i understand you want to get out but you can't, is that right? that i understand you want to get out but you can't, is that right?— you can't, is that right? that is riuht. you can't, is that right? that is right- over— you can't, is that right? that is right. over the _ you can't, is that right? that is right. over the last _ you can't, is that right? that is right. over the last few - you can't, is that right? that is right. over the last few days, i you can't, is that right? that is. right. over the last few days, as the situation got worse, people scrambled for flights. those tickets that were available soon got gobbled up that were available soon got gobbled up and now it is very, very difficult to find even a handful of seats on different flights and we have a family of four, so it is almost impossible for us to get a flight now. 50 almost impossible for us to get a fliuht now. ., ., almost impossible for us to get a flight nova— almost impossible for us to get a fliuht now. . ., ,, ., almost impossible for us to get a fliuht now. . ., , ., ., ., flight now. so what are you going to do, dan? flight now. so what are you going to do. dan? i — flight now. so what are you going to do, dan? iwant_ flight now. so what are you going to do, dan? i want to _ flight now. so what are you going to do, dan? i want to urge _ flight now. so what are you going to do, dan? i want to urge the - flight now. so what are you going to do, dan? i want to urge the uk - do, dan? i want to urge the uk government— do, dan? i want to urge the uk government to _ do, dan? i want to urge the uk government to put _ do, dan? i want to urge the uk government to put on - do, dan? i want to urge the uk government to put on some . do, dan? i want to urge the uk - government to put on some flights for us. they talked about 700 troops in cyprus and see options but i still think with the airport open, it would be pretty easy for them to charter a flight or get an raf flight he had to take out the british people living in lebanon that need to get out. that british people living in lebanon that need to get out.— that need to get out. that is interesting _ that need to get out. that is interesting that _ that need to get out. that is interesting that you - that need to get out. that is interesting that you are - that need to get out. that is - interesting that you are essentially asking for that because when keir starmer said last night, uk nationals need to get out of

lebanon, that was on the assumption that there would be commercial flights available.— flights available. yes, that messaging. _ flights available. yes, that messaging, get _ flights available. yes, that messaging, get out - flights available. yes, that messaging, get out now, | flights available. yes, that - messaging, get out now, send the planes now is our message back. we are here, we can't get out and i have friends that have families like me, young children that are afraid. our children are struggling to get to sleep at night because they really are worried about the situation. even if they don't see it, you hear the sonic booms all the time and it is a scary position to be in with a young family. damn, i'm 'ust auoin be in with a young family. damn, i'm just going to — be in with a young family. damn, i'm just going to bring — be in with a young family. damn, i'm just going to bring nick— be in with a young family. damn, i'm just going to bring nick back - be in with a young family. damn, i'm just going to bring nick back in. - just going to bring nick back in. that call they are from a uk national in lebanon, is that what the uk government will have to do? as you said, keir starmer said on the flight — as you said, keir starmer said on the flight to new york and again today, _ the flight to new york and again today, i— the flight to new york and again today, i urge british nationals to -et today, i urge british nationals to get out — today, i urge british nationals to get out right now and the reason i am saying — get out right now and the reason i am saying that is there are commercial flights. am saying that is there are commercialflights. he is am saying that is there are commercial flights. he is saying thats— commercial flights. he is saying that's not— commercial flights. he is saying that's not the case. there is a uk evacuation — that's not the case. there is a uk evacuation plan. 700 troops have been _ evacuation plan. 700 troops have been sent— evacuation plan. 700 troops have been sent to cyprus, which of course has a _ been sent to cyprus, which of course has a sovereign uk military base and

