for de—escalation. israel's prime minister is delaying his trip to the us for the un general assembly. as the labour party conference draws to a close, the debate around the scrapping of the winter fuel payment is top of the agenda. ukraine's president zelensky is preparing to speak in front of the un general assembly as his diplomatic push in the us continues. kashmir is holding its first local assembly elections in ten year, how different are these elections. i will have more ahead of the programme. and why teenagers are increasingly displaying addictive behaviour

in their use of social media. we start in the middle east, where israel says air defence systems have intercepted a hezbollah missile in tel aviv. this is the live shot from the city, where warning sirens have been sounding in the last few hours. hezbollah says it launched a rocket targeting the mossad headquarters, in what seems to be the first time hezbollah has targeted tel aviv. hezbollah says mossad hq, which is the israeli institute for intelligence and special operations, is responsible for the assassination of senior hezbollah leaders and for blowing up pagers and wireless devices. tel aviv is more than 200 kilometres away from the lebanon border. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has delayed his departure for the un general

let me show you these pictures, this was taken on someone�*s phone, out of their window. it shows the missile, just after it was intercepted by israeli air defence systems. israeli military said they intercepted it after it was detected crossing from lebanon. it comes as israel and hezbollah continued to exchange heavy cross—border fire overnight, defying calls from world leaders for an immediate de—escalation. the lebanese government has called on the us for help to end a wave of israeli assaults, the deadliest bombardment the country has seen in decades. health authorities there say 569 people, including many children, have been killed since monday. hezbollah continues to launch rockets in the other direction, the purple dots on this map show where those rockets landed. israel's air strikes within lebanon are marked here in red. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, joins us

live from jerusalem. what reaction have you had where you are, to this strike which was targeting tel aviv? i mean it is real ray will reaction from tel aviv where people were sent into a panic, they had to rush to their bomb shelters as these rocket warnings sirens went off and it is known that hezbollah does have these longer range rockets but up to now it hadn't used them to target the centre of them to target the centre of the country, so this is being seen as an escalation, at the same time it was a single rocket that was fired and hezbollah would know very well that israel does have this sophisticated multi—layered air defence system, so this rocket was intercepted without causing any casualties without causing any casualties without causing any damage, we have had a briefing from the israeli military that has confirmed this was the furthest that a rocket fired by hezbollah has

ever penetrated inside israel. but at the same time they are saying this was a heavy warhead and it could have gone even further into israeli territory, they are denying this would have hit mossad headquarters saying it was a civilian area that came under attack, and they are also saying it was fired from quite deep inside lebanon, not close to the border and they say they have already hit the launch site. 0k, thank you very much. let us take you back to the scene live in tel aviv. the live scene in beirut, apologies, pictures there of beirut, and of course this all comes as we have seen israeli strikes targeting the city in the last few days, the lebanese health ministry saying more than 560 people, including 50 children, have been killed in those israeli strikes, and of

course this morning we are also reporting that missile which was sent by hezbollah towards tel aviv, intercepted by israeli air defences. well let us go straight to beirut. you can see the shot there. let's speak to michel douaihy. he is a member of the lebanese parliament for the change movement. welcome to bbc news. what is an incredibly busy time for you, i am sure. we have been hearing that the lebanese government is calling on the us to do more to try and de—escalate, what exactly is the government asking the us to do in specific terms? i asking the us to do in specific terms? ~ ,., terms? i think the government is, first of— terms? i think the government is, first of all— terms? i think the government is, first of all thank _ terms? i think the government is, first of all thank you - terms? i think the government is, first of all thank you for - is, first of all thank you for having me. the government is in a delicate place because this government we have today is not neural in the sense it is pro hezbollah, what we need to do immediately, is to have a ceasefire and that is immediate, because obviously this war cannot continue like

that. that. people are dying, the atrocities are unbelievable and we need, we need to stop this war, we need to have a ceasefire immediately and because we need that and this is the most important thing, we need the implementation of the i701. need the implementation of the 1701. there is a uns are lawing losing because it calls for all parties to ceasefire and to implement it. most important thing for us, as the member of parliament today, is to elect a president because we need to go back to the institution, we don't, today, lebanon is going through a war, obviously, but at the same time we don't have the president, we have a caretaker government that has taken the vote of confidence from the previous government, so we are in a big massive constitutional mess, so we need to get back that line back on track, in the sense electing a president, forming a new government, that will negotiate a ceasefire and implement the 1701 and this war, this is an urgent thing, the most important thing we have to do

