targets in around

million people in and around took refuge in shelters because of hezbollah rockets. residents crammed roads to reach temporary shelters in beirut. overnight, residents fleeing the israeli bombardment in southern lebanon crammed roads to reach temporary shelters in beirut. the israeli strikes made monday the deadliest day in lebanon in decades. the idf says it hit around 1,600 targets which it described as hezbollah cruise missiles, rockets and drones. washington is sending a small number of additional troops to the region,

as the sense of crisis deepens. the biden administration says it will present concrete plans for ending the violence in lebanon at the un general assemby this week. the european union's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, warned that the conflict was spiralling into a full—fledged war. hugo bachega reports from lebanon. the journey in search of safety. thousands are still on the move, fleeing southern lebanon and israel's air strikes that show no sign of easing. its conflict with hezbollah now being felt all across the country. in beirut, this school is one of dozens now turned into shelters for the displaced. 6,000 are here without knowing when or if they will be able to go back home again. 65—year—old maryam travelled all night with 12 relatives in just one car. they had no time to take anything with them. translation: we got together and left. - we didn't want to leave our homes, because leaving our homes is difficult.

we arrived here at four in the morning with our children. it's because of our children that we left. but not everyone can leave. in this hospital near the city of sidon in the south, doctors say 90% of the injured are children, with burns and open fractures. this morning there were more israeli air strikes. the southern city of tyre was one of the places hit, with officials in israel indicating these attacks will continue. there were fresh rockets from hezbollah too. the israeli military said more than 50 were launched from across the border. back in beirut, thousands more have now been disrupted by this war. some were too young to understand why. this eight—year—old girl came to talk to us when she saw our camera. are you scared? "a lot, she said." hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut.

hugo has more on the latest israeli strikes today and the rising death toll. tens of thousands of people are trying to leave southern lebanon because of the israeli air strikes, to give you an idea how congested the roads to beirut are, a journey to beirut which usually takes 90 minutes, it is now taking iii hours, so across the country, schools have been turned into shelters, around 150 schools are now sheltering displaced residents, and in the hardest—hit areas hospitals are said to be overwhelmed with casualties from these israeli air strikes. this morning we had an update from the lebanese health minister who said the victims of the attacks yesterday included at least 50 children and almost 100 women. the un human rights office has expressed alarm at the number of casualties, saying that these israeli attacks could be

a violation of international humanitarian law. the fear in lebanon is that this could be a wider israeli offensive that could see a ground invasion of southern lebanon to create a buffer zone and push hezbollah fighters away from the border. yolande knell is injerusalem and has more on what the israeli authorities are saying about this intensified military campaign in southern lebanon. first of all, as we are going first of all, as we are going on air we had the briefest of on air we had the briefest of statements from the israeli statements from the israeli military, saying it had carried military, saying it had carried out another targeted strike in out another targeted strike in beirut, and there was an beirut, and there was an attempted assassination of a attempted assassination of a hezbollah figure there just hezbollah figure there just yesterday, two senior hezbollah yesterday, two senior hezbollah commandos killed there last commandos killed there last friday in an israeli strike, so friday in an israeli strike, so this could ratchet things up this could ratchet things up once again. the israeli once again. the israeli military said that since this military said that since this morning, something like 100 morning, something like 100 rockets have been fired into rockets have been fired into

northern israel by hezbollah, northern israel by hezbollah, and they have started several and they have started several fires and there has been damage fires and there has been damage to buildings, no reports of to buildings, no anyone of being killed, but the fires and there has been damage to buildinr�* being killed, but the sirens warning of incoming fire anyone of being killed, but the sirens warning of incoming fire have been going on repeatedly have been going on repeatedly stop meanwhile, israel has been stop meanwhile, israel has been carrying out its own strikes carrying out its own strikes against what it says are against what it says are hezbollah targets, especially hezbollah targets, especially in the south of lebanon, and in the south of lebanon, and overin overin in the south of lebanon, and over in the east as well, in the south of lebanon, and over in the east as well, it says it is targeting hezbollah infrastructure, and it has put out pictures which it says shows things like missiles being kept in the roofs of civilian houses. this building up civilian houses. this building up its argument where it says that hezbollah is using civilian areas and people in lebanon as human shields. still no timeline of being given for this operation or where it might go but the israeli military chief of staff said israel must intensify its attacks on hezbollah and he