is only— has a sovereign uk military base and is only 100 _ has a sovereign uk military base and is only 100 miles from the coast of lebanon _ is only 100 miles from the coast of lebanon but after that, that evacuation plan, the prime minister said he _ evacuation plan, the prime minister said he won't go into details about that but— said he won't go into details about that but the defence secretary did come _ that but the defence secretary did come home early back to london from the labour— come home early back to london from the labour party conference to chair an emergency cobra meeting. sol think— an emergency cobra meeting. sol think there — an emergency cobra meeting. sol think there must be a very, very detailed — think there must be a very, very detailed plan under way. gk. think there must be a very, very detailed plan under way. ok. dan harer, detailed plan under way. ok. dan harper. thank _ detailed plan under way. ok. dan harper, thank you _ detailed plan under way. ok. dan harper, thank you for— detailed plan under way. ok. dan harper, thank you for talking - detailed plan under way. ok. dan harper, thank you for talking to l detailed plan under way. ok. dan l harper, thank you for talking to us. take care. we will talk to you again if you are ok with that. professor, thank you for being with us. nick, thank you for being with us. nick, thank you. that's it for tonght. paddy's here tomorrow. goodnight. live from london. this is bbc news

the escalating conflict has seen more than 2,000 israeli strikes in one day on targets in lebanon. frantic diplomatic efforts underway to prevent larger war the un says more than 90,000 lebanese people have been displaced since monday from the israeli strikes. frantic diplomatic efforts are under way to prevent a larger war in the middle east. taste are under way to prevent a larger war in the middle east.— war in the middle east. we have heard again _ war in the middle east. we have heard again today _ war in the middle east. we have heard again todayjust _ war in the middle east. we have heard again todayjust how- war in the middle east. we have heard again todayjust how dire | war in the middle east. we have i heard again todayjust how dire the situation has become. the security council must deliver its responsibility for global peace and security. almost two hundred women have now come foward, accusing the former owner of harrods, mohamed al fayed, of sexual assault. campaigner and former subpostmaster sir alan bates, who helped to expose the post office horizon scandal, has received his knighthood at windsor castle.

hello, i'm sarah campbell. air attacks are in preparation for boots on the ground. increased intensity of attacks from both sides. the uk has announced it is sending £5 million to lebanon to support humanitarian response efforts. world leaders are gathered at the united nations in new york in the us presidentjoe biden has warned an all—out war in the middle eastis warned an all—out war in the middle east is possible and said there is an opportunity to settle the conflict. the prime minister sir keir starmer won british nationals in lebanon to leave immediately. israel says it is struck more than 2000 targets over the past few days and waves of air strikes are hitting rocket launchers, web and stored sites and infrastructure and listen to two people have been killed in lebanon more than 200 injured in the

united nations says over 90,000 people have been forced from their homes and live to the united nations security council in new york and listening to the security secretary general, this is a special session that has been convened to discuss the situation in lebanon. the exchange _ the situation in lebanon. tue: exchange expanded the situation in lebanon. tta: exchange expanded in the situation in lebanon. t'ta: exchange expanded in scope, the situation in lebanon. tta: exchange expanded in scope, and intensity. and groups in lebanon and defence forces and exchanging fire of enormous with hezbollah indicating they will have a cease—fire to cease hostilities. the exchanges of those fires had been in repeated violation with 1701 and the daily use of weapons is in violation of resolutions 1559 and 1701.

lebanese sovereignty must be respected in the lebanese state must have full control of weapons throughout lebanese territory and we support all efforts and the strength of the lebanese armed forces. mr president, madam president, since october, nearly 200,000 people within lebanon in over 60,000 from northern israel have fled their homes. many lives have been lost, all of this must stop. and their communities in northern israel and lebanon must be up to return to their homes and lives in safe security without fear. madam president, since the emergency councils session on the 10th of september in the remote detonation of pagers and hand—held radios used by hezbollah cost lebanon hostilities of escalated dramatically. and so, every exchange of firearms on both side of the line

and israel defense force and the possibility of 400 and lebanon and hezbollah have launched hundreds of missiles, rockets and drones into israel. monday was the bloodiest day in lebanon in a generation. the israel defense forces say they struck 7600 hezbollah targets. in many civilians were killed and many more were injured. since then, israel continued its deadly strikes across lebanon including the suburbs of beirut. lebanon ministry of public health reported 569 people were killed on monday and tuesday, including 50 children and 94 women. over 1800 were injured. lebanese authorities reported a total of 1247 deaths since october. two colleagues