now. . , w' important thing we have to do now. . , a , important thing we have to do now. . , ,., now. can i pick up on something ou said now. can i pick up on something you said in _ now. can i pick up on something you said in that _ now. can i pick up on something you said in that first _ now. can i pick up on something you said in that first answer, - you said in that first answer, you said in that first answer, you are accusing the lebanese government of being pro hezbollah, but i mean they have distanced themselves from hezbollah. i distanced themselves from hezbollah-— distanced themselves from hezbollah. . , ., hezbollah. i mean they have, they have- -- _ hezbollah. i mean they have, they have... we _ hezbollah. i mean they have, they have... we are - hezbollah. i mean they have, they have... we are going - hezbollah. i mean they have, they have... we are going to | they have... we are going to back them if we have to because it is the only government we have, they don't represent the current move splitment movement in the parliament we have today. so we probably have no choice, but to back them, pending they do the right thing. this is the most thing right now, so this is why we, not only... the wider opposition, we have asked the speaker of the house so we the lebanese are represented in parliament, we together we design a way out from this war. we need the backing of the people to end this war, not the government cannot do it alone, hezbollah obviously cannot do

it alone, we need to go back to the institution this is the right calling, the absolute right calling, the absolute right move to go back to the institution, if you cannot elect a president we have to go back to parliament. this is only legitimate institution we have to back the government to end the war, we need a ceasefire asap. lebanon cannot afford to have this war any more. i afford to have this war any more. ., ., _, ., ., more. i want to come in and ask one more _ more. i want to come in and ask one more question _ more. i want to come in and ask one more question because - more. i want to come in and ask one more question because we. one more question because we don't have too much longer with you. don't have too much longer with ou. ,, i don't have too much longer with yom- i guess— don't have too much longer with you.- i guess some - don't have too much longer with you. sure. i guess some people watchin: you. sure. i guess some people watching this _ you. sure. i guess some people watching this interview - you. °iv i guess some people watching this interview might say that now perhaps isn't the time to be having political infighting within the lebanese government and actually, for all the different views in parliament to come together, at a time of crisis for the country, notjust in terms of the ongoing security situation but economically as well. exactly. we need economically, design plan, lebanon is in need of so many reforms but at the

moment we need to stop the war, to have a ceasefire, but this government is not really legitimate, it is a caretaker government. we need in case we cannot have an elected president and a new government, a new emergency government, right? we have to go back to parliament to back this government although we don't like it, because we need the priority now is to stop the war and have a ceasefire, this is why we have asked the speaker of the house for a session so we can give this government sort of a road map to end the war through negotiation. we need all the international community, the regional players to help lebanon avoid and stop this war. fiic this is the this war. ok. this is the crucial _ this war. ok. this is the crucial thing. _ this war. ok. this is the crucial thing. the - this war. ok. this is the crucial thing. the mostl crucial thing. the most important thing, this is the message today, right. to save the country. message today, right. to save the country-— the country. thank you very much. the country. thank you very much- sorry _ the country. thank you very much. sorry to _ the country. thank you very much. sorry to stop - the country. thank you very much. sorry to stop you - the country. thank you very i much. sorry to stop you there, we ran out of time. appreciate you sharing your thoughts from your perspective there in beirut. let us stay in beirut.

let's speak to our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, who is in beirut. just listening to that interview, where is the lebanese government's thinking and posturing at the moment. we know they are asking for more american help.— american help. they are in a very difficult _ american help. they are in a very difficult position, - very difficult position, because hezbollah is this powerful militia but also political movement, supported ijy political movement, supported by iran, that acts as a state within the state but it has representation in parliament, it is part of the government, and the government has very little say over what hezbollah does, and we are seeing now that a lot of people who oppose hezbollah, who are critics of hezbollah, who are critics of hezbollah, they have been saying that these attacks by hezbollah are dragging lebanon into a conflict that is not in the country's interest, and, so this is obviously a very difficult position for the government, and don't forget

the lebanon has been struggling for years, from an economic crisis, from the explosion of the port here in beirut, in 2020, a political crisis as well, there hasn't been a president for almost two years because of these political divisions sop obviously very difficult situation for the lebanese authorities, and we are seeing now that they are urging the united states to get involved and to try to de—escalate the situation here, i think it was very interesting that the lebanese foreign minister in new york, he urged the biden administration to urge the biden administration to umea the biden administration to urge a de—escalation in these hostility, saying that washington has the key for the country's survival.— country's survival. what is interesting _ country's survival. what is interesting as _ country's survival. what is interesting as well - country's survival. what is interesting as well is - country's survival. what is interesting as well is you | interesting as well is you hearing the lebanese foreign minister and other officials calling on the us to do more, but you hearfrom others including the israeli, calling on the lebanese government to do more to control, and in