said hezbollah must not be given a break. joe biden is addressing the united nations general assembly in new york and his last appearance at the un as the president, he has warned against a full—scale war in lebanon. applause progress towards peace will put us in a stronger position to deal with the ongoing threat posed by iran and we must deny oxygen to its terrorist proxies which have called for more october seven and to make sure 0ctober seven and to make sure that iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon. gaza is not the only conflict that deserves our outrage. in sedan, bloody civil war, with one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, 8 million on the brink of famine —— in sudan. hundreds of famine —— in sudan. hundreds of thousands already there, and

the us has led the world in providing humanitarian aid to sudan, and we have led diplomatic talks to try to silence the guns and avert a widerfamine. the world needs to stop arming the generals and to stop arming the generals and to speak with one voice and tell them, stop tearing your country apart, stop blocking aid to the people of sudan, and this war now.—

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sir keir starmer has said �*change has began�* as he listed what he described as his government's achievements in the first few months. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is at the conference. people are still filing out from the conference where keir starmer gave his speech. it was about an hour long and the conference hall was packed and there was standing room only. few moments when he got a standing ovation. notably when he spoke about the rioting in the summer, he called it thuggery, saying racism is vile which brought the crowd to its feet. we can talk about this now with tracy brabin, the mayor of west yorkshire. thanks forjoining us. what did you think? did he answer the critics that said he had been too downbeat and too gloomy? that is what we needed in the speech we have heard. it started slow and measured and very thoughtful, and i got a sense of the person i know, and i felt he was open and

self—deprecating, but also you could see his steely determination and you mentioned the section about racism and the section about racism and the events over the summer, and his anger was absolutely palpable. there was not a person sat, because we were all behind that, there is no room for racism in our society, and also about the value of immigration, but also hidden amongst a lot of the speech, inside it was an announcement about the apprenticeship levy and the changes to the levy where businesses who were finding it difficult to implement, so it was going to older more established members of the business, but this new apprenticeship foundation level will really help young people who might not be ready for a full apprentice, who might not be ready for a fullapprentice, but who might not be ready for a full apprentice, but will be able to take that action from school to get into work. i

thought it had a hope and warmth. . , thought it had a hope and warmth-— thought it had a hope and warmth. ., ., ~ warmth. he was also talking about the — warmth. he was also talking about the tough _ warmth. he was also talking about the tough decisions i warmth. he was also talking | about the tough decisions the government is taking and the overall picture where there are likely to be more tough decisions in the budget in october. you cover west yorkshire and you will know the direct impact that the strain on public finances has had there, so are you nervous about what the government might do? we are looking forward to october because we cannot carry 0ctober because we cannot carry on as we are. we cannot have local authorities that are the foundation of our society, the safety net that has been so eroded, people are falling away to food banks and baby banks, we cannot have that, and i have my ambitions for my region, whether that is bringing buses back into public control, mass transit, these infrastructure projects, i need a skilled workforce and homes for people to live in it, but you cannot have that when you have local

authorities on their knees so we will hear more about that from rachel reeves of course but it was very much an acknowledgement of the chaos after 1a years of a conservative government. he did keep reflecting back to how they had avoided those tough choices and that he was not someone who would do that. the way his steely approach from his experience as a prosecutor, you could tell this meant so much to him, that he was going to be honest with the british people and it was refreshing to see but also the plan for the future because that is what the public have been crying out for, and it feels like nobody has a plan, nothing works, everything is broken, but now with keir starmer at the helm with keir starmer at the helm with a labour government, i do believe that that was reassuring and uplifting. you mentioned — reassuring and uplifting. you mentioned he _ reassuring and uplifting. you mentioned he was _ reassuring and uplifting. you mentioned he was being honest with the public and he also talked about trust because we note that trust in politics is really low. what does the