were among those killed by yesterday's bombings. today, further strikes killed another 50 people and injured more than 200. meanwhile, roads are clogged as families desperately seek safety in many hours stranded at the beirut airport. the ministry of lebanon has reported over 90,000 people have fled towards beirut in the northwest and 70,000 people are in shelters. at least hundred 70 million us dollars are needed to respond to growing numbers of displaced and mounting humanitarian needs. madam president, the people of israel have endured repeated attacks from hezbollah and others and according to israel early —— israeli officials, exploding

mandates and targets with 49 israeli deaths and hundreds injured. and hezbollah continues to launch drones and high—caliber missiles on military targets in israel. and the ballistic missile target near tel aviv. ongoing rocket attacks have injured several people in israel with drones and others structures damaged. for this is a special session of the security council, the un meeting in new york knows the secretary general and this is an emergency session

which is been called by france to go through the situation in lebanon and the deteriorating situation in lebanon over the next hour or so and though before and secretaries from many different countries including the foreign secretary in the uk who will be talking about the issues and the ideas and this is a briefing to discuss what is currently happening in lebanon. we have been updating you with all of the statistics and the levels of fatalities today and we will go over a first report in the region and this is paul adams is reporting from israel. as dawn broke over tel aviv, another escalation. hezbollah, for the first time, firing a ballistic missile into the heart of israel — just one missile easily shot down, but an unmistakable signal of defiance from hezbollah. israel also has escalation in mind.

the head of the army visiting troops close to the northern border telling them to get ready to fight inside lebanon. translation: we are preparing the process of a manoeuvre - which means that your military boots will enter enemy territory, enter villages that hezbollah has prepared as large military outposts. tanks have been seen moving north, and reservists are being called up. but nothing looks imminent. for now it is mostly a threat. but its purpose is clear, to allow civilians to return to border communities evacuated a year ago. places like qiryat shemona, hit by hundreds of rockets since last october, now mostly empty. the buses are still running but there is no one on them. this is normally a town of around 24,000 people. now only about 3000 remain. parts of it are completely deserted. lebanon is just a couple of miles away, and after everything that's happened in the past 12 months it's going to take an awful lot for people to come back. the army says 800 buildings

have been damaged here, many of them family homes. the military ready to do whatever it takes to stop this from happening. this is going to be a process that hezbollah is going to have to give up. the only way these people are ever going to come back home is if hezbollah is nowhere even close that they can shoot at them again. as we prepare to leave qiryat shemona, another reminder of the danger hezbollah still poses. israel's air defences are formidable but the rockets keep coming. and tonight, threats from another direction. pro—iranian militias in iraq claiming a drone attack on the southern port city of eilat. without a ceasefire in gaza, this all looks destined to continue. paul adams, bbc news, northern israel.

reporting from there. sirens wail. in the southern city of tyre the war is coming closer. israel hitting sites it says are linked to hezbollah. today we saw strike after strike. well, there'sjust been more incoming israeli fire and there is smoke rising now. we can't tell exactly what has been hit, but that is a residential area with residential blocks. there was some outgoing fire from hezbollah a few hours ago, and this is now a familiar routine in southern lebanon. the gathering storm here this week means british nationals have been told to leave lebanon immediately. isabella baker plans to go tomorrow,

because she doesn't want family and friends back home to worry. but the human rights student is critical of the government. i100% think the uk government should be doing a lot more and, of course, it has to worry about its citizens, i understand that, but i think there are priorities, and we wouldn't have to leave if it weren't for the fact that israel is bombing this country. and tonight, these men wonder if they might be next to be bombed. they're the government's civil defence team here in tyre, and they've just had a call telling them to leave their station. an israeli voice claimed there was a hezbollah target nearby. the station chief fears a rerun of history and tragedy. "my daughter was killed in the war in 2006 in an israeli air strike