their mind the strikes from hezbollah. their mind the strikes from hezbollah-— their mind the strikes from hezbollah. , ., ., ., hezbollah. exactly, and again, i mean, hezbollah. exactly, and again, i mean. as— hezbollah. exactly, and again, i mean, as we _ hezbollah. exactly, and again, i mean, as we have _ hezbollah. exactly, and again, i mean, as we have been - hezbollah. exactly, and again, | i mean, as we have been saying since these attacks, by hezbollah started almost a year ago, this is a group that is in many ways much more powerful than the lebanese army, they have a huge arsenal of weapons with tens of thousands of weapons and rockets including precision guided missiles that can strike deep in israel and they have their own strategy, they have their own strategy, they own goal, they say they are sporting palestinians in gaza and they have been defiant, —— supporting. supporting. they say despite the attacks that this campaign against israel is going to continue, unless there is a ceasefire in gaza, so very difficult situation for the lebanese government because they are sort of caught in the middle between israel and hezbollah but at the same time it is very difficult to see how

hezbollah is going to back away from this, because they tied themselves to the situation in gaza, and i think we are not seeing any possibility of any kind of dealfor a ceasefire in gaza. kind of deal for a ceasefire in gaza. ., ~ , ., kind of deal for a ceasefire in gaza. . ~' , ., , kind of deal for a ceasefire in gaza. ., ~ ,, , . gaza. 0k, thank you very much for bringing _ gaza. 0k, thank you very much for bringing un _ gaza. 0k, thank you very much for bringing up the _ gaza. 0k, thank you very much for bringing up the latest - gaza. 0k, thank you very much for bringing up the latest from | for bringing up the latest from beirut. we will stay with developments and hugo throughout the morning here on bbc news. breaking news coming the into us just now, and that is that the israeli military says that it is currently conducting extensive strikes in the south of lebanon and the becca area, so this morning of course we heard those sirens ringing out across tel aviv and central israel as hezbollah fired a missile, we understand from lebanon, towards the israeli city, that missile intercepted by israel defence systems, and now we are hearing that the israeli military is saying it is currently conducting extensive strikes in lebanon. it does sound like the

activity is continuing on despite all those call, including from the un general assembly for tensions to de—escalate. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

inst bbc news. a reminder of news we are getting in from the middle east. we hearing from the israeli military it is currently conducting extensive strikes in the south of lebanon, and the becca area, thatis lebanon, and the becca area, that is coming in from the reuters news agency and all of that following the news that we told you this morning, of sirens ringing out across tel aviv, as hezbollah fired a missile towards the city as well earlier today. that missionle was intercepted by israel defence systems there.

and we have also just heard from the pope, who says escalation in lebanon is unacceptable. we will bring you more on those developments and more on those developments and more details when we get them from the israeli military about the strikes that are currently being conducted in the southern lebanon area. well, the british prime minister has warned british nationals who are still in lebanon that now is the time to leave, that is of course as violence between israel and british military person whole hezbollah escalates. speaking are alree between and violence between israel and hezbollah escalates. speaking on his way to new york, sir on his way to new york, sir keir starmer said the uk keir starmer said the uk government is ramping up government is ramping up emergency contingency plans by emergency contingency plans by sending round 700 british sending round 700 british military personnel to sire pus military personnel to sire pus as part of a possible as part of a possible evacuation. they willjoin 500 evacuation. they willjoin 500 british military person whole british military person whole are already there. are already there.