government have to do to make sure it does not damage trust any further?— any further? deliver. that is what i as — any further? deliver. that is what i as the _ any further? deliver. that is what i as the mayor - any further? deliver. that is what i as the mayor of - any further? deliver. that is what i as the mayor of west| what i as the mayor of west yorkshire have said in the next four years of my tenure, deliver, deliver, deliver, and thatis deliver, deliver, deliver, and that is what we will do, and that is what we will do, and thatis that is what we will do, and that is why we have been tasked as the mayor to come up with a growth plan and that is why skills are important and why house—building is important and i was reassured from what i heard, that that is what is going to happen.- heard, that that is what is going to happen. tracy brabin, the mayor— going to happen. tracy brabin, the mayor of— going to happen. tracy brabin, the mayor of west _ going to happen. tracy brabin, the mayor of west yorkshire, | the mayor of west yorkshire, thanks forjoining us. the prime minister took to the stage here at the labour party conference, the first labour prime minister in 15 years. he talked about the need to make tough choices and trade—offs but he injected, he tried to get a sense of his plan for the future to bring people alongside and convince them

that he could deliver, but we will see whether that is the case. we can now speak to matt. there were questions about the economic direction of labour but he said no return to austerity, so are you convinced?— austerity, so are you convinced? , ., convinced? he needs to deliver on that. convinced? he needs to deliver on that- the — convinced? he needs to deliver on that. the speech _ convinced? he needs to deliver on that. the speech was - convinced? he needs to deliver on that. the speech was very i on that. the speech was very well received by the audience but it is the people, the voters and its citizens around the country that matter, and the country that matter, and the message of lifting austerity has got to be delivered quickly. working people have suffered over 1a years under austerity and wages have stagnated. workers need a pay rise. i think some of the measures on public sector pay, i welcome, but he needs to do far more of that and he needs to show mechanisms by which you can raise the living standards

of people and increase wages so people are not struggling to pay the bills as they have been over the last two years. he brushed — over the last two years. he brushed off _ over the last two years. he brushed off some of the criticism he has faced and he said it was water off a duck�*s back and he said it was prepared to be unpopular and are referencing the decision to cut the winter fuel payments, do you get the sense that he is listening? i do you get the sense that he is listenin: ? ~ , listening? i think he might be listenin: listening? i think he might be listening despite _ listening? i think he might be listening despite those - listening? i think he might be| listening despite those words, and the trade unions made it clear that their concern about that and we will have a debate on that in due course, tomorrow now, at the conference, and it has landed badly with the country and with voters, so i hope that keir starmer does listen to that concern. because otherwise it will last a very long time. b, otherwise it will last a very long time-— otherwise it will last a very lonutime. �* ., ., . ., long time. a lot of chat about the tone. _ long time. a lot of chat about the tone. we _ long time. a lot of chat about the tone, we had _ long time. a lot of chat about the tone, we had the - long time. a lot of chat about | the tone, we had the warnings from the chancellor specifically had of the budget,

the same from the prime minister, and there was a sense he had to shift the tone and deliver a bit more optimism, did he do enough of that? i’m did he do enough of that? i'm not sure he — did he do enough of that? in not sure he has done enough yet. people voted for a new government and what they want is hope and that is what they expect the new government to bring, so how are they going to make the lives of people better? forjobs and pay and housing? they need a clear plan for how that is going to be delivered and that is what people are looking for from the government. in people are looking for from the government-— government. in terms of policy detail, gb _ government. in terms of policy detail, gb energy _ government. in terms of policy detail, gb energy is _ government. in terms of policy detail, gb energy is going - government. in terms of policy detail, gb energy is going to l detail, gb energy is going to be headquartered in aberdeen and there were others on housing and the hillsborough law, but was there enough policy detail in there? there wasn't a huge amount in this one. �* ., y wasn't a huge amount in this one. �* ., , ., , one. i'm not trying to be overly critical _ one. i'm not trying to be overly critical but - one. i'm not trying to be overly critical but the - overly critical but the headquarters of gb energy, how many people were that employ?