on the station," say ali safiledine. "i had brought her there for safety. my wife was badly maimed and is still suffering. i don't want to lose any of my men the same way." they're already struggling to keep they're already struggling to keep up with the air strikes. up with the air strikes. now they say they'll work now they say they'll work from the street to save lives. from the street to save lives. orla guerin, bbc news, tyre. orla guerin, bbc news, tyre. calling on british nationals to calling on british nationals to leave at once, 7oo leave at once, 7oo calling on british nationals to calling on british nationals to leave at once, 700 more uk military personnel are on their way to cyprus leave at once, 700 more uk military personnel are on their way to cyprus to prepare for a possible to prepare for a possible evacuation. chris mason has more in evacuation. chris mason has more in new york. new york. the lofty urban heights of new york. the lofty urban heights of new york. the prime minister swapped his party the prime minister swapped his party conference for the ultimate conference for the ultimate conference of world leaders — conference of world leaders —

the united nations general assembly. the united nations general assembly. and uppermost in mind, lebanon. and uppermost in mind, lebanon. i call on the security council to seek political solutions that can break repeated cycles of violence, like that in the middle east. the region is on the brink. and his message to uk citizens in lebanon... leave now. it's very important — the situation is escalating. we need the situation to de—escalate, but i say to british nationals, don't wait, leave now. i'm very concerned about the increasing escalation, which is notjust day on day but almost hour on hour at the moment. you're deploying hundreds of troops to nearby cyprus. would you put troops into danger on the ground to help evacuate britons if that becomes necessary? i'm not going to get into the details of evacuation plans, as you would expect. we put contingency measures in place.

the international picture dominating here, but things back home follow a prime minister everywhere. have you noticed how keir starmer likes to say, "country first, party second"? all the doom and gloom that we've heard from you guys in the last few months, that was talking the country down, wasn't it? that wasn't "country first". i think if we're going to have to take difficult decisions, and we are, it's important that we do the diagnosis, what's the state of the country? what's the state of the economy? the bbc is reporting today about growing unease within the nhs about that language, talking about it as being "broken", that might put off patients seeking help. well, i say broken but not beaten. i do understand from the staff perspective, it's really hard, but it's really hard... does it give you pause for thought, though, in the round, that the language that you might have used, the net result of that sounds incredibly negative? it talks the country down. no, that's not right. we have to have an accurate diagnosis of what the problem is and then ourjob is to say,

"what are we going to do about it?" three months in, according to ipsos mori, you are the second least popular prime minister since the 1990s, beaten only by liz truss. does that give you pause for thought? no. i will be judged at the next election on whether i've delivered higher living standards, so people are better off, better public services with the nhs functioning properly again. you know, popular decisions are not tough. tough decisions are unpopular. next, diplomacy in front of the cameras. keir starmer meets president zelensky of ukraine. a new prime minister, daunting domestic challenges and simultaneous conflict in europe and the middle east. chris mason, bbc news, in new york. next month, will see commemorations across israel marking one year since the october seven attacks and more than 1200 people died in well over 200 others were taken hostage when

hamas gunmen crossed the border from gaza, killing indiscriminately. the attacks many dozens of sites including communities, army bases in the nova music festival attended by three and half thousand young people, hundreds of whom were murdered while others were tortured and raped. a team from the bbc documentary series has been speaking to some of those who survived, trying to piece together what happened. some of the material you are about to see were filmed

we all liked going to parties and the second the nova tickets came out, they were really cheap. it seemed like a perfect thing to do right before the year started. i came to the nova party for work. i brought a dj from hungary. myjob was to take him to the party, let him play his set and then take him back home. the last video i took from my phone was at 6.28 in the morning. it was the last drop that he played. and the moment that i stopped filming, someone grabbed my hand and showed me the sky. shouting.

we yelled into the crowd. everyone scattered. it was like a screen coming up from the sky of rockets, just like... the most rockets i've ever seen in my life. i went to the dj and i told him, "listen, there's no time for goodbyes. there's no time for waiting. we're running to the car and we're leaving." we stop at the side of the road. if we see a concrete structure on the side of the road that is supposed to be as close to a bomb shelter as possible. and it seemed like the smartest move to make, to, to, go in.

explosion. gunfire. i looked in the back mirror, i could see the car behind me that had stopped. the driver and the guy that were next to him were shot in the head.