tobias ellwood is a defence analyst and former conservative mp. he says plans must be made for a potential evacuation of british nationals from lebanon as the conflict threatens to escalate. current trajectory, the middle east is sliding towards war, a combination of factors are contributing to this perfect storm of instability, with no single stakeholder in control of events. you have israel has used its superior military might in gaza, but is still absent to the long—term strategy to secure a ceasefire, hezbollah, the most potent heavily armed non—state actor in the world has ratcheted up its attacks from southern lebanon in support of hamas,

this week, is paralysed, behind hezbollah and hamas sits iran, and of course behind iran now sits russia, who would veto any sensible un resolution calling for restraint. so the prospects of further escalation are high, with huge consequences for the region. quite rightly, that is why the uk government has instructed all britons to leave, and tasked military assets, including marines, to the region, ready to help evacuate the 10,000 britons that are known to be there, conscious to avoid the kay cross we saw in kabul in august 2021. cyprus as part of a possible evacuation. they willjoin 500 british military person whole are already there. any sense that the british labour party's first conference since voters returned it to power in a landslide just three months ago would end up as a victory lap appear to have evaporated. on tuesday, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, promised the party faithful change is on the horizon but there are questions over the deep

cuts the new government says it's being forced to make and today leaders face a tricky discussion over the scrapping of the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners, with trade unions trying to reverse it. 0ur chief political corerspondent, henry zeffman, is in liverpool. henry, there is lots going on as we say, just there, this doesn't seem like an overwhelming victory lap, lots going on on the agenda in the final day. going on on the agenda in the final da . ., , , final day. that is right, 'ust a final morning i final day. that is right, 'ust a final morning today. h final day. that is right, just a final morning today. i - final day. that is right, just i a final morning today. i mean you are right that some of the m you are right that some of the joy at this conference has been tempered by a recognition of how difficult a task this new government encounters and some of the controversy round the ways in which they have gone about trying to deal with those challenges so far, this morning we will hearfrom challenges so far, this morning we will hear from wes streeting the health secretary, and one of the first things he said, when he became health secretary the nhs in england is broken,

we have heard this morning, via our colleague, of leaders in the health service saying they think that is a counter productive way to describe the health service, they are saying they worry that might spook patients, who might otherwise seek care, damage, staff morale. the department of health says patients across the country can see that the nhs is in its biggest crisis ever, and that they want honesty therefore from their politicians, i would expect wes streeting still to use that language in his speech today, he will announce a new policy of sending clinicians round the country to those areas of the country to those areas of the country where the most people are out of work, because of ill health in order to give best practise to cut waiting lists especially fast there. also speeches this morning from bridge it the phillipson the education secretary, that will be significant. —— bridget. then the conference will break up then the conference will break up but all eyes on the budget at the end oaf 0ctober, because thatis at the end oaf 0ctober, because that is when we will see more

of the government's tough choices. ., ~ of the government's tough choices. ., ,, , ., , . choices. thank you very much henry zeffman _ choices. thank you very much henry zeffman for _ choices. thank you very much henry zeffman for the - choices. thank you very much l henry zeffman for the moment. and hope henley is ok with that little cough! we will bring you if you are watching in the uk the speeches from wes streeting and others this morning, so stay with us on the bbc news channel for that. ukraine's president zelensky will unveil his "victory plan" to defeat russia when he meets us presidentjoe biden tomorrow after he speaks at the united nations general assembly in the next few hours. mr zelensky is on a week—long tour of the us, where he's seeking further weapons support for the fight against russia. speaking at a special meeting of the un security council on tuesday, he said that the war with russia cannot be ended by talks alone, and only united, international action can force russia into peace. putin has broken so many international norms that he won't stop on his own. russia can only be forced into this. and that is exactly what's

needed, forcing russian into this as the sole aggressor in this war — the sole violator of the un charter. let's speak to jessica park, who is kyiv. we heard from president zelensky saying that russia needs to be forced into peace, i mean this route has been tried before, but is he coming up tried before, but is he coming up against something that is not workable?— not workable? well, we will have to wait _ not workable? well, we will have to wait and _ not workable? well, we will have to wait and see - not workable? well, we will have to wait and see what i not workable? well, we will. have to wait and see what his so—called victory plan exactly entails but look, i think this is yes a crucial moment for president zelensky, but of course, a difficult one as well, fierce fighting continues in ukraine's east, yes, the incursion into russia's kursk region seemed to change the charity for a while, boost morale as well but here he is again as you say on this very long tour in the us, a diplomatic push to try and again rally the international

community around ukraine, i notice he hasjust community around ukraine, i notice he has just been sendingous messaging saying he has met with canada's prime minister. he will talk in front of the un general assembly later on today but clearly i think the key meeting that everybody is looking to this week is the one withjoe biden tomorrow, where he will outline and joe biden supposedly the first leader who will see this, a blueprint for what president zelensky has described as a bridge to somehow end this war. we don't know exactly what is in it but we can make educated guesses in terms of what has been said so far and it is likely ukraine will make this plea that has so far been denied to use western made long range missiles on targets deep in russia, and the significance for them is they argue that will allow them to really hurt russia, in the sense when i speak to military analysts they say that yes, drone attacks have seen some success on targeting am know dumps but

long range weapons could get to the better protected more fortified ammunition sites, making it harderfor fortified ammunition sites, making it harder for russia to supply the front line in the east of ukraine. i think there will be requests for financial assistance, security guarantees and the wider political context as president biden only has a few months left in office so kyiv is hoping to make the most of that. kyiv is hoping to make the most ofthat. ,, kyiv is hoping to make the most ofthat., ,, ., ~ kyiv is hoping to make the most of that. g ,, ., ~ ., ~ of that. jessica parker, thank ou of that. jessica parker, thank you joining — of that. jessica parker, thank you joining us _ of that. jessica parker, thank you joining us live _ of that. jessica parker, thank you joining us live from - of that. jessica parker, thank you joining us live from kyivl you joining us live from kyiv there. we have nor reaction from the middle east on a range of story, first we are hearing more reports now of a strike hitting a mountain village north of beirut, that is coming from the afp news agency, quoting residents there. that comes as we have also heard from the israeli military that it is currently conducting extensive strikes in lebanon south and beqaa area, meanwhile

we have also had some reaction from iran, which of course backs hezbollah. i will read what we are hearing from reuters which says killing vaultable members of hezbollah will not bring it to its knees, thatis will not bring it to its knees, that is coming from iran's supreme leader, he said that on wednesday that of course as cross—border attacks between israel and hezbollah have increased and we heard of course earlier that israel said it had killed a hezbollah commander in a strike in beirut. plenty to stay across here, on bbc news, we will bring you more from the middle east. stay with us i will be back after a short break. we have had the coldest night since late april in the uk, temperatures in braemarfell temperatures in braemar fell away temperatures in braemarfell away to minus three with a up the of frost, today and

tomorrow we are looking at further spells of rain, friday and into the weekend it is going to turn colder, but it will be drier, however, later on sunday into monday and threw is the potential for wet and windy conditions coming our way. but today it is this area of low pressure, with its attendant fronts bringing in more rain from the south—west, pushing north—eastwards, as we go through the rest of the day, with cloud developing ahead of them. for northern ireland, northern england before the cloud arrives in scotland, there are a few showers but bright skies and also across northern scotland a chilly northerly wind with temperatures here, ten to 11 degrees but generally we are looking at 13 to about 16 degrees. into this evening and overnight a first band of rain pushing northwards and another one comes in from the south—west, this one too lively you could hear a grumble of thunder coming from that. where we have clear skies temperatures could fall away to

three or four, temperatures could fall away to three orfour, most temperatures could fall away to three or four, most of us will be in high single figures or low double figure, tomorrow our bands of rain merge, slow—moving as well, and they are moving over areas where the ground is already saturated. now to the south of this, we are looking at a return to bright spells sunshine and showers and to the north, still that cold wind, a few showers and drier, temperatures 11 to about 17 degrees. and it is after that you will notice a change in the temperature, as the cold air, this northerly wind filters across the country, so temperatures will be lower, and then when you add on the wind chill it will feel nippy, and the rain itself will take its time to pull away from the south, particularly the south—east and east anglia, behind it a lot of dry weather and showers, some could be wintry on the highest peaks of the grampians for example. temperatures nine to about 1k temperatures nine to about 1a or 15 degrees so temperatures below average for this time out of year. then moving on, into

the weekend, it does turn colder, it will be largely dry, though some rain at times on saturday in the north—west, and then we have the risk of the wet and windy weather at the end of the weekend.

this is bbc news, the headlines... hezbollah launches a ballistic missile towards tel aviv. israel's army confirms it's the first time the group has targeted the city. israel says it is carrying

out "extensive" strikes in south lebanon as both sides defy international calls for de—escalation. ukraine's president zelensky will address the un general assembly later as he rallies support for ukraine. indian administered kashmir is holding its first local elections in ten years. what is different about these selections from the ones before? more on that in just a bit. hello. let's take you to our main story — the escalation at the middle east, where israel says it is carrying out "extensive" strikes in south lebanon and the beqaa valley after intercepting a hezbollah missile in tel aviv earlier. hezbollah says it launched a rocket targeting the mossad headquarters and the israeli army confirms it was the first time hezbollah has targeted tel aviv. the israeli prime minister,

benjamin netanyahu, has delayed his departure for the un general assembly