where are we going to build the technology for a green energy revolution? that is more important in terms ofjob creation. there wasn't much in terms of policy but they have onlyjust been elected, making pledges in the election, so the question now is about the need to deliver on those pledges. the big thing for me is the need to offer hope to communities.- need to offer hope to communities. that is matt wri . ht, communities. that is matt wright. the _ communities. that is matt wright, the general - communities. that is matt i wright, the general secretary of the fire brigades union. he took to the stage at around two o'clock this afternoon, keir starmer, and spoke for about an hour with a wide—ranging speech. there was a new policy on housing and also sufferers of domestic abuse and also honour veterans and he announced a hillsborough law, duty of candour on public officials to tell the truth so it is aimed at preventing lung quests forjustice. we are now

joined by tom baldwin who has written a biography of keir starmer. thanks forjoining us. some people wanted keir starmer to stand up and really deliver his vision for the country at this point, did he do it? he is never going _ this point, did he do it? he is never going to _ this point, did he do it? he is never going to be _ this point, did he do it? he is never going to be that - this point, did he do it? he is never going to be that kind i this point, did he do it? he isj never going to be that kind of political leader and he doesn't like these big grandiose visions. the rhetorical flourishes. this was a step along the way. what he wanted to show today is that he was not going to be blown off course by some of the media stories of recent days. he has a line, you know me by now. that relentlessness he has shown in changing the labour party and winning the election, he is going to show in bringing change to the country, that is what he wanted to say. something else he also did with the speech, i don't think people do know him that well,

and there were interesting biographical details. the story about the lake _ biographical details. the story about the lake district? - biographical details. the story about the lake district? yes, | about the lake district? yes, he showed — about the lake district? yes, he showed real— about the lake district? yes, he showed real delight - about the lake district? yes, he showed real delight in - about the lake district? yes, i he showed real delight in that. he knocked on the door of a woman and he said, can i show my family around the place i used to stay as a child? then she said, the police are stealing your car. he said, they arejust moving stealing your car. he said, they are just moving it. he does not regard himself as a classic politician. also a story about his brother. his brother did not get the chances he got, he said, because he had early difficulties, and it cannotjust be about the people who succeed but also the people who succeed but also the people who get left behind and that was really moving. he is still explaining who he is and he is trying to show that politics is not a game for him. he

sometimes says, i do my talking on the pitch. it is about doing rather than saying. more than that, although he uses football metaphors, it is about, this is not a game, this is not a spectator sport. politics matters more than that and you cannot say that politicians are all the same, it really matters to him. ~ ., ., , ~ ., to him. what he does know, when ou seak to him. what he does know, when you speak to _ to him. what he does know, when you speak to members _ to him. what he does know, when you speak to members of- you speak to members of the cabinet, they know they are going to have to do deliver and part of the message of the speech was stick with us, it will be tough but we will get there. you have been around politics a long time and there are some people who think the general election majority, was built on a fragile coalition of voters. how long do you think the government has got before it really has to start delivering in a way that people can feel? the idea about short—term gain and long term gain. —— short—term pain.

short-term gain and long term gain. -- short-term pain. there is a distance _ gain. -- short-term pain. there is a distance between _ gain. -- short-term pain. there is a distance between the - gain. -- short-term pain. there is a distance between the steps| is a distance between the steps they are taking and the eventual destination with five national missions, a decade of national missions, a decade of national renewal, and he is beginning to set out the difficult choices he has got to make. he said long passages about, if it was easy and popular, everyone would have done it by now. rather than just focus on the journey and the difficulties, he was trying to raise people a little bit, remind people of the destination as well as the difficulty of the journey because that is what it is all for. , ,., ., , ., because that is what it is all for. ,_, .,, ., ., for. the message has got to land with — for. the message has got to land with the _ for. the message has got to land with the wider- for. the message has got to land with the wider countryl for. the message has got to i land with the wider country as well as the party, because they are the people you are trying to convince, and in that kind of quest for a more optimistic tone, do you think he achieved that? do you think that will land with people out there who still feel things are really quite bleak?—

still feel things are really quite bleak? they are quite bleak and _ quite bleak? they are quite bleak and the _ quite bleak? they are quite bleak and the surprise - quite bleak? they are quite bleak and the surprise is i quite bleak? they are quite i bleak and the surprise is that people should be surprised. he told people that the inheritance was awful for months before the election and guess what, it is. he got the biggest round of applause is when he really took on the racist right—wing thugs who tried to challenge british values and i think he is tapping into something very british and recognisably british, we are not that kinda country, he said. that is what he wants to do. he does not want to proclaim some new vision, he says we can go forward as a country with those values and he wants to build out of that, and the woman in the lake district and the people who cleaned the streets after the rights, that is a country he wants to build, and i think that is something for him to build on —— cleaned the streets after the rioting. tam streets after the rioting. tom baldwin there. _ streets after the rioting. tom baldwin there. giving - streets after the rioting. tom baldwin there. giving his - baldwin there. giving his reaction to the speech by keir

starmer, who has been addressing the party conference in liverpool, the first speech by a labour prime minister in 15 years, he said he was being honest with the public about the tough decisions and the trade—offs that were still to come. a smattering of new policies but a lot of this was about the tone of his message, saying he would not be buffeted by the winds of westminster, shrugging off criticism, but this is a big moment for the labour party. the first speech of a labour prime ministerfor so long but stop but there have been bumps in the road along to this with criticism about the winter fuel payment and also criticism of freebies. the speech seems to have gone down well but of course what matters with speeches like this is not how well they go down with members of your own party but how it goes down well with the public more widely. studio: alex, thanks forjoining us. much more coverage and analysis

of what the prime minister said throughout the day. now time for a look at the weather. it was so so wet yesterday over parts of england in particular, but a lot drier today. it is fairly cloudy. as we go through the rest of the week we have further rain through the middle part and it will turn colder, especially by friday when we will add in some wind—chill to the lower temperatures. we have the lower temperatures. we have the lower temperatures. we have the lower pressure pushing away and another weather front moving south across scotland introducing rain, and we could catch the odd heavy burst in west lothian. for northern ireland, england and wales, a mixture of bright spells and sunny intervals and some scattered showers. it will feel fresher today than it did yesterday, especially in the north, because we are pulling in a northerly wind behind the weather front.

in a northerly wind behind the weatherfront. the in a northerly wind behind the weather front. the weather front will sink south tonight, showers with that, clearer skies around, drifting into central and southern england, and it will be cold in the sheltered glens and rural parts of northern ireland with a touch of frost as temperatures slip below freezing but a cooler night across the board compared to recently. wednesday into thursday, next low pressure pushing steadily north and east, cool air coming pressure pushing steadily north and east, coolair coming in right behind it, right the way across the country, so you will feel the draft literally through the course of friday but back to wednesday, rain coming in from the south—west, some of this will be heavy as it pushes into south—west england and wales, getting into central and southern england by the end of the day, further north, bright spells and showers with temperatures 10—17 with temperatures dipping once again. into thursday the rain pushes northwards into northern england and scotland and northern ireland, with heavy

showers following behind, to the west, some brighter skies, but also quite blustery winds, especially along the east coast and these temperatures 11—17. it will turn colder generally as we go through the weekend. as we go through the weekend, with the chance of wet and windy weather coming our way, sunday into monday.

of intensive strikes live from london, live from london, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. israel launches a second day israel launches a second day of intensive strikes inside lebanon — health authorites there say, over 560 and 50 people have been killed, including 50 children, since yesterday. the exodus of civilians from southern lebanon continues — tens of thousands flee from their homes. i'm anna foster, live from beirut.