and i saw them slaughter people. a group of people jump out, screaming in arabic. allahu akbar, allahu akbar. and then i see anaeljust pick them up and toss him out. he does that once, and then they throw another one in. every time they threw in a grenade, he just grabbed it, tossed it out. thinking to myself, oh, my god, this kid is throwing live grenades. i don't think that i've ever heard of anyone ever doing that. there was a really big explosion and i flew back. someone flew on me. and when i finally got up,

i remember, um, anael wasn't standing any more. he wasn't with us. they came back in... ..and then they started shooting everyone inside. they left and i thought everyone was acting or playing dead so that they wouldn't get kidnapped. but after a minute or two, where, when people weren't lifting their heads or waking up, i realised that i was sitting in a pile of bodies. gunfire.

we both got into an army jeep and they told us to put our heads down. but i, i couldn't look away. i've kind of understood that i'm never going to be the person that i was before the 7th of october. and i'm trying to figure out

who i'm going to be now. every single person that i lost on that day would have made the hell out of this life. i close my eyes for a moment i close my eyes for a moment and i picture my friends that aren't and i picture my friends that aren't with us any more and hoping that, with us any more and hoping that, that, wherever they are, that, wherever they are, they're partying like crazy. they're partying like crazy. we will dance again is on the we will dance again is on the iplayer. part of a group of iplayer. part of a group of programmes marking one year since programmes marking one year since the october seven attacks in the war the october seven attacks in the war in gaza. another bbc story in gaza. another bbc story

documentary life and death in gaza documentary life and death in gaza will be broadcast next month. looking at the front pages of the newspapers. the middle east conflict looms over the front pages of the financial times featuring shots of the chief of staff telling troops to

financial times featuring shots of the chief o promise ling troops to financial times featuring shots of the chief o promise to; troops to financial times featuring shots of the chief o promise to from ps to financial times featuring shots of the chief o promise to from labour also with a promise to from labour on so—called non—dorms and how much funding such a would raise. lastly, the daily mail focuses on scrutiny surrounding sir keir starmer over a home he borrowed over the election which was to give his son privacy from the press as he sat his gcs e. now time for the weather with louise lear. hello there. heavy rain has dominated weather headlines in recent days, and there's more wet weather to come. in fact, for some parts of southern england, we've already seen way above the average monthly rainfall totals. and in these three towns, we've actually had three times more rain than we should have in september. and with the next couple of days, we're likely to see another 50mm at least in some spots, a couple of inches, the darker blues denoting where the heaviest of the rain is likely to be. so, slightly quieter, drier story for scotland, but low pressure dominates,

and these weather fronts will move their way steadily eastwards as we go through thursday. that front will grind to a halt, almost, across northern england and into northern ireland, accompanied by a brisk easterly wind, so really feeling quite miserable on those exposed east coasts. to the north of that, it's going to be dry with a few scattered showers. to the south of that, however, some of those showers really could turn quite torrential. hail, thunder mixed in there. and, yes, it really will be quite significant. but there will be some sunny spells to go with it as well, and it could potentially still feel quite humid here — 18 or 19 degrees not out of the question. cool in the rain, 10 or 11. and that cooler air continues to dominate in scotland. and that's because of a northerly wind, which will gradually push the rain away, but it will introduce this fresher feel for all of us on friday. so there will be some rain lingering across east anglia and south—east england for a time. that eases away during the afternoon. sunny spells and scattered showers continue for most, but because of the direction of the wind, those temperatures really quite subdued for this time of year — on the whole, generally

between 9 and 14 degrees. clear skies continue through the night. that is going to allow the potential for a frost to form, and so it will be a chilly start — low single figures, perhaps below in more rural spots, worth bearing in mind. but that means as we head into the weekend, high pressure is going to build for a time and quieten things down. so not a bad weekend, particularly on the saturday. however, another area of low pressure will gradually move into the south—west as we go through sunday. so saturday, a better day. more heavy rain to come as we move through sunday and into monday. the time is 11:31pm. now it's time for hardtalk.

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